Making Player Characters into NPCs Options

[SubRosa]

I found this little tidbit on the official forums, and thought I would share it for those people who use imaginary mods that include other characters in their games. Here is a way that you can create a character, save their face, and then use that face for an NPC which you create (or replace the face of an existing NPC). So you could make Darnand, save his face, replace Marcurio's face with Darnand's, and then change Marcurio's name to Darnand. You instantly have Darnand the follower. Or you could just make an entirely new NPC with that face. Or you could take your old player characters and turn them into followers for your latest character.

There's also a way you can use the Character Creation (showracemenu) to export faces for NPC creation.

Just adjust the sliders like normal and get the type of face you want. When you're done, open the console and type SPF <insert a name here>. The saved SPF file will default into your game's root folder (C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\Steamapps\Common\Skyrim) Open the CK and go to the Character Gen Parts tab and click the "Import" button. Now you have an NPC with the desired face that you want in the game.

I've made a lot of unique looking NPC's and followers using this method.

This post has been edited by SubRosa: Oct 12 2012, 06:25 PM

[King Coin]

Aravi

I made her a custom race so that she can have her spotted fur without requiring me to make all the other Khajiit in the world spotted. It was actually a lot of work, but enlightening on how these things in the Creation Kit interact.

I'm trying to think of where to put her in the world. One idea is to have her follow Kharjo's caravan. The other is to make her a random encounter as you travel on the road.

EDIT:

These are the tutorials I used to make the custom race:
Creating a custom race
Getting custom textures to work
Read the second tutorial when you get to "Add the required Armour and Armour addons" in the first tutorial if you have custom textures.

This post has been edited by King Coin: Nov 2 2013, 06:08 PM

[SubRosa]

Aravi

I made her a custom race so that she can have her spotted fur without requiring me to make all the other Khajiit in the world spotted. It was actually a lot of work, but enlightening on how these things in the Creation Kit interact.

I'm trying to think of where to put her in the world. One idea is to have her follow Kharjo's caravan. The other is to make her a random encounter as you travel on the road.

EDIT:

These are the tutorials I used to make the custom race:
Creating a custom race
Getting custom textures to work
Read the second tutorial when you get to "Add the required Armour and Armour addons" in the first tutorial if you have custom textures.

I created a new race from scratch for Persephone. It was a lot of work. Especially creating a new headpart for every eye color, every hair style, every eyebrow, etc...

Those were good links you provided. The first one especially goes into a lot of detail. I used it when I created my Deadwalker race for Persephone. It helped me with creating the armor addons for the hands, feet, and head.

Putting Aravi in Kharjo's caravans sounds like an excellent idea. Or you might put her in Castle Dawnguard, but that would require having the DLC active all the time (I keep it on all the time for all my characters, but I realize you might not want to).