Coffee with an old Khajiit

[Avrie]

Goooooood Morning Tamriel!

Ah'vrie wishes you well. It is Middas the 12th of Sun's Dusk and another chilly predawn here on warm sands. The blessed moons wane through the final quarter tonight on their eternal journey towards renewal. For now though, they sleep and it is once again time for this one to tend the inn. Excuse please while the fires are stoked, and fresh water is put to the flame...

Our brew of the day is Inspirazione a Roma, and the biscuits are chocolate chip. Checking the hot sheets we have 41 new mods from the usual eclectic sources. Let's see what catches an old cat's eye over a fresh cuppa.

Rokize released two first mods today. Welcome
https://next.nexusmods.com/profile/Roki ... ameId=1704
Ones your basic starter supplies, the other is... Just bad modding

avidichard released Forests of Dibella Pine Needles Textures
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/164267
David has been trying to contact Rom on the Nexus for permission, I pmed him Rom's user name. And put a bug in his ear about possibly getting some of Rom's work republished...
Fingers crossed. Rom has some great mods, it was a shame he lost his website.

shazdeh2 released Alchemist's Notebook
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/164108
"Adds a notebook that you can access while doing Alchemy, so you can write down stuff."

This the old cat really likes. A way to jot down good recipes, and access them while in the alchemy menus... It has a few requirements, but at least to old cats, this is both immersive, and cookie worthy. Downloaded to test and endorse.

kuroishitam released Collision Correction For Various Meshes
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/164274
"A simple mod that correct collision of various meshes i found to be more accurate and realistic"

Vague title, basically higher poly braziers and fire pits. Thanks

euTHEgusta released Windblown Hairs of Winterhold
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/164241
"A review of the Main NPCs from the Winterhold with SMP Hair."

Your game your way. Worth a look. At least they're not all teenagers LOL

Lets see... henryetha released Letters from the Front by Ralof
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/164224
"adds a short, lore-friendly quest that unfolds alongside Skyrim's Civil War"

Your game your way, presupposes a 'your' fling with Ralof after escaping Helgen. All civil war based love letters... Whatever floats your boat. AI voiced. Not for old cats but Thanks

And finally we do in fact have a mod of the day... And it is unusual

Skyrim Revoiced by spdude
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/163710
"Professional voice actors giving new voices to NPCs in Skyrim."

"Vanilla Skyrim has good voice acting, but Bethesda only used a relatively small pool of voice actors to voice over more than a 1000 characters in Skyrim. When walking through any city, it is common to hear the same voices coming from multiple characters. Skyrim Revoiced aims to change that. Thanks to the hard work of a talented team of voice actors, Skyrim Revoiced introduces 8 new voice types for 48 NPCs across Skyrim, covering over 5000+ lines of both vanilla and modded dialogue."

The old cat has to admit, the number of included mod added lines are impressive. Ah'vrie definitely recommends you listen to the included video. New voices for faces you know, and not a bad job of it. The fact that this is all voiced by actual new voice actors makes this worth a listen. Hopefully this is a work progress and more voices will be added.

And that will do for today. The fires are stoked, the kettles scrubbed, and the floors are swept. Have a seat and the wenches will serve you. We-B-Open!

[Avrie]

Gooooood Morning Tamriel!

Ah'vrie wishes you well. It is Turdas the 13th of Sun's Dusk, and a very quiet predawn at the inn. The blessed moons will be new a week from today. No doubt the old hunters will make a weekend out of it, they usually do. That does give the young hunters a chance to show their skills. This one remembers those days fondly, but of course the memories are filtered by the years as is always the case. This one tends to remember the good, and leaves the rest to the fog of many many moons. Life is better that way. Anyway, it's time for this one to tend the inn. Excuse please while the fires are stoked, and fresh water is put to the flame...

Our brew of the day is still Roma, and the biscuits are apricot thumbprint. Checking the hot sheets we have 41 new, but very little catches the eye this morning. Let's see what did, over a fresh cuppa.

Enodoc released Word Walls without Winterhold - Saarthal and Labyrinthian for Non-Mages
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/164328
"Gain access to Saarthal and Labyrinthian, including their bosses, unique artifacts, and Word Walls, without joining the College of Winterhold."

The title says it all. Let's face it, if you're going to RP a shout based barbarian build, being locked into joining the factions to power your shouts is a PITA! While the old cat is unsure of this author's solutions, and thinks this will need testing. The concept has real merit from an RP perspective. This one expects the TG, and DB to possibly get similar treatment. Thanks

W1terr released High Poly Project(Less poly coal)
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/164303
"A simple mod that reduces the poly count of the coal from the High Poly Project."

Embrace the oxymoronic Thanks?

gera1264 released Better Vanilla Grass
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/164230
"Upscaled lush vanilla LE grass with density and performance fixes"

Pretty much no new textures, just denser and upscaled. From the included pictures it's obvious that this does not support complex grass, or grass shadows. Basically vanilla ugly only slightly bigger, and more of it. Thanks

TheOneTrueFuzzBeed released True To Your Roots - An Auri's Pod Overhaul
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/164322
"Overhauls Auri's Pod with new architecture, furniture, and clutter"

The old cat totally agrees that Auri needs something other than her original re-purposed Telvani mushroom. Unfortunately the old cat is not thrilled with the models. Still it's worth a look, and it's better than the mushroom Thanks

And finally the top slot goes to an old friend. Welcome back

Relic Replacers - Dawnguard by Rougeshot
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/164338
"This mod replaces the Dawnguard Rune Axe, Rune Shield and Rune Hammer. Giving you unique weapons and shield instead of the vanilla models!"

The hammer and axe look great. The old cat's not thrilled with the shield textures though. The base shield textures are low res and look almost as bad as a 'positively boring retex' The old cat might add the mod, but this one would hide the meh shield.

And that will do for today. The fires are stoked, the kettles scrubbed, and the floors are swept. Have a seat by the fires and warm your bones. We-B-Open!