Capital Windhelm and Simplicity of Snow Compatibility
⚪ Last updated 2021⚠️ Install Order · 5 steps
Install in this order, then this mod last — most mods fail to load without their framework and dependencies in place.
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 0.4% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #86 of 302 Patches mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
I'm one of those people who swore to myself that I would never download a mod that overhauled the interior of a walled city in Skyrim. It'll be a compatibility nightmare, I said. It'll mean I have to rearrange my whole load order, I said. The patch support will be rough, I said.
I was RIGHT about 100% of those things but it didn't matter because I really like Capital Windhelm Expansion. I tried it out and couldn't live without it. Unfortunately I noticed that it caused a CTD if patched for Better Dynamic Snow 2. 11 and looked weird if it didn't. Okay... there was a fix for that, which was updating to BDS 3. 0, which means no multipass shaders or something too complicated for me to understand. Okay I'll just go and disable all the parallax meshes I literally just downloaded, that's cool, I'll live, this mod is beautiful and honestly I'm glad BDS 3. 0 lets us have beautiful snow without patches now. It's fine... it's fine... honestly it's more than fine, my game looks great and I don't miss parallax very much. I play happily for oh, a month.
Then I accidentally deleted my SSE installation and all my mods :) so the release of Simplicity of Snow (lol) as I'm still rebuilding my load order was well timed. I instantly clicked download the same as y'all did. I liked the results and I definitely liked the sound of being able to use those paralllax meshes again. I'm running through snowy regions and things are looking pretty good until... CTD entering Windhelm.
Through tears, I check NetScriptFramework\Crash:
Possible relevant objects (11)
[ 0] BGSMaterialObject(FormId: 0002871B, File: `Simplicity of Snow.esp <- MajesticMountains.esp <- Update.esm <- Skyrim.esm`)
[ 0] NiNode(Name: `Scene Root`)
[ 1] TESObjectSTAT(FormId: 2C120113, File: `WindhelmSSE.esp`)
[ 7] TESObjectREFR(FormId: 2C0FC3E5, File: `WindhelmSSE.esp`, BaseForm: TESObjectSTAT(FormId: 2C120113, File: `WindhelmSSE.esp`))
[ 17] BSFadeNode(Name: `WHprisonwallcap01`)
[ 18] BSFadeNode(Name: `Campfire01LandOff`)
[ 152] hkpRigidBody(Node: `NiNode(Name: `ArenaDoor`)`)
[ 196] hkpRigidBody(Node: `BSFadeNode(Name: `IcicleThinStrip`, Owner: `TESObjectREFR(FormId: 2C12FCFE, File: `WindhelmSSE.esp`, BaseForm: TESObjectSTAT(FormId: 000F7F4F, File: `Skysan_Icicle.esp <- Skyrim.esm`))`)`)
[ 264] BSFadeNode(Name: `Scene Root`, Owner: `TESObjectREFR(FormId: 2C12E65E, File: `WindhelmSSE.esp`, BaseForm: TESObjectSTAT(FormId: 2C129482, File: `WindhelmSSE.esp`))`)
[ 276] TESObjectSTAT(FormId: 2C129482, File: `WindhelmSSE.esp`)
[ 276] TESObjectREFR(FormId: 2C12E65E, File: `WindhelmSSE.esp`, BaseForm: TESObjectSTAT(FormId: 2C129482, File: `WindhelmSSE.esp`))
Okay so it's some snow shader, being applied to some static. I go in and patch the shader ou
This patch resolves a crash-to-desktop issue when using Capital Windhelm Expansion and Simplicity of Snow together in Windhelm. It offers three ESL-flagged plugin options to fix the conflict. Essential for players using both mods, with 789 endorsements and frequent downloads.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Directly solves a game-breaking crash, a must-have if you run both mods.
- Three plugin options give flexibility for your load order.
- Community-trusted with 789 endorsements and 204k downloads.
⚠️ Cons
- Only useful if you have both Capital Windhelm Expansion and Simplicity of Snow.
- No longer updated since October 2021, so may not cover future mod versions.
- Potential conflicts with other Windhelm overhauls or patches.
For Skyrim modders who use Capital Windhelm Expansion and Simplicity of Snow and are tired of crashing when entering Windhelm. If you don't use both mods, skip this—it's a niche compatibility fix.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Pick one of the three ESL plugins based on your load order; ESL-flagged means they won't count against your mod limit.
- Place this patch after both Capital Windhelm Expansion and Simplicity of Snow in your load order.
- If you're using a mod manager like Vortex or MO2, let it handle the plugin selection to avoid conflicts.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- Aria_L
- Version
- 0.5
- Downloads
- 204,254
- Endorsements
- 789
- Category
- Patches
- Created
- 10/3/2021
- Updated
- 10/3/2021
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