Glowbugs

by Melchior Dahrk, Greatness7, and Tewlwolow

This mod adds firefly-like insects called glowbugs across the Bitter Coast region. These passive insects congregate in clusters across the coast creating magical vistas for players to soak in. While exploring the saltwater swamps of Vvardenfell with this mod, it is often difficult to see where the starry sky ends and the clouds of glowing insects begin. Only coming out on calm nights, glowbugs can be caught by the agile adventurer. Their thorax makes a quality component in potions of light. Or if you're barbaric, just gobble a few before jumping into that spooky ancestral tomb to light your own way - hands free!

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This mod utilizes MWSE to allow the player to pick individual glowbugs from a cluster even though they're all part of a single mesh. This is one of the ways that this mod is able to add extensive visual effects across the entire region with (hopefully) minimal performance impact. The glowbug object is a highly complex NIF using mutliple LOD levels to switch between particle systems and actual shapes that the player can see and interact with.

This mod is a great complement to Mistify and I recommend using both mods together.

NEW IN VERSION 4. 0

The glowbug model now works in OpenMW! Only the manual versions; the auto version has not been updated to work in OpenMW yet. So you'll only be able to encounter glowbugs in the Bitter Coast or Ascadian Isles regions.

NEW AUTO VERSION

Glowbugs can now invade every corner of Tamriel! An optional MWSE module to automate the glowbugs placement has been added, plus an optional .esp file to add red and violet variants. Use MCM to control spawn density, chance, and regions where glowbugs will appear. It is natively compatible with any landmass mods, so you can have glowbugs in TR/PT regions as well with no hassle.

They are naturally drawn to flora, and try to stay away from the cities, where light could expose them to predators. They will now appear during nighttime regardless of any mods that change daylight duration.

This still relies on OAAB_Data for green and blue bugs, and you will have an option to also spawn red and violet variants if you use the plugin. The file will overwrite Glowbugs script from OAAB_Data, but keeps all the functionality and extends it. It means you will still be able to harvest the little fellas.

It is compatible with hand-placed glowbugs. If the script detects OAAB glowbugs in the cell, it will not spawn additional ones. This means you can still use them as a deco