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I made a lot of changes to the pine forest ground cover. There’s also a completely new fall forest ground cover.

I’ve been working on this ground cover for a long time, redoing it many times because I couldn’t achieve a result I was satisfied with. That’s why I kept burning out, taking breaks, then trying again, and burning out again. Now I’ve finally managed to move forward.

This is an early version of Wildlands Renewal with completely overhauled vegetation for the pine forest. Currently, not all vegetation has animations, but I’ll be adding them for the remaining meshes soon. The grass on dirt cliffs that use pine forest textures has also been completely reworked. You can see the screenshots in the previous post.

This update requires Terrain Helper for ENB, since the diffuse maps now contain proper material blending in the alpha channel, and parallax has been moved to separate maps.

Once I finish this update, I’ll upload it to Nexus.

I completely reworked the ground cover in the forest for Wildlands Renewal. I think it's fully ready, except for the dirt cliffs and grass animations. Once I finish everything, I'll publish the updated version of the mod here. I also plan to redo Rift, if not completely, then partially, as well as Whiterun.

I haven't posted anything on Boosty for a long time. I'm still working on my new tree mod. In this mod, I'm trying to make locations more memorable and create a more natural forest - not just in terms of 3D vegetation models but also in how different objects are placed. This mod is inspired by the northern Norwegian climate, so I think it will fit Skyrim better, unlike NotWL, which was mostly influenced by Central European forests.

Developing this new mod takes a lot of time because I keep reworking tree models, trying to make them more optimized or realistic. Sometimes, it feels like I'll never finish this mod since I've redone the tree models dozens of times, yet I'm still not satisfied with them. Object placement in the world space also takes a huge amount of time because I have to place each plant manually - I can spend hours on just a small forested area. No, I'm not complaining - it's my own fault for taking on this project.

I’ve taken some screenshots of the new tree mod I’m working on for you. I hope you like it!

A realistic grass and ground cover mod with a touch of artistic style, also adds grass to dirt cliffs. Supports ENB Complex Grass.

Here is just the mod archive, a brief description, requirements, and installation guide. In the post below, I have provided a more detailed explanation of my mod.

During installation, you can choose the texture resolution for the grass in the mod, as well as different color variations for the plants to better match your mod list. My mod also includes 2k resolution landscape textures, which I highly recommend using. Optionally, 8k mountain textures and moss textures for mountains are available if you are using the Moss Rocks mod.

ENB Series OR Community Shaders Grass Lighting

Base Object Swapper (required if you want to see grass animations on dirt cliffs)

Backported Extended ESL Support if your Skyrim version is below 1.6.1130.

Just install the mod in the Data directory or use any mod manager.

If the grass in the mod appears too shiny, you may need to adjust the settings in the ENB Complex Grass menu. I recommend the following values:

[COMPLEXGRASS]

SpecularMultiplierDawn=0.75

SpecularMultiplierSunrise=0.75

SpecularMultiplierDay=0.75

This is a demonstration and description of my new grass mod, which I will be releasing soon. It will be available on NexusMods in a week. And it's already available in the post above.

My vision of Skyrim's ground cover. I aimed to make it realistic, but it also includes elements of artistic style.

When creating the mod, I tried to avoid the common mistakes found in other grass mods. All the normal maps in the mod are based on high-poly models, so they are accurate, provide volume to the plants, and look natural. I also carefully adjusted subsurface scattering and speculars, and I believe I achieved a satisfactory result. My mod uses ENB Complex Grass.

All existing grass mods on Nexus do not include grass on dirt cliffs, and I took this into account when creating my mod. It adds grass to the dirt cliffs in the Pine Forest and Riften Forest. In the future, I will add grass for other regions as well.

Currently, the mod covers the entire Skyrim territory: Pine Forest, Aspen Forest, Tundra, The Reach, Vulcanic Tundra, Coast Beach, Snowy Regions, and underwater vegetation for rivers and oceans. The groundcover for Solstheim and possibly the Forgotten Vale (DLC Dawnguard) is not ready yet. Seasons of Skyrim is also supported.

In these screenshots, you can see the almost finished appearance of the pine forest ground. I just need to finalize the grass animations, and then I’ll move on to Riften - there’s not much work left there either. In the coming weeks, I’ll try to finish the mod and upload it here for about a week, and then I plan to upload it to Nexus.

These screenshots also showcase the new tree meshes for the upcoming mod. I hope you like them!

In the second-to-last screenshot, you can see a preview of tundra grass. At the moment, it’s still in the conceptual stage, and the result is far from final. The last screenshot features my high-poly heather model, which I’m using as the basis for creating a low-poly version visible in the second-to-last screenshot. Of course, the result isn’t final yet - I’ll keep working to achieve a better look.

The result is not final, but it's ready to be shown.

My progress on creating a grass mod, as well as either a new tree mod or a major update for Nature of the Wild Lands.