Ugly vanilla hair fix

[Gearhog]

So, I've been using racemenu by expired for a while. I absolutely love the sculpting function. I thought I'd point something out to those who like the overall idea of vanilla hair, but can't stand the low poly jagged mess:

 

In racemenu at the upper right corner, click on "Sculpt"

In the bottom right, you'll see a list titled "Head Parts". There will be 3 check boxes in a row with 3 or more items in a column (something like "FemaleMouthHumanoid", "FemaleHeadNord", and "HairFemaleNord01")

The middle/second check boxes of all should be checked, which tells you the wireframe is activated (I prefer to keep these checked when editing hair). To the left of that is visibility, and to the right (the one that matters) is editability. The only editability check box that is activated when going to sculpt mode should be the head part. Uncheck it by left clicking in the middle of the box. Now find the hair head part (in my case it's currently "HairFemaleNord15") and left click in the middle of that check box to activate editability. It's important to Uncheck the head part though! As that can mess you up and make your character's head look wonky in the end.

Now that you have editability activated on the hair, go to the modifier/brush window (should be the one in the middle, between the preview window and the head parts window) and click on "Smooth". You may need to click a few to the right to get to it (there's no scroll function).

Once you're there, pull the radius slider all the way to the right... You can leave the "strength" slider alone.

Now go to the preview window (to the far left) and start dragging your mouse over the hair to lessen the edges. You'll see the results first in the preview window before letting go of your left mouse button, and then on your actual character in the middle once you let go of your left mouse button.

This will greatly reduce the jagged edges of the hair to make it much smoother and generally better looking.

 

If you want to undo something, you can do so by clicking above the "smooth" you just did in the "history" window (upper right). Most of the time there's two put together (the left and right side of whatever you are editing... In this case the hair) but sometimes there's just one.

 

If you'd like to move a part of the hair, or lengthen it! You can also choose the "move" brush in the modifier/brush window and, as before, pull the radius slider all the way to the right.

 

Honestly, I wouldn't recommend messing with the strength slider if you're new to this. It's really sensitive and can be more trouble than it's worth. It starts at 0.01, so keep this in mind when changing it.

 

And bam! Check that out! Your character looks human!

Also keep in mind that this will not change the way the hair looks on all the NPCs! And once you switch characters, you will have to do it again.

This does not work with KS Hairdos! I'm not sure why. Most, if not all, hair from ApachiiSkyHair is editable, however.

 

Have fun! If people need pictures to better understand how this works, let me know. I'm currently on my phone so I don't have any.

[Gearhog]

Racemenu by Expired6978 is required and can be downloaded here:

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/29624/?