Mod anatomy

[tsukasa13]

I think this would belong here, but im not sure. I apologize if it doesnt.

ive been using the half-elf dryad race , and I believe im using CBB. Ive also been using "the skeleton of female models 3-2"

Ive downloaded a few mods and have been experimented a little, but im curious as to why this isnt working. The breasts that are supposed to be sizeable by the breast scale slider for the enhanced character edit.

Its not that I exactly want to have super huge tits on my character, but im very curious as to why its not working. im trying to understand these different body morphs and skeletons. This curiosity originally arose when I was using another race for a spellcasting vampire character. I was using the succubus race and my belt fasted quiver mod worked on that character, but not on this half-elf dryad.

theres some stuff Im just trying to wrap my head around.

any help would be great.

[Senviro]

I'm not sure I completely understand your problem. However, if your are using CBBE and if it's just about making the kind of body you want, then you can make almost any body you want.

As said before, if it is CBBE, then go to CBBE's mod page and download Body Slide. By using that you can tweak the body however you need to, then use it for that race. Just be sure to hold ctrl while you click on "Create Body," so that they appear in the Body Slide folder. From there, copy the female_0 and female_1 files to where the current bodies are installed and paste them there to replace the current ones for that race. Make a backup of the old bodies should anything go awry.

 

And just in case you don't know yet, the "_0" body is the minimum weight, and the "_1" body is the maximum weight, so keep that in mind as you make the changes in Body Slide. By modifying them you ought be able to get any results you need. Hope that helps, and as for skeletons... no idea.

[tsukasa13]

oh, im not having a problem. im just trying to get a grasp on the different bodies. I know for some reason bodies wont work with certain mods like clothing.

[Senviro]

Well, "work" can mean different things. And this is just a couple of shots in the dark:

 

If a clothing/armor is made using a different body, then it will normally only work on that body type, since the body is part of the armor mesh itself.

 

Also, in the CK, armor has to be selected for which races use it. The check list normally includes the vanilla races, and not custom ones. Which I learned with a Desire Demon armor mod that I had once found (It's since been removed for copyrighted material.) It wasn't assigned to work with some races such as orcs and a few elves, so I had to enable all of the other races in the CK to make it visible.

 

So those may be worth looking into as well.

[tsukasa13]

I see. i guess that would explain why all vanilla npcs have their quivers on their belts like I wanted to. how would I figure out what body mesh my race is?

the author did not specify, but said it was based off the dryad race. however, the quiver mod does work on that dryad.

[Senviro]

The easiest way I know is to go into the Creation Kit, load both the Dryad race and whatever armor you're having problems with, then go under that armor item's properties, then on the bottom-right there should be a list called "models." Check "Show All," then double-click on the one with the mesh. On the right of that new window there should be a list of races. Find the Dryad race, then click it so it's blue. Then save the file. (Keep a backup just in case, but it should be safe.)

 

Hope that helps.