About this mod
Class-based muscularity for NPC and exclusive muscularity for the playable character.
- Requirements
- Permissions and credits
- Changelogs
- Donations
Unique Physique is meant to be an universal manager of normal maps for NPC and the playable character.
For NPC, it works as an alternative to CBBE Muscle Solution, using SPID to distribute new skin records instead. Trade-offs:
- Adding SPID as a requirement. (At this point, everybody should be using it already);
- Having to move files to a new location. (A command line tool is provided to do all the dirty work for you);
- Not covering PC. (The playable character is going to be handled separately, which ends up being a desirable feature);
+ Simpler and smaller installation;
+ Fewer or no conflicts to solve;
+ Way more customization. (Including the ability to use male textures).
For PC, it works as a stripped version of Unique Character, without affecting head parts and diffuse maps. Trade-offs:
- Less customization. (Because your character keeps sharing some textures with NPC);
+ Simpler and smaller installation;
+ Fewer or no conflicts to solve.
.: Features :.
- Distribute muscles to NPC based on their class and profession (no more ripped innkeepers and wenches, if you want so).
- Apply separate levels of muscularity for playable character and NPC.
- Supports any kind of textures (male, female, UNP, CBBE, etc.) from any mods.
- Combine female and male textures from different mods that otherwise would be incompatible.
- Ensure compatibility with any NPC appearance overhauls without patches.
- Use a specialized tool, made with MO2 in mind, to copy textures from other mods.
- Customize everything to your liking in a neat fomod installation.
- Keep your load limit intact with plugins that are flagged as light.
.: Requirements :.
Spell Perk Item Distributor (SPID), version 6 or newer.
At least 3 normal maps with increasing muscularity (The ideal is 11 maps).
- The following mods have great and wide sets of textures ready for use (NSFW):
- Shieldmaiden Muscle Slider or its CBBE version - female only;
- CBBE Muscle Solution - female only, includes hand textures and more muscularity;
- Sandow Plus Plus - Ripped Bodies - UNP, CBBE and male;
.: Compatibility :.
The textures you choose for torso must match the ones for head and hands. Otherwise, you'll get neck and wrist seams.
- The mods mentioned above either come with matching textures out-of-the-box or their pages point out to available patches.
Racial Skin Variation (RSV) and Race-Based Textures (RBT) are mostly incompatible.
- Since they modify original skin records, their body changes will be overridden by Unique Physique. However, changes made to head parts will persist.
Unique Character and Unique Player are incompatible with PC's muscular variation.
- Patches for both mods are available.
.: Installation :.
Quick Guide
B. Install a muscular texture mod mentioned above.
- If you only want muscular variation in female characters, any will do. Otherwise, go with Ripped Bodies.
C. Install Unique Physique.
- If your character is female and if you only want muscular variation in female NPC:
1. Click Install.
- If your character is male or beast or if you want muscular variation in male or beast NPC as well:
1. Select Custom under Player, NPC, or both. Then, click Next.
2. Select Male, Argonian/Khajiit, or both. Then, click Next.
3. Click Next.
4. Click Install.
D. Find the readme and follow its instructions to fill in the folders with textures. It's quick and you only have to do once!
E. Enjoy yours/theirs new six-packs!
Detailed Guide
The default installation includes:
- Core plugin with all new skin records;
- A script to assign an exclusive skin to playable character, regardless of sex and race (if PC muscularity is enabled);
- INI files configured to distribute your skin of choice only to Elven and Human female (if NPC muscularity is enabled);
- Command line tool to copy files from mods you have installed and;
- Folders ready to be filled in with textures.
You can customize your installation to, for example:
- Enable muscular variation on hand maps;
- Include male NPC or beast races in the skin distribution;
- Select different patterns of muscular variation and more.
There are 5 patterns of muscular variation to choose from and they only apply to NPC:
- Constant : Same muscularity at all weights;
- Linear : Min at 0 weight and max at 100 (most recommended);
- Peak : Min at 0 and 100 weight and max at 50;
- Reverse Linear : Max at 100 weight and min at 0;
- Reverse Peak : Max at 0 and 100 weight and min at 50.
Each pattern has 3 ranges of muscularity based on NPC's class or profession:
- Smooth (min 1, max ~4) : Spellcasters and light workers;
- Shaped (min 1, max ~7) : Marksmen, thieves and heavy workers;
- Strong (min 1, max 11) : Warriors, guards and soldiers.
Anyone who doesn't belong in these groups will use the game's default skin. This includes innkeepers, wenches, merchants, citizens in general, as well as all vampire NPC. Obviously, these are arbitrary choices I made. If you disagree with something, you can easily edit the INI files to your liking.
Now you just have to fill in Unique Physique's folders with the textures you got. This can be done manually or you can use the provided command line script to automate the process. To learn how to use it, please, read its documentation.
Uninstall Guide (Only applicable if scripts were used to enable muscularity on PC)
- Remove Unique Physique from your mod list.
- Load and save the game. Ignore the warning about a missing plugin.
- Clean up that save file. I recommend you use ReSaver and follow their instructions.
- Load the clean save and keep playing!
.: Load Order :.
Unique Physique core plugin can be placed anywhere. Any patches must be loaded after their masters.
.: Recommendations :.
Alternative Mod
Racial Skin Variance - SPID : It contains a similar functionality to this mod and a lot more. Check it out!
Related Mods
Use one of these, if you want to see your character's physique change as you play:
Dawn of the Buffpocalypse
Pumping Iron (+ Stay in Shape)
Sandow Plus Plus
My Mods
Hair Grow : Change your character's hair over time by sleeping. Ask innkeepers, housecarls or spouse for a haircut.
Shape Shift : Dynamically modify visual aspects of your character, from head to body, in and out of combat.
Triple Triad Tamriel Tweaked : A collection of tweaks and fixes for Triple Triad Card Game in Skyrim: Tamriel Edition.
Better Blades : Recruit up to 9 blades. Gear them up according to their skills. Change your dragon hunting party.
Helm Hair : Give your character a hairline to exhibit under headgear while using custom hairstyles.
Body Language : Dynamically replace animations based on character's personality. Powered by dualsun's Pretty Idles.
Slider Splicer : A command line script to combine 0 and 100 weight sliders from any number of different BodySlide presets.
Old Fashion : Distribute default outfits to old female NPC, if you need. Customize their shape and textures, if you want.
.: Acknowledgements :.
Credits
- ElminsterAU for SSEEdit;
- powerofthree and sasnikol for SPID;
- Grafenstein for CBBE Muscle Solution;
- Agnusthemagi and ZReincarnation for Shieldmaiden Muscle Slider and its CBBE version;
- Carlos Leyva for Sandow Plus Plus and Ripped Bodies;
- Gopher for Pumping Iron;
- 8Hyperplex8 for the original script included in Racial Skin Variance - SPID.
Permissions
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.