Skyrim Special Edition

Mod articles

  • Working with Skyrim TRIs in 2021

    TRIs are a quite the niche topic in Skyrim modding and there aren't exactly a lot of resources on them so I figured I might as well publish this here. It's still somewhat of a WIP and I'd appreciate feedback, especially if things are unclear. I'm planning to add sections on Creating TRIs from scratch and Creating Expression-TRIs for unique head shapes later.

    This guide requires at least some Blender and knowledge and won’t explain basic shortcuts or navigation for the most part.

    Requirements:

    Blender 2.80+ (I’m on Blender 2.91)
    Blender TRI Plugin (LoversLab)
    BodySlide and Outfit Studio (LESE)
    (Optional) a BSA Extractor like BAE

    TRI Basics:

    This is the structure of a head model in Skyrim. There is some var...

  • Regenerating FaceGen

    While there aren't many mods incompatible with mine, you will still encounter blackface bugs on NPCs if using mods like VHR, Shiva's Vanilla Hair Replacer as well as the custom hair version of Humans Mer and Beastfolk. These mods will cause issues with mine, regardless of whether you decided to go with the vanilla or custom hair version of my mod.

    Herowynne's KSHair For All Vanilla NPCs and KSHair for Interesting NPCs are already compatible, however some of my NPCs will continue to use their original vanilla hair. If you want more consistency you can use KSHair FaceGen Export Rig - Modder's Resource by the same author to regenerate FaceGen. You do not need the main KSHairs for NPCs mods to do this and the Export Rig can be disabled after generation.

    To make the pro...