

We will release an article in the near future with ALL our test data to ensure naysayers do not spread more lies about our mod performance anymore. But if you want a prettier Skyrim, do ELFX.Average performance gains on edited cells are an estimated 10 to 30 fps.

If you want to feel like you're in the world, do RLO. RLO is the more realistic, whilst ELFX is the less realistic. Personally, I prefer not having to take out my torch whilst trying to find my room in an inn, so I like ELFX more than RLO.Īll in all, it's a matter of how realistic you want your Skyrim to look. I notice there is a LOT more ambient light with ELFX (not as much as vanilla however), which gives ELFX a more artificial, but pretty, feel. Interiors with fires feel warm, and the candle smoke from candles gives a nice cozy atmosphere to inns that I don't feel with RLO (mostly because there aren't enough light sources, which makes interiors dark and cold). On the other hand, ELFX looks much prettier. Turning up my brightness seemed to alleviate the issue slightly, btw. RLO is realistic- but literally painfully so. However, by the end of my play session, I had to give my eyes a little rest- not because I had been playing a long time, but because I was squinting for hours on end at my computer screen. I also find that buildings with windows and skylights are much much brighter during the day than the night- a nice little touch for thief characters such as the one I'm playing now when you're breaking into homes, as it gives you a sense that you're not supposed to be in the home at this time. A building without many skylights, interior lights, and windows is going to be VERY dark- but a building with those things is going to be much lighter. What I find is that RLO is more immersive in the sense that light goes where light should reasonably go. I have used both RLO and ELFX with CoT for quite some time now. Sorry to revive this post, but I just wanted to stick in some of my input
