Raid weathers perfect for 2560 x 1080. Rest in peace Oliver. The lighting is absolutely incredible. Running on a Nvidia 1050ti 4gb. Best weather mod ever created in my opinion. In memory of Oliver. For bringing back Skyrim se with this incredible mod
Mythical ages is my favorite, Ive done testing of my own with several weather mods but something most people dont show is how the mods affect npcs apereance, and mythical because of how the light bounces over surfaces on that mod the skin of npcs really look like organic texture and not like plastic. for a true to life feel I think aequinoctium is the best just cranc up the contrast by 2 and reduce the brigtness by 2 with the display enhancement mod and you are set for a realistic look for the enviroments.
This video is so helpful and is kind of a masterpiece of art at the same time. I've always been such a big fan of Azurite and never really realized how much blue it gives off compared to some of the others. There's a couple I've never even even heard of that looked awesome and plan of giving them a try asap. Thanks!
I’ve been struggling with my game’s appearance after using Azurite. I kept thinking the grass and trees were too saturated in the daytime (the game starts in summer). Turns out it’s Azurite and I just need to try other mods. Cathedral is also pretty blue so far, but it’s a deep rich blue. It’s just odd how Azurite has no mist or fog during snow and rain. Matter of preference I guess, but it looks comparatively barebones. Probably has better performance though.
I love Cathedral because of all the blues and purples and pinks it adds. It’s so unique and it really is beautiful without straying from the cold feeling of Skyrim. My only complaint is that the storms are quite weak. I was thinking of trying Vivid next. It’s warmer than what I’d normally like for Skyrim, but it looks really pretty and I just want my next game to be pretty. It looks to have great stormy weather too.
Hey if you're on xbox someone made a mod capable of mixing true storms with any single lighting or weather mod. So you can have the good lighting with powerful and strong looking storms now
I just want to thank you for not only this whole video, but for having the comparisons be 5 seconds apart so I can use the RUclips skip functions (arrows skip ahead and reverse 5 seconds) to compare shots at the press of a button
Thanks for doing this, I love these comparison videos. The fog one was interesting - some of the weathers don't actually HAVE any fog beyond ground mist. Vanilla sure looks better than I remembered too.
I choose you! Cathedral Weathers and Seasons!? Really thank you for this comparison it really helped and I definitely didn't forget it was a comparison video halfway cuz of how visually beautiful the video was!
Dolomite is beautiful, my favorite of the samples. It seems to be the most consistently crisp and vibrant, not washed out, dull or hazy. There are a couple of others that look nice in various settings but to me Dolomite seems like the most satisfying all-around. The old classics look like they've finally been unseated.
I love that this comes up as posted 4 days ago as I literally just spent 4 hours trying to research and try better weather mods...been using dawn for a long time
Cot looks kinda the jack of all trades. Id love if this vid had also fps counter somewhere so we can figure wich is the less perf taxing, I believe all look good the best imo is the less demanding. Nice vid!
Hey, just wanted to chime in and say that your videos are the best mod comparisons, you show lots of mods and have very nice editing. If I can offer some advice though, it would be to try to have the best visibility the scenario allows, that is to say well illuminated scenes and avoiding effects like rain and other enviromental factors (the bitrate suffers too much and it doesn't look good on youtube).
Thank you so much for your comparison videos - they’re a real asset. So frustrating when mod authors don’t provide before+after and other comparison screenshots or videos (or they do but for some reason the comparison conditions are totally different). It’s likely part of the reason mod authors don’t provide those seemingly-simple comparisons is the time and effort required to craft something that truly provides comparisons like these (where only the mod in question is changed and there aren’t a bunch of enb shaders obscuring the true visual differences).
Amazing how just the weather mods can completely change the look of the game without the use of ENB or Reshade. From this video I decided on Cathedral Weathers because I really like the blue/green shade it adds to the game.
Thanks for this I was noticing a lot of blues lately it was Azurite Weathers seems like Ill be going back to Obsidian or Cathedral ashame too cause I was enjoying some of its sunny weathers
There's a reason Vivid Weathers is so old but still so popular. It looks so good and strikes that perfect balance between fantasy and realism. NAT is a very close second. My only complaint with Vivid is that it tends to rain way too much in certain areas
Wow, kudos for providing such a great service to the Skyrim modding community - there's something for every taste here and we didn't need to download gigabytes of mods and fight through integrating and testing them ourselves!
A suggestion for next comparisons - make each weather span over 10 seconds so you can easily fast forward with youtube to compare, as it fast forward by 10 second.
I love mythic for it does not make the game feel overly fantasy and it still adds dramatic colorful weathers that are not too bright or dark. And they bring back a similar feel to OG Skyrim weathers. (the only things I don't like with mythic) - level of bloom - the nights these can be fixed with mods easily.
Dolomite has always had that cinematic look even without an ENB, and Northern Saga was just pleasant to look at all round. Would love to see more ENB love for those..
Climates of Tamriel is so extremely good, sadly my favorite ENB preset (Rudy) is incompatible/ not intended to be used with CoT :( But its still a great Video and it the comparison is the best if seen on RUclips so far, keep it up!
In my personal opinion, what weather mod may suit you most depends greatly on whether or not you use an ENB. If you are not using one, Obsidian, Azurite and NAT (the old one) are definitely the best imo. However, if you are using an ENB, NAT.III (the new one) probably has the best selection of ENBs. Of course, other weather mods all have at least a couple of great ENBs but other than NAT.III, the ones that stand out the most for me are Obsidian, Azurite, Cathedral, SOLAS and NLA. If you are going to use an ENB, you can always opt for vanilla weathers because there are a few great ENBs that uses vanilla weathers like Ruvaak Dahmaan.
Nat 3 is full of bloat and feature creep and tries to do way too much in an attempt to replace a bunch of other mods. It also completely messes up the soul cairn by adding the sun moon and stars to the sky box which makes it incompatible with great mods like Praedys soul cairn. If that's your thing then great but people should be aware of how much it changes before they commit to using it. Especially if you just want a weather mod not a weather fire lighting 6 in 1 shampoo and conditioner style one
Great job! Watched your video to the end With no less interest than at the beginnig and i fell in love With Autumn skies, its so...sober and Natural, i love its darker settings too.
These are beautiful mods yes, but thank you for showing me the beautiful artist Scott Buckley. I couldn't help myself, this whole video I'm like "damn this is amazing music. Who is this?"
Vivid Weathers all day on Xbox with the classic tone mapping revert. Kugais Stellar Weather has better nights and effects but the clear day setting is unrivalled on VW and it's one of the few mods that improves texture quality so everything blends beautifully. KSW is a close second 🥈
In these comparings, I think Cathedral and mythical is best (in my opinion). But I miss a comparing against Solas weather :) I have never seen a comparing against solas weather system. I hope you could add that or make a new one :)
"Autumn Skies" and "Northern Saga" were the choices for me , but nightsky+rain are the most importants for me and Autumn literally beaten everyother in those two.
They all have their pros and cons but my choice are: Dolomite (love the slow snowflakes), Mythical Age and Northern Saga. Second choice: NAT, Raid, Wander, Climates and Vivid.
There is many to choose from and it’s so hard to decide. I guess I’m going to trial most of them out. In the end I seem to to fall in love with Autumn Skies. Hmm might try it. I like Dawn v2 but it seems to cause more crashes.
I'm looking for one suited best with community shaders something with a mark dark theme appearance the game lighting and environment just seems to bright to me and i want it to be more darker especially in some places where i added tree mods and all more of a realistic feel basically
There's so many to choose from. Can someone make this quick and easy for me and give me a list of what looks the best please. I just want the graphics to look insane and have that fantasy feel to it.
Oh man... Im like: Every weather mod does something else better than others, like omg there is no perfect one, this one looks better when its raining the other one looks better when its fog or sunrise, there is no mod that does everything best :D
How can I find out which one has the best performance? My old laptop sometimes can't manage the vanilla snow... I'm trying to go better, as I did with textures.
while i do love a lot of these weathers, most of them cause the shadows to act up, to the point where they aren't even visible in some spots, kinda ruins some of them for me.
Been having a weird glitch in snow areas at night using vivid and azurite. The snow becomes extremely white and saturated. No shadows just pure white. Any idea on what this could be? Or is it a know issue that can be fixed somehow?
Right?? I've struggled with that too. I find if you get a good VFX or display setting mod from the nexus like Dynamic Display Settings it helps adjust things a lot, I think it's a contrast or maybe even texture problem thanks to the ENB's intense lighting. I've had it be both too bright and too dark in places while using Obsidian Weathers, stuff goes almost totally black or white. You could always try bumping down a level of the ENB (like how some have a light, high, ultra) and it can fix a bunch of texture screw ups like that! I also find if you mess around with your contrast/brightness settings through either your game or your monitor itself it helps a lot, you can also adjust brightness and contrast settings for specific apps and games if you're on windows through "adaptive brightness control" in your display settings. I'm sure theres gotta be some more elaborate display adjusting mod for us hiding out there!
I feel like ive been using Obsidian for like 6 years now but never had a reason to switch, even Jacopo's newest weather Azurite just doesnt look good to me.
Raid weathers perfect for 2560 x 1080. Rest in peace Oliver. The lighting is absolutely incredible. Running on a Nvidia 1050ti 4gb. Best weather mod ever created in my opinion. In memory of Oliver. For bringing back Skyrim se with this incredible mod
Rest in peace Oliver
Raid weathers was made for RAID as well, by Oliver too. Its the best way to play Skyrim if you want reasonable and believable detection for NPC's.
Stick raid up your butt boy mythical ages far better in every way lol bad taste
Your the only idiot in the comments section that thinks raid is so great
Did the creator of this mod pass away?
Dude, came for the comparison, stayed for the audiovisual masterpiece, amazing work!
Glad you enjoyed it!
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I can't even imagine the amount of effort that went into this. Just what I needed thanks
it's funny how the ones I've never heard of in my life are the most appealing to me
I forgot how absolutely mythical Mythical Ages was. Thank you so much for this video which allowed me to rekindle the flame!
:)
I am legit thinking about using it, that high fantasy feeling in the air of the videos.
Mythical ages is my favorite, Ive done testing of my own with several weather mods but something most people dont show is how the mods affect npcs apereance, and mythical because of how the light bounces over surfaces on that mod the skin of npcs really look like organic texture and not like plastic. for a true to life feel I think aequinoctium is the best just cranc up the contrast by 2 and reduce the brigtness by 2 with the display enhancement mod and you are set for a realistic look for the enviroments.
This video is so helpful and is kind of a masterpiece of art at the same time. I've always been such a big fan of Azurite and never really realized how much blue it gives off compared to some of the others. There's a couple I've never even even heard of that looked awesome and plan of giving them a try asap. Thanks!
I struggle with it. Azurite is just so blue
I’ve been struggling with my game’s appearance after using Azurite. I kept thinking the grass and trees were too saturated in the daytime (the game starts in summer).
Turns out it’s Azurite and I just need to try other mods. Cathedral is also pretty blue so far, but it’s a deep rich blue.
It’s just odd how Azurite has no mist or fog during snow and rain. Matter of preference I guess, but it looks comparatively barebones. Probably has better performance though.
I love Cathedral because of all the blues and purples and pinks it adds. It’s so unique and it really is beautiful without straying from the cold feeling of Skyrim. My only complaint is that the storms are quite weak.
I was thinking of trying Vivid next. It’s warmer than what I’d normally like for Skyrim, but it looks really pretty and I just want my next game to be pretty. It looks to have great stormy weather too.
Hey if you're on xbox someone made a mod capable of mixing true storms with any single lighting or weather mod. So you can have the good lighting with powerful and strong looking storms now
I use vivid and I really love it so far :)
I just want to thank you for not only this whole video, but for having the comparisons be 5 seconds apart so I can use the RUclips skip functions (arrows skip ahead and reverse 5 seconds) to compare shots at the press of a button
Mythical ages, wow. That is incredible without an ENB. I am going to try it and pair it with an enb tomorrow!!
Thanks for doing this, I love these comparison videos. The fog one was interesting - some of the weathers don't actually HAVE any fog beyond ground mist. Vanilla sure looks better than I remembered too.
I think we tend to remember 2011 skyrim when thinking about how vanilla looked
The fog of the «Dolomite Weathers» is perfect!
I choose you!
Cathedral Weathers and Seasons!?
Really thank you for this comparison it really helped and I definitely didn't forget it was a comparison video halfway cuz of how visually beautiful the video was!
Mythical was the go to. Now I'll try raid or wander. Maybe even some aequinoctium
Great job, finally someone made another complete video mine was a bit outdated and didn't have time to make a new one!
Thank you, glad you liked it :)
another wonderfully helpful video! i'd never heard of mythical ages but it has exactly the right look and feel for what i've been wanting.
Dolomite is beautiful, my favorite of the samples. It seems to be the most consistently crisp and vibrant, not washed out, dull or hazy. There are a couple of others that look nice in various settings but to me Dolomite seems like the most satisfying all-around. The old classics look like they've finally been unseated.
You spend time and energy to give us your amazing and incredible work. Thank you so much. Subscribed! You deserve it totally!!!👍
I dont usually have time to mod Skyrim again but watching your videos is so relaxing and lovley, keep up with the great job
I love that this comes up as posted 4 days ago as I literally just spent 4 hours trying to research and try better weather mods...been using dawn for a long time
Cot looks kinda the jack of all trades. Id love if this vid had also fps counter somewhere so we can figure wich is the less perf taxing, I believe all look good the best imo is the less demanding. Nice vid!
Thank you for making this. really helpful in trying to decide which weather mod to go with in my new playthrough.
Great :)
Hey, just wanted to chime in and say that your videos are the best mod comparisons, you show lots of mods and have very nice editing. If I can offer some advice though, it would be to try to have the best visibility the scenario allows, that is to say well illuminated scenes and avoiding effects like rain and other enviromental factors (the bitrate suffers too much and it doesn't look good on youtube).
Thanks for the tips :)
Thank you so much for your comparison videos - they’re a real asset. So frustrating when mod authors don’t provide before+after and other comparison screenshots or videos (or they do but for some reason the comparison conditions are totally different). It’s likely part of the reason mod authors don’t provide those seemingly-simple comparisons is the time and effort required to craft something that truly provides comparisons like these (where only the mod in question is changed and there aren’t a bunch of enb shaders obscuring the true visual differences).
Amazing how just the weather mods can completely change the look of the game without the use of ENB or Reshade. From this video I decided on Cathedral Weathers because I really like the blue/green shade it adds to the game.
Thanks for this I was noticing a lot of blues lately it was Azurite Weathers seems like Ill be going back to Obsidian or Cathedral ashame too cause I was enjoying some of its sunny weathers
There's a reason Vivid Weathers is so old but still so popular. It looks so good and strikes that perfect balance between fantasy and realism. NAT is a very close second.
My only complaint with Vivid is that it tends to rain way too much in certain areas
Thank you for this, excellent comparison, excellent video... mad props :)
Great comparison! It's Mythical Ages for me! :)
Thank you so much for this, you are amazing for doing this.
This is perfect, thank you, made picking out a top 3 a very quick process.
Wow, kudos for providing such a great service to the Skyrim modding community - there's something for every taste here and we didn't need to download gigabytes of mods and fight through integrating and testing them ourselves!
Great comparison, it really helped me to choose my favorite, Cathedral Weathers
A suggestion for next comparisons - make each weather span over 10 seconds so you can easily fast forward with youtube to compare, as it fast forward by 10 second.
Well done comparaison, lovely made ! Thank you very much !
You forgot to add a general look of environments at night
but still awesome vid
Is it Azurite II ? Thx for the vid, always useful ! and a bit relaxing too :)
I love mythic for it does not make the game feel overly fantasy and it still adds dramatic colorful weathers that are not too bright or dark. And they bring back a similar feel to OG Skyrim weathers.
(the only things I don't like with mythic)
- level of bloom
- the nights
these can be fixed with mods easily.
Honestly the snowstorm and the aurora of the obsidian is why its a winner because it captures the beauty of skyrim
Great video with a tonne of visual information to digest. Thanks for creating this comparison!
I've used Obsidian + True Storms for so long, but I might just be switching based off of these comparisons. The fog comparison was extremely useful
Came for a comparasion, stayed for the Vibes. You got a easy sub my guy
Dolomite has always had that cinematic look even without an ENB, and Northern Saga was just pleasant to look at all round. Would love to see more ENB love for those..
Climates of Tamriel is so extremely good, sadly my favorite ENB preset (Rudy) is incompatible/ not intended to be used with CoT :(
But its still a great Video and it the comparison is the best if seen on RUclips so far, keep it up!
Which water mod had you used in this video? Looks amazing!
really was looking for this kind of video! wish the music wasnt so loud though so i could hear the rain ambient sound comparisons better :P
In my personal opinion, what weather mod may suit you most depends greatly on whether or not you use an ENB. If you are not using one, Obsidian, Azurite and NAT (the old one) are definitely the best imo. However, if you are using an ENB, NAT.III (the new one) probably has the best selection of ENBs. Of course, other weather mods all have at least a couple of great ENBs but other than NAT.III, the ones that stand out the most for me are Obsidian, Azurite, Cathedral, SOLAS and NLA. If you are going to use an ENB, you can always opt for vanilla weathers because there are a few great ENBs that uses vanilla weathers like Ruvaak Dahmaan.
Nat 3 is full of bloat and feature creep and tries to do way too much in an attempt to replace a bunch of other mods. It also completely messes up the soul cairn by adding the sun moon and stars to the sky box which makes it incompatible with great mods like Praedys soul cairn.
If that's your thing then great but people should be aware of how much it changes before they commit to using it. Especially if you just want a weather mod not a weather fire lighting 6 in 1 shampoo and conditioner style one
Thank you for making this
i'm up for mythical age, this sound very wild !!
Great job!
Watched your video to the end With no less interest than at the beginnig and i fell in love With Autumn skies, its so...sober and Natural, i love its darker settings too.
This convinced me of northern saga. Its the most colorful and vibrant while still having an edge to it.
Nice! Hmmm. Tested Obsidian and cathedral. I think nat, Scandinavian and haze looked good as well overall.
These are beautiful mods yes, but thank you for showing me the beautiful artist Scott Buckley. I couldn't help myself, this whole video I'm like "damn this is amazing music. Who is this?"
thank you , my guy. you are a lifesaver
Obsidian weather and season + True Storm is my Go to but i might go to mythical ages next gameplay
Im guessing you have something to do with art, because this video is like watching an artshow. Very nice. Also very great song choice for the video.
wow this helped me a ton thank you
Vivid Weathers all day on Xbox with the classic tone mapping revert. Kugais Stellar Weather has better nights and effects but the clear day setting is unrivalled on VW and it's one of the few mods that improves texture quality so everything blends beautifully. KSW is a close second 🥈
Found my beloved in Climate of Tamriel, thanks you !
Amazing video and very helpull too!
Thanks so much!
For superb clarity in Skyrim VR use Vivid Weather's and The Sharper Eye mod.
I use azurite 2 because it looks amazing and I can actually see at night
Amazing work. I dont even need to watch full video but i cant just close it :D
This is helpful. Thank you!
Wander is the best overall. If it had heavier rain and an aurora like mythical ages it would be perfect.
this video was great you have earned my subscription :]
In these comparings, I think Cathedral and mythical is best (in my opinion). But I miss a comparing against Solas weather :) I have never seen a comparing against solas weather system. I hope you could add that or make a new one :)
Vivid in a nutshell= "you wanna look at orange the whole time even when the sun aint out? I got you covered"
Add the handshake 🤝 classic tone mapping revert for a much more realistic look!
"Autumn Skies" and "Northern Saga" were the choices for me , but nightsky+rain are the most importants for me and Autumn literally beaten everyother in those two.
What do you think about using EvLas without an enb? Btw thank u SM for the video, the quality is unfathomable.
They all have their pros and cons but my choice are: Dolomite (love the slow snowflakes), Mythical Age and Northern Saga.
Second choice: NAT, Raid, Wander, Climates and Vivid.
Cathedral Weathers has me in a chokehold. Thank you for this i was about to make the wrong decision.
Did you use any graphical mods like lighting? I'm currently using Mythical Ages and it doesn't look like yours, maybe because of LUX?
I need to test dolomite, azurite, and wander when I get home
OMG I CANT DECIDE! IVE WATCHED THIS VIDEO 6 TIMES AND I STILL CANT BLOODY DECIDE!
Great and hard work!
Both snow and rain looks awesome in vivid. Does anyone know if it’s possible to get only the snow and the rain from it? (I’m using Azurite)
I’ve tried most of these but I’m sticking with Dolomite. It’s my favorite.
I didn't realise Cathedral Weathers was so blue
Im sold on autumn skies
Great video, i was wondering what lighting mod you're using because your game look insane even without ENB and weather mod ?
There is many to choose from and it’s so hard to decide. I guess I’m going to trial most of them out. In the end I seem to to fall in love with Autumn Skies. Hmm might try it. I like Dawn v2 but it seems to cause more crashes.
Thank you for comparison!
Are you going to do a landscape parallax comparison? thanks
Why not :)
I’m split between Rustic and Dolomites. Rustic I think has much better rain and snow but Dolomite has better Sunrays.
legend for doing this
Would love it if someone could add the blue hues of Cathedral to Aequinoctium's greens and yellows. That would be perfect... for me.
oh my dog! that thumbnail tho💀
Modding skyrim is nightmare, too many mods do same thing
I'm looking for one suited best with community shaders something with a mark dark theme appearance the game lighting and environment just seems to bright to me and i want it to be more darker especially in some places where i added tree mods and all more of a realistic feel basically
Try obsidian
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There's so many to choose from. Can someone make this quick and easy for me and give me a list of what looks the best please. I just want the graphics to look insane and have that fantasy feel to it.
Great video 🤘
Azurite ~ absolute Best raindrops on water (very big deal for me) & my fav aurora & night sky!!! Incredible video & easy new sub from me!
Oh man... Im like: Every weather mod does something else better than others, like omg there is no perfect one, this one looks better when its raining the other one looks better when its fog or sunrise, there is no mod that does everything best :D
Thank you!
super helpful
thx bro
How can I find out which one has the best performance? My old laptop sometimes can't manage the vanilla snow... I'm trying to go better, as I did with textures.
while i do love a lot of these weathers, most of them cause the shadows to act up, to the point where they aren't even visible in some spots, kinda ruins some of them for me.
Been having a weird glitch in snow areas at night using vivid and azurite. The snow becomes extremely white and saturated. No shadows just pure white.
Any idea on what this could be?
Or is it a know issue that can be fixed somehow?
Right?? I've struggled with that too. I find if you get a good VFX or display setting mod from the nexus like Dynamic Display Settings it helps adjust things a lot, I think it's a contrast or maybe even texture problem thanks to the ENB's intense lighting. I've had it be both too bright and too dark in places while using Obsidian Weathers, stuff goes almost totally black or white. You could always try bumping down a level of the ENB (like how some have a light, high, ultra) and it can fix a bunch of texture screw ups like that! I also find if you mess around with your contrast/brightness settings through either your game or your monitor itself it helps a lot, you can also adjust brightness and contrast settings for specific apps and games if you're on windows through "adaptive brightness control" in your display settings. I'm sure theres gotta be some more elaborate display adjusting mod for us hiding out there!
I feel like ive been using Obsidian for like 6 years now but never had a reason to switch, even Jacopo's newest weather Azurite just doesnt look good to me.