since v.1.3 this mod works as good with Parallax as it does with SE's Snow Shader, though I suggest to use Parallax use it together with my mountain mod: Vivid Landscapes - Rocking Stones and Mountains
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Great thanks to Nebula1 for allowing me to use some of his awesome textures as base and to Kaya47 for his road esp
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Version 1.6
made the snow more icy
amplified Parallax maps to maximum and made them look like Multilayer Parallax on icy parts (looks really cool;)
Version 1.4
amplified Parallax maps to maximum and made them look like Multilayer Parallax on icy parts (looks really cool;)
the snow landscape looks a lot more diverse from afar now. Works as well with Parallax as it does with SE's Snow Shader
since 1.3 this mod works as good with Parallax as it does with SE's Snow Shader, though I suggest to use Parallax
saved the parallax maps for roads in a different file format and made them stronger
Version 1.3
since 1.3 this mod works as good with Parallax as it does with SE's Snow Shader, though I suggest to use Parallax
made the snow generally look a bit more icy
Version 1.2
changed all specularity maps so the snow appears more icy and gains a more diverse look in distance
color adapted snow02.dds and snowlandscape02.dds
reduced the depth of snow footprints and snowstones
Since v.1.3 this mod works as good with Parallax as it does with SE's Snow Shader, though I suggest to use Parallax and also to use Better Dynamic Snow or a similar mod to improve snowy surfaces
In simple words, parallax is a advancement of normalmapping, though the depth-information doesn't get simply "drawn" on the surface, it rather warps the texture itself in the desired direction. You can imagine the parallax-texture as kind of radar map like the NASA ones from Venus. The depth effect can get triangulated out of it. It is not as sophisticated as high end Tessellation and a much older technique, but still nice :)