About this mod
Replaces Falkreath's farmhouse architecture with unique models. Implemented with Base Object Swapper, no world space edits.
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Since the city's economy is focused on lumber, I thought it fitting to replace the thatch roofs with wooden planks. Apart from the roofs the buildings mostly retain their original features. This was done to ensure the mod remains as compatible as possible by sticking as close as I could to the vanilla building 'footprints'.
All meshes also retain vanilla texture paths. This helps ensure that the look of the new buildings do not stray to far from the vanilla game's visual design as I want everything to still feel coherent. Textures featured in my screenshots are from Skyland AIO, your textures will depend on your personal load order.
The interior meshes were altered as well, so that the interior ceilings match the exterior roofs.
Meshes are based on SMIM with additional rounding added to the poles and pillars with visible ends, in a similar manner as mods like Optional Round FarmHouse Posts and Round Posts for Destroyed Farmhouses and Inns.
All changes are implemented using Base Object Swapper, including the patches. No world space edits were made. Swaps only affect the Falkreath area, so all other farmhouse architecture outside of Falkreath will remain unchanged. Buildings covered by this mod include: Farmhouses 1-6, Long House, Inn, Blacksmith, Lumber Mill and all walkway meshes with roofs. City expansion mods adding new buildings to the city should thus be covered as well.
The main file contains the only plugin and it has been flagged as ESL. The patch files consist only of additional _SWAP.ini files.
Optional File Descriptions:
JK's Skyrim Patch - Replaces the thatch canopies added to most of the building porches with ones made from planks matching the new roofs.
Spaghetti's Cities Patch - Replaces one banner rope with a longer mesh to fix the end hovering in mid air above the longhouse roof.
Farmhouse Chimneys Patch - Increases the size of the chimney meshes to prevent the roof planks from clipping through the chimneys.
Upper Class Farmhouse Patch - Removes the swaps for Farmhouse04 from the Upper Class Farmhouse ini to ensure Unique Farmhouse Architecture wins the conflict. Have the patch file overwrite Upper Class Farmhouse.
Upper Class Longhouse Patch - Removes the swaps for the long house from the Upper Class Longhouse ini to ensure Unique Farmhouse Architecture wins the conflict. Have the patch file overwrite Upper Class Longhouse.
UFA - Falkreath - FYX Patch - Incorporates the interior longhouse meshes from FYX - Jarl Longhouse - Consistent interior. Have the patch files overwrite the main files. Special thanks to Yuril for giving me permission to make use of their assets.
UFA - Falkreath - ESP Plugin - Replaces the main file ESL plugin with an ESP plugin. Backported Extended ESL Support and/or Skyrim VR ESL Support are not required when using this file. Have it overwrite the main file.
UFA - Falkreath - Riverwood Add-On - Applies the new meshes to Riverwood architecture. This file includes patches for both JK's Riverwood and Farmhouse Chimneys, no additional patches required.
UFA - Falkreath - Half-Moon Mill Add-On - Applies the new meshes to Half-Moon Mill architecture. This file includes a patch for Farmhouse Chimneys, no additional patches required.
UFA - Falkreath - Pinewatch Add-On - Applies the new meshes to Pinewatch. This file includes a patch for Farmhouse Chimneys, no additional patches required.
Split Meshes (Various Files) - Split meshes for use with LUX or similar lighting mods. Have these files win all conflicts. Special thanks to GGUNIT for granting me permission to make use of their assets.
UFA - Falkreath - ELFX Shadows Patch - Double sided split meshes for use with ELFX Shadows. Have these files win all conflicts. Special thanks to trisave for creating and sharing this patch.
See images for additional detail.
Requirements:
Base Object Swapper for SE and AE
Backported Extended ESL Support for game versions 1.5.97, 1.6.659, and anything in between (Not required for VR or when using the optional ESP plugin)
Base Object Swapper VR for Skyrim VR
Skyrim VR ESL Support for Skyrim VR (not required when using the optional ESP plugin)
Compatibility:
Because this mod uses BOS for implementation it will work along side any other city overhaul mod that uses the vanilla farmhouse architecture. This includes mods like: JK's Skyrim, Spaghetti's Cities, The Great City Of Falkreath SSE Edition and An Abstract Skyrim - Falkreath just to name a few.
I include screenshots in the Images where I make use of Unique Farmhouse Architecture along side these mods.
Installation:
Use only one main file.
Use your preferred mod manager to install as per normal.
Credits:
trisave for the ELFX Shadows patch
LUX by GGUNIT
FYX - Jarl Longhouse - Consistent interior by Yuril
Simplicity of Settlements - Morthal - Base Object Swapper by wSkeever for some of the LOD meshes, as shared under CC BY-SA 4.0
Static Mesh Improvement Mod - SMIM by Brumbek
Farmhouse Chimneys by TechAngel85
Blender by The Blender Foundation
NifSkope by Alphax, m4444x, tazpn, wz, Shon, amorilia