Patches are included in the optional files sections for the following mods:Īll plugins are ESPFE, which means that they will not take up a slot in your load order. If there are any problems please let me know, this is my first time directly altering meshes and I definitely could have made mistakes. These are classified as minor loot and are not actual soul gems. There are also soul gem fragments found in the game. Only black soul gems and the Black Star can be used to capture the soul of an NPC, which is always a grand soul in size. Outside of really close screenshots like I took for this mod, the performance version would be more than adequate, and in normal gameplay you probably wouldn't be able to tell the difference between them. Soul gems come in a range of capacities, from petty to grand, plus some special soul gems.

I have included two versions of the mod, but I have to say the quality version is only really necessary if you want the absolute most graphical quality. Due to the changes to both meshes and UV maps, this mod is not compatible with other retextures. I have also included this change for both of the star versions.

The filled soul gems have glow maps and give off their own light. It's more a question of convenience when it comes to mage builds in Skyrim.

This mod includes an ESP so that I could have separate meshes for the filled soul gems. In fact, most magic-based builds will rely more on spells rather than staffs that require soul gems to charge. I split the Azura's Star mesh into pieces so that I could accurately apply multilayer parallax to the crystal aspects, and environment mapping to the metallic ones. I made new models for most of the soul gems, and simply enhanced a few others, while making new textures for everything. This mod is a result of my first real dive into Blender and Substance Painter, and learning how to use everything along the way.

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