You're now ready to begin working on the plugin that will get your new follower in-game.
#Skyrim edit follower appearance mod
If you plan on releasing a mod to the public, you should definitely do this out of consideration for people who download and use your mod.ĭealing with editor warnings and cleaning your mod are rather large topics that are well beyond the scope of this article, unfortunately, but a lot of good information can be found on the Creation Kit wiki and in the official Bethesda forums. Periodically, when working on your mods, you're going to want to step through these warnings one by one on the lookout for new messages.
Almost inevitably, at some point, you're going to make a mistake of some kind and the editor is going to want to tell you about it. The warnings that appear when you load the Skyrim.esm are harmless (as far as we know) and can be safely ignored, but that doesn't mean you can ignore them entirely. Once you've verified that it's there, proceed to the next step. What you're looking for is a file named after your character with an. If you have a 64-bit system, for most people, the file path will beĬ:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Skyrim\ That's the folder one up from the Data folder and it contains both the Data folder and the Skyrim.exe. Once Skyrim has shut down, you can verify that your character's appearance was exported successfully by looking in the Skyrim installation folder. If you get an error, double-check that you typed both the command and your character's name correctly (you may need to exit ~ the console to verify this) and then try again. If something does go wrong, the console will probably give you an error message of some kind. If everything goes according to plan, the console will appear to do nothing and you can exit the console by typing ~ and then exit the game. Type SPF followed by a space and then the name of your character exactly as it appears in-game, then press Enter.įor my follower Tannuck, I would type: SPF Tannuck. Once the console is open, you're going to use the SavePCFace command to export your character's appearance:
Set Assistance to Helps Friends and Allies. In the AI Data tab, set the Aggression to Aggressive.Give the ID a name, set Child NPC as Player, and Relationship Level to Ally.
Right-click in the Relationship tab to create a new relationship.Drag CurrentFollowerFaction, PotentialFollowerFaction and (optionally) PotentialMarriageFaction into the Faction tab.Set your companion's level and class in the Stats tab and adjust the Health, Magicka, and Stamina Offsets (usually 50).Set either Essential or Protected, flag as Unique, and pick an authorized voice from the VoicesFollowerNeutral formlist. In the Traits tab, set the race and gender the same as your new character. Open the Creation Kit and create a new NPC.This will export your character's appearance to your installation folder (the one up from Data that contains the Skyrim.exe). Open the console (~) and type 'SPF' followed by the name of your character.Exit the character creation screen and save your game. Create your follower's appearance the same way you would create any other character you were going to play.Start Skyrim and either start a new game, or load a game and enter the showracemenu through the console.