Dynamic Animal Variants SPID (Updated Textures - Fixes - Improvements - And More) Mod

DESCRIPTION

Dynamic Animal Variants SPID randomly distributes unique texture variants to several creatures and animals via Spell Perk Item Distributor. This is an updated and built upon version of Dynamic Animal Variants, with several bugfixes and additional improvements. No vanilla records have been edited. Creatures can be commented out via DynamicAnimalVariantsPlus_DISTR.ini for compatibility.

Included is a repackaged, stripped-down version of Bellyaches Animal and Creature Pack Revamp, as well as my own additions. This release includes additional diffuse, normal, and specular maps all based on Bellyaches original textures. Relevant USSEP fixes have been forwarded to the new variants when necessary for consistency. No patch is nessecary.

INCLUDED CREATURES

Bears*, Chaurus, Chickens, Cows, Deer*, Dogs, Elk*, Fox, Frostbite Spiders, Goats, Horker, Mammoths, Mudcrabs, Sabre Cats, Skeevers, Wolves

These animals don't have any variants currently, and are commented out. Currently they do not have any unique textures and are not affected by this mod. Potentially, through a later update or another mod, they can have new textures.

INSTALLATION

To get the intended experience, installation instructions are as follows.

Strongly Recommended – Download and install Bellyaches Animal and Creature Pack Revamp.

Select Default Replacer – This will ensure the most consistent experience while playing.

Naturally, Dynamic Animal Variants SPID doesn't cover every animal.

You will still need to download other replacers as you see fit.

Install Dynamic Animal Variants SPID and let it overwrite any content when asked.

Remember to endorse the listed mods if you haven't already.

COMPATIBILITY

Mods that don't radically change the look of the original mesh will likely work "out-of-the-box". If they don't, a patch will need to be provided. Likely at worst, the new textures just won't be applied. If you run into an issue, comment out the race in DynamicAnimalVariantsPlus_DISTR.ini.

You can do this by placing a ; at the start of the line. This will "disable" distribution for this creature. For example, if you have True Wolves installed, comment out everything under ; Wolf.

Because this mod doesn't make any direct changes to NPC_ or RACE records, mods like SkyTEST are compatible. DogCompanions are commented out by default, so mods like Unique Barbas, Meeko Reborn, and Vigilance Reborn will work "out-of-the-box". Certain mods that extend creature variants may be incompatible – I have not noticed any in my loadorder at the time of writing.

RECOGNITION

Thank you to Bellyache for textures used.

Thank you to StepModifications for textures used.

Thank you to fadingsignal for the original implementation and script.

Thank you to FreddyTheFreak for the original release, which was used as a baseline to improve upon.

Thank you to SkySinclaire for their Fluffworks patch, which was adapted for this release.

Thank you to Noggog for the original Automatic Variants.