I think I have removed everything except the falling snow now but as this shows it falls very lightly. I just tried using some of the SHOC level build textures to try and improve the ground and it worked. This mod has so much potential it is crying out for some new quests. It adds the Garbage, Dark valley and Lab X18. You play a merc it contains none of the original storyline. And the bases from Clear sky (Bandit and Freedom) are up and running with npc's, techs and traders etc.