No Rain Castle Schrade and Stage Aesthetics

Removes most rainy and wet effects from Castle Schrade without inducing the infamously bright specular reflection on puddles for other players without the mod installed.

On top of removing most of the existing rain EFXs, this mod tweaks the stage's "Wet Blend/Roughness" parameter while retaining the same weather preset for quests, removing slightly more rain effects and making the map appear drier while leaving the quest's weather preset unaffected for other players. Removing rain effects should give a modest performance boost in the Castle Schrade stage, helpful for lower-end/older/potato hardware configurations.

Optional files modifies the sky box and environmental lighting for a different look, replacing the original crimson sky box and lighting while remaining client-side only. Installing the main file prior is not required.

Credits to Fexty for their .sdl 010 template, Bolganoth for inspiration and assets on their Cloudy Castle Schrade mod, and the rest of the Monhun modding community responsible for the tools for mods like this from happening in the first place.

Install by copying and pasting the unpacked "nativePC" folder into your MHW game folder (where MonsterHunterWorld.exe is located) at

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Monster Hunter World

OR on any alternative drive containing your MHW game folder at

D:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Monster Hunter World