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About this mod
This is a collection of multi-way patches between the JK's Skyrim - Dawn of Skyrim Open Cities patch and other Open Cities patches.
- Requirements
- Permissions and credits
- Changelogs
Ever wanted to combine two of the most popular city overhauls - JK's Skyrim and Dawn of Skyrim - together with Open Cities? JPSteel2 has kindly provided a patch, but you will soon notice that this is incompatible with a lot of other mods that take place in the city worldspaces, even if using the appropriate Open Cities patch. But no more! Through tireless effort, I have created patches for the following popular mods, largely based off Teabag86's patches for the closed-space JK's Skyrim - Dawn of Skyrim patch:
In addition, I have included a plugin that forwards Teabag86's edits to the vendor item displays (that makes vendors remove their items at night) to the Open Cities version. Highly recommended, since I am adding it as a master to some of the plugins from my other Open Cities projects (see below).
NB: As of version 1.11.1, you should update JK's Skyrim - Dawn of Skyrim OCS patch to version 1.7, since some of the patches are built for that specific version.
I have also made patches to other city overhauls, which are hosted here:
Moreover, I recommend checking out my other Open Cities mods here: Jonado's Open Cities patches. All mods there that do not have a patch on this page should be compatible.
My time is limited, so I am not likely to accept requests for patches for particular mods, but I can help with assistance for making your own patches.
Notes about the Sepolcri patch: The original Open Cities version was not set up in a way that would make it easily patchable with other mods, nor was it updated to the most recent version of the mod. Therefore I created a new version which I have sent to WiZkiD and is made publicly available in the comments section of the mod page. He agreed to publish it, but have not done so yet. Meanwhile, you will need to get that version and not any of the ones at the main page. You do need the Dawn of Skyrim and JK's Skyrim patches there, though. I hope this is not too much hassle.
Performance
Performance is decent, but you will clearly benefit from a graphics card with a lot of VRAM. At first, I was using a Radeon R9 380 with 4GB VRAM, but then I experienced stuttering in some areas. After upgrading to a 3060 RTX with 12GB VRAM, the stuttering is essentially gone. My CPU is an overclocked quad-core i5 4690K. Regardless of your rig, I recommend using my Open Cities optimisation additions file included in Jonado's Open Cities patches for a slight performance boost.
Compatibility
The patches are mostly mutually compatible, if taking the following into account:
Load order
My general take is that you should follow the following rules:
Acknowledgements
Special thanks to hishutup for the Open Cities patch script - without it making these patches would not be possible. Also thanks to robertgk2017 for teaching me how to clean up navmeshes.
- AI Overhaul
- ALT - Markarth's Forge
- Bells of Skyrim
- Beyond Skyrim - Bruma - Tamrielic Influence
- Blowing in the Wind
- Greater Markarth Expansion
- JK's Bards College
- JK's Bee and Barb
- JK's Haelga's Bunkhouse
- Legacy of the Dragonborn. Current version is for LOTD v6. A version for LOTD v5 is provided in version 1.8.4 of the mod.
- Realistic Boat Bobbing
- Riften Docks Overhaul (not needed if using any of the combined navmesh patches below)
- Sepolcri
- Storefront
- JK's The Pawned Prawn + Riften Docks Overhaul + Ryn's Farms (only get one of the combined navmesh patches)
- JK's The Pawned Prawn + Riften Docks Overhaul + Ryn's Farms + Riften Extension Northshore (only get one of the combined navmesh patches)
In addition, I have included a plugin that forwards Teabag86's edits to the vendor item displays (that makes vendors remove their items at night) to the Open Cities version. Highly recommended, since I am adding it as a master to some of the plugins from my other Open Cities projects (see below).
NB: As of version 1.11.1, you should update JK's Skyrim - Dawn of Skyrim OCS patch to version 1.7, since some of the patches are built for that specific version.
I have also made patches to other city overhauls, which are hosted here:
- Patches for Sky City - Markarth Rising.
- Patches for Open Capital Whiterun.
- Patches for Open Capital Windhelm.
- Patches for RedBag's Solitude.
- Patches for Blue Palace Terrace.
Moreover, I recommend checking out my other Open Cities mods here: Jonado's Open Cities patches. All mods there that do not have a patch on this page should be compatible.
My time is limited, so I am not likely to accept requests for patches for particular mods, but I can help with assistance for making your own patches.
Notes about the Sepolcri patch: The original Open Cities version was not set up in a way that would make it easily patchable with other mods, nor was it updated to the most recent version of the mod. Therefore I created a new version which I have sent to WiZkiD and is made publicly available in the comments section of the mod page. He agreed to publish it, but have not done so yet. Meanwhile, you will need to get that version and not any of the ones at the main page. You do need the Dawn of Skyrim and JK's Skyrim patches there, though. I hope this is not too much hassle.
Performance
Performance is decent, but you will clearly benefit from a graphics card with a lot of VRAM. At first, I was using a Radeon R9 380 with 4GB VRAM, but then I experienced stuttering in some areas. After upgrading to a 3060 RTX with 12GB VRAM, the stuttering is essentially gone. My CPU is an overclocked quad-core i5 4690K. Regardless of your rig, I recommend using my Open Cities optimisation additions file included in Jonado's Open Cities patches for a slight performance boost.
Compatibility
The patches are mostly mutually compatible, if taking the following into account:
- A patch between AI Overhaul and JK's Bee and Barb is available at Jonado's Open Cities patches.
- JK's Blue Palace (standalone) is compatible if the OCS patch is loading after the JK's Skyrim - Dawn of Skyrim OCS patch.
- The new Riften Extension Southwoods patch, its patch with Riften Docks Overhaul, and the updated Ryn's Farms patch (at Jonado's Open Cities patches) are all fully compatible with JK's Skyrim - Dawn of Skyrim OCS patch version 1.6.
- Up to version 1.9, a big patch was used to resolve navmesh conflicts between many of the other patches affecting Riften. As of version 1.10, most of these are now mutually compatible. The exception is that all combination of Open Cities, Riften Docks Overhaul, Ryn's Farms, JK's The Pawned Prawn, and Riften Extension Northshore, where Riften Docks Overhaul is one of the constituents, will need a combined patch. I have provided a full patch for all of these mods and one without Northshore, but for a subset of the mods, you will have to create your own.
- If not using Riften Docks Overhaul, both JK's Pawned Prawn and Ryn's Farms are compatible. Also Northshore is compatible through its OCS patch, but not combined with Ryn's Farms.
- Legacy of the Dragonborn v5 would need a patch if used together with JK's Bee and Barb. The big navmesh patch in version 1.8.4 includes this, but I don't recommend it.
- The Blowing in the Wind OCS patch provided at the Blowing in the Wind mod page is not necessary, and might not be compatible with the one provided here.
Load order
My general take is that you should follow the following rules:
- Non-OCS mods
- Open Cities Skyrim.esp
- Open Cities patches that need a patch for JK's Skyrim - Dawn of Skyrim (i.e. mods patched by this collection)
- JK - DoS - OCS patch.esp
- Greater Markarth OCS Patch.esp
- Patches from this collection
- The combined navmesh patches should load last of all patches affecting Riften.
Acknowledgements
Special thanks to hishutup for the Open Cities patch script - without it making these patches would not be possible. Also thanks to robertgk2017 for teaching me how to clean up navmeshes.