High Poly Head 1.4  

High poly heads for all playable vanilla races based on the vanilla head meshes (male and female).  A simple name for a not-so-simple mod.  

Features

• smooth high poly male and female heads
• complementary high poly brows, beards, scars, and hair to fit new head shape
• includes morphs for RaceMenu's extended sliders
• compatible with vanilla-based head textures
• compatible with existing presets for the vanilla male/female head meshes (excluding sculpt data)

Requirements

• RaceMenu (LE, SE)

Installation

• Use a mod manager to install the original .zip file and follow the install script for easy installation.  Do not manually extract anything.

Manual Installation

• 00 - Base mod (required)
• 01 - Loose files needed for FaceGen creation in the Creation Kit (optional)
• 02 - no Dawnguard DLC (optional)
• 03 - vampire head fix (optional)
• 04 - remove sunken vampire face morphs (optional)
• 05 - symmetrical eye sockets (female) (optional)
• 06 - adds Aesthetic Elves (optional)
• 07 - adds Expressive Facegen Morphs (optional)
• 08 - adds Expressive Facial Animation Male edition (optional)
• 09 - adds Expressive Facial Animation Female edition (optional)
• 10 - adds high poly vanilla hair as optional replacers (optional)

Usage

• For the player character
  • Use the Face Part slider in RaceMenu to switch to the high poly head.
  • If the head turns dark, change the player weight to force the skin shader to update.
  • Don't forget to also change the vanilla brows/beard/scars to the included high poly versions.
• For NPC/follower mods
  • Add this mod as a master and then swap the vanilla head parts with the high poly version
  • Generate new FaceGen data (Ctrl + F4) in the Creation Kit.
  • This method does not work for sculpted head meshes.

Known Issues

• minor clipping with certain vanilla hair meshes
• eyes/scars appear darker than vanilla in SE.  can be fixed by changing player weight.
• changing to vampire race will reset the high poly head back to vanilla
• eye mesh may have flickering/rendering issue after switching to high poly head.  can be fixed by closing RaceMenu and opening it again.

Modder Resource (xEdit Scripts)

• Skyrim - KL Filter Race.pas
  • Filters NPC records based on races supported.
• Skyrim - KL Swap Headparts.pas
  • Swaps vanilla head part records for their high poly versions.
  • Custom head parts are not supported.
  • Requires High Poly Head.esm to be loaded into xEdit.
• Skyrim - KL Copy NPC Protected Status.pas
  • Copies NPC Protected status found on all plugins currently loaded (eg. NPCs Protected Redux.esp)