Body Types 3, 4, Half-Orcs, and Dragonborn

[Rykoth]

Do modders hate us who play big and strong types? 

No really. I know that sounds silly, but like, I admire the mods coming out. I want to use them for the characters I want to play. I don't know how to mod or I'd try and do it myself, so I let the people who have the talent do it, and they are amazing. But I feel like as someone who doesn't JUST want to play as skinny man or skinny woman, there's not a ton of great options for us out there to play with modded armors. Especially as a Dragonborn main! New class themed armors come out? Nope, Dragonborn don't get the cool visuals. Some modders DO go back to us over time, but others outright just seem to refuse to throw us a bone, and its usually the mods I want to use the most. This is probably more venting than anything but I can't be the only one consistently being disappointed when they see amazing mods pop out only to find out the race they want to use cannot wear them without using a default appearance or turning naked. If I cared about the stats, that'd be one thing, but this is all about the visuals.

[neonbutchery]

Hi, I can completely understand the frustration and you have every right to feel that way. That being said, as a modder, here's my perspective on why it happens:

1) Statistically, the fandom prefers normie bodytype 1/2 characters, so it's just more likely that mods will be made for those characters. To most people who do it, modding is a very personal endeavor and most of the mods are made based on the author's personal tastes, and a big chunk of the fandom prefers elven/tiefling/human BT1/BT2 characters.

2) Modding heads and armors can be a long and tedious process. To put it in context, every equipable armor you see in-game has 14-16 different meshes, for each race and bodytype. This might seem easy when done with Larian, a company with resources and trained professionals, but when you as a modder have to refit something sixteen different times by yourself, by hand, it gets tiring real soon. Add to that a bunch of issues with clipping and physics that are often hard to fix, and you have a very tedious, frustrating, and long process with no significant financial compensation most of the time, unless it's a commission. That's why a lot of the armor mods are often limited to a certain bodytype and race.

I get that it's frustrating, but please keep in mind that armor making in particular sucks for everyone.

[Mapleleaf001]

On 2/26/2024 at 11:12 AM, neonbutchery said:

Hi, I can completely understand the frustration and you have every right to feel that way. That being said, as a modder, here's my perspective on why it happens:

1) Statistically, the fandom prefers normie bodytype 1/2 characters, so it's just more likely that mods will be made for those characters. To most people who do it, modding is a very personal endeavor and most of the mods are made based on the author's personal tastes, and a big chunk of the fandom prefers elven/tiefling/human BT1/BT2 characters.

2) Modding heads and armors can be a long and tedious process. To put it in context, every equipable armor you see in-game has 14-16 different meshes, for each race and bodytype. This might seem easy when done with Larian, a company with resources and trained professionals, but when you as a modder have to refit something sixteen different times by yourself, by hand, it gets tiring real soon. Add to that a bunch of issues with clipping and physics that are often hard to fix, and you have a very tedious, frustrating, and long process with no significant financial compensation most of the time, unless it's a commission. That's why a lot of the armor mods are often limited to a certain bodytype and race.

I get that it's frustrating, but please keep in mind that armor making in particular sucks for everyone.

Hey 
can you make a sub class mod ?

[neonbutchery]

Hi, I don't know how to make subclasses or any gameplay mods, sorry. But if you're looking for someone to commission to make a sub class mod I recommend posting it here in the forum, or in the Down by the River discord (which has a commission section).