Arboretum - retexture for a tree-hugging crowd

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Arboretum - tree-hugging mod. Higher quality trees for Oblivion

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Description

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Recently we've seen a few excellent architecture retextures, grass retextures, shrub retextures, even cloud retextures, but when you raise your eyes you are are often met with those old low-res leaves which instantly break immersion. This is a growing mod that replaces the default tree foliage with new textures that were designed to make trees appear more realistic while still remaining performance friendly. The aim is to continue until there's not a single old, ugly leaf left in Cyrodiil.

As true to the original as reasonably possible - meaning if it's an oak, mine's an oak too, not a giant daffodil.

For now this mod doesn't replace anything that's included in Improved Trees and Flora mod, or in (now I think it partially does) The Imperial Ecology (unless it's for the sake of extra variety). (I'm sure now they overlap - you can still use those other mods, of course, but install this one last if you want to see Arboretum trees and shrubs in your game).

Now, when it comes to Lush & Gaudy Floriana Gloria, it's more complex because Brittainy has made really radical changes to nearly everything, so filling the gaps in her mods with vanilla flavoured plants would be hardly possible.

Don't forget to get discovery1's weeping willows - which are a part of Verdant Anthesis.

Since Discovery1 has sadly passed away, taking his mods with him, I'm adding his weeping willow for now as an optional download here. (As of November 2021 I've included it in the main package.) Before his departure he granted me access to a few of his mods. Verdant Anthesis was one of them. That's why I hope he doesn't mind me bringing his best tree back. With time I'll make my own, but as they say, if it ain't broken, don't try to fix it. As a reminder, you can still download Discovery1's Verdant Anthesis repacked for Wrye Bash by TesaPlus

I also highly recommend Tree Bark HD Reduced.

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Installation

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1. Highlight the Arboretum. 7z package in the Installers window.

2. Install.

3. Start the Oblivion and play.

1. Extract the files to a temporary location.

2. Copy the files to your Oblivion Data folder.

3. If prompted to overwrite the texture select yes to overwrite the default textures.

4. Start the Oblivion and play.

In either case running Archive Invalidation right after installation is always a smart decision.

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Uninstallation

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Use Wrye Bash,

just delete (or overwrite) the files included in this 7zip package.