Enhanced Vanilla Plants
⚪ Last updated 2023⚠️ Install Order · 2 steps
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 0.7% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #95 of 320 Models and Textures mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Retextures plants and shrubs in a vanilla-friendly way. Includes multiple color options, including green.
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[]This texture is nightmarishly awful in vanilla. Bethesda painted color on the plant with no regard to the branches. The resulting texture is very cartoonish, undetailed, and haphazardly colored.
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]I added details and corrected the colors.[]Far Harbor versions included.
[]Red/yellow, green, yellow, and winter options available.
[]2k diffuse, normal, and specular maps
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Carrots and wild carrot flowers
- []Leaves on these were fixed, as some of the leaves were a different color temperature than the others (very stark)
[]There was a rather ugly overlay edit Bethesda made to the wild version, which basically stripped all detail from its leaves. This was mitigated using details from the non-wild version.
[]Yellow-green, green, and winter options available.
[]Better contrast
[]2k (diffuse only)
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Cedar Shrubs
- []Vanilla texture is overly bright and saturated in comparison to its surroundings. They should look dead, or green.
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]Dead, green, and winter options available.[]Normal and specular maps were redone.
[]2k diffuse, normal, and specular maps
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Dead Shrubs
- []Vanilla is just painted with little to no detail. Made it 4k with some branch details.
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]Please note that the branches are fixed by Previsibines Repair Pack.[]Red, brown, green, pink, purple, and winter options available.
[]4k diffuse, 4k normal, and 2k specular
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Dried Saplings
- []The diffuse was obviously very roughly masked, clipping off various leaves and not touching up the stems. Fixed.
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]Red/yellow, green, and winter options available.[]Normal maps were just wrong. Redid them from scratch.
[]2k diffuse, normal, and specular maps
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Far Harbor Holly Shrubs (two vers
- []The diffuse was obviously very roughly masked, clipping off various leaves and not touching up the stems. Fixed.
- []Vanilla is just painted with little to no detail. Made it 4k with some branch details.
- []Vanilla texture is overly bright and saturated in comparison to its surroundings. They should look dead, or green.
- []Leaves on these were fixed, as some of the leaves were a different color temperature than the others (very stark)
Enhanced Vanilla Plants by DoubleYou retextures plants and shrubs in a vanilla-friendly style, offering multiple color options including green. With 692 endorsements and nearly 97,000 downloads, it's a popular cosmetic upgrade for players who want improved visuals without straying from the game's original aesthetic.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community favorite with 692 endorsements and nearly 97k downloads
- Keeps the vanilla look while improving textures
- Color options let you customize the vibe
⚠️ Cons
- Only covers plants and shrubs—no other flora or terrain
- No screenshots or detailed previews in the description
- Last updated in 2023—may not be compatible with the latest game version
For players who want a subtle visual upgrade to plants without overhauling the game's art style. If you're a purist who likes vanilla aesthetics but wants sharper textures, this is for you. Skip if you're looking for a complete flora overhaul or major graphical changes.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Check the mod's file structure to see if it's a simple drop-in or needs manual placement in your Data folder.
- If you use a mod manager, install it through that to keep track of updates and easy removal.
- Since it's a retexture, make sure it loads after any mods that change plant meshes to avoid conflicts.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Fallout 4 Mods
- Author
- DoubleYou
- Version
- 1.6
- Downloads
- 96,810
- Endorsements
- 692
- Category
- Models and Textures
- Created
- 4/15/2023
- Updated
- 5/15/2023
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