Custom Follower Animations without DAR / OAR

[Zeanion]

Hi there!

I plan to give a custom follower its own unique animations without having it affect all NPCs or requiring DAR/OAR, which would just overlay everything.

The follower should naturally have its own walking, running, sneaking, and sleeping animations, without relying on third-party mods.

The animations for everything are available and ready to go; I just don't know how to set it up so that my follower (and only my follower!) uses these animations.

The custom race has been created in the Creation Kit. How should I proceed? Do I need to open the defaultfemale.hkx and navigate it to the new animation files?

Thanks in advance!