DD7's Alternate Perspective CID Add-ons
⚪ Last updated 2023⚠️ Install Order · 7 steps
Install in this order, then this mod last — most mods fail to load without their framework and dependencies in place.
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 1.2% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #44 of 67 Miscellaneous mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
The whole idea of this mod is for roleplay when you're starting a new game. Alternate Perspective offers the option to choose the way you want to start a new adventure in Skyrim, but the starting gear it's just basic vanilla gear, so the objetive of these add-ons are to give you the option to customize your character with more weapons and armor options for your build and roleplay.
The thing is that I wanted to add multiple mods without the need to patch them all editing the same record, so I used Container Item Distributor as the main framework.
Every add-on comes with a esp-fe/esl flagged plugin and a CID ini file, the plugin for the leveled lists with all the weapons and armors and the CID ini file to integrate them into the starting room. Of course, the weapons and armors added are the basic iron and low tier items of each mod (for balance).
You can find them in the chest infront the bed (for the weapons) and in the wardrobe (for the armors).
The current supported mods are:
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[]Animated Armoury (DAR version)
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]Skyrim Spear Mechanic
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[]RMB SPIDified Sons of Skyrim Sons of Skyrim 2. X UPDATE!!! Now you need only the original SoS (still you can use the RMB version, it only removes the leveled lists and outfit edits). The new bow and dagger have been included in this version alongside the basic stormcloak gear (lamellar iron and the hide armor). I changed the plugin name due the update, but since this is a CID mod you don't have to worry about it, you can remove the old plugin and use this new one. If you're updating SoS in mid game I suggest you to use Save Unbaker, this SKSE plugin forces the game to load the data that is in the plugins, not what is in the save file, this should help you to save time using the "resetinventory" command in every single NPC.
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]RMB SPIDified NordWarUA[]RMB SPIDified Vanilla Armor Replacer
[]RMB New Legion
[]RMB Fashions of the Huntsmen
[]Bandolier - Bags and Pouches Classic I recommend you to use the NPCs add-on, it has a standalone esp-fe/esl flagged plugin that adds a magicka enchant to the book pouches, and stamina enchant to the vial pouches, either +20 pts or +5% regen. Strongly recommended.
[]Girl's Heavy Armors For the standalone version only (obviously). If you use Xavbio's amazing retexture for the blades armor I recommend you to use my GHA patch. Don't worry, it's just a retex for the skirt, leggings and sleeves so they match with Xavbio's mod.
[]Wood Frame Packs How can you start an adventure in Skyrim without a bag to store your items? Get this old but classic mod.
Work in progress
[]RMB Common Clothes and Armors: this one has tons of clothing to choose from, also many low tier armors.
[]Bobs Armory: perhaps, it has a lot of low tier weapon
DD7's Alternate Perspective CID Add-ons adds roleplay-friendly starting gear to the Alternate Perspective mod for Skyrim. It uses Container Item Distributor to place low-tier weapons and armor from supported mods into the starting room's chest and wardrobe. Currently supports Animated Armoury, Skyrim Spear Mechanic, and several RMB SPIDified mods. 102 endorsements, last updated November 2023.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Solid niche pick with 102 endorsements and over 8,600 downloads—people are using it.
- Clever use of Container Item Distributor means no messy leveled list edits, so it plays nice with other mods.
- Gives you real gear variety for roleplay starts without breaking balance—only iron and low-tier stuff.
⚠️ Cons
- Only works if you're using Alternate Perspective and the specific supported mods—if you don't have those, it's useless.
- Requires Container Item Distributor as a dependency, which adds an extra mod to your load order.
- Last updated in November 2023, so it might not be compatible with the latest Skyrim updates or newer mod versions.
For Skyrim roleplayers who use Alternate Perspective and want to start with gear that fits their character's backstory. If you're running any of the supported mods like Animated Armoury or Sons of Skyrim, this is a must-have. Skip if you don't use Alternate Perspective or prefer to start with vanilla gear.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Make sure you have Container Item Distributor installed and enabled, or the add-ons won't do anything.
- If you're updating Sons of Skyrim mid-game, use Save Unbaker to force the game to load plugin data instead of save data.
- Check the chest and wardrobe in the starting room—weapons go in the chest, armor in the wardrobe.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- TheDarkDragon7
- Version
- 1.0
- Downloads
- 8,617
- Endorsements
- 102
- Category
- Miscellaneous
- Created
- 10/17/2023
- Updated
- 11/5/2023
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