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Psst, you can achieve your desires with THIS mod here! https://www.nexusmods.com/baldursgate3/mods/1646 This is way too hacky and seems likely to break the game - it'd be a lot simpler if we could just change the appearance and names of hirelings.

This logic is flawed, since it also prevents those same people who wanted non-binary characters from having a full party of non-binary characters. Max two, without using multiplayer to bypass the limit (Tav and hireling.) Plus, there are a number of mods that are pretty disgusting out there, like whitewashing out people of colour. So this should be a mod so that people have choice, and if disgusting people want to erase identities, that's only going to be in their own games. Everyone else can make what they want then, which is a bigger benefit.

As title says, my skyrim is launched by steam without me clicking anything, and I have no idea why. It has only happened since patch 1.9 yesterday, and its a really wierd bug that I cannot find ANY info on anywhere. Before anyone asks the obvious - I can't post on the steam forums, I just made an account which hasnt been authorised to post yet, so this is the only logical place I can ask - I have verified all my files multiple times, scanned for viruses, and everything came up clean. I do use SKSE with a launcher re-route (using an ini file) but that shouldnt be doing it as far as I am aware. And lastly, as long as my steam is open, once it starts bugging out (its not a constant from startup thing, it seems to happen when skyrim updates, as there was another small update today) it self-opens around every 1-2 minutes. So I want to ask, has ANYONE else had this issue, and short of removing steam completely, or skyrim, are there measure I could try to fix the issue? Any help would be appreciated, as it is annoying as hell to be in the middle of broswing or playing another game only to have skyrim open and cause my whole PC to act wierd. Oh, and another steam issue caused by this bug, my steam account remains active even if I shut steam off, and it refuses to open again once closed unless I restart the whole system. Making even more problems for me as my contacts try to talk to me, and I am not even online.

I just saw another mod using the same idea to try and make the player NOT get disarmed by shouts etc, so I figured it would be an interesting and balanced idea to make it into an enchantment via the enchanting tables (it also might be easier to do than said mod.) So I propose adding a new effect that doesnt add damage or any other effects, but stops you getting disarmed (the shouts annoying enough, and I am sure modders will find other ways to disarm players in the future) so this enchant could be a great tool. Considering you would have to give up damage or other utility to get it, I hardly see it as overpowered. If anyone has any ideas on this, and can help me and/or the other guy here: http://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/topic/865581-soulbound-weapons/ just post in either thread, I am sure both threads could use the info.

I hated this in every TES game, if someone figures out you would be a freaking hero to the people (even more so if it works with see you sleep).

I have to agree, 1000%. It makes me want to pre-craft a whole set of gear in the CK just to have nice clean numbers, 62% mana regen? Dafuq Bethesda? I want to be able to more or less replicate the same enchantments found on random gear drops - but with my own flavours. It sucks that certain robes/armors are better than what you can self enchant, yet still be shittier than a full enchanted set of gear etc... So if this is possible ingame, it would be fantastic - failing a actual toggle, I would be satisfied with rounding to the nearest 5% (5/10/15 etc). Please help make skyrim slightly more bearable? (Well it is one of my main pet peeves, so it would go from mildly unbearable to more or less perfect.)

With all the custom mods that add new recipes, this would only work for vanilla - that said, I have seen a mod (whetstones) that brings up the grinding menu wherever you are, which makes me wonder if thats possible to do from a book, WITHOUT letting you craft (essentially letting you see the recipes - all of them - but not giving you a portable forge/leather rack etc). Definately a fantastic idea though, especially for the Hearthfire DLC (the amount of recipes for your house can be a little overwhelming).

I would like to request a small edit to the basic UNP body texture, to add handprints as paint/warpaint/tattoo over the breasts (effectively " hiding them" like a bra might, but still showing the full breast/nipple). Specifics up to modder obviously, but prefer forsworn warpaint colours (browns and blood like colours and tones). Can be semi-transparent too, doesn't bother me really. Only requirements are (of course) UNP and handprint shapes over the breasts (or even partial handprints, just imagine about how much attention to detail forsworn actually have, they go running around half naked and in furs with dirt all over etc.) Please can some nice modder help a guy out? Trying for an immersion mod that might even end up on the Nexus as a fully implemented mod.

I am having a go at it, testing it etc, but I am still sketchy on the levelled list side. Will try it and see how I go, but it would be great if someone would give this a go for me. I doubt it matters for the most part, but I personally use UNP with BBP, so if someone sees compatible or semi compatible mods and want to give this a go for me, it would be greatly appresciated. EDIT: OK, got stuff to not only show up in game, but be randomly assigned to all forsworn! Big step right there, now all it needs is polishing and tweaking, and for my specific idea I need to go request a body texture... But at least I am getting there! Holding off on bandits for now, but I made decent progress and did what I didnt think I could do. (It is impossible to find a coherent guide, I had to spend a long few hours cobbling bits and pieces of information together. Not fun.)

I am already using Complete crafting overhaul, this isn't about ME having access to the armor - its about seeing the forsworn in all sorts of different furs and pelts, and bandits in mostly leather gear. Not that the suggestion is a bad one, I would suggest the same in your position. As for immersive armors, I keep looking and find next to no info on the level list and see no mention of forsworn getting new armor. I left a post there, but as I said he hasn't posted today, and as far as I saw his only post in the last few days was the one about the shooting. I know a lot of people on the nexus love to help out, but I have no idea how often they come back to check an amor mod like this, and how many would have the answer I need. Still, from the info I have gleaned so far, it seems forsworn aren't touched, or at the least have nothing worth mentioning added to them. I would even settle for info on adding them to the levelled list myself - I know enough from modding my own game to have basic knowledge of the CK, I can easily find the base forsworn armor and clone it a few times, point the new copies to the new directories for nifs/meshes, and so forth. But editing the levelled lists is something I have no experience with, and I feel it would be far too easy to screw it up and miss a few entries (not to mention I already use a mod that modifies levelled lists, and am putting off getting the Skyrim wyre bash). I know the theory up the point you change the levelled lists - after that I am like a lost lamb. Helpless and confused. I dont even mind making it for personal use, I have no idea if I would be allowed to release it on nexus (my only upload ever was for Oblivion, a mod I worked on with WarRatsG, great guy, he gave me full permissions etc, even though he did 90% of the work.). And as I am not much of a modder yet, I have no idea how to make meshes/textures of my own, despite having good ideas for forsworn - if I was to make this mod myself I would end up requesting tons of new sets. Any advice? Kinda at a loss here.

I have to say, I do keep looking at that mod, and dont have any problem with what they are doing per se, but I am actually satisfied for now with the vanilla armors, barring a few instances, hence the request. I know the resources already exist, it's mainly a matter of compiling them. Something I am not exactly sure about with immersive armors by the way, are they giving all NPC's random levelled list loot? I see talk of the levelled lists, but nothing specific enough for me to know for sure. (A huge downside of popular mods is not being able to quickly check comments for such a specific thing, you get the search terms wrong and you come up with nothing.) I mean specifically if certain factions get specific loot (I.E bandits getting bandit armor) of if every enemy has a chance of any armor. (I dont think forsworn should go walking in metal armors or mage robes, they have thier own specific style and I want to keep it that way.) I would ask, but I see his last post was about something terrible that has happened (something about another school shooting, the news in my country has not covered it so I dont know details) and I think he might not be replying too quickly. I might just ask anyway, but if you know the answer already it would save a ton of time.

I love arcane looking gear, but can never find any that looks good. It's either too skimpy, or too bland, or far too flashy to seem natural. So my request is nice mage robes (black as for now, retextures could be nice) with glowing runes similar to this mod - http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/26963/?tab=3&navtag=%2Fajax%2Fmodimages%2F%3Fuser%3D0%26id%3D26963 My issues with this mod is it's runed leather (I love the robe look) and the runes are less than arcane looking (it looks like a geometry exam vomited on some armor), not to mention the runes are very large and intrusive. So for now the request is a simple black (vanilla is OK, but a more stylised robe would be great) robe with glowing orange (my personal favorite colour) runes (small in size) around the hem and wrists, and I would love it if it could include a matching hood with runes alone the edge of the hood. The actual look of the runes doesnt matter, but would prefer something that looks genuinely arcane. I can't stress enough that I want the runes to glow though (like the arcane enchanters table) as I sometimes like to sneak around in dark places - glowing runes will just add some epic to that. Male and female if possible (I use UNP for female body, and Sundracon for male IIRC, although I find for robes it only matters for females about bodyshape. BBP welcome but not exactly a requirement.) Aesthetically I dont mind small additions, I am a pretty relaxed guy, if it looks nice I am not too picky. More advanced request - Modders preference (In other words, this is completely optional and will take a lot more work than the original request, ignore it if you dont like doing extra work). I would love some of the same as above, with a few major changes. First I want them to have armored versions, so if thats not something you are interested in, move along, nothing for you here. Now my vision for armored versions include light and heavy, so be warned, this isnt something achievable in the CK, I am asking for legit armor mesh and texture work. For light I imagine a slightly open robe with light armor showing underneath. Still hooded, but with a chainmail cowl underneath the hood. As I see it I think it would be easiest to leave the top of the robes (the chest area) closed, and have armored legs (also chainmail, or possibly studded leather etc) showing through an open area in the robe (something similar to this http://th08.deviantart.net/fs71/200H/f/2012/255/d/5/time_mage_robes_by_neonblacklightth-d5eiz2p.png although I prefer a slightly longer robe, and just with armor underneath.) Again, runed in the style mentioned above. For the heavy variant, I just think that robes similar to the Psijics robes with nice plate underneath (type really doesnt bother me, as long as it fits aesthetically, so darker is probably better in terms of colour.) For reference I have the robes here http://oi43.tinypic.com/2nv72gn.jpg - I could see them covering a darker elven or glass chestpieces, ebony could work too. NOTE: I love creativity etc, but I want these to look as authentic as possible. By authentic I want them to look as though they have always been a part of skyrim, rather than one of those tank top and miniskirt clothing mods, or one of the over-the-top armor mods/conversions (for example the TERA armors are popular.) I dont want it to be immersion breaking - just imagine it on several NPC's as a faction gear for example, if it seems like it could fit, then you are on the right track. Examples of what I mean are the Guard armors, or the Psijic robes, or the Archmages robes, etc. If it looks natural, it's going to make me one happy camper.

I have seen plenty of armor replacers specifically made for Forsworn and Bandits, but I can imagine all of those outfits being in a single camp. Forsworn especially dont have some kind of dress code, they all look wild and fearsome - so why should they all wear the same thing? I have no skill in altering levelled lists etc, so what I am looking for is probably going to be simple for anyone who does have experience. I simply want the forsworn armors and bandit armors that are on the nexus turned into stand alone versions and intergrated into the levelled lists. This will mean asking permissions, and possibly making a few minor modifications, but from what I already know of the CK it should be a breeze for an experienced modder. This is an immersion mod request, so if all the armors had the same base stats (or very very close to the base stats) of the existing armors it would be great. I can't really think of any other vital info, barring I personally dont mind which armors make it in (as long as there is variety) and I am fairly sure I could end up tinkering with the nifs/textures to replace existing versions according to my tastes anyway (assuming its not a lonely .esp, would prefer meshes/textures seperate.) Would love for some nice modder to make this, and love any other ideas to add to this.

I am currently making my own shout, and have figured out how to make it work etc, added it through the console and tested it etc, however I want to add it naturally into the game. I would love some kind of book etc to activate, unlocking the shout (it uses vanilla words, so players will likely already have the words or be able to find them naturally). So how would I go about making a book that adds said shout to the players shout list? And I am not sure, but it seems like it shares souls for unlocking, if theres a workaround for that it would be nice. Lastly the shout has no voice, is this a bug caused by using words from other shouts? Its a little immersion breaking, but not game breaking. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Nephenee13 does have a point there (not taking sides) which is much like my own point, you probably will only have some luck if you find people with the know-how and ask them. I mean a few ideas I have had and posted as request got a couple of polite comments and nothing more. I wouldnt have any advice where to start though, I have no idea how many modders active here have the know-how.