Vanilla Landscape Corrections - VLC

Vanilla Landscape Corrections

Vanilla Landscape Corrections (VLC) was born from a desire to have a companion mod to USSEP with the goal of correcting issues that are out of scope for USSEP. One of the main limitations of USSEP is it doesn't alter landscape; meaning it can't correct any issues related to terrain except by placing objects over them. Since Step Modifications couldn't find a mod that suited our needs while remaining within a narrow scope, we decided to create one.

VLC is meant to be utilized within landscape setups; the group of mods used for overhauling landscapes. The mods chosen to build the foundation of VLC were considered carefully. They should fit into nearly all landscape setups without issue:

• []Majestic Mountains Landscape Plugin - This provides blended landscape around mountains and rocks. It will use installed landscape textures.[/]

  []Landscape Fixes for Grass Mods - Repaints landscape to remove grass from paths, objects, roads, and other areas to prevent clipping. It will use installed grass/landscape textures.[/]

  []USSEP - Provides a magnitude of corrections across the game. Though not a specific requirement to use VLC, it's edits are forwarded as desired.[/]

• []Incorporates Snowy Landscape in Snowy Regions, which changes non-snowy landscape and objects in snowy regions to snowy versions[/]

  []Landscape vertex color correction[/]

  []Landscape mesh smoothing[/]

  []Landscape hole corrections[/]

  []Landscape texture blending[/]

  []Landscape object gaps[/]

  []Landscape protrusions[/]

What VLC Corrects

Object Gaps

An object gap is created when there is space between an object and the terrain. USSEP can fix these by altering the object's position and we report any of these we find to their team. However, some objects would be hard to fix due to various reasons. For these types of gaps, an evaluation is completed. If the gap is determined to be only correctable by adding more objects or impossible to correct due to terrain design, then VLC corrects these gaps by altering the terrain. This course of action is best for optimization and performance while keeping minimal overlap between VLC and USSEP.

Terrain Creases

Terrain creases result from the use of the landscaping tools in the CK to alter the terrain shape without smoothing applied. This results in terrain with sharp corners, points, and shapes. VLC smooths these areas to provide a natural terrain design and improve immersio