ELFX Weathers - TrueStorms Merged Compatibility SSE

ELFX Weathers - TrueStorms Compatibility Patch

I've always thought of the weather module provided by ELFX to be more of a "forgotten" option when compared to the hefty selection of others available for SSE on the nexus. As such I kind of always assumed that it was fairly unpopular, and never personally gave it a try or, to be honest, ever thought I would. Well, you could say I was more than a bit surprised to find that, after releasing patches over the past few months, the most highly requested patch by far (second only to Obsidian Weathers) was one for ELFX Weathers. Niches are great, aren't they? :) So I finally gave it a download and spent some time with it in xEdit, and I must say, I was pleasantly surprised by what I found. Sure, it's not a total weather overhaul with its own systems or textures, but I do think it does an excellent job of touching up the overall atmosphere and aesthetic of all of Skyrim's weathers, especially, to my surprise, the stormy ones. And to make things even better, when I started working on blending it with True Storms, I realized that these two mods were practically made to be used together. Whereas I think ELFX does a wonderful job of revamping the coloring and lighting of stormy weathers, it doesn't add much in the way of new audio or effects, which luckily, True Storms does very well! Long story short, if you haven't given ELFX Weathers a try yet I would highly suggest doing so, especially if you are looking for a lighter weight option that will have next to zero impact on performance. And for those who are already in love with ELFX Weathers, True Storms will do an excellent job of adding extra intensity to your storms where you might have previously found it lacking. Either way, I hope you enjoy the combination! :)

Features

-Completely overhauls all audio from ELFX Weathers (which previously used only vanilla audio files) with True Storms added audio, including 25+ thunder sounds as well as all ambient and interior rain sounds. This will completely remove that annoying looping thunder audio that is ever-present with the vanilla thunder audio as well :)

-Completely revamps the particle and shader effects of ELFX Weathers with those provided by True Storms to make storms feel more intense.

-Distributes all of True Storm's unique weathers into ELFX's region data, creating a more varied blend of weathers as True Storms fills in for places where ELFX previously lacked, mainly with a bigger selection of stormy and foggy weathers.

-Revamps the Solstheim regional data to include all variations of unique ashy weathers provided by True Storms, a few of which can be seen in the screenshots above. There is also an optional