Lovely Lydia

Lovely Lydia has been ported to Skyrim Special Edition: Lovely Lydia SSE

Description

When my Dovahkiin first met her Whiterun housecarl Lydia, she was uncertain about whether or not they would get along. For one, Lydia followed her around Breezehome like a stalker, camping out in her bedroom and watching her sleep. And Lydia certainly wasn’t a willing burden-carrier like the majority of my Dovahkiin’s other followers. But my Dovahkiin eventually grew to like Lydia and considered her a unique, if somewhat strange friend.

However, even though Lydia is attractive as she is, there were a few things about her appearance that I felt needed an overhaul. For one, Lydia walks like she’s the tailback for the Nordic Female Football League. As to why Bethesda felt the need to program her to walk and move like a man is beyond me. She can still be a tough, strong warrior while walking like a woman.

I gave Lydia a more intense eye color, darkened her hair a bit, made a few facial tweaks, and gave her a different, lovelier hairstyle. I also removed the “Opposite Gender Anims” setting, so now Lydia will walk and move like a woman.

I hope you enjoy Lydia, and if you do, endorsements are very much appreciated. I also love seeing screenshots of the characters in game, so please upload them to the "Images" section.

Required Mods

ApachiiSkyHair (the Female Standalone Pack "ApachiiSkyHairFemale_v_1_5"): http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/10168/?

Recommended Mods

(If you want Lydia to look exactly like she does in the screenshots) 1) High Quality Eyes by Xenius: http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/498/? 2) Better Females by Bella: http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/2812/?

Installation

Extract the file to a temporary location. Copy/place the .esp in your Skryim Data folder. Merge my "meshes" folder with the "meshes" folder in your Skryim Data folder. Merge my "textures" folder with the "textures" folder in your Skyrim Data folder. Make sure the .esp is checked in the “Data Files” section of the Skryim Launcher.

As for where it should go in your load order, it doesn’t really matter, although I would recommend putting it ABOVE any multi-follower mod (AFT, EFF, UFO) just in case.

Uninstall

Uncheck the .esp in the Skyrim Launcher. Delete the .esp from your Skyrim Data folder. Delete my meshes and textures.

Incompatibility

As this changes Lydia, it will most likely be incompatible with any other mod that changes her.

Conflicts/Bugs

None that I know of.

Comments/Questions/Problems/Requests

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