Skyrim Special Edition

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Higher poly meshes for the vanilla horse saddles. Mesh replacer only. No plugin/ESP.

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I recently started making more use of the horses and quickly realized the vanilla saddle meshes could use a high poly makeover.
Polygon count doubled and edges smoothed.
Covers both the nordic saddle and imperial saddle meshes.

Note: The texture of the "new" nordic saddle as seen in the screenshots is from the brilliant Yee Haaaa Horse Saddle Retexture.
It is not included with my mod, but I highly recommend making use of its textures. 

Update V1.1:
Special thanks to FrankBlack for their generous additions to the V1.1 update.
FrankBlack further refined the shape of the metal rings on the nord saddle and also added environment mapping to have the rings appear more shiny/metallic.

Fluffworks Version:
The Fluffworks version adjusts the saddle meshes to prevent the fur / hair from protruding through the saddle meshes. Includes both the nordic and imperial saddles as well as an adjusted higher poly version of the carriage horse harness. 

Witcher Horse Expansion Version:
I made the "vanilla" saddles included with the Witcher Horse Expansion higher poly. These fit the leaner Witcher Horses much better. Overwrite WHE when prompted. Special thanks to WillOhTheWisp for publishing their recourses with open permissions, it made creating this version much easier.   

Shadowmere Saddle Retexture Versions:
These files replace the saddle meshes of the fantastic Shadowmere Saddle Retexture mod with my higher poly meshes. Four options are available covering both the vanilla imperial and nordic saddles as well as versions that are compatible with Fluffworks. Please ensure you make use of the correct replacer depending on your load order. Overwrite SSR and Fluffworks when prompted.
Special thanks to IWantATardis for granting me permission to author these versions of the mod.    

Abbreviations used for file names:
WHE: Witcher Horse Expansion
HPVS: Higher Poly Vanilla Saddles
SSR: Shadowmere Saddle Retexture

Compatibility:
This mod replaces only the mesh files, no plugin/ESP included. No textures are included in the download, your own load order will determine the actual textures used.

Installation:
Use your preferred mod manager to install as per normal.
Overwrite if prompted / give my mod priority.

Credits:
Shadowmere Saddle Retexture by IWantATardis
Witcher Horse Expansion by WillOhTheWisp
FrankBlack for V1.1 additions
Blender by The Blender Foundation
NifSkope by Alphax, m4444x, tazpn, wz, Shon, amorilia