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About this mod
An appearance overhaul for Geraldine Shoal from Alternate Start
- Requirements
- Permissions and credits
- Changelogs
Description
This mod just changes the appearance of Geraldine Shoal from Alternate Start.
I tried to make overhauls for males, but they all look as generic as they were so only 1 NPC change >:(
Also, I know I don't need an "s" if there is only 1 NPC. I just typed the s to keep all my plugin names aligned.
Requirements
Alternate Start - Live Another Life
High Poly Head
KS Hairdos SSE*
The Eye of Beauty SSE or The Eyes of Beauty AI Remastered*
*not hard requirement but I recommend using the mods. All the meshes/textures that are used in my mod are included in the FOMOD.
Installation
Install the FOMOD with your mod manager. It can be added/edited/removed anytime. The plugin is ESP-FE.
This mod will use whatever skin you have and whatever hair texture you have for KS Hairdos. If you have KS Hairdos or either version of The Eyes of Beauty installed you can skip the hair or eyes part in the FOMOD.
Load after Alternate Start.esp
Mods Used in Screenshots
Skins are NOT included in this mod. I am using a mix of Bijin Skin (main), Fair Skin Complexion (body normal map and teeth/mouth) and ALT2 (face complexion for older people). Some characters have sweaty textures which are from Wet Function Redux SE.
The ENB is Rudy's ENB for Cathedral Weathers (Zangdar's version).
Troubleshooting
Credits
Kalilies for the NPC replacer guide and Kalilies NPCs as well as rxkx22, Pandorable for their amazing NPC overhauls that inspired me to make this one.
Expired for RaceMenu
Niroku for Expressive Facegen Morphs
ElminsterAU and the xEdit team for SSEEdit
NifTools' developers for NifSkope
G_k for Cathedral Assets Optimizer
Arthmoor for Alternate Start - Live Another Life
KouLeifoh for High Poly Head
Kalilies and Stealthic for KS Hairdos SSE
LogRaam aka Gabriel Mailhot for The Eyes of Beauty, docteure for the SSE version and wammy for the AI remastered version
Wenderer for FOMOD Creation Tool
Koveich for the font Sovngarde used in the cover
Boris Vorontsov for ENB and Rudy102 for the Rudy ENB preset making the game look so beautiful
Bethesda for Skyrim and Creation Kit
My Other NPC Appearance Overhauls
meon1k NPCs
meon1k NPCs - Cutting Room Floor
meon1k NPCs - Minor Uniques
This mod just changes the appearance of Geraldine Shoal from Alternate Start.
I tried to make overhauls for males, but they all look as generic as they were so only 1 NPC change >:(
Also, I know I don't need an "s" if there is only 1 NPC. I just typed the s to keep all my plugin names aligned.
Requirements
Alternate Start - Live Another Life
High Poly Head
KS Hairdos SSE*
The Eye of Beauty SSE or The Eyes of Beauty AI Remastered*
*not hard requirement but I recommend using the mods. All the meshes/textures that are used in my mod are included in the FOMOD.
Installation
Install the FOMOD with your mod manager. It can be added/edited/removed anytime. The plugin is ESP-FE.
This mod will use whatever skin you have and whatever hair texture you have for KS Hairdos. If you have KS Hairdos or either version of The Eyes of Beauty installed you can skip the hair or eyes part in the FOMOD.
Load after Alternate Start.esp
Mods Used in Screenshots
Skins are NOT included in this mod. I am using a mix of Bijin Skin (main), Fair Skin Complexion (body normal map and teeth/mouth) and ALT2 (face complexion for older people). Some characters have sweaty textures which are from Wet Function Redux SE.
The ENB is Rudy's ENB for Cathedral Weathers (Zangdar's version).
Troubleshooting
Spoiler:
1. Conflict with other mods:
This mod will conflict with any mod that changed the same records. It is recommended to check the conflicts in SSEEdit after installation. Patching the conflicts with SSEEdit is really easy (Just several clicks or simply a drag and drop). I learned making patches from this video.
2. Dark face:
An NPC showing a Dark face means the head parts of the NPC in the final load order do not match the head part names in the NIF files. When mod A, B both edit the same NPC, their mod order is A, B and plugin order is B, A, dark face occurs because game reads from plugin A but find files from B. If it is not caused by a wrong load order, then most likely there are some conflicts in the load order and another ESP loaded later changed the same NPC's record. In this case a patch is needed.
3. Pink/purple textures:
Texture not found. Check if all requirements are installed. There might be some oversight if you are using the resource pack as some of the meshes do not use the textures of the same name. I'll update it if anything is missing.
4. Neck seam:
There are 2 kinds of neck seam: the color difference is caused by the NPC's skin color value being different from the face skin color in the face texture, and the size difference is caused by the NPC weight being different from the one used in creating the head mesh. Any edit of the NPC's weight and skin color will cause the neck seam.
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1. Conflict with other mods:
This mod will conflict with any mod that changed the same records. It is recommended to check the conflicts in SSEEdit after installation. Patching the conflicts with SSEEdit is really easy (Just several clicks or simply a drag and drop). I learned making patches from this video.
2. Dark face:
An NPC showing a Dark face means the head parts of the NPC in the final load order do not match the head part names in the NIF files. When mod A, B both edit the same NPC, their mod order is A, B and plugin order is B, A, dark face occurs because game reads from plugin A but find files from B. If it is not caused by a wrong load order, then most likely there are some conflicts in the load order and another ESP loaded later changed the same NPC's record. In this case a patch is needed.
3. Pink/purple textures:
Texture not found. Check if all requirements are installed. There might be some oversight if you are using the resource pack as some of the meshes do not use the textures of the same name. I'll update it if anything is missing.
4. Neck seam:
There are 2 kinds of neck seam: the color difference is caused by the NPC's skin color value being different from the face skin color in the face texture, and the size difference is caused by the NPC weight being different from the one used in creating the head mesh. Any edit of the NPC's weight and skin color will cause the neck seam.
Credits
Kalilies for the NPC replacer guide and Kalilies NPCs as well as rxkx22, Pandorable for their amazing NPC overhauls that inspired me to make this one.
Expired for RaceMenu
Niroku for Expressive Facegen Morphs
ElminsterAU and the xEdit team for SSEEdit
NifTools' developers for NifSkope
G_k for Cathedral Assets Optimizer
Arthmoor for Alternate Start - Live Another Life
KouLeifoh for High Poly Head
Kalilies and Stealthic for KS Hairdos SSE
LogRaam aka Gabriel Mailhot for The Eyes of Beauty, docteure for the SSE version and wammy for the AI remastered version
Wenderer for FOMOD Creation Tool
Koveich for the font Sovngarde used in the cover
Boris Vorontsov for ENB and Rudy102 for the Rudy ENB preset making the game look so beautiful
Bethesda for Skyrim and Creation Kit
My Other NPC Appearance Overhauls
meon1k NPCs
meon1k NPCs - Cutting Room Floor
meon1k NPCs - Minor Uniques