LOD Shimmer

If an area has been modified, Winterhold Academy will load its full detail model before hiding the LOD mesh. This creates a highly visible shimmer that can be seen clearly when you get close. This fix makes LOD swapping happen faster when you enter Winterhold Bridge because it's harder to notice.

The Winter Olympics Academy will load its full detail model before hiding its LOD mesh if the Academy has been modified. This creates a highly visible shimmer that can be clearly seen as you approach the university. This fix allows LOD swapping to occur when you enter Winterhold Bridge, where the transition is barely visible. This shimmer can still be seen while climbing on the cliffs outside Winterhold City, but the effect is more fleeting and occurs within a narrower radius from the academy.

Please note that this is a fix for the Modded game. If your College of Winterhold has not been modified, this problem should not exist. If your College of Winterhold has been modified and you don't notice the LOD flash, you don't need this fix!

The mod's archive contains an ESP plugin in ESP-FE format. Just install it! It's also safe to install at any time: no data is saved to your save game.

There are no main dependencies for this fix (except for the ELFX version), so all sorting must be done manually. All USSEP fixes have been forwarded.

Mods that will benefit from this fix:

Immersive Academy of Winterhold - Our plugin must be loaded after ICoW.

Winterhold Academy of Magic - Both addons can be loaded in any order.

Juniper Academy of Winterhold - These two plugins can be loaded in any order.

Especially Winterhold - our plugin must be loaded after the ESW unless you clear the exact same ESW as the main record. If you do this, the order doesn't matter.

Enhanced Lights and Effects - An alternate version of this fix is ​​available for users of ELFX Exteriors. If you don't use externals, you don't need this fix.

Winterhold mods don't require this fix:

Obscure's Academy of Winterhold - Not required: The CW has already included a version of this fix. Using this plugin in OCW will break some things.

Academy of Winterhold Upgrade - Not required: This mod has no flash bugs.

Apepi's Better Academy of Winterhold - Not required: This mod has no flash bugs.

Toberone's College of Winterhold - Not required: This mod has no flash bugs.

Modifications that this fix cannot help:

Okata's College - Thriving Edition - Not supported. The changes made to the academy are too great to be repaired.

Other mods that may require sorting attention in your load order:

Immersive Music - Our plugin must be loaded after the IM unless you clear the same IM as the main record. If you do this, the order doesn't matter.

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The College of Winterhold will load its full detail models far before it hides its LOD mesh if the College has been modded.  This results in a highly visible shimmer which can be seen clearly as you approach the college.  This fix allows the LOD swap to happen as you enter the Winterhold Bridge, where the transition is nearly invisible.  It is still possible to see this shimmer while climbing on the cliffs outside of Winterhold City, but the effect is far more brief and occurs in a far more narrow radius from the College.

Please note that this is a fix for a Modded Game.  This problem should not exist if your Winterhold College is not modded.  If your Winterhold College is modded and you have not noticed the LOD shimmer, then you don't need this fix!

The mod's archive contains a single ESP plugin in the ESP-FE format.  Simply install and go!  It is also safe to install at any time: no data is put into your save game.



This fix has no master dependency (except the ELFX version) so all sorting must be done manually.  All USSEP fixes have been forwarded.

Mods that will benefit from this fix:

Immersive College of Winterhold - Our plugin must be loaded after ICoW.

Magical College of Winterhold - The …