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Byzantium Serana - Volkihar Family Redone
🕑 Added 2022-08-03 14:34:34 +0000 UTCA while ago, while doing character creation experiments, I noticed I made something resembling a a character from a vampire movie called Byzantium. Then I got the idea of going deeper into the concept and ended up with a new Serana. I was doing lots of tweaks to her going beyond a simple cosmetic edit, so, as the leveling script that controls her, affects Valerica and Harkon too, I decided to give them edits as well.
This Mod:
- Makes cosmetic edits to Serana, Valerica and Harkon. Characters have been built on High Poly Head, and use my expression mod
- Edits their combat, giving them spells and perks worthy of true Elder vampire lords, and making some tweaks to their combat style.
- Allows Serana and Valerica to use Soul Cairn spells when the story makes sense for them to use them.
- Gives Serana a newly created mashup hairstyle called Byzantium, made specifically for this mod, the style is also playable by RaceMenu.
- Gives the player a way to use the same vampire lord drain spell as they use, when the player becomes one. Just approach the Volkihar blood fountain after taking Harkon's gift.
Requirements:
Always a good idea to check the Requirements post, in case you miss anything.
DOWNLOAD:
Install:
Mostly plug and play, following the installer options. Safe to install mid game, leveling script edits were designed in a non-destructive way.
On existing saves, character weight needs to be edited for Serana and Valerica in order to avoid neck seams, depending on the chosen options. To do this in game, open the console, click on a character, and type SetNPCWeight VALUE, where the value is the desired one. IE, Serana's vanilla weight is 20, but you may want to change it to 100. After that, their face will look wrong and will be using the default head mesh. You can fix this by typing Disable and enter, then exiting the console, re-opening it, and typing Enable and enter. This should restore face geometry with the updated weight.
- Serana's weight is 20 in vanilla, but designer's choice is 100. The installer comes with an optional 20 version that requires no console updating.
- Valerica's weight is 40 in vanilla, and I changed it to 60. I didn't include optional version for her though, so she always has to be updated on existing saves.
POSSIBLE ISSUE
Harkon's new face might not work if the player has already met him. I can't figure out why, but he works fine as long as the mod is applied before the quest presents him.
A bit of a disclaimer:
The outfits shown in screenshots, are from different mods, but mostly belong to Apachii Store, unfortunately, on an unmodded game, they might all still be using ugly vanilla robes, but that can be fixed with the correct mods for it. In my case, I used Shiva's Vanilla Clothing Replacer (at Nexus) which already outfits them with some of the things shown in screenshots.
Credits:
KouLeifoh (HPH). Kalilies (Hair). HelloSanta (Female Textures) Urshi (Male Textures). Myst (Character design and mod build)
Comments
RemnantRyku
Quite regal.
