STEP 4 - 08-Character Appearance

[xFeywolf]

Hello! Me again.. In this STEP part there are a few UNP mods that I was wondering if they can be swapped out for CBBE? I am more familiar with that body type than UNP and also tend to use Bodyslide & Outfit Studio (previously, anyway) to change some downloaded armor mods to fit my "body type". Thanks in advance!

[z929669]

You can swap anything you like. Just remember that we can't support any specifics. Also, swapping for CBBE means that certain other Char and armor mods that rely on the UNP body may need alternative variants or mods.

Messing with the body type opens up a fairly sizeable dependency chain you will need to resolve.

[xFeywolf]

4 minutes ago, z929669 said:

You can swap anything you like. Just remember that we can't support any specifics. Also, swapping for CBBE means that certain other Char and armor mods that rely on the UNP body may need alternative variants or mods.

Messing with the body type opens up a fairly sizeable dependency chain you will need to resolve.

Thanks for the quick reply again! After installing everything according to the STEP Guide, is it possible to continue to install mods not in the STEP Guide? I am using the STEP Guide as a ground/base with the hope of continuing to mod the game further (like adding more armor mods, maybe houses and so on) so I can continue to enhance my experience. I do realize that the latter is most certainly outside of the scope of recieving (further) help/assistance on the STEP Forums after the fact...I just feel the need to ask.

[Greg]

You can install mods on top of the STEP guide, but you'll have to resolve any conflicts and troubleshoot any issues on your own. If you do so, you should get the STEP guide completely installed and verify it is fully functional without any issues. Once you are comfortable that everything is working, I suggest copying the STEP profile to a new profile and doing any customizations in the new profile. This way you can easily revert back to a clean and working STEP profile if you want to start over for some reason.

[z929669]

1 hour ago, xFeywolf said:

Thanks for the quick reply again! After installing everything according to the STEP Guide, is it possible to continue to install mods not in the STEP Guide? I am using the STEP Guide as a ground/base with the hope of continuing to mod the game further (like adding more armor mods, maybe houses and so on) so I can continue to enhance my experience. I do realize that the latter is most certainly outside of the scope of recieving (further) help/assistance on the STEP Forums after the fact...I just feel the need to ask.

Yes, you can use the guide and add to it as you like. It's a stable basis for a full mod build that includes just about every mod that all builds should use. If you want, you can simply use it as a guide for mods that work well together aesthetically. We just don't officially support troubleshooting issues or configurations with changes to the guide's mod list.

Our guides are as much instructive resources as they are guides for a specific build. As Greg indicates, I would recommend completing the guide exactly as we have it. Once verified, you can save that profile and clone it to another if small changes will be made. I recommend you create a totally separate MO instance and copy to that if you are going to change the mod list. Profiles share mod lists, but instances do not.