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DVA Dynamic Vampire Appearance
DVA dynamically changes the appearance of vampire players to visually represent the different stages of vampirism. DVA makes other visual changes such as glowing eyes in combat and when using vampire night vision, as well as blood around the mouth after feeding. DVA is also fully customizable via SkyUI's Mod Configuration Menu.

Version
1.0 - Initial release

Details
The stages utilize texture sets with custom normal and detail maps. The diffuse texture remains vanilla, allowing you flexibility when creating your vampire's base look. All humanoid vanilla races are supported, with custom normal maps for humans, elves and orcs. Vanilla 24 hour stages, as well as Better Vampire's faster stages and 2 stage system are all supported. The night vision effect is compatible with vanilla night vision, Better Vampires and Predator Vision. The mod is fully customizable through the MCM, allowing you to choose which of the above changes you'll see.

Requirements:
Skyrim 1.9.32.0.8 or later
Dawnguard DLC
Skyrim Script Extender (SKSE) 1.6.16 or later
SKyUI

Installation:
Install with NMM or unzip the enclosed files to your data folder and make sure the mod is checked.
The mod doesn't modify any vanilla assets so it shouldn't matter where it is in the load order, but I recommend having it load after any other vampire mods.

Compatibility:
Fully compatible with:
Better Vampires by Brehanin2
Predator Vision - Vampire Werewolf and Khajiit by Gopher
Vampire Face Less Sunken Cheeks by Devacore (For females or males with no beards. Male beards seem to have clipping issues with this mod)
BVFE - Better Vampire Fangs and Eyes by Aipex8 (The eyes in this mod will take precedence over BVFE if enabled)
BVFE - Serana and Family by Aipex8

May work with, but not supported:
Other vampire overhaul mods that stick to a four stage system, such as Vampire Upgrade by undomir
Custom races
The Ningheim race (this race uses a custom eye mesh that isn't compatible with my mod. I have created a patch for this available under Optional Files. This is the extent of the support that I will provide for this race however. Be sure to uninstall this patch if you decide to play as another race later.)
ECE

Not compatible with:
Vampire overhauls that add more stages such as Belua Sanguinare Revisited and Vampiric Thirst
Other night vision overhauls

Uninstall:
Disable the mod in the MCM, save and then uninstall with NMM or delete the files manually.

Regarding compatability, support and requests:
Unfortunately I don't have the time to ensure compatability with or provide support for every mod out there. If you are trying to get the mod working with a number of unsupported mods (especially if you are just installing them and/or just becoming a vampire), I highly recommend making sure your vampire is working properly before installing DVA. Make sure you have changed and get all vampire spells, can progress through the stages and most importantly, ensure you can feed and that feeding brings you back to stage 1. The beta testers ran into many issues getting Better Vampires, custom races and other mods to work together. Usually, once all the other mods were finally playing nice, DVA would work as intended.

I also will not be replying to requests in the comments section. If there is an overwhelming number of requests for a single thing I may consider making that change, but for small cosmetic requests I recommend making those changes yourself. It's how I learned to mod and all the tools needed are freely available.

Recommended:
Because I'm replacing the normal map for the head, it may result in a slight neck seam. I used the following mod on my normal maps:
UNP Texture Blender by Svarog

To get your vampire's face texture looking more like your mortal face, try this tutorial:
Tutorial - How to create vampires with non-ungly faces by ViewtifulFlo

This texture pack includes vampire textures that match the non-vampire textures. Nika approved!
SG Female Textures Renewal by Hello Santa

Credits and Thanks
Hello Santa for SG Female Textures Renewal
mrLenski for texture elements from Covereyes
Nuska for Ethereal Elven Overhaul
Urshi for Fine Face Textures for Men
Bethesda for making this wonderful game and supporting the mod community.

Testing and Screenshots:
Al99
alexsilvestre
andreamkall
bryson124
Caelrya
CapnMal
cila81
DoubleH
hitmaqn78
Kyerea
MACHIIMACHII
Mideus
PanTast
Rending
symnion