iWant Frostfall

What?

A small patch to display Skyrim's native weather widget based on Frostfall conditions.

How about it?

design concept

Adds a spacer between Frostfall's API and Skyrim's weather HUD.

in game

It should "just work". As soon as the frost begins, the icon should appear and transition seamlessly.

The status is:

Freeze = bright white snowflakes = frost fall freezes and freezes to death exposure levels

Cold = Snow = Frost Cold temperatures without freezing or freezing to death exposure levels

Neutral=no icon=frost neutral temperature

Warmth = Sun = Frost Warmth Temperature

Fire = bright sunshine = frost near heat source

Loading order

Load anywhere, no dependencies

compatibility

Should work without breaking the local HUD in any way.

Why?

Launched in 2017, Skyrim Creation Club (CC) brings new features to the base game to support its new offerings. One of the most obvious early changes is the addition of a temperature icon to the HUD. At least in my opinion, these were part of the Survival Mode product that was given away when CC was released, but the assets were actually in the base game files (this was one of the many annoying, SKSE-breaking updates Bethesda did).

Armed with this knowledge, and plans to build a larger Frostfall widget mod, I set out to integrate the two. The larger widget mod part fails (for now), but the integration with the native HUD works just fine.

when?

The project was originally developed in May 2020.

potential improvements

test! I've done some, but I'm one of many of you. Please test and log any bugs you find.

My other mods

iWant RND widget

iWant RND for CACO

CACO iWant water dispenser

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What?

A small patch to display Skyrim native weather widgets based on Frostfall conditions.

How?

Design philosophy

Provide a shim between Frostfall’s API and Skyrim’s weather HUD.

In Game

It should “just work.”  As long as Frostfall is started, the icons should seamlessly appear and transition.

The states are:

Freezing = Bright white snowflake = Frostfall Freezing and Freezing to Death exposure levels

Cold = Snowflake = Frostfall Cold temperature and not Freezing or Freezing to Death exposure levels

Neutral = No icon = Frostfall Neutral temperature

Warm = Sun = Frostfall Warm temperature

Fire = Bright sun = Near a Frostfall heat source

Load Order

Load anywhere, no dependencies

Compatibility

Should work with anything that doesn’t break the native HUD.

Why?

The launch of Skyrim Creation Club (CC) in 2017 brought new features to the base game in order to support it’s new offerings.  One of the most visible early changes was the addition of temperature icons to the HUD.  While it appeared, to me at least, that these were a component of the Survival Mode product given away at the start of the CC, the assets are actually in the base game files (part of one of those many annoying, SKSE-breaking updates Bethesda did).

With that knowledge and a plan to build a larger Frostfall widget mod, I set about integrating the two.  The larger widget mod part fell through (for now), but the integration with the native HUD worked perfectly.

When?

This project was originally developed in May 2020.

Potential improvements

Testing!  I’ve done some, but I am one and you are many.  Please test and log bugs you find.

My other Mods

iWant RND Widgets

iWant RND for CACO

iWant Drinking Fountains for CACO