Terrain LOD¶

Terrain LOD generation ensures that the terrain shape and texture remain consistent when the player is far away. If far away terrain does not match close up terrain, there are terrain seams in the distance, or terrain textures change with distance, then terrain LOD must be regenerted.

Terrain LOD is generated with xLODGen - Terrain.

SSE Terrain Tamriel Extend is also needed, but only for generating terrain LOD. It should be disabled after.

You can run xLODGen from Vortex just fine, but be sure to set the following arguments: -sse and -o:"{output path}". You should, of course, replace '{output path}' with the path to wherever you want the output to be generated.

Before Generation¶

Disable GTS' xLOD Terrain file.

Temporarily remove any and all content from the AE Upgrade. Only Fishing, Rare Curios, Survival Mode, and Saints & Seducers are to stay.

All GTS AE content should also be disabled. You can easily find it by searching "Anniversary Edition Upgrade".

xLODGen Settings¶

The following settings should be used for terrain LOD generation for GTS. Unless you have a reason to do so, you should replicate these exactly.

• Objects LOD
• Trees LOD
• Terrain LOD
• Occlusion

• Height Maps
• Bake normal-maps
• Bake specular
• Vertex Color Intensity:  1.00 
• Default size Diffuse:  16 
• Normal:  16 
• Seasons:  Default, WIN 

Be sure to set the settings for all LOD distances.

LOD 4 Settings¶

LOD 8 Settings¶

LOD 16 Settings¶

LOD 32 Settings¶

After Generation¶

After xLODGen is done, go to your output folder and package it like a regular mod.

Remember to disable SSE Terrain Tamriel Extend and re-enable GTS' xLOD Terrain file once you're done. Your mod should be overriding GTS LODs.

Un-remove the AE content, unless you're also generating Object LOD.