How to create a mod allowing for several bodytypes

[Nalim666]

Well morphing between more than 2 bodytypes would be hell but what about this:

 

Why not add new sliders that basicly adds bodies in the same way as it's now possible to clone armors?

 

So; you'd clone the base body and add new "armors"(the other bodytypes you want to be able to choose from)

Add a second slider under the "bodysize" slider.

Set on 0 this second slider does nothing.

Move the slider to the right and it sets one of the alternative bodies as the "armor" equipped when naked.

 

The only things that needs doing would be to figure out how to add "armor" to a naked character. My suggestion would be to use the same code that hides follower armor in their inventory and forces them to equip it if they dont have anything better to wear. Apply that code to the PC and let the second slider select what body(in the form of an item in the inventory) to give to the character. The "bodyitem" would be invisible to the player and would be automaticly equiped when the character removes his/her armor.

 

So you add these armors(for example):

BBW_0, BBW_1

Curvy_0,Curvy_0

Anorexic_0, Anorexic_1

 

That way you can keep NPCs as they are without needing to get replacers for all armors.

[kcarn]

I'm thinking of something similar, with this mod :

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=7029

This simple mod replace the skeleton.nif or skeletonbeast.nif only, making all race using that particular nif looking like Hulk.

I was thinking of creating a new heavy race for each normal race, but it need editing aaaall Armo records, making it incompatable with a lot of mods.

 

So a new slider would be a good idea to let the player choose between skeletons, unfortunetely, I dunno how too.