LEGENDARY SWORDS

UPDATE 0.2     Added optionnal scabbards. See Description and Installation below.

UPDATE 0.3     Added a replacer scabbard as request.  See Description and Installation below.

UPDATE 0.4     Fixed a bug in ng+. .

UPDATE 0.5     Added  an optional file  enabling the vanilla Aerondight ability to the Legendary Swords.  See Description and Installation below.

UPDATE 0.6      Added an standalone mod in Miscellaneous Section. This mod replace the Vanilla Aerondight meshes by the reshaped meshes from the silver sword of Legendary swords. Now Aerondight is not so big anymore. The mod add an other sword called Long Claw in game. This sword is basically a steel version of vanilla Aerondight, with the same look, same stats, and same ability. The blade has the same glowing effect when you add charges in combat. See Installation below.
Optionnal section:  Updated version of the mod enabling the vanilla Aerondight ability to the Legendary Swords. Fixed a bug in a script.

Description

This mod add a new set  of swords in the game. The set have the look of aerondight from tw3 and the trailer of the game. 

The steel sword is called Maugrim in game and the silver sword is called Aerondight but there are standalone swords, not remplacers. 

They have the same stats from the vampire sword of blood and wine, and 3 slots for runes or enchantement.

This set comes with customs scabbards (UPDATE 0.2): Original, Black or the corresponding  witcher schools. You can look at the scabbards in picture section, and choose the corresponding file in the download section. More details  in Installation below.

The UPDATE 0.3 add a standalone mod that replace the witcher scabbards by those you can see in the picture "Original scabbards". More details  in Installation below.

In UPDATE 0.5, an opptional file enable the Blood and Wine Aerondight ability to both silver and steel Legendary Swords (So Blood and Wine dlc is required for this mod). More details  in Installation below.


Installation

Do not use a mod manager with this mod. Nexus Mod Manager or The Wither 3 Mod Manager will tell you is installed but it will not, and you will not find the swords in game.
This mod was tested on the GOTY GOG 1.31 version of the game.


THE MAINFILE SECTION

This is the core of the mod. The several files in this section match the scabbard you want. Look at the picture to choose your scabbard and download one and only one archive.

Unpack this archive in your DLC  folder. The mod will not work if installed in your MOD folder.

NB for the witcher schools: The silver sword scabbard (Aerondight) is custom, reshaped to fit the blade. The aerondight blade is too big for vanilla witcher silver scabbards, even with the reshape from this mod. So the custom scabbard point to vanilla textures to fit the different schools. You will see tiny differences between this scabbard and the vanilla witcher silver scabbard, but nothing big. So, if you have your witcher scabbards retextured by a mod, the retexture will impact this dlc.


Troubleshooting: If the swords are not at Hatori shop or not in your inventory with the console command, check your menu "option -> gameplay" while your are not in game, but before you load a savegame. You will see options to disable or enable dlcs, so chek if "option_legendaryswords" is enabled.


THE OPTIONNAL SECTION

Here you will find optionnal files not required for the DLC to work, but adding functionality. All the mods in this section require a file from the Mainfile section to work.

UPDATE 0.5 enable the vanilla Aerondight ability to both silver and steel Legendary Swords.  You have to choose the file matching the scabbard you have downloaded in the mainfile section. Unpack this file in your MOD folder and run Script Merger (Script Merger is required! Do not bypass it or the mod will not work). In game, seath and unseath your swords to enable the script managing the ability.
NB about the Aerondight Ability:    The same ability manage steel and silver swords. So, for example, both swords are fully discharged,  you kill some human with the steel sword and add 3 charges. If you switch to your silver sword, you will see the weapon having 3 charges. So the level up ability (once you reached 10 charges) will affect the sword you handle. Kill humans, level up your steel sword. Kill monsters, level up your silver sword.


THE MISCELLANEOUS SECTION

Here you will find standalones mods. Mainfile will be not required.

UPDATE 0.3. A mod as request. This mod will replace the vanilla scabbards of the witcher schools by the scabbard you can see in picture "Original Scabbard". Install it in your MOD folder.

UPDATE 0.6.  A mod replacer for vanilla Aerondight (a reshaped version) and add the sword Long Claw: a steel version of Aerondight. The archive include 2 folders: "dlcaeronsteel" and "modaeronsteel". Place "dlcaeronsteel" in your DLC folder and "modaeronsteel" in your MOD folder, and run Script Merger. 
In game, obtain Aerondight by the Lady of The Lake or code: additem ("Aerondight EP2"). You can buy Long Claw in Kaer Trolde Castle Blacksmith or code: additem ("Aerondight Steel") in normal mode and additem ("NGP Aerondight Steel") in new game + 
Sometime, when you change swords in your inventory, the charge icon can disappear from the HUD. Seath and unseath Aerondight or Long Claw fix the issue.








You can buy them at Hatori, in Novigrad. Or you can use the console


In Normal Mode
additem ('Legendary_Silver_Sword')
        additem ('Legendary_Steel_Sword')

In New Game + Mode

additem ('NGP Legendary_Silver_Sword')
additem ('NGP Legendary_Steel_Sword')



Thanks to nayefk93 who made the mesh and the texture of the steel sword in his mod 
Killing Monster, and let other use his assets.