Grass Lighting - Community Shaders
🟠 Updated over a year ago⚠️ Install Order · 6 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
- 👍 0.5% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #38 of 108 Visuals and Graphics mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
OVERVIEW
Community Shaders feature which replaces grass shaders to add more advanced shading including Complex Grass support.
FEATURES
MORE ADVANCED GRASS SHADING
Shades grass using vertex normals, adding directionality to lighting. Adds subsurface scattering to the backside of grass.
COMPLEX GRASS
Fixes UV-mapping of complex grass made for ENB. Includes normal and specular map support. Based on reverse-engineered game object lighting code. ENB complex grass settings are not the same.
INSTALLATION & REQUIREMENTS
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[]Install Community Shaders and all it's requirements.
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]Install this mod below it.[]Confirm whether or not your grass mod supports complex grass. You may need to install a complex grass update from Vanilla Complex Grasses for ENB (also works for CS), Complex Grass - The Official Patch Compendium, or another source.
CONTRIBUTORS
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[]doodlum: Responsible for the original implementation of all listed features outside of VR.
SOURCE
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[]doodlum: Responsible for the original implementation of all listed features outside of VR.
Grass Lighting is a Community Shaders feature that replaces grass shaders, adding directional light fixes, point lights, improved lighting, and emulated complex grass. With 11,672 endorsements and 2.4 million downloads, it's a popular visual enhancement for Skyrim modders using Community Shaders.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Huge community trust with 11,672 endorsements and 2.4M downloads
- Enhances grass visuals without needing heavy ENB
- Works as part of Community Shaders, so it's modular and easy to integrate
⚠️ Cons
- Requires Community Shaders framework, so it's not standalone
- Only affects grass lighting—doesn't touch other aspects of visuals
- Last updated December 2024—may not be compatible with future Skyrim updates
For Skyrim modders who already use Community Shaders and want better-looking grass without performance loss. Skip if you're not using Community Shaders or prefer full ENB overhauls.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Make sure Community Shaders is installed and up to date before adding this mod.
- Use a mod manager like MO2 or Vortex to avoid overwriting files.
- Check the load order—place Grass Lighting after Community Shaders core files.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- doodlum
- Version
- 2.0.0
- Downloads
- 2,379,158
- Endorsements
- 11,672
- Category
- Visuals and Graphics
- Created
- 3/9/2023
- Updated
- 12/7/2024
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