Exnem vs. BAB questions?

[yic17]

1. IF I have armor/clothing mod for Exnem body, what will happen when I put the armor/clothing on a normal body OR BAB body?

 

2. Can the two mods be used together at once? or gotta choose one?

 

Thanks.

[stephanie]

You can use only one at a time. I prefer Exnem's, but BAB has more clothes available .. you do need to make a choice, tho ..

 

 

Each body mod requires it's own custom clothing.

[IndorilTheGreat]

1. IF I have armor/clothing mod for Exnem body, what will happen when I put the armor/clothing on a normal body OR BAB body?

 

2. Can the two mods be used together at once? or gotta choose one?

 

Thanks.

 

If you put the Exnem Clothes on a BAB body, it will simply change the body type to Exnem's. Altered clothing isn't a "Shell" for a body, it's like a whole different mesh. So, basically when you put an Exnem top on, it simply "Replaces" your top to the "Shirt Mesh."

 

So, I guess what I'm trying to say is, you won't get any fatal errors. Don't worry! :D

 

Unfortunately the Oblivion Engine doesn't let us mix body meshes like Morrowind did... :dry:

[IndorilTheGreat]

1. IF I have armor/clothing mod for Exnem body, what will happen when I put the armor/clothing on a normal body OR BAB body?

 

2. Can the two mods be used together at once? or gotta choose one?

 

Thanks.

 

If you put the Exnem Clothes on a BAB body, it will simply change the body type to Exnem's. Altered clothing isn't a "Shell" for a body, it's like a whole different mesh. So, basically when you put an Exnem top on, it simply "Replaces" your top to the "Shirt Mesh."

 

So, I guess what I'm trying to say is, you won't get any fatal errors. Don't worry! :D

 

Unfortunately the Oblivion Engine doesn't let us mix body meshes like Morrowind did... :dry:

 

 

Edit: Sorry for double posting! :D

[Lisnpuppy]

If you put Bab clothes on Exnems then your booty shows through.

 

THere is a mod, Like Dougies Barrell of Body Bits or some such that lets you have abody type but if you want to use others clothes then you can "swap" body types and put the clothes onand they fit, but when you take off the default (downloaded) body type reverts. It is cool but slows down things.

 

If you use clothes for BAB you have to download the body type as well which is an ESM. However loading your Exnem or whatever after will overwrite it.

[Vagrant0]

The biggest issue, aside from very different body shapes, and gaps between those shapes, is that any portions which have exposed skin will look bad with the other body type since no two body mods use similar mapping coordinates.

 

The greatest advantage to using Bab is that all the default clothes and armors already exist within a single package, rather than seperate packages of various quality. The Bab package also contains alot more additional clothes and armors, whereas most exnem armors are seperate packages for each one (adding to the list of total mods loaded and increasing chances of conflicts). The downside of Bab is that there aren't many sexy/erotic items, smaller breasts, slightly more realistic proportions, so horny teenagers are less interested. The downside of Exnems is the oppisite, almost every new armor has significant portions of exposed skin. The advantage of Exnems is that it has support for OOO and Frans, which Bab may be lacking (havn't checked). The advantage for Bab is that it blends better with default bodies, so doesn't need alterative versions for mods containing meshes that use the default body.

 

TFF is another option, that seems to be aiming for a mid ground between the two, however I don't know if there are replacements for all default meshes, or support for mods like OOO, frans. And both Exnems and TFF seem to have more international support.