After testing for a while, I finally uninstalled Advanced Weather System and reinstalled Natural Environments. I simply missed these kinds of vistas from NE.
Ayelid ruins at dawn
Clear weather over Imperial City
To be fair, NE has a tendency to be too yellow but I prefer its color sky more and the clouds are just fantastic. In particular, NE’s storms are frightneing, with gushes of rain and multiple layers of fast moving clouds. Sunsets and dawns are a beauty and at times, sunny weather is impressive… although it has a tendency to be cloudless a lot (in sunny weather). By contrast, I found AWS too blue at times.
Now to think of it, another reason I chose NE over AWS is that I found AWS used too much ambient light, which tends to wash out shadows. I prefer the crispness of NE’s light.
On the other hand, I also prefered AWS at night
I know I am not making it easier on you… it comes down to a question of compromise and personal taste.
My advice – play for a while with on, then with the other. They install textures in different folders so there is no risk of overlap. You can install them side by side and acticate one or the other.
When you want to switch, make sure you go back inside, load your game without any weather mod activated to clear up your game and load the clean game with the other weather mod activated.
