How do I go about making a mod that allows for cosmetic armor

[AAnus]

Like if I have daedric armor but I want my character to look like he's in iron armor, how would I make a mod for that? I would make it myself if someone can help me.

[IsharaMeradin]

SKSE has a function which can change the mesh of an object but it affects all instances of that object. So if you do not want other characters wearing daedric armor to also look like they are wearing iron armor, then that is not an option.

 

The simplest route might be to duplicate the daedric armor and armor addon records and replace the daedric mesh assignments with iron armor meshes. You can add crafting recipes so that the player can make them if they want. You could also add a script to a quest alias pointing to the player that will replace real daedric armor pieces with the iron armor appearing pieces.

[AAnus]

SKSE has a function which can change the mesh of an object but it affects all instances of that object. So if you do not want other characters wearing daedric armor to also look like they are wearing iron armor, then that is not an option.

 

The simplest route might be to duplicate the daedric armor and armor addon records and replace the daedric mesh assignments with iron armor meshes. You can add crafting recipes so that the player can make them if they want. You could also add a script to a quest alias pointing to the player that will replace real daedric armor pieces with the iron armor appearing pieces.

Thanks @IsharaMeeradin, I did that and it works great.