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NORDICA FORTRESS - No loading screens - OLD VERSION READ NOTES

*** THIS MOD HAS BEEN TOTALLY RELOADED AND UPDATED
UNDER A NEW MOD.
PLEASE UNINSTALL AND START A NEW SAVE GAME
THEN INSTALL THE NEW NORDICA HOLD 2.0 LORD OF THE NORTH EDITION ***
(AREAS ADDED AND MANY FEATURES) ***

Updates:
September 10th 2014
- Updated the ground near the standing stones
- Updated textures for fountain and bridges, added lever and removed invisible walls by training ground.
- Textures for front structures with gargoyles now match the gargoyles.

In Progress
- Underground passage to WinterHold that includes mining, NPC's and more.

- All textures are from original Skyrim BSA files, simply extracted and some alternative usages
- Location - North Eastern. If you glide all the way you can to the right and up, you can't miss the map marker.
(Visual of the map marker is included in the last screenshot).

- No loading / fully immersed from inside and out.
- Has multiple floors
- Has NPCs to populate the compound. Some practice magic/archery, and some patrol
- Has ample storage
- Stables included
- Mannequins
- Working bookshelves
- Full crafting area with storage
- Location was carefully picked, close enough to see some locations in the distance - no disturbance in game's original area.
- Navmesh for AI is hand done and optimized
- No overpowered items included
- Has a dog roaming the compound that is ready to follow if wished

As this has been tested with FRAPS - I saw no performance hit except for a very few frames when facing in the middle of the main building.
I'm only running a HD7750 with settings Ultimate (be it on a low res monitor), so it shouldn't be any concern.
The original main building was gigantic in comparison and this was the revamp to address possible performance hits.

If there is interest, in the future internal loading areas, IE. Basement, escape route etc. could be implemented very easily.
I really liked the non loading idea, so that outside and inside were fully integrated.

Obviously the only issue is weather at times, there is the occasional snow storm that blows through.
The original fix I had was to put a weather trigger on some of the doors that made it sunny/clear, however for my taste, I liked the other natural transitions even if fog rolled in from time to time.

If there is any request, I could put a version with weather triggers, note the weather desired and if it should be put on the main door, all doors, or just an optional door - perhaps in the mage area as "arcane weather change" etc.



-Masterfiles are Skyrim, Dawnguard, Dragonborn, and Hearthfires