dark sky

My editor for the great Obsidian weather model. I'm mainly making this for Skyrim VR, but of course, it works with normal SSE. This is a complete remake of my previous mod.

True Storm major mod is a requirement and must be placed before this mod

I do this for a few reasons...one is to do something different. I also like to hide LODs and pop them out as much as possible. Water reflections and volumetric lighting don't work properly in VR, so the lack of direct sunlight allows you to maintain proper water color. Finally, VR aliasing is most noticeable in clear weather, so this helps in that regard.

Changelist for Original Obsidian

• Clear all clear sunny weather. The new basic weather is overcast and cloudy.

• Added some weather from Rustic Weathers, Mythic Weathers and True Storms

• All areas have been modified for more frequent use in harsher weather. The type of weather that is kept is mostly close to vanilla, for example, in most places it usually doesn't snow in vanilla games i.e. Riften and Solitude. But in a few areas like Whiterun, your chances are slim.

• Added a small chance of getting Bloody Eclipse in various regions from Dawnguard DLC

• Bloom and eye adaptation removed from all image spaces

• Added real stormy weather sounds

In your load order, place True Storm before Obsidian, if using Gangster's Dark Lightning Place

Do not use the Seasons feature when using this version of Obsidian

I highly recommend pairing with the list of recommended mods below.

Wet and cold (place before a real storm in your order)

Real life snowflake (required) Make sure this is another snowflake model

Snowflake Mod (required: but only you can disable and remove ESP's textures)

Real Rain - (required) You only want the texture so remove the esp

Lightning during storm

morning fog

misty clouds

Ethereal Cosmos (weather settings you won’t see the sky as much)

Of course there is no snow under the roof to get any patches for the various mods you have

Better dynamic snow

Better dynamic snow patches

Better dynamic gray

Volcanic Mushroom

Realistic Waters Two with Skyland Watercolor

smooth coast

For trees, I think this works best with EVT (RC4 download) custom large trees. Simple big trees are also good

I used Whiterun Hold's Big Forest, so that's how the Tundra's weather is set up. Alpine Forest can also be used, but neither is required.

For a nice horror experience, use the Rogue-Like Encounters Monster Only Core version

For those curious, this mod is also at the heart of my Dark Skies Guide

Thanks again to the authors of the Great Obsidian Weathers mod and True Storms! I am also very grateful to omega2008 for opening access to his weather module.

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True storms main mod is a REQUIREMENT and must be placed before this mod

I made this for a few reasons.. one was to just do something different. I also like to hide LODs and pop in as much as possible. Water reflections and volumetric lighting don't work properly in VR so having no direct sunlight makes it so you can retain proper coloring of the water.. And lastly in VR aliasing is most noticeable in clear sunny weather so this helps that aspect a lot.

List of changes from original Obsidian

• All clear sunny weathers removed. The new base weather is an overcast cloudy weather.

• Added some weathers from Rustic Weathers, Mythic Weathers, and True Storms

• All areas modified to have harsher weathers more often. Kept the types of weather mostly close to vanilla, for example, it still doesn't snow in most locations it usually wouldn't in the vanilla game ie Riften and Solitude. But you will have small chance in a few areas like Whiterun.

• Added small chance to have the blood red eclipse from Dawnguard DLC in various areas

• Removed bloom and eye adaption from all image spaces

• Added true storms weather sounds

Place true storms BEFORE Obsidian in your load order and if using minty's lightning place that AFTER ob …