Unique Gildergreen

Unique Gildergreen - A tree replacer

The Gildergreen is a central landmark in Skyrim's most important city, Whiterun. The vanilla tree, however, is somewhat lacklustre. This mod gives the Gildergreen and related trees new models.

Specifically, it replaces:

• []The dead Gildergreen tree

  []the Eldergleam tree

  []the rejuvenated Gildergreen tree

  []the planted Eldergleam sapling

  []the regrown Gildergreen (if using a mod that regrows the tree).

  What does this mod do?

  The mod comes with tree models from Alaxouche's G. I. R. T. H - Gildergreen Is Really Thicc and fxxkthisworld's Nature of the Wild Lands. These are incredible models, which the authors very generously permitted me to include.

  The mod uses an ESPFE to define new tree records. It uses a Base Object Swapper ini to swap specific trees without affecting the vanilla mesh and textures. This means that other mods can continue to rely on the vanilla mesh and textures (or your preferred mesh and texture replacers).

  The mod also comes with a tiny script, which allows it to use different models for the rejuvenated tree and a regrown Gildergreen, if you have a mod that lets the sapling mature and grow.

  All tree models come with seasonal variants for Seasons of Skyrim.

  Requirements

  The mod requires Base Object Swapper.

  Compatibility

  The mod should be compatible with most things, but it will need patches for anything that drastically changes the Whiterun worldspace, specifically the location of the Gildergreen.

  Because the mod only replaces the Gildergreen in Whiterun (and the Eldergleam in the sanctuary), it is also compatible with any mods using the vanilla tree model, such as Cities of the North - Falkreath.

  It comes with built-in compatibility for

  • []Seasons of Skyrim

    []Gildergreen Regrown

    []The Gildergreen Grows

  The mod is also compatible with mesh and texture replacers for the Gildergreen. These will not affect the specific trees this mod replaces, but will work for any other mods that use the vanilla tree.

  A: Yes. Obviously.

  Q: Aren't there already mods that do this..?

  A: Yes! Some very good ones too. If you use The Gildergreen Grows, you may like ItzIvy's The Gildergreen Grows - Nature of the Wild Lands - Standalone Patch, which does some of the same things with a slightly different approach. And of course, you could also just use a standard mesh and texture replacer, such as G. I. R. T. H or Nature of the Wild Lands, from which I borrowed the models, or Subdivide and Smoothe - Unique Trees, or Sacred Trees, or.