vonBiomes
New Biomes, Foliage Overhaul, and Landscapes. Dynamic mission-based Lighting, Weather, Ambient Sounds and more for Mechwarrior 5! Serviced and worked on since years, vonBiomes is constantly expanding and brings you new environments for your Mechwarrior 5 missions. The mod is available on Patreon with Early Access specials for all supporters, on Steam and Nexus.
vonBiomes is a complete environment mod-pack. It includes tons of new map types ("biomes"), special locations, a full visual overhaul with lighting and weather effects, integrated BattleTech lore for solar systems, User Interface overhauls and much more.
With the "Mod Options" Mod active in your mod list, you have a wide range of options for adding additional visual quality and rendering features like Global Illumination (GI), Volumetric Fog or High-quality Shadows.
How to run vonBiomes (and Mechwarrior 5) well? Let's dive into some performance tips and advice! vonBiomes works well with medium and high-end systems, and can also be run on low-end systems with adjustments.
Do not override vonBiomes with other mods in general if you do not want to lose all environment and weather add-ons in the mod pack. This includes a whole lighting system with tons of sky bodies, dynamic lighting based on planet orbits, weather effects and (much) more.