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Vilja's Body Patch - unique body for Vilja

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What's the sense of using this Body Patch?

There were a quite a few request to give Vilja "her own" body because Vilja is per default using the body of the installed body mod.
This means she uses the models in the vanilla female body folder, the body which every female character in Skyrim is using.

THis Body Patch provides the option to give Vilja a body which is different from the common body and which, with a little bit of knowledge,
can be customized to your likings.

Please note: Without customization Vilja will in this patch use *the vanilla body and the vanilla textures*. You won't be able to change this by just installing 
a body! You will have to customize her (see further down).



Installation

To be sure what you have done and keep control we recommend to do the installation manually.

Extract the contents of the archive with 7.zip or else into your C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Skyrim folder. 

Make sure in the Skyrim Launcher in Data Files that the patch EMCompViljaSkyrimBodyPatch.esp is loaded AFTER (lower in the list) the
EMCompViljaSkyrim.esp!


Uninstall

The easiest way to uninstall this patch is... to install it again. Immediately afterwards right-click on your desktop and just undo your copy.
Or just remove all of the contents from what you see in the archive.



Customization


Models (meshes)

Inside your C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Skyrim\Data\meshes\actors\character\character assets folder
you will find the EMVilja folder that contains the body models. 

From every body mod which offers file names like femalebody_0.nif and femalebody_1.nif and so on, you can easily copy the files from
your body mod and overwrite the files in this EMVilja folder without need of renaming them. Please make sure you don't forget files.
Otherwise you will complain about missing body, hands or feet or that the weight slider isn't working anymore.


Textures

Inside your C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Skyrim\Data\textures\actors\character\female folder
you will find the EMVilja folder that contains the body textures.


From every body mod which offers file names like femalebody_1.dds or femalehand_1.dds and so on, you can easily copy the files from
your body mod and overwrite the files in this EMVilja folder without need of renaming them. Please make sure you don't forget files.
Otherwise you will complain about a transparent or dyscolored body, hands or feet.


If your body mod is using different filenames you must definitely know what you are doing and it is impossible to offer support in this case.




Compatibility with Vilja's face

In this patch Vilja has her individual face which is best fitting the vanilla body. If you customize her with different body textures you 
need to download one of Vilja's faces made for your textures from the optional files or try out what's fitting best. The results can be quite different. What looks good
in one light setting of the game can look ugly in another lighting.


Thanks

Our sincere thank you to Concepts2a for testing, suggestions and valuable feedback.

 
 

