How to add new tattoos without using F4SE and Looksmenu

[SonAnima]

I want to add a new tattoo into the game for xbox so thats why I want to avoid f4se and looksmenu. Im having trouble finding guides on adding tattoos into the game. The tutorials only tell you how to make the tattoos and not how to add them to the game.

[worm82075]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure that tattoos are decals and their application to actors is hardcoded. That is why it requires F4SE to add additional slots directly to the exe at runtime. I think the best you could do on Xbox would be to replace the existing tattoos with different ones.

[LarannKiar]

As far as I know, you can add tattoos to characters' Race forms ( Creation Kit >> Race >> Tinting >> Right click on a Group >> New Entry). You can add Chargen condition to them if you'd like them to be visible in the chargen or LooksMenu only when these conditions are met. The issue is that it requires one to edit the Race form which can make a mod very vulnerable to mod conflicts (e.g. when another mod overwrites it to add tattoos as well).

[worm82075]

Ah, so it is not a hard coded limitation but rather a compatibility consideration. Good news for the Xbox port as some degree of compatibility is sacrificed to the platform anyway so is probably worth it.

Thanks for chiming in, super helpful as always.

[SonAnima]

For some reason Im unable to get the tattoo to appear on the character in game. It shows up in the character creation menu but idk if the tattoo itself is invisible or not reading in game