Become Skyrim - A Realistic ENB

[Weedhopper]

Hey guys, I recently released my first ENB and I thought a few of you may be interested in trying it. My ENB's goal was to make playing Skyrim feel like you are actually there, looking into the world with your own eyes (no lens flare, excessive DOF or things of that nature). It's been a slow work in progress, tweaking values here and there as I played the game, but I recently felt that it was ready for release. I'm completely open to suggestions in the name of realism!

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/20699


I don't have any particularly amazing screenshots to upload, but here are a few, more on nexus:







Become Skyrim 1.2 - A Realistic ENB

Installation:
-Download ENB .113 from the official website, open the wrapper version folder, then extract d3d9.dll to your Skyrim directory (Default path is C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\skyrim)
http://enbdev.com/mod_tesskyrim_v0113.htm

-Extract all files from Become Skyrim 1.2.zip to your Skyrim directory

-Browse to C:\Users\%userprofile%\Documents\My Games\Skyrim, open skyrim.ini then search for this value and change it to match
[Water]
bReflectSky=1

-Now open skyrimprefs.ini, search for these values and change them to match
[Display]
bDrawLandShadows=1
bFloatPointRenderTarget=1
bTreesReceiveShadows=1
fGamma=1.0000

-Open the Skyrim launcher, click Data Files and check the boxes for BS-Torch.esp, Realistic Lighting Patcher.esp, and Realistic Lighting.esp, then click OK

-This step is optional, but highly recommended. ADJUST YOUR MONITOR BRIGHTNESS/CONTRAST. An uncalibrated monitor can cause images to be washed out, or unusually dark. Lagom.nl has a very nice suite of test patterns to aid calibration. Browse to http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/black.php then open http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/white.php in a new tab. Fiddle with your monitor's brightness/contrast levels until all black and white patterns are distinctly visible. You may also try adjusting your video card's brightness/contrast/gamma settings as well. NOTE: Your monitor may not be capable of displaying both the darkest darks and the whitest whites at the same time (or at all). In this case, try to find an acceptable middle-ground.

Uninstall:
-Simply delete all files that were added by this mod



Thanks to...
Boris Vorontsov for creating ENB, none of this would be possible without him!
ENB Series

Matso for use of his bloom in my mod
Imvisio ENB

The Realistic Lighting team for graciously allowing RL 3.4a to be used freely
Realistic Lighting With Customization