This mod is a retexture of the dwarven bow. It will replace the texture of every dwarven bow/arrow/quiver in the game!
Additionally, you can now also download a standalone version of this bow; courtesy of Maeldun0! :)


This is my first retexture and attempt to modify Skyrim. I didn't intend to publish it, actually, but since it's Christmas I wanted to give out some free stuff :)

The screenshots were made without any kind of ENB and Skyrim set to medium settings, thus the texture may look different in your game. The texture-size should be about 2048x2048. It is mostly handmade, keeping some of the vanilla textures in a modified way.

I am currently working on the 4096x4096 textures! ;)    ----->    I am afraid I do not have the time and patience to work on it at the moment. I might update it in the future, however that is currently unlikely. :(



Compatibility:

Should be compatible with everything other than other retextures and mods that alter the UV-mapping of the dwarven bow (I think). However, should you come across other issues, let me know :) 


Standalone-version:

Thanks to Maeldun0 we now have a standalone version!


"The bow is craftable under Dwarven category, but requires the Ebony Smithing perk. 

Materials required:
1 Dwarven Bow
2 Ebony Ingots

Tempering:
1 Mercy's Song
1 Ebony Ingot
1 Dwarven Oil 

Arrows (24) are craftable under Dwarven category but require the Ebony Smithing perk. 

Materials required:
1 Ebony Ingot
1 Firewood 


Both the bow and arrows are equivalent in stats to their Ebony counterparts."


Installation:

Try using NMM. You can drop the Replacer version manually in your Skyrim/Data/textures/weapons -folder. (if you don't have such a folder, simply create one ;) )

Uninstall:

Deactivate using NMM or simply delete the folder.


-> if something goes wrong, please let me know. This is my first upload and it's not unlikely that I messed something up :P



IMPORTANT!!

If this (or sth. like it) happens to you:

then do the following:

1. Download any of the Main Files (the one you prefer)

2. download the .rar file listed under "optional"

3. go to the folder of your bow's texture; this is either
    a) replacer: Skyrim/Data/textures/weapons/dwarven
                                       or
    b) standalone Skyrim/Data/textures/weapons/dwarven/mercyssong

4. place the .rar file in the folder and extract it- if it asks you to overwrite say "yes to all".


What it does? It adds mipmaps to the texture. Why didn't I put mipmaps there in the first place? Simple: my game makes mipmaps weird and "washed-out", thus I didn't add any and it worked fine for me. However, it seems that this is not always the case, thus here are the mipmap files for those of you who have trouble with the main files :)

Special thanks to xxxsdxxx5 for figuring this out with me! <3