GoldenBlossom

Assuming that, by cheats, you mean codes (console commands) or mods designed to give you an immediate advantage by raising your stats and/or providing free equipment/giving you unlimited money etc... no, I don't use cheats. There is something about getting something for nothing that I find repulsive, and playing while knowing that I haven't earned my superiority would make it extremely hard for me to enjoy the game. On the other hand, I have no qualms about using exploits in order to raise my character's skills. For example, summoning an Atronach or Dremora Lord to spar with can easily be justified as a personal quirk of your character, and sneaking against a wall near an NPC can be seen as practice to erase your presence in order to make yourself harder to detect. Because it requires some amount of time and effort on my part, I don't see it as cheating.

You'll want this mod. Works wonders on not just Destruction, but all schools of magic. ^^

As far as I know there are no mods released that does what you want (I've been looking myself), so the only way to get some amount of expression on your character is to be close to and detected by a hostile NPC. This will make your character frown - kinda lame, but better than nothing. For freezing your character (and pretty much everything else) you could type TFC 1 in the console. Other than that, the only thing to do is to await the Creation Kit so we can tap into the game's resources without h4x0rz.

Well, I'll be a spotted snowbear... dunno how I missed that. Thanks for the swift replies and the link, kudos and never-ending gratitude to ya. I guess that's a case closed. ^^

I haven't seen this issue brought up anywhere, so either I've somehow missed it when searching or nobody has bothered to mention it, but it's annoying me to no end. The Ebony Armor is probably one of the coolest-looking outfits in Skyrim, but whenever a female character equips it the left shoulder will "dislocate", making the upper arm curve outwards from the chest and the shoulder clip through the shoulder pad. However, it doesn't appear to affect females who utilize the masculine movement pattern, so I don't think the model itself is the problem. I cannot imagine that I'm the only one bothered by it, and surely there must be someone knowledgeable about nifs who's tried to look into the matter, so I'd like to ask - is there any way to fix it? If anyone knows of a method and is willing to share it, I'd be most grateful indeed. Please help a fellow gamer out. :sweat:

That's certainly true, assuming you carry a shield with you at all times. But doing so would kinda kill the purpose of clearing the left hand - why choose to block with your one-handed weapon if you have a shield?

Best solution I can think of is to right-click and then left-click the weapon in the item menu (or favorites menu). Ergo, you'll equip the weapon in your left hand first so that it will be cleared when you switch to the right hand. Ought to be a little faster than going through the magic sub-menus every time. Alternatively, equip the weapon in your right hand and then open the favorites menu, right-clicking a one-handed weapon or spell twice once to equip it in the left hand and then again to clear it.