[LE] Help? Race-change into custom race- like vampirism, but turn into something different?

[RaisingThersites]

Hey all, amateur at modding with CK. In my adventures of creating a custom race, I had wondered about creating a semi-race that a character could turn into- the way that vampirism (not vampire lord) takes an existing character but makes changes to eyes and skin overlay.

Any help?? I'm happy to give specifics!

[IsharaMeradin]

It will require some scripting. I know that both vampire and werewolf obtain and store the player's original race prior to the transformation. And it 'transforms' back into that race when cured for vampires or when the werewolf timer runs out.

 

You'd probably need a quest to store the player's normal race as a property and the custom race as a property. A function on that script to handle the transformation from normal to custom. A function on that script to handle the transformation from custom to normal. A spell (lesser power, shout or regular spell), a potion or scroll with a magic effect that has a script. The magic effect script would need to reference the quest script and run the appropriate transformation function.

 

At least that is one possibility in theory. I've never done it so can't really get into specifics.

[itskeyf]

Hey! I am looking to do exactly this and was wondering if you had any sources I could use to learn this? For my purposes, the race change is going to be 2-3 seconds at most and I dont need there to be any perks or abilities, only body data.