SKYRIMLE 40 Small Retex Mods on 1

[mharmonv2x0]

40 Small Retex Mods on 1 by Ketaroz

 

First Impression: It's the next logical step for S.T.E.P.

 

The Potentially Good:

Similar to Texture Pack Combiner by Cestral, this mod aims to make life easier for those obsessed with playing Skyrim with the highest quality assets possible. The primary difference is that where Cestral's mod requires the user to individually download and organize a multitude of different mods from differemt authors, this mod is a totally inclusive compilation - one download, one install. I have not yet installed the mod, nor have I made a detailed analysis of it's content, piece by piece, but I'm hopeful that on all fronts it will meet S.T.E.P.'s guidelines for inclusion.

 

The Potentially Bad:

The mod author openly admits that not all of the mod content has been approved for inclusion by their respective original authors. To this, however, the author notes at the bottom of the description page:

I tryed to contact ALL of them that didnt explained in their mod description if I could create a compilation with that, 50% of them are cleary allowing it since giving its credits, 30% of them I msg and replyed me a OK and 20% I didnt listened from them after 3 weeks (so I assume they left the comunity). I got 0 dennies. :)

Anyway, if any mod author of the list, shows up, and ask me to remove from the package, I will promply do so and create a new version without his mod

The proposed efforts to contact original content creators notwithstanding, this "It's better to ask for forgiveness than permission" attitude could see the mod totally ripped from the Nexus before I even get done writing this post. It's too bad that Ketaroz didn't detail exactly what wasn't approved, at least for posterity's sake.

 

[EDIT]

Farlo's Post below (#3) provides some great relational data as far as individual 40Small mods and S.T.E.P. are concerned. (Thanks Farlo!)

 

 

 

Mods found in both TPC and 40Small

Ash Pile Retex by Raymond Murphy

Designs of the Nords by KEBW1144

Detailed Chests Texture Replacers by clintmich

HD Linens by rivybeast

HD Misc by calav3ra

HD Sacks Retexture by Mazarin

HQ Skyrim map V2 by Grace Darkling and Paddyy

Hybrids HD Plants and Herbs Retexture by Gabriel Gullbergh

Intricate Spider Webs by isoku

Realistic Instruments - Flute Lute and Drum HQ by InwardScreams

Septim HD by Crypton

Silly Level of Detail - Wine Cellar -- SLOD WC by Narmix

Super Realistic Ore Textures by Kman420

Tobes Highres Textures by Mr Bravo aka Tobe

 

Mods in 40Small not found in TPC

Better Bedrolls by sval

Better Bones by Ironman5000

Better Circlets HQ V1o1 by Yuril

Better Shadowmarks by Funsize

Cinematic Fire Effects by Ichibu

Dragon Glyphs HD by Valstein0

Elaborate Textiles - NPC Clothing Retexture by Miss Obsidienne

Finer Dust by CptJoker

Hanging Moss HD Texture by Deanoman

HD Baskets Retex by Jimmu aka Himini

HD Chest Retex by Jimmu aka Himini 

HD Urns Retex by Jimmu aka Himini

HiRes Legible Road Signs by SPARTAN VI

HiRes Tree Stumps by SPARTAN VI and Fhaarkas

HQ Menu Smoke by Ayhay123

Improved Torches Textures by TERAB1T

Lockpick Inventory Remodel by born2bkilled

Lockpicking interface retex by Quazaque

Makers Mark Ingots by Mike Omni

N-R HD Display Case by kobayashi345

Pond Fish Retexture by DOPR

Realistic Paper by realadry

Slightly Less Terrible Hanging Herbs by faeriexdecay

Weapon Retexture Project - WRP by Millenia

Yuril Rings HQ by Yuril

 

Mods in TPC not found in 40Small

AOF Detailed Mountains

AOF Farmhouses

Bellyaches Animal and Creature Pack

Better Dynamic Snow

Better Rocks and Mountains

Enhanced Distant Terrain

Enhanced Night Skyrim

HD Ore and Ingots

HD2K

High Quality Food and Ingredients

High Quality LODs

High Realistic Tundra Moss for AOF Mountains

HQ Milky Way Galaxy

HQ Towns and Villages

Langleys Wood Metal and Stone Textures Workshop

Lush Grass

Lush Trees

Project Parallax HD2K

Project Parallax Markarth

Project Parallax SRO files

Quality SnowFlakes V2

Radiant and Unique Potions and Poisons HD

Real Ice ALL-IN-ONE

Real Ice and Snow (RIS)

Realistic Smoke and Embers

Re-Defined Dungeons

Riften HQ Textures

Ruins Clutter Improved

SHD

Silly Level of Detail - Potions and Poisons

Skyrim Flora Overhaul

Skyrim Redesigned

Skyrim Sunglare V4

Snow and Rocks Textures HD

Soul Gems Differ

SRO

Static Mesh Improvement Mod

TreesHD

Visible Windows

WATER

Weathered Road Signs

Whiterun Trellis Redesigned

 

 

[EssArrBee]

Wow, I can't even believe that he got 80% of the authors to agree to this.

 

Looks like its a great compilation that can be installed early on and then overwritten by anything else that may be preferred. I'd say grab it before it's gone SRO style.

[Farlo]

The primary argument against these compilations is that it makes STEP heavily reliant on the mod.  If anything should happen, via removal or the author stopping updates, then the entire thing becomes worthless and we have to reincorporate everything back into main STEP anyways.  I also wonder how any conflicts within the mods was resolved, until that's addressed it will be fairly hard to evaluate it against the standalone mods.  Just for reference, here's the status of the mods included:

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Red - Mod denied for STEP

Yellow - Mod already in STEP

Green - Mod not yet considered (that I can recall anyways)

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Mods found in both TPC and 40Small

Ash Pile Retex by Raymond Murphy

Designs of the Nords by KEBW1144

Detailed Chests Texture Replacers by clintmich

HD Linens by rivybeast

HD Misc by calav3ra

HD Sacks Retexture by Mazarin

HQ Skyrim map V2 by Grace Darkling and Paddyy

Hybrids HD Plants and Herbs Retexture by Gabriel Gullbergh

Intricate Spider Webs by isoku

Realistic Instruments - Flute Lute and Drum HQ by InwardScreams

Septim HD by Crypton

Silly Level of Detail - Wine Cellar -- SLOD WC by Narmix

Super Realistic Ore Textures by Kman420

Tobes Highres Textures by Mr Bravo aka Tobe

 

Mods in 40Small not found in TPC

Better Bedrolls by sval - HDDLC looks much better

Better Bones by Ironman5000

Better Circlets HQ V1o1 by Yuril

Better Shadowmarks by Funsize

Cinematic Fire Effects by Ichibu - Ultimate HD Fire Spells is better

Dragon Glyphs HD by Valstein0 - Not optimized, STEP uses the "Fixed" version I uploaded

Elaborate Textiles - NPC Clothing Retexture by Miss Obsidienne - Inconsistant quality, a decent chunk of them are worse than the HDDLC

Finer Dust by CptJoker

Hanging Moss HD Texture by Deanoman

HD Baskets Retex by Jimmu aka Himini

HD Chest Retex by Jimmu aka Himini 

HD Urns Retex by Jimmu aka Himini

HiRes Legible Road Signs by SPARTAN VI

HiRes Tree Stumps by SPARTAN VI and Fhaarkas

HQ Menu Smoke by Ayhay123 - STEP uses No Menu Smoke, although the difference is negligible

Improved Torches Textures by TERAB1T - STEP uses Ultimate HD Torch

Lockpick Inventory Remodel by born2bkilled

Lockpicking interface retex by Quazaque

Makers Mark Ingots by Mike Omni

N-R HD Display Case by kobayashi345

Pond Fish Retexture by DOPR

Realistic Paper by realadry

Slightly Less Terrible Hanging Herbs by faeriexdecay

Weapon Retexture Project - WRP by Millenia - Soon to be replaced by Book of Silence

Yuril Rings HQ by Yuril

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Given the number of choices STEP has disagreed with I don't think we'd consider the mod, and this is on top of the previous issues we've both raised.

 

EDIT: Nor would I call some of these retextures "small".

[WilliamImm]

Well, it *is* a compilation, which isn't really allowed by the Nexus. I mean, you've seen what happened when TeamCrossfire also tried to upload a compilation of texture mods (to be fair, they didn't really ask for permission for the mods beforehand).

 

I did get it, but I'm not going to be surprised if I wake up tommorow and I find the mod gone.

[justjr]

TeamCrossFire are not modders in anyway, pirates at the most.

[WilliamImm]

TeamCrossFire are not modders in anyway pirates at the most.

Yea, that would be true. Completely mental pirates, as they decided that the best place to host the mod would be one that strictly forbids uploading other's works without permission - *facepalm*