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Adds 200+ player equipable Shaders and Image Filters. Ever wanted Lydia to look like a Headless Ghost? Now you can! Ever wanted to see the world in Peryite Vision? Try the \"Perception Aura: Plague Vision\".

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For now I've stopped updating this mod, this doesn't mean there won't be another update ever just that I have lost interest, mostly because my Skyrim has become a lot more unstable making it harder to mod myself. So sorry, no Dragonborn Shaders planned. Timestamped: D08/M02/2013



[size=20]Cosmetic Auras- Ghost Shaders and More!
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Please Note- If a NPC has a resetting inventory (most non-followers) then Auras will vanish, nothing I can do here.

Please Note- Some Auras "Stick" when removed; a solution is to equip an Aura that overwrites the stuck shader and then unequip that

Please Note- Some Auras time out and I may loop them in the future; I believe I tagged most of the affected Dawnguard Auras as such in their description.

Contents:
1. Description
2. Installation
3. Accessing In-Game
4. Creating Auras
5. Uninstallation
6. To-Do List
7. Known Bugs
8. Permissions
9. Credits

Description:
Adds 200+ player equipable Shaders and Image Filters. Ever wanted Lydia to look like a Headless Ghost? Now you can! Ever wanted to see the world in Peryite Vision? Try the "Perception Aura: Plague Vision".

Installation:
Unzip the contents into your ...Skyrim\Data folder. If using the additional Dawnguard Mod make sure its below the main Cosmetic Auras in the Load Aura.

Accessing In-Game:
On loading the game you will be given books which give an in-game justification for the existence of the mod. You will also be given 4 spells

Power- Awaken Auras: Opens the creation interface similar to the forge/smelter. Requires empty soul gems of any type.
Spell- Touch of Death: Turns vanilla races to/from an undead version. WARNING: before you uninstall the mod you must turn everyone back to normal so use frugally.
Spell- Awaken Others Aura: Opens a gift interface to give (and equip) target NPCs.
Spell- Cleanse Others Aura: Returns any Aura NPCs to you and restores them back to their vanilla race.

Creating Auras:
The use of the Awaken Auras power will bring you to a crafting interface (don’t worry non-smithers it won’t raise your level).

Wood Category:
Translate "Touch of Death" book.
Create a cheat tome which in turn gives a power which opens a container full of Auras some dummied out with an *asterisk*. Requires 1 gold coin.

Misc Category:
The main category. Creation of Auras requires empty soul gems which need to be turned into Aura catalysts.

Inert Auras are Auras that can be enchanted and include a decapitation aura to make yourself and others headless. Admittedly Inert Auras are open to some abuse as you can pile enchantments on your character as they don’t take an equipment slot
Shader Auras are split into 16 categories; Absorb, Armour, Colour, Conjuration, Darkness, Detection, Dov, Element, Elemental, Fleshveil, Ghostveil, Gore, Illusion, Light, Nature, Restoration. These are the Auras that set you on fire or turn you into a ghost. These can be disenchanted if you wish to have quicker access to two favourite effects.
Filter Auras are called Perception Auras; these are the Auras that affect the entire screen such as Nighteye.
Black Auras are admittedly a cannibalization of a separate unreleased mod these give you various ‘alternate’ racial benefits and Ghost Resistances. Requires an Effigy created from Black soul gems and a variety of Items or just Black soul gems if same race.

Uninstallation:
Unequip any Auras and reverse any use of “The Touch of Death” spell.
Delete ‘CosmeticAuras.esp’ from the data folder and delete the REB_AuraCleanse, REB_AuraGift, REB_AuraStartupQuest, REB_AuraUndeadRaceSwap and REBAuraForgeScript from the scripts folder.
Dawnguard: Delete ‘Cosmetic Aura DG.esp’ from the Data folder and REB_AuraDLC1Cleanse & REB_AuraDLC1Gift from the Scripts folder.

High-Priority To-Do list
CTD & BSOD issues.

To-Do List (low priority I’m lazy)
Additional DLCs if I maintain interest that long.
Nexus Mod Manager Version. Don’t use it myself.
Additional Screenshots
Support for popular
More informative descriptions.
Grammatical & spelling corrections
Looping Vanilla Shaders.
New Custom Shaders.
New Inventory/world Art Assets.
Removal of Duplicate Shaders.

Known Bugs:
Touch of Undeath: May darken the faces of NPCs when using custom bodies, as I made the spell to be used with the ghostveil Auras I consider it an oddity more than a nuisance bug
Disappearing Auras: If a NPC has a resetting inventory (most non-followers) then Auras will vanish, nothing I can do here.
Auras on Creatures: Creatures (such as dogs and dragons) will unequip Auras when you change cells, a work around is to hit them with the Awaken Others Aura spell again as it should force them to re-equip.

Permissions
If you wish to make a translation please feel free just notify me first so I can add you to the list.
taylortay2012 has requested permission to translate to Chinese.

Credits:
DarkOne & the Nexus Sites.
Bethesda for Skyrim and especially the Shader Art team since this is basically just plagiarism =p
The Wrye/Sky Bash team.
AmethystDeceiver and their “Arise - Chapter 1 - The Black Sacrament” that gave me the Idea to create the separate Aura Forge Spell.
Voltaire, whose music lyrics I used to pad a book.