Armor of Clavicus Vile - PBR
🟠 Updated over a year ago⚠️ Install Order · 8 steps
Install in this order, then this mod last — most mods fail to load without their framework and dependencies in place.
Preview
🔍 Analysis
- 👍 0.5% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #104 of 205 Models and Textures mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Description
This mod is just a conversion of Armor of Clavicus Vile (HDT-SMP) by ChakraSSE, to PBR.
For any issues or requests relating to updating this conversion, feel free to contact
me. However, if you're looking for permissions to do your own
conversion or modification to the textures/meshes, you must contact ChakraSSE.
Requirements
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[]Community Shaders
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]PGPatcher[]Armor of Clavicus Vile (HDT-SMP)
Installation
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[]Install the prerequisites
[]Install this mod normally through your mod manager, make sure its after Armor of Clavicus Vile (HDT-SMP)
[]Run PGPatcher
[]Install the output
- []Thanks to ChakraSSE for the original mod and permissions to post this conversion!
This mod converts ChakraSSE's Armor of Clavicus Vile (HDT-SMP) to PBR materials, enhancing visual quality with Community Shaders. It requires the original armor mod, Community Shaders, and PGPatcher. A niche upgrade for Skyrim players using PBR rendering, with 60 endorsements and recent updates.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Tight integration with Community Shaders for next-gen visuals
- Active author (last updated Aug 2025) and decent traction (60 endorsements, 11k downloads)
- Straightforward conversion process if you're already using the original mod
⚠️ Cons
- Requires three separate mods to function, so setup is more involved than a simple replacer
- Only works with Community Shaders – if you don't use that, this mod is useless
- Compatibility risk: needs to load after the original armor mod and may conflict with other armor texture overhauls
For Skyrim players who already use Community Shaders and want their Clavicus Vile armor to look sharper with PBR. If you're not on the PBR train or haven't installed the original HDT-SMP armor, skip this – it's a niche enhancement for an existing setup.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Make sure you have the original Armor of Clavicus Vile (HDT-SMP) installed first, then load this mod after it in your mod manager.
- Run PGPatcher after installing both mods – it will generate the PBR patches you need to install as a separate output.
- If you're using a mod manager like MO2, enable the output from PGPatcher as a new mod and place it last in your load order.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- ChakraSSE and tmwd
- Version
- 1.0
- Downloads
- 11,497
- Endorsements
- 60
- Category
- Models and Textures
- Created
- 4/28/2025
- Updated
- 8/19/2025
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