Author:NWelf Version:3.0 Date:09/18/2013 Category:Companions - Other Webpage(Author):http://www.skyrim.nexusmods.com/users/2084329 Forum Page:http://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/user/2084329-nwelf/ Webpage(Mod):http://www.skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/25305 INDEX [*]Description [*]Detail [*]Location [*]History [*]Upgrade [*]Known Issues and Bugs [*]Incompatibilities [*]Contact [*]Credits [*]Tools Used [*]Extra Tools [*]Manual Installation [*]Nexus Mod Manager Installation [*]Manual Uninstallation [*]Nexus Mod Manager Uninstallation [*]Mod Dependencies [*]Future Plans [*]Recommended Mods [*]Frequently Asked Questions [*]Legal and Licensing Description: ------------ Tired of all those old, beat up looking male followers in Skyrim? Wishing you had some nice eyecandy to stare at while you are out on your adventures? Looking for that "Knight in Shining Armor"?? Then look no further, this is the mod you have been looking for! Detail: ------- This mod places a unique follower named Korvain, A Very Large Nord Beserker, into Jorrvaskr, in Whiterun. He uses Heavy armor, 2h weapons, and has all the heavy armor and 2h sword perks. I give you 2 choices for a 2h weapon (see pics section). When you tell him to dress better he will equip one of them, if you want him to use the other sword, just take the equipped one out of his inventory and he will auto-equip the other one. He is a very powerful 2h beserker, so you may want to play on a higher difficulty with him in your group. He is hireable and marriageable and should be compatible with multiple follower mods, such as UFO, Followers Can Relax, etc. Please let me know if you have any problems with installing or using this mod. This Project is a continual work in progress, I will be adding more companions, I hope to eventually make them standalone mods, and to combine all the followers into one mod at some point. I also hope to possibly create some unique armors and textures in the future as my skill with modding increases. Location: --------- Jorrvaskr in Whiterun History: -------- v3.0 ... Updated Main Korvain file with new eye texture replacer from The Eyes Of Beauty, so he will no longer be dependant on the Improved Eyes Of Skyrim mod (as it is no longer available on the nexus). V2.0 ... Added another alternative short haired version of Korvain, this time using a hairstyle from Apachii's Hair mod. v1.5 .... Added an Alternate version of Korvain, with short hair, the rest of him stayed the same. --Require the Oblivion hair pack by DragonAge 7 v1: ...initial release Upgrade: -------- How to Upgrade Safely ================================== 1. Load game ==> Fire all followers ==>Save ==>Quit game 2. Uncheck Korvain.esp and Korvain.bsa from NMM and/or from game launcher ==>Load the save from step 1 ==>Save again ==>Quit 3. Delete Korvain.esp and Korvain.bsa From Skyrim/Data 4. Copy and paste the new version of Korvain.esp and Korvain.bsa to Skyrim/Data folder ==> Load Game ==> Play! Known Issues and Bugs: ---------------------- UFO ( And most like all multi follower mods -- thought I've only tested with UFO) - Can't hire more than one follower at a time. ---This occurs because NPC Editor can't set currentfollowerfaction to -1 (As it doesn't allow setting negative numbers) Incompatibilities: ------------------ No Known Incompatibilities Contact: ------------------------ Please send a PM to me (NWelf) on the Nexus Forums if you have any questions, concerns, or problems with the mod Credits: -------------------------- Apachii - Apachii Sky Hair (http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/10168) -For their awesome male hairstyles, finally the guys get some nice do's too! Missjennabee - Improved Eyes Skyrim (http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/9249) -For their awesome eye textures. **No longer available on Nexus (new eye replacement listed below) LogRaam - The Eyes of Beauty (http://www.skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/13722) - For the new eye texture replacement (which is taking the place of Improved Eyes Skyrim) Chris57 - Better Males - Beautiful Nudes and Faces (http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/2488) -For the Sundracon Body, meshes and textures. And the Younger Faces Merged with Men By Geonox, face meshes and textures. Geonox - Hi-Res Face Maps For Men (http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/4141) -For all my Gorgeous Men of Skyrim's gorgeous faces. Urshi - Fine Face Textures and Smooth Male Body - textures for Better Males - SOS Schlongs of Skyrim -Fine Face Textures (http://www.skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/27815) -Smooth Male Body (http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/26145) Regn - HQ Beards - Vanilla texture replacers (light version + light eyebrows + more eyebrows (http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/21620) -For much nicer looking beards and eyebrows. The Goddess ENB - (http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/23029) Bandolier - Bags and Pouches by Dragten - (http://www.skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/16438) Justice123 - Alduin's Scale Armor - (http://www.skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/11259) -For Korvain's kickass armor. Gizmodian - Gizmodian Oblivion Weapons for Skyrim - (http://www.skyrim.nexusmods.com/ mods/13665) -For Astroranem - an awesome 2h sword. -Also for Real Silver Swords - (http://www.skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/3780) -For Korvain's Ornate Silver Greatsword. If I have forgotten to give credit to anyone, please pm me and let me know and I will add you to the list. Manual installation: -------------------- For manual install: Drag and drop the Data folder to your Skyrim folder in (Program Files (x86)/Steam/Steam apps/common/SKYRIM) **Be sure to place this mod AFTER any multi-follower mods in your Load order, such as UFO, Horses For Followers, Followers Can Relax, etc. Nexus Mod Manager Installation: ------------------------------- For NMM: Download and install through NMM Manual Uninstallation: ---------------------- Please follow the Safe Upgrade Instructions listed elsewhere in this readme. But just stop after the delete Korvain.esp and Korvain.bsa. Then just load game and make a new save. Nexus Mod Manager Uninstallation: --------------------------------- Please follow the Safe Upgrade Instructions listed elsewhere in this readme. But just stop after the delete Korvain.esp and Korvain.bsa . Then just load game and make a new save. Tools Used: ----------- [*]Creation Kit. [*]7Zip Extra Tools Used: ----------------- Skyrim NPC Editor - http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/4554 TESVsnip - http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/5064 And the Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim game itself for testing. Mod Dependencies: ----------------- Apachii Sky Hair (both the main ESM and the Males ESM) Oblivion Hair Pack Fixed now with NPCEditor Support by DragonAge7 --for one of the Korvain Short haired versions The Eyes of Beauty Bandolier - Bags and Pouches Alduin's Scale Armor Gizmodian Oblivion Weapons for Skyrim Real Silver Swords (also by Gizmodian) Future Plans: ------------- Plan to make Korvain (long and short haired versions) into a standalone mod, so that you won't have to constantly be downloading a bunch of extra mods. And update the description page. Recommended Mods: ----------------- aMidianBorn Book of Silence by CaBaL - http://www.skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/24909/ ApachiiSkyHair by Apachii - http://www.skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/10168/ Bandolier - Bags and Pouches by Dragten - http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/16438 Better males - Beautiful nudes and faces - New hairstyles by Chris57 and FavoredSoul - http://www.skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/2488/ Calientes Female Body Mod Big Bottom Edition by Caliente - http:// www.skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/2666/ Cloaks of Skyrim by Noodles - http://www.skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/12092/ Fine Face Textures for Men by Urshi - http://www.skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/27815 Flan's Eyes for Skyrim by DarNilavu - http://www.skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/14539/ - Also Available on the Steam Workshop JaySuS Swords by JaySuS - http://www.skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/1002/ Omegared99 - Armor Compilation by Omegared99 - http://www.skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/10277/ RaceMenu by Expired - http://www.skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/29624/ SKSE - http://skse.silverlock.org/ SkyUI by SkyUI Team - http://www.skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/3863/ Smooth Male Body - textures for Better Males - SOS Schlongs of Skyrim by Urshi -http:// skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/26145 The Eyes of Beauty by LogRaam - http://www.skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/13722/ The Goddess ENB by Anaphiel - http://www.skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/23029/ The Well Dressed Mage by Earrindo - http://www.skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/29469/ UFO - Ultimate Follower Overhaul by fLokii - http://www.skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/14037/ Winter Is Coming - Cloaks by Nivea -http://www.skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/13486/ WyldTats Warpaint Edition by Wyldsong - http://www.skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/13970/ This is just a small list - there are a ton of awesome mods out there, so go explore!! Frequently Asked Questions: --------------------------- 1. What face-body-textures have I used in the screenshots? ------------------------------------------------------------- Face: Younger Faces Merged with Men By Geonox - (http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/2488) Face: HQ Beards - Vanilla texture replacers by Regn - (http://www.skyrim.nexusmods.com/ mods/21620) Body: Better Males - Beautiful Nudes and Faces- Sundracon Body (http:// skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/2488 Face: Fine Face Textures by Urshi - http://www.skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/27815/ Body: Smooth Male Body - textures for Better Males - SOS Schlongs of Skyrim - http:// skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/26145 2. I have those face mods listed above but my characters still not look as in your screenshots, why? ------------------------------------------------------------- To make my characters and their hair look as good as possible I use an ENB mod by Anaphiel. --The Goddess ENB (http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/23029) 3. Why do I have duplicates of the hair this mod uses in the showracemenu?? ------------------------------------------------------------- This mod was made with the NPC Editor, so the apachii mod makes a duplicate of the hair used for this mod in the showracemenu. 4. The mod isn't working, I can't find follower in Jorrvaskr, how do I fix this? ------------------------------------------------------------- - Make sure you installed the mod correctly - See Install instructions - Make sure you checked Korvain.bsa & Korvain.esp in the game launcher under data files. - Make sure you don't have any other mods that might conflict with this one. *For example another follower mod that places the follower at Jorrvaskr. 5. Why can't I activate your esp file in the Skyrim launcher, the Data files option is greyed out? ------------------------------------------------------------- If you can't select files in the launcher go to - Documents\My Games\Skyrim - Open SkyrimPrefs.ini - In the text look for [Launcher] bEnableFileSelection=1 (if this is 0 change it to 1) 6. The follower is naked when I go to hire him at Jorrvaskr, how do I fix this? ------------------------------------------------------------- This is a problem with the NPC Editor, when a default outfit is not chosen. To fix it, just hire him as usual, then ask to trade something, hand him anything, armor, weapon, potion, and he will auto dress, with the armor and weapons that I have placed in his inventory. (had to do it this way cause for some unknown reason when I set a default outfit, when I try to hire him ingame, I cant talk to him at all, not sure why). I will be working on this and hope to have it fixed in the near future. Or if you are using UFO you can tell him to dress better, or use the "you are naked" dialogue to get him to dress using the armor and weapons he has in his inventory. 7. Help, I can't find Improved Eyes Skyrim anywhere on Nexus!! ------------------------------------------------------------- Improved Eyes Skyrim is no longer available on the Nexus. Rest assured version 3 of the Korvain mod uses a new eye texture replacement mod, called The Eyes Of Beauty, and is no longer dependent on Improved Eyes Skyrim. Legal and Licensing: -------------------- Please ask permission before altering, using my mod in another mod, or reuploading an altered version of the mod. And please give credit to me for the original mod if you do. Korvain is my own creation, but the other mods used in his creation belong to those mod authors and you must also obtain their permission as well in regaurds to their content. ------------------------------------------ ReadMe generated with: Pyròs: GuideLines ------------------------------------------ Special Thanks ============================================ Special Thanks go to kaix346 (http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/users/412061) for all of the awesome and helpful advise, and wonderful tutorials, without which I would have been totally lost and still banging my head on the desk trying to figure out how to make this mod lol! Other Mods Made by NWelf Other Mods made by Me (NWelf) ============================================= Lanterns of Skyrim Custom Preset for The Goddess ENB (http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/24555) Gorgeous Men of Skyrim - Vladamir (http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/24816) Gorgeous Men of Skyrim - Korvain (http://www.skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/25305) Gorgeous Men of Skyrim - Danicus (http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/25005) Gorgeous Men of Skyrim - Arro (http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/25428) Gorgeous Men of Skyrim - Sebastion (http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/25694) Gorgeous Men of Skyrim - Eric (http://www.skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/26106)