Climates Of Tamriel - Weather Patch

This patch was made for Climates of Tamriel v3. 1! We have no intention to update it to v5. 0 at this time. Please respect this decision.

Please READ the stickys is the comment section! They contain important information!

A crash on startup (right after the Bethesda logo) almost always means that you are missing a masterfile. Please check carefully that you have all the requirements for each module installed correctly and use BOSS or LOOT to sort your load order, before asking for help in the comment section.

Also, there is such a thing as a search function for the discussion tab. Go into forum view (click "View forum thread" in the top right corner) and notice the "This topic" filter next to the search bar. Please at least put some effort into figuring out whether your particular question has already been answered before asking. We're here to help, but it gets tiresome to repeat things over and over. Thankyou for your cooperation!

ITM records reported by load order tools (such as BOSS/LOOT) refer to ClimatesOfTamriel.esm, not Skyrim.esm - you can clean them, but they're harmless so it's not necessary.

Adjusting Foggy, Rainy, Overcast, Snowy, Clear and Cloudy weathers of http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/17802/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Climates of Tamriel by JJC71 This is a collaboration project of prod80, Aiyen & Saerileth

CHANGES • To get this straight from the start: This is tailored for use with ENB! • Adds volumetric fog into foggy weathers (Fog Edition - works well with ENB only) • Changes all Overcast, Rain, Snow and Fog type weathers entirely • Fixed bright grass issue on all Overcast type weathers (Overcast, Rain, Fog) • Fixed bright sunshine through the clouds on all Overcast types weathers (Overcast, Rain, Fog, Snow) • Fixed extremely bright sun when not using CoT's default sun in Snow Clear weather types • Added more sunshine into Cloudy weather types • Changes all Sky gradients to be in line across all weathers for easy compatibility with ENB • Changes distant fog color to be dynamic across different weather types (color and distance) • Changes a lot of image spaces, removes "Blur Sky" for all but the appropriate weathers • Reduced blur on all IS (day/night) to a bare minimum • Redone all fog distances and colors on all weathers • Remove the "Red sun of CoT" from all weathers. It's gone. Daytime sun will always be white. • Night image spaces have been adjusted for proper coloring at night time, comes with 4 new Night Levels (incompatible with CoT night levels!). Examples of Night Level plugins without ENB under various conditions can be found http://imgur.com/a/TwL0y#0" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">HERE. Going from No night Level, NL1, NL2, NL3, NL4, Fog NL4, Overcast NL4, Rain NL4. • Night time ambient lighting has been corrected, no more glowing vegetation/trees at night • Night time effect lighting has been adjusted on some weathers • Tons and tons of little fixes left and right • Compatibility available for MannyGT's Supreme Storms • Compatibility available for JonusL2D's Expanded Snow Systems - Climates of Tamriel Version • Options from Snow patch are included in the file and options in the NMM installer (bright snow fixes)

You need the original mod http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/17802/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Climates of Tamriel by JJC71 v3. 1 for this patch to work!

Load order: load after any other Climates of Tamriel plugin which is part of the main mod!

KNOWN ISSUES AND GAME ENGINE LIMITATIONS • Due to engine limitations the volumetric fog will disappear after opening and closing world map. This is a vanilla problem and even in the vanilla game camera attached effects not created in the CK will cease to exist after opening world map. • Due to yet another fine engine limit the fog will not nicely fade out when the weather changes to a non-foggy type, it will all be gone, all at once. • If you do not get the 'blur' effect during heavy rain or fog and you do not have Dynavision installed, make sure you have this in SkyrimPrefs.ini, as it is important for the effects to show properly!

bDoDepthOfField=1

If that is already set in SkyrimPrefs.ini, then perhaps you run an ENB and you need to set 'RemoveBlur' under to false in enbseries.ini or in enblocal.ini (depending on your Binary version)

RemoveBlur=false

Note that Climates of Tamriel is in no way a 'realistic' weather mod but strongly hints to the fantasy of the game. I have so, gone with the flow of the mod not trying to be fully realistic in my colors (but not very far off it either). Read note about Real Clouds (if you use) below!

As with the normal CoT - it takes 24h in game time (or until the first weather change) before this mod is active. So if you load your game and start in overcast weather, and it looks weird...(eg. the sun is still there) wait 24h and then see again.

Not happy with something? - leave suggestion, be constructive and perhaps I can alter settings or include more.

This mod is recommended by the following awesome ENB mods: http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/48730/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Skylight ENB by Aiyeen (co-producer of this weather patch) http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/30936/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">RealVision ENB by SkyrimTuner http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/34966/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">E ENB Final Edition by ewi65 http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/20781/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Project ENB by bronze316 http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/36067/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Vividian ENB by Mangaclub

LOAD ORDER If you're also using Supreme Storms CoT version by MannyGT ( strongly suggested! http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/27022/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Supreme Storms by MannyGT ) there is a compatibility plugin available in the files as well. Load after Supreme Storms CoT version. These presets will NOT look like what they used to be. All Rainy weathers have gone through a major overhaul. There is also a patch available for Expanded Snow Systems - Climates of Tamriel Version.

Load order when using Climates of Tamriel, Supreme Stors and ESS

ClimatesOfTamriel.esm ... ClimatesOfTamriel-Dawnguard-Patch.esp //if you have Dawnguard DLC ClimatesOfTamriel-Dragonborn-Patch.esp //if you have Dragonborn DLC Supreme Storms - Cot Version.esp //optional

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