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About this mod
Changes the Nightingale Blade from a sword into a dagger.
- Requirements
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I always felt like daggers were underutilized in the vanilla game. There's just not a lot of very interesting ones out there. But on my thief playthrough, I also noticed that I got an abundance of cool one-handed weapons, most of which I never used. So... Why not make some swords into daggers?
Especially the Nightingale Blade, which is already a short sword, and is used by thief characters, seemed fitting.
I've carried on changes made by my beloved Believable Weapons, so the blades will look sleek and have proper scabbards.
I've also carried on the change from Reliquary of Myth and some other mods, that un-levels the blades, so it will be the same strength regardless of what level you find it at.
Compatibility
This mod isn't compatible with any mod that changes the Nightingale Blade without a patch. I've tried carrying over as many non-invasive changes as I can in my mod already.
This mod IS compatible with any mod that changes the enchantment on the blades.
Here's a list of a few mods:
In order to properly use this mod with Frankly HD Nightingale, go to:
And delete or hide the file nightingaleblade_m.dds
Recomendations
I highly recommend using this with the following mods:
Reliquary of Myth - Overhauls the enchantments of the blades.
Frankly HD Nightingale - Adds better textures and shine to the blades.
Animated Armoury - DAR Version - New Weapons with animations - Adds better animations for daggers in third person, making dagger combat more distinguished from sword combat.
First Person Combat Animations Overhaul - Adds distinguished animations for daggers in first person.
Technical
Unfortunately, to make a sword into a dagger you have to modify both the mesh and Armor record, which is why this mod overrides a lot of other mods. Mods modifying the Armor Addon record will probably override my changes and could also cause problems.
Especially the Nightingale Blade, which is already a short sword, and is used by thief characters, seemed fitting.
I've carried on changes made by my beloved Believable Weapons, so the blades will look sleek and have proper scabbards.
I've also carried on the change from Reliquary of Myth and some other mods, that un-levels the blades, so it will be the same strength regardless of what level you find it at.
Compatibility
This mod isn't compatible with any mod that changes the Nightingale Blade without a patch. I've tried carrying over as many non-invasive changes as I can in my mod already.
This mod IS compatible with any mod that changes the enchantment on the blades.
Here's a list of a few mods:
- Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition patch - Changes forwarded
- Weapons Armor Clothing and Clutter Fixes - Changes forwarded
- Believable Weapons - Changes forwarded
- Reliquary of Myth - Changes forwarded, compatible
- Zim's Immersive Artifacts - I've not checked, but it should be compatible
- Nightingale Hall Restored - Incompatible. Patch provided, load both my mod and the patch after.
- Frankly HD Nightingale - Incompatible. Special installation required.
In order to properly use this mod with Frankly HD Nightingale, go to:
Cloud's Nightingale Blade Dagger\textures\weapons\nightingaleAnd delete or hide the file nightingaleblade_m.dds
Recomendations
I highly recommend using this with the following mods:
Reliquary of Myth - Overhauls the enchantments of the blades.
Frankly HD Nightingale - Adds better textures and shine to the blades.
Animated Armoury - DAR Version - New Weapons with animations - Adds better animations for daggers in third person, making dagger combat more distinguished from sword combat.
First Person Combat Animations Overhaul - Adds distinguished animations for daggers in first person.
Technical
Unfortunately, to make a sword into a dagger you have to modify both the mesh and Armor record, which is why this mod overrides a lot of other mods. Mods modifying the Armor Addon record will probably override my changes and could also cause problems.