How to install Enhanced Landscapes
Requirements: DynDOLOD
The files were packed into a fomod installation, which lets you choose all optional files and patches.
Install
DynDOLOD
The files were packed into a fomod installation, which lets you choose all optional files and patches.
Install
- Download the file and install with a mod manager. Mod Organizer is highly recommended.
- Choose the options you want and click at install. All important files will get installed, this also includes LodGen billboards, which are needed for the LODGen process.
- Make sure Enhanced Landscapes has a higher priority in MO as any other landscape mods & LodGen billboards! If using NMM let Enhanced Landscapes overwrite all necessary files.
- Enable the Enhanced Landscapes.esp and all options if you've installed them.
DynDOLOD
- Install DynDOLOD, if you haven't already and read all included instructions how to use it. If you're already familiar with DynDOLOD this will be an easy step.
- Make sure Enhanced Landscapes is loaded AFTER DynDOLOD (priority in Mod Organizer - left pane), so it can overwrite some textures which are also included into DynDOLOD. DynDOLOD.esp must be loaded as last (after Enhanced Landscapes.esp and all other .esp files)!
- Generate DistantLOD and TreeLOD with DynDOLOD with all Enhanced Landscapes files enabled. The output files of DynDOLOD should be loaded after Enhanced Landscapes.
Video Tutorials for DynDOLOD & Enhanced Landscapes
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Load Order
ESP FILES
These are all included files you can choose. Doesn't matter if you're using just two of these plug-ins or five, this should be considered as load order for them.
MOD FOLDERS (Mod Organizer priority - left pane in MO)
ESP FILES
- Enhanced Landscapes.esp
- Enhanced Landscapes - Grass.esp
- Enhanced Landscapes - Solstheim.esp
- Enhanced Landscapes - DLC2Fertile.esp
- Enhanced Landscapes - Green Fields.esp
- Enhanced Landscapes - Dark Fantasy.esp
- Enhanced Landscapes - Marsh Pines.esp
- Enhanced Landscapes - Marsh No Trees.esp
- Enhanced Landscapes - DLC Patch.esp
These are all included files you can choose. Doesn't matter if you're using just two of these plug-ins or five, this should be considered as load order for them.
MOD FOLDERS (Mod Organizer priority - left pane in MO)
- DynDOLOD
- billboard files (if you use them)
- Enhanced Landscapes
- DynDOLOD output
Merging all files into one
If you want to merge all Enhanced Landscapes files into one file, using the Merge Plugins xEdit Script, make sure to name the output file "Enhanced Landscapes - Merged.esp" (without the .esp extension - TESVEdit adds by itself). I've included optional billboard files & a ini file for patching in the newest update which are depended on that file name. So you can use the merged file to generate LODs with DynDOLOD and patch incompatible mods.
You can merge all files to save esp space.
Make sure to merge the files with the correct load order, as described above!
Performance
There may also be some questions about Performance. You can expect a performance hit due to more objects, bigger trees and some high-res textures, but it should overall not destroy your system - also depends on how many mods and high-res textures you're using alongside this. Especially when using the grass and tree addons it will also have a higher performance impact. DynDOLOD also comes with a small performance hit, but it should not be too much also with this mod enabled.
If you want to merge all Enhanced Landscapes files into one file, using the Merge Plugins xEdit Script, make sure to name the output file "Enhanced Landscapes - Merged.esp" (without the .esp extension - TESVEdit adds by itself). I've included optional billboard files & a ini file for patching in the newest update which are depended on that file name. So you can use the merged file to generate LODs with DynDOLOD and patch incompatible mods.
You can merge all files to save esp space.
Make sure to merge the files with the correct load order, as described above!
Performance
There may also be some questions about Performance. You can expect a performance hit due to more objects, bigger trees and some high-res textures, but it should overall not destroy your system - also depends on how many mods and high-res textures you're using alongside this. Especially when using the grass and tree addons it will also have a higher performance impact. DynDOLOD also comes with a small performance hit, but it should not be too much also with this mod enabled.