JK's Skyrim Patch - Fix ugly vanilla totems and ivy (beautiful Whiterun and Solitude)

JK has done a great job revamping Skyrim's cities, but unfortunately modders have neglected the meshes and textures without the new 2020 upgrades. I used vanilla assets (foliage, banners, other miscellaneous ones that do have amazing texture updates before 2020) to mask some of the annoyances. Check out the before and after images.

Minor repairs to Whiterun and Solitude make your stay more aesthetically pleasing. I may update this mod with other cities such as Markarth, Riften and Windhelm if needed.

Whiterun---Cover the ugly vanilla totem base with leaves, woody debris, and planter debris.

---Added some extra wooden walkways as part of the vanilla assets I used to mask the base.

---Added some stone or wooden assets to cover up harsh seams or edges

Solitude --- Eliminated all the horrible moss/ivy wall textures that were present and replaced 50% of them with standard Ivy/Jazby/Hangingmoss and the rest just

Fruit wall to save performance.

---Cover ugly columns and some wall bases with planters to hide situations where the texture is stretched or the texture doesn't look clear due to the grid shape

Install ---Install JK'Skyrim, then overwrite it with my patch.

---In-game installation should be safe, but I tend to try and not change the configuration while the game is in progress.

Best Tips for Whiterun Aesthetics -

Skyrim Landscape Overhaul - Stone Walls - The Stone Wall mod with more 3D looking stones is highly recommended, this mod is useful due to the realistic textures, but there are other relationships elsewhere.

Whiterun Concrete Wall Top - I'm using several walls in this patch that are close to eye level, and I've always found that most of the textures from other mods look bad in the way they stretch on the wall mesh. The concrete texture fits any wall texture you might have in your color scheme and still looks good with a reasonable amount of detail/noise.

Does your game look different? ---My screenshots are affected by the textures and meshes I installed, so results may vary. If you like what you see here are some of the main mods but I've installed them that help with the look in the images:

Skyrim 3D trees and plants

Skyrim 3D Rocks

Skyrim 3D Pier and Boardwalk

Skyrim 3D Stone Wall

Why? ---The texture and mesh of those vanilla hurt my eyes.

Inquiries --- JK If you have any questions about this patch, please contact me and we can hopefully work it out.

Credits --- jkrojmal and everyone who helped out with JK'Skyrim (who did most of the work creating the main mod that I tinkered with). Additionally, God Howard and the Bugthesda team have created an excellent base game platform for modifications.

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Small fixes to Whiterun and solitude to make your stay more aesthetically pleasing. I may update this mod with other cities such as Markarth, Riften and Windhelm if they require it.

Whiterun --- Covered the ugly vanilla totem bases with foliage, wooden misc, planters general misc.

 --- Added some extra wooden walkways as part of the vanilla assets I used to cover up the bases.

 --- Added some stone or wooden assets to mask harsh seams or edges

Solitude  --- Removed all occurrences of the horrible moss/ivy wall texture and replaced 50% of them with standard Ivy / Jazby / Hangingmoss the rest is just

     bare walls to save on performance.

--- Covered ugly pillar and some wall bases with the planter to mask texture stretching or textures looking off because of the mesh shape

Installation --- Install JK' Skyrim then overwrite with my patch.

     --- Should be safe to install mid-game but I tend to try and not change my configuration during a playthrough.

Suggestions for best possible Whiterun aesthetic ---

Skyrim Landscape Overhaul - Stone Walls --- A stone wall mod with more 3d looking stones is highly recommended, this mod is great because of the realistic textures but there are others.

Whiterun Concrete Wall Top --- I have used several walls in this patch that are …