[REL] Shooting Stars

Post » Wed Jan 23, 2013 3:27 am

Overview:

"From time to time, fragments of Aetherius fall from the heavens. The people know these fragments as 'shooting stars'". -http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Magic_from_the_Sky

During clear weather from 8:30 PM to 6:00 AM you will see shooting stars. Realistically you would have to watch for hours in order to see a few of them. However on Nirn due to the lack of light pollution (and because you'd get bored waiting), visible shooting stars are much more frequent.

But doesn't Skyrim already have shooting stars? No. What you saw was a spell cast by a mage in combat out of your range of vision.
  • Nightly shooting stars at various sizes and from various positions in the sky.
  • Meteor showers (shooting star frequency increased) that are guaranteed to occur during certain days of the year (see below).
  • Meteor storms (shooting star frequency greatly increased) that occur extremely rarely. You might see these 2-3 times per year in Skyrim. They have not been documented.
  • Adjust the frequency of shooting stars by looking at your "Shooting Stars Leaflet". The default setting is a shooting star about every 30 real time seconds somewhere in the sky, which I believe is a good balance between making them common enough to see and not diminishing their "Ooooo" factor. If you lose this document you can craft another at a tanning rack with 1 roll of paper.
  • Since shooting stars aren't too difficult to see now, we all need something else to wish on. Colored shooting stars are meteoroids composed of very high concentrations of certain elements. If you ever see one be sure to make a wish upon it.
More info and download at the link: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/25022
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Post » Tue Jan 22, 2013 11:30 pm

Well, this one is going into my "must-have" mod folder. Thanks!
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Post » Tue Jan 22, 2013 10:33 pm

Awesome! Looks great! Will most certainly download. Out of curiosity, are you using a night sky mod at all? Your stars looked especially... twinkly.
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Post » Tue Jan 22, 2013 2:39 pm

I use HLP nightsky but I think the twinkling effect has to do with the size of the texture in relation to your monitor resolution. Sharper stars tend to "fall" between the pixels of your screen causing them to twinkle.
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Post » Tue Jan 22, 2013 7:50 pm

Instant download.
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Post » Tue Jan 22, 2013 8:51 pm

Great to see you active again Isoku :D Another winner, thanks for all the hard work.
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Everardo Montano
 
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Post » Tue Jan 22, 2013 4:21 pm

Can you say insta download?
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Roberta Obrien
 
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Post » Wed Jan 23, 2013 2:29 am

Is it compatible with Climates of tamriel??
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Ludivine Dupuy
 
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Post » Tue Jan 22, 2013 3:27 pm

Yes. There is also a very thorough compatibility section at the link you can read.
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Avril Churchill
 
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Post » Wed Jan 23, 2013 5:11 am

I've been waiting for someone to do this for a long time. Instant download.
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Post » Tue Jan 22, 2013 11:00 pm

Awesome mod, next we need rainbows! (AFAIK I can't remember any rainbow mods for Skyrim) =P

Featured Shooting Stars first in my latest Skyrim Mod Spotlight too =)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqRC4hsjgCA
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Post » Tue Jan 22, 2013 11:15 pm

1.03
  • Added SkyUI config menu. Leaflet menu will be disabled if SkyUI 3.0+ and SKSE 1.6.5+ are installed.
  • Shooting star intervals are now a lot more random.
  • Minor script optimizations.
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