All Natural

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Author: Chong Li
Thread(s): Bethesda Mod Forums
Version: 0.8.6
Last Updated: 22/10/2008
Requires: Patch 1.2.0416, OBSE
Download(s): TES Nexus

[edit] Summary

All Natural is a modular weather modification that incorporates Natural Interiors (NI) for indoor weather syncronization. The modular nature allows you to choose add-ons for Enhanced Weather (EW), Natural Weather (NW, part of Natural Envirionments [NE]) or both at the same time. This allows for a degree of customization with weather that hasn't been available before, all while keeping everything in sync when transitioning from outdoor to indoor locations. With the included mesh resources, All Natural's NI support will not just let you experience weather sounds while indoors, it allows you to look through the transparent windows to actually see the sky.

As an added bonus, there is also an included Real Lights module to add even more realism to the interior and exterior lighting, based on Josef's original work.

Work is also being done on an extension to the NI support, called Windows to the World, which will expand on the transparent windows to allow you to see not just the sky, but the surrounding buildings. Right now only the Imperial City Market District is covered, but that alone is well worth the look. Future versions will eventually expand to all of the cities and include NPCs that will pass by outside.

[edit] Features

  • Combines Enhanced Weather, Natural Weather, Real Lights, Weather Inside [seasons] and Natural Interiors.
  • Completely overhauls vanilla weather system with new weathers and scripts.
  • Mixes the weathers from EW and NW perfectly, with no conflicts.
  • Enhanced Nights, a system for customisable night light levels in Cyrodiil, through an ini file.
  • Fixes many weather bugs common in legacy weather mods.
  • Interiors are affected by the weather outside, which is visible through transparent windows, through matching sound and lighting.
  • Enhanced Seasons, a feature for improving the seasonal feel of the game.
  • User customisable weather transition speeds for both Tamriel and SI.
  • Now modular.

[edit] FAQs

  • Question: I have a problem with something related to the mod not answered here. What do I do?
  • Answer: The best thing you can do is to post in the Forum thread. Also check that you have set up your AllNatural.ini correctly, and that you are using no other weather mod, besides Enhanced Weather SI Only.
  • Question: What happened to AWS being supported?
  • Answer: Enhanced Weather is the next generation of AWS, in the sense that it has now replaced AWS in terms of development. For this reason, AWS was swapped for EW, enabling future expansion from both mods and better support.
  • Question: If this mod is so good, how comes it's still in beta?
  • Answer: There are still a few rough edges to the mod, which we would like to be polished before a 1.0 release. These include a few unfinished meshes for the transparent windows, the structure of the mod (we want it to be modular) and some of the scripts. Never the less, it is worth a try.
  • Question: What do I do if I want SI support?
  • Answer: SI support is not currently planned for this mod. A recommended mod which is compatible and changes the SI weather system is Enhanced Weather SI Only, and only includes EWs SI changes.

[edit] Version History

Only major changes shown.

  • Beta 0.8 (unofficial) - Modularised mod. Fixed bugs caused when integrating EW, updated ES, updated optional features, fixed ini params.
  • Beta 0.7.5 (unofficial) - Implemented Enhanced Colours, fixes, fixed UOP compatibility.
  • Beta 0.7 (unofficial) - Swapped AWS for Enhanced Weather, Implemented EW's optional features to cover all of All Natural's weathers.
  • Beta 0.6 - Updates
  • Beta 0.5 - Updated weathers, Updated the debug ring, Improved compatibility, Implemented UOP fixes, Removed dependency on Natural Interiors
  • Beta 0.4 - Fixes, Added support for Real Lights, Added a Debug Ring for testing different weather types
  • Beta 0.3 - Fixes, Added patch file for Weather Inside [seasons]
  • Beta 0.2 - Fixes, Split the mod into separate ESM/ESP, Optimizations, Added support for Weather Inside sounds
  • Beta 0.1 - Initial Release

[edit] Credits

  • Everyone who supported the mod, whether it be through bug reports, encouragement, or screenshots.
  • WrinklyNinja for updating the mod to 0.7.5.
  • Arthmoor for the UOP fixes.
  • Josef K for Real Lights.
  • Wormheart for Natural Interiors.
  • Max Tael for Natural Environments.
  • HTF, WrinklyNinja and Halo for Enhanced Weather.
  • The OBSE Team for creating OBSE.
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