Seasons for Vigilant

No, this mod does not bring seasons to Oblivion. But it does bring seasons to all Tamrielic locations added by Vigilant, where I also have made sure to make them work seamlessly with all Seasons mods out there, and even one mod that has not been published yet. This mod also serves as a showcase for things I am currently working with. I have planned for quite a while to add seasons to a bunch of mods which add new worlds to the game, while also aiming for a high quality and compatibility with other mods. Unfortunately, work has been held back a bit while trying to finish a big mod I am working with, but with the sudden interest in adding seasons to new worldspaces, I thought it was time to share some of my work. Here it is condensed into the rather limited areas covered by Vigilant.

Features:

• []Seasons added to Stuhn Ravine, Witch's Pond, and Bruiant Estate.[/]

  []Several landscape fixes to make the locations look natural with Seasons and fully compatible with Seasonal Landscapes.[/]

  []A blacklist removing snow from sheltered objects.[/]

  []Seasonal variations of one mod-added plant.[/]

  []A patch for Seasonal Landscapes - Unfrozen.[/]

  []An option to add ice to the waterways in Vigilant's worlds. Requires Turn of the Seasons.[/]

  []A seasonal Simplicity of Snow patch.[/]

  Details:

  Landscape fixes:

  • []Enabled grass in all Tamrielic worldspaces added by Vigilant, since this looks way more natural with mods such as Seasonal Landscapes and Seasonal Landscapes - Unfrozen.[/]

    []Cleared grass from some of Vigilant's locations (both from the above worldspaces and Vanilla areas) for compatibility with Seasonal Landscapes and any other grass mods (inspired by, and recommended to use with Landscape Fixes For Grass Mods).[/]

  • []Cleared snow from sheltered and below-water surface areas during winter, by using dedicated texture assets, or appropriate ones for submerged areas.[/]

    []A Seasonal Landscapes patch is included to make the new texture sets swap consistently with that mod.[/]

    The blacklist:

    A drawback with Seasons of Skyrim is that it adds snow to essentially every object in affected worldspaces, unless instructed to ignore certain objects. Clearly, e.g. sheltered and below-water objects should not be covered in snow. To prevent this, I have included a blacklist for such objects in both the new worldspaces and Stendarr's Beacon. However, some objects on the list are likely to still remain snowy, due to the way Seasons work (objects included in the autogenerated form swap file are not affected by the blacklist). For my own use, I am using a quite hacky solution to circumvent this. Originally, I had planned to share that solution at some point, but since I think it would be too involved for most users, I instead hope to find