New Beast Bodies

1.7

 

This plug-in replaces the segmented bodies of the Argonians and Khajiit with new smooth deforming ones with seamless textures.  It works with my Unique Shadow Pack which gives the beast races distinct shadows.

 

Check for new versions at www.liztail.com.

 

The clothing fixing functionality of this mod has been made a part of Better Clothes 1.0, which is now fully compatible with all my bodies.  You can get better clothes from Psychodog Studios at www.psychodogstudios.com

Table of Contents

 

Requirements. 1

To Install 1

To Uninstall 1

What’s New.. 1

Known Issues. 2

Plug-In Files. 2

Troubleshooting. 3

Permission. 3

Requirements

 

My Unique Shadow Pack mod must be installed in order to keep the new racially unique shadows from conflicting with the game’s default beast shadow. 

To Install

 

Copy the contents of this ZIP file to your Morrowind folder.  This is usually:

 

C:\Program Files\Bethesda Softworks\Morrowind

 

There is a Data Files folder in the archive, so make sure you don’t accidentally unzip it to your Data Files folder.  If you do, you will end up with another Data Files folder inside the real one.

To Uninstall

 

Simply disable the plug-ins.  If desired, you can remove the new_beast folders from the Meshes and Textures folders and delete the plug-in files.

What’s New

 

2.0

 

  • Added a new body and new shadow for the female Khajiit.  Now both genders of all beast races are replaced!

 

1.7

 

  • Added a new body for the the male Khajiit.  A new body for the female is in the works.
  • There are now separate clean and mature versions of the mod which are distributed as separate downloads.
  • Split base shadow functionality off into separate Unique Shadow Pack mod.  That mod is now a required perquisite of this one, but can be used independently as well.
  • Slightly improved triangle count of Argonian shadow by merging head and body into one shadow mesh.
  • All mod files are now stored in “new_beast” folders rather than being directly in the Meshes and Textures folder.
  • Added descriptive text to the plug-in files so you can tell what they are in the Morrowind Data Files selection window.

Known Issues

 

  • The Argonians are not fully compatible with all user-created clothing.  This is to be expected since the body mesh is completely new.  The Khajiit is much closer to being compatible since it is based on Better Bodies meshs, but even clothes that work properly with non-beast races often have minor glitches when the bodies are applied to the beast animations.  There’s nothing I can do to remedy this as it is a problem with the clothes rather than the bodies.

Plug-In Files

 

The mod archive includes 3 plug-in files which you can activate in the Data Files section of the game launch screen by double-clicking the checkbox next to them. 

 

You do not need to activate all of them.  Only activate the ones you want to use!

 

The Argonians and Khajiit are spilt into two plug-in files so you may choose to use my bodies for one race, and someone else’s for another.  The list below lists all the plug-ins from both versions of the mod.  You will only have ones that match the version you downloaded, unless you downloaded both versions.

 

Clean

  

New Argonian Bodies - Clean.esp

 

This plug-in file replaces the bodies of all Argonians in the game with new ones that have no graphic nudity.  They have no underwear because they were naked in the original game, but there is no graphic anatomical detail.

 

New Khajiit Bodies - Clean.esp

 

This plug-in file replaces the bodies of all Khajiit in the game with new ones that have no graphic nudity.  They have no underwear because they were naked in the original game, but there is no graphic anatomical detail.

 

Mature

 

New Argonian Bodies - Mature.esp

 

This plug-in file replaces the bodies of all Argonians in the game with new ones that are anatomically correct in a reptilian way.  Not particularly graphic, but not really clean either.

 

New Khajiit Bodies - Mature.esp

 

This plug-in file replaces the bodies of all Khajiit in the game with new ones that depict graphic human-like nudity.

 

Both

 

Better Heads Male Argonian Neck Fix.esp

 

This is an optional plug-in that fixes compatibility with a particular mod.  If you have no problems, don’t use it.  For some reason the Better Heads 2.0 mod, which I happen to use, deletes the original Argonian male neck and replaces it with Argonian Male Neck #2 which uses the female Argonian neck model.  This strange edit causes two necks to appear on top of each other when my mod is loaded.  This optional plug-in file fixes that.  If you do not use Better Heads 2.0 and are not experiencing this problem, then you do not need to enable this plug-in.  It seems Better Heads 2.0 may not have been an official release because it has become very hard to find.  I think It combined better heads with the Better Heads Argonians Playable Heads Pack.

 

Troubleshooting

 

The male Argonian has a strange second neck interpenetrating the neck that’s part of the new body.

 

You probably have Better Heads 2.0 installed.  This mod has an error in it which deletes the normal Argonian neck and replaces it with an identical one.  If this is your problem, enable the Better Heads Argonian Male Neck Fix.esp plug-in file which comes with this mod.  If you do not have this problem, then the fix plug-in does NOT need to be activated.

 

I’m not using your Argonians, but the male Argonian neck has now completely disappeared.

 

You probably accidentally enabled the Better Heads Argonian Male Neck Fix.esp plug-in file.  If you’re not using my Argonians, you should NOT enable it.

 

The Argonians aren't compatible with all Better Bodies compatible Clothing.

 

This is unavoidable because BB compatible clothing requires the exact BB meshes and skin weights to work properly.  The Khajiit were designed to come as close to BB compatibility as possible, but the Argonian bodies are completely different.  However, I've worked with the Better Clothes team to make sure that that popular clothing mod is fully compatible with the Argonians.

 

The shadows look weird, like two different bodies are overlapping.

 

You need to install my Unique Shadow Pack mod to disable the game's default shadow and add the new shadow to the stock bodies, Slof's Better Beasts, and the Mog*Mod.

 

I want nudity!

 

You must have downloaded the clean version of the mod by mistake.  If you want to see nudity, download the mature version instead.

 

I don't want nudity!

 

You must have downloaded the mature version of the mod by mistake.  If you don’t want to see nudity, download the clean version instead.

 

I have the ‘mature’ version, but I don’t see any nudity on these Argonians…

 

The mature version of the Argonians depicts external reptilian reproductive anatomy which you may not recognize as nudity in a human sense.  Also, since the underside of the tail is out of view most of the time during normal game play, you’d probably have to be watching out for it to notice it.  I have no plans to release a version which depicts mammalian reproductive parts on Argonians.

 

Only one race seems to have changed

 

Make sure you have the Plug-in ESP file for both races enabled.

 

Permission

 

You do not need to ask permission to use any part of this mod for any reason =)  All of the following is fine:

 

  • Reshape the meshs or retexture the bodies to make a new race.
  • Retexture the bodies to create your own vision of the Argonians or Khajiit.
  • Apply the shadows to your own mod.
  • Use the mesh for something other than Morrowind.


Note that some parts of the mod may be copyrighted by Bethesda or PsychoDog Studios, and you may need to get permission from them for some uses of their IP.