JK's Skyrim - Happy Little Trees Patch

Notice

As of v1. 3 / BOS v 2. 0, I consider this mod complete. If any more changes need to be made, I will happily do it; however, at this stage, I no longer use Happy Little Trees and can't actively seek out further issues. Anyone that wants to convert this mod to Xbox/Playstation can feel free, just let me know!

Overview

JK's Skyrim makes alterations involving trees, including planting new ones, adding decorations such as lanterns to them, and creating custom ones with shrubs for leaves. Using Happy Little Trees, however, will change the shape of the trees and, thus, cause issues like floating objects and clipping. This patch addresses these issues by resizing and shifting trees that clip, moving floating lanterns to a suitable branch (alongside any light sources), and adjusting the (shrub) leaves to remove floaters and make the tree look tidier.

Some of the lanterns (particularly the Falkreath one) might be in a strange place logistically, but I had to work with the shape of the tree. Some additional leaves are added to the Rorikstead trees (they're supposed to look a little dead, but the original placement of the leaves is inconsistent and it leaves the trees looking strange); I repurposed floaters where I could, but some new types had to be used (ESP version only; not included in the BOS version). Accounting for the deletions, only four additional things are added as of version 1. 2, so there shouldn't be any impact on performance. Results may vary based on your shrub textures - I designed this mod using Cathedral retextures, but the vanilla textures look fine too.

I tried to limit the amounts of edits and their scope - as a result, some of the fixes may not completely stop the clipping but instead move it out of sight so that you won't notice it during normal gameplay. Any branches that clip into other branches high in the sky, or any leaves that clip slightly into buildings, are generally left alone. Apologies for the poorly edited screenshots and the oversaturated Reshade preset.

Areas Covered

Dragon Bridge

- Shifted a floating set of shrubs

- Shifted a lantern in the graveyard

- Shifted the light source below it

- Shifted and rotated five trees around the city that were clipping (see pictures for specifics)

- Shifted and rotated six trees around the mill to prevent clipping

- Shifted two trees that were clipping into Highmoon Hall

- Shifted a tree that was clipping into the back of Black-Briar Manor

- Rotated a tree that was clipping into JK's Bee and Barb's balcony (it doesn't matter if you don't use that mod)