Question: Can I use SPID to distribute different skin textures to different NPCs ?

[kkiiees]

I want to ask, If SPID can distribute normal maps to different NPCs with conditions like Racial Skin Variance - SPID, then can it also distribute different texture to NPCs ?

like for example, clean and smooth texture for bards, innkeepers, etc; hairy and dirty texture for bandits, soldiers, etc. 

[traison]

Replacing normal maps would be no different than replacing the diffuse texture. I suppose its more a question of how you do it. I can only think of 2 ways, and both are bad:

1. Change the race, and give each race their own armors with their own textures.
2. Use RM to apply a texture override.

The first one is bad because of the infinite amount of work and conflicts it will cause, and the second is bad because I find RM overrides to be unreliable at best.

 

If I were to develop something like this, I'd look at what Racial Skin Variance is doing; and I'd also look at the new mods that claim to give the player a unique body like Obody I think. Perhaps there's a new and more reliable way of doing things.

[kkiiees]

After a little bit of research I found this mod: SynthEBD. It change the skin texture using a standalone app rather that SPID and it kinda complicate to set up