Combining beauty mods

[jellyhead]

Hi,

 

I've noticed from browsing the images section that a few users combine parts of the different beauty mods (I'm talking facial here!). I wanted to know how easy this is to do and if anyone could explain the different components of the mods, how to use to use this from mod A, and then that from mod B, that kind of thing? Or perhaps point me towards any tutorials if they exist?

 

Thanks

[milogrim]

Pretty easy really. Some mods wont work together though. You have textures (most common) and meshes. Meshes will change the shape of things, textures will "paint" that shape. If the shape(mesh) isn't the right size "canvas", it'll(texture) paint it all wrong and look silly. Some mods paint certain things, brows, lips, scars, eyes, skin, hair. Some will paint the same thing, when they do you'll get an option to replace that file. Which ever you choose the last one "wins", unless of course you choose not to replace, then the first one "wins". Thats why you should unpack & place textures and meshes by hand , so you can choose to replace some and not others.

 

Some textures paint different things on the same thing, but are named different. Like one dds. file might make you look muscular and the other adds color and texture to the skin. Even though they are packed together you can pick one and not the other. As far as which dds. file does what specifically, IDK, I just experiment. Keep a backup of your character folder, try different stuff. Just remember that the face you choose might not be compatible with the body you want, and the body you want might not be compatible with the armor you want. So you are making three choices at the least. None of this is a mystery so don't worry its clearly detailed in the mod's descriptions what mods work with each other and which don't.