Capitals and Towns of Skyrim - Snow Fix
⚪ Last updated 2023⚠️ Install Order · 6 steps
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 0.6% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #5 of 217 Patches mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
This is a patch/fix for the mod Capitals and Towns of Skyrim by Symonson and is an ESL flagged ESP file.
The original mod is great and adds some little touches of life to Dawnstar, Falkreath, Morthal, and Winterhold.
However, if you use any mesh replacers (such as Major Cities Mesh Overhaul), or snow replacers (such as Simplicity of Snow) the newly added walls in Dawnstar tend to be problematic.
Symonson also adjusted the snow angle on a number of the Farmhouse Walkway pieces, including changing the base object snow shader, which I noticed caused quite a visual difference when those pieces were alongside unedited pieces.
To correct these issues. I made new meshes for the walls and removed the unnecessary moss layers and top cap layers as they weren't visible anyway and caused problems with snow shaders. The meshes still retain vanilla pathing so any texture replacer should work as intended. Further to this, I adjusted the snow values on the Farmhouse walkway pieces, ensuring that everything has a consistent look and lines up with the way I believe Symonson intended, even when making use of alternative mesh replacers.
This effectively makes the "MCMO Patch" provided by Symonson obsolete.
NOTE
You may get a warning about 2 ITM records. These are intentional to revert changes made by Symonson.
More details on exactly what was changed are below:
Dawnstar Walls:
"WRFenceBaseSupport01Pale" - Remade and renamed "DSFenceBaseSupport01"
"WRGuardHouse01Arch01Pale" - Remade and renamed "DSGuardHouse01Arch01"
"WRWallCap01Pale" - Remade and renamed "DSWallCap01"
"WRWallCurve30Up128APale" - Remade and renamed "DSWallCurve30Up128A"
"WRWallCurve30Up128Pale" - Remade and renamed "DSWallCurve30Up128"
"WRWallCurve45Pale" - Remade and renamed "DSWallCurve45"
"WRWallCurve45Up128Pale" - Remade and renamed "DSWallCurve45Up128"
"WRWallCurve60Pale" - Remade and renamed "DSWallCurve60"
"WRWallRuinsFree01Pale" - Remade and renamed "DSWallRuinsFree01"
"WRWallStrRubbled01ShortPale" - Remade and renamed "DSWallStrRubbled01Short"
"WRWallStrUp128Shift128Pale" - Remade and renamed DSWallStrUp128Shift128"
"WRWallTower01Pale" - Remade and renamed "DSWallTower01"
The above meshes have also had their file structure relocated from "Architecture\Whiterun" to "Architecture\Dawnstar"
Farmhouse Walkways:
"WalkwayC01Snow" - Symonson changed snow angle to 30, I changed it back to vanilla value of 90. May show as an ITM record, this is intentional.
"WalkwayCEnd01Snow" - Symonson changed snow angle to 30, I changed it back to vanilla value of 90. May show as an ITM record, this is intentional.
"WalkwayCEnd02Snow" - Vanilla snow angle value was 30, I changed it to 90 to match the other pieces.
"WalkwayCWallEnd04Snow" - Snow material chang
A small patch for Capitals and Towns of Skyrim that fixes snow shader inconsistencies on walls in Dawnstar and Farmhouse walkway pieces. With 159 endorsements and 25,701 downloads, it's a community-trusted fix for a popular overhaul. Last updated June 2023.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community-approved fix with 159 endorsements and over 25k downloads
- Targets specific visual glitches without changing the original mod's content
- Lightweight patch that's easy to install and doesn't bloat your load order
⚠️ Cons
- Only addresses snow shader issues—if you're expecting other fixes, this isn't it
- Requires the original Capitals and Towns of Skyrim mod, so it's useless without it
- Last updated in 2023, so it may not be compatible with the latest Skyrim versions or other mods
For Skyrim players who use Capitals and Towns of Skyrim and have noticed snowy walls or walkway glitches in Dawnstar. Skip if you don't use that mod or if you're fine with the visual inconsistencies.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Make sure you have the original Capitals and Towns of Skyrim installed before adding this patch, or it won't work.
- Place this patch after the main mod in your load order to ensure the fixes apply correctly.
- If you're using a mod manager, let it handle the file placement to avoid overwriting issues.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- Suinier
- Version
- 1.0
- Downloads
- 25,701
- Endorsements
- 159
- Category
- Patches
- Created
- 6/22/2023
- Updated
- 6/22/2023
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