Wet and Cold - Gear
⚪ Last updated 2021⚠️ Install Order · 5 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
- 👍 0.3% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #60 of 179 Immersion mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Sadly I had to remove the fantastic Wet and Cold mod from my load order due to some performance concerns, but I ended up really missing the NPC gear feature in particular, so I ended up editing the mod for personal use in order to limit the features to the core functionality I cared the most about. In the process I also tried to optimize some parts of the scripts and how they distrubute gear to NPCs. This uses Spell Perk Item Distributor (SPID) to add keywords to NPCs based on filters (and in some cases; chance) that exclude NPCs from being considered for Cold, Rain, or Survival gear. I find this also adds a bit of variety so that not every single NPC ends up with every kind of gear. The exclusions and chances are easily tweakable in the included ini file.
The mod requires the original Wet and Cold SE to function.
Features
New features
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[]An option in the MCM to set the chance for NPCs to not equip hoods in rain. I find this adds a little bit of variety instead of only having a hard toggle.
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]SPID based exclusion config to easily disable certain kinds of gear for different types or individual NPCs. See the description of the SPID mod page for instructions on how to further tweak this yourselves.
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[]Cold gear for NPCs
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]Rain gear for NPCs[]Ash gear for NPCs
[]Survival gear for NPCs
[]All armors/equipment and the option to add them to leveled lists
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[]All visual effects like water drip, wet/frost/dusty shaders on characters, breath effects, watery eyes, soggy feet. R. A. S. S mod is compatible if you want an alternative which adds most of these kinds of effects back.
[]Gear for NPC chidren (hoods), didn't feel this was worth it personally, as I tried to limit the amount of polling quests on NPCs as much as possible.
[]"Go Home" functionality
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[]NPCs no longer use RegisterForSingleLOSLost when trying to equip gear but is close and visible to the player. This is a somewhat expensive
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]In the few polling quests that remain, the actors are first checked if they already have the relevant effect and if they have the excluded keyword added from the SPID config, preventing a lot of additional checks and in some cases scripts being needlessly run on the actors.SPID ini config (WetAndCold_Gear_DISTR.ini)
The included ini file should work pretty well out of the box, In addition to the regular checks from W&C at the bottom of the file, I also adde
Wet and Cold - Gear is a lightweight version of the popular Wet and Cold mod, removing visual effects and AI packages to improve performance while keeping and optimizing NPC equipment distribution. It's ideal for players who want the gear variety without the performance hit.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Performance-friendly: cuts out the heavy visual effects and AI, so your FPS stays stable
- Still gives NPCs that immersive gear variety without the bloat
- Huge community trust: 1,987 endorsements and 759k downloads speak for themselves
⚠️ Cons
- No visual effects or AI packages—if you wanted the full Wet and Cold experience, this isn't it
- Last updated in 2021, so it might not play nice with the latest Skyrim versions or other mods
For Skyrim players who love the immersive gear distribution from Wet and Cold but can't afford the performance hit of the full mod. If you're on a lower-end rig or just want a leaner setup, this is your pick. Skip if you want the visual effects like breath and rain drips—this mod strips those out.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Since this is a lightweight mod, make sure you load it after any mods that change NPC outfits to avoid conflicts.
- If you're using a mod manager, use the preview feature to see which NPCs get affected before you commit.
- This mod doesn't require the original Wet and Cold, so you can run it standalone—just don't expect any visual effects.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- Oz3
- Version
- 2.41
- Downloads
- 759,028
- Endorsements
- 1,987
- Category
- Immersion
- Created
- 8/31/2021
- Updated
- 9/5/2021
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