Adipose Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Why should I run a Dragonborn follower mod? I'm the Dragonborn an' I don' want no steenkin' competition! Why are there so many brown heads? Are they particularly hard to get rid of during mod creation? Why are there so many really good looking female followers that don't bounce? Is it extra hard to do mods with bounce? Why are there so many female follower mods that are posed with that "cute" little head cocked to one side stance? Why are there so many female follower mods that are not only posed with their head cocked but also making the oh so cute hand gestures? Why are there so many follower group mods in which it's either all or none? Is it so hard to enable individual character download? Why hasn't someone done a follower mod in which one can install missing teeth, hands, arms, etc. Must be quite hard...or no interest at all. Why hasn't someone done a follower mod in which prosthetics, such as peg legs or hooks, can be installed. I use eye patch all the time just so I'll have another item to enchant. Why hasn't someone done a follower mod in which one can install broken noses (can do using slider, but takes a long time), cauliflower ears, burned faces, etc.? Why are so many follower mods either CBBE or Unp(or the variations thereof) and not capable of install with either? Why are so many character mods just presets. Must be really hard to go from there to mod creation? Why does the guy who's posting this constantly whine, piss and moan about mods when he can't do them himself? 'Cause I'm old and, at the moment, terminally cranky. Venting, I think it's called. The old woman's giving be a batch of s...t! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeir Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 1. Some people RP as 'not-the-dragonborn'. They skip the main quest entirely.2. Some modders are new and don't know that they need to generate tint masks and/or include them. It's not as if creating NPCs is the most straight forward thing to do, and a texture file or two at the end of a 'long' directory is easily forgotten.3. 'Bouncing' is unnecessary. So are female followers, but that's just my view. Maybe the modder(s) in question don't like it, or don't want to add a requirement of XPMSE to it. You can always swap out the meshes yourself.4. Because it's 'cute'.5. Because it's 'cute'.6. One plugin takes up less room in the load order than several. Many people also seem to care more about adding more identical-looking female followers to their in-game harem than anything else. Have you tried asking the creator(s) for single-follower downloads? With a bit of work, you can also remove the followers you don't want from the plugin with xEdit.7. Because it's not 'cute'. Also because no one's really made the meshes for such a thing. Most followers are 'cute' packmules to dress up (or use with sex mods), and nothing more. Decent followers/companions are extremely rare. The creators use the resources available to make it as quick and easy as possible to create and upload.8. See 7.9. See 7.10. Because modders create according to their own preferences. If they don't like one body mod, they wont include an option for it. You can always swap out the meshes/textures yourself.11. Wasn't this answered in another thread you made? Also, presets are easier to make than followers. Load up game -> create character -> save preset -> get loads of pictures that focus on the skimpy outfit the character is wearing -> upload preset to Nexus. Followers require work in the CK/other tools.12. There are utilities you can use to create your own followers. Even I managed it. Start with this and this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoorlyAged Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 (edited) Why should I run a Dragonborn follower mod? I'm the Dragonborn an' I don' want no steenkin' competition! Because you need a distraction when the dragons attack. Or maybe the companion needs a distraction. Who knows. You figure that one out. Why are there so many brown heads? Are they particularly hard to get rid of during mod creation? Because green heads are annoying and cause motion sickness when they bounce up and down when the NPC is running. Why are there so many really good looking female followers that don't bounce? Is it extra hard to do mods with bounce? Why are you looking at the not jiggly women instead of your surroundings? Do you like surprise attacks? Why are there so many female follower mods that are posed with that "cute" little head cocked to one side stance? Because sex sells. Have you been under a rock since puberty? Why are there so many female follower mods that are not only posed with their head cocked but also making the oh so cute hand gestures? Because come hither sex sells more. You really have been under a rock. Why are there so many follower group mods in which it's either all or none? Is it so hard to enable individual character download? So you can hide in the crowd when dragons attack. Dah. Why hasn't someone done a follower mod in which one can install missing teeth, hands, arms, etc. Must be quite hard...or no interest at all. Because youth sells. Do you need spectacles? Why hasn't someone done a follower mod in which prosthetics, such as peg legs or hooks, can be installed. I use eye patch all the time just so I'll have another item to enchant. Because healthy youth sells more. And wash that dammed eye patch. It stinks! Why hasn't someone done a follower mod in which one can install broken noses (can do using slider, but takes a long time), cauliflower ears, burned faces, etc.? Because good looking, healthy youth sells even more. You really do need those spectacles. Why are so many follower mods either CBBE or Unp(or the variations thereof) and not capable of install with either? Because they are easy to make and modders are basically lazy. Or maybe its just me there. Why are so many character mods just presets. Must be really hard to go from there to mod creation? See previous. Why does the guy who's posting this constantly whine, piss and moan about mods when he can't do them himself? 'Cause I'm old and, at the moment, terminally cranky. Venting, I think it's called. The old woman's giving be a batch of s...t! Because he is a curmudgeonly old fart with nothing better to do than drone on and on and on about mods and modders instead of getting off his old fat lazy back pockets and actually contributing something to the modding community. Maybe if you got a hobby and stopped annoying the old woman, she wouldn't be giving you a ration. Geez. You'd think you would have figured out at least that much at your age. Senile old fool. Did I cover everything? Don't want to pass up an opportunity to harangue a fellow old fart. Hope you got a smile. I did. PS. I didn't figure it out on my own either. The bit about a hobby and not pestering the old woman were my wife's advice to me. I took it. Happy wife, happy life. Edited August 10, 2017 by PoorlyAged Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adipose Posted August 9, 2017 Author Share Posted August 9, 2017 ROFLMAO!!! Many, many thanks to both of you. It's not been fun around here lately. AAAND, you're both quite right. I either need to stop moaning or get off my broad arse and figure out how to do mods so that I can contribute more effectively. Also, might give me more right to be critical. I learned many years ago that, if you can't walk the walk and talk the talk, you've got no right to criticize those who can...even if you don't care for what they do. Oh, I caught the Puller quote. I have lunch every Tuesday with a ninety-seven year old retired Marine. Five hot landings in the Pacific and later at the Reservoir in Korea. He thinks Puller was the greatest thing since sliced bread. Has a small fund of Puller anecdotes. Apparently met him personally on more than one occasion. Thinks of Puller as a grunt's Marine. Also, won't talk about the s...t he got stuck in. Tells two stories and that's it. Rest of the time he likes to talk about occupation time in Japan and personal life in Korea and the Pacific. Women in both places are his favorite topic. I'm afraid he's not politically correct on issues of equality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoorlyAged Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 ROFLMAO!!! Many, many thanks to both of you. It's not been fun around here lately. AAAND, you're both quite right. I either need to stop moaning or get off my broad arse and figure out how to do mods so that I can contribute more effectively. Also, might give me more right to be critical. I learned many years ago that, if you can't walk the walk and talk the talk, you've got no right to criticize those who can...even if you don't care for what they do. Oh, I caught the Puller quote. I have lunch every Tuesday with a ninety-seven year old retired Marine. Five hot landings in the Pacific and later at the Reservoir in Korea. He thinks Puller was the greatest thing since sliced bread. Has a small fund of Puller anecdotes. Apparently met him personally on more than one occasion. Thinks of Puller as a grunt's Marine. Also, won't talk about the s...t he got stuck in. Tells two stories and that's it. Rest of the time he likes to talk about occupation time in Japan and personal life in Korea and the Pacific. Women in both places are his favorite topic. I'm afraid he's not politically correct on issues of equality. Pass along my 'Semper Fi' to your friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arghTease Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 just happened to be passing by and got a good laugh so thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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