Ecotone Dual Sheath

I really liked Dual Sheath Redux by Neovalen for Oldrim so I decided to recreate it for SSE. This mod uses the same mesh design as DSR but the script is entirely my own work.

When creating this mod I hoped to find a way to automatically generate left hand meshes for all the weapons and shields you have install by running some kind of script but I could not find any tool that programmatically modified nif files. Long after I created this mod cskriffin published All Geared Up Derivative SE - AllGUD that included an xEdit script to do just that. Turns out that xEdit could do just what I wanted but it wasn't documented anywhere.

The best way to use this mod is to install just the mod without any of the included meshes (uncheck all mods when installing) then follow the instructions from Vyxenne in the first sticky post.

I would love to create a single xEdit script that incorporates both left hand meshes generation and patch generation but creating and testing the scripts take a great deal to time which I don't really have now.

If you don't want to run any script then you can install the meshes that come with this mod. See the "Meshes Included" section below.

Requirements

You will need SKSE64, JContainers SE, SkyUI, and XP32 Maximum Skeleton Special Extended - XPMSSE. For the targeted debugging options you will also need PapyrusUtil SE. If you are not using targeted debugging the you will not need PapyrusUtil SE. The only other required plugin is Skyrim.esm.

Installation

UPDATING: If you're updating it's best to completely remove this mod.  From the MCM menu disable the mod then save. Remove this mod then reload your save. You should get a warning about missing content. Click "Yes" and let the game load. Make a new save. That should be enough but to be sure you could run FallrimTools on the last save file.

1) Follow the SKSE64 installation instructions here STEAM Community - SKSE64 Installation Guide or see this video by Gopher.

2) Install JContainesrs.

3) (optional) Install PapyrusUtil SE

4) Install XP32 Maximum Skeleton Special  Extended:

a) (optional) Install RaceMenu.

b) Install Fores New Idles in Skyrim SE - FNIS SE

c) Install XP32 Maximum Skeleton Special  Extended:

5) Install SkyUI.

6) Install Ecotone Dual Sheath.

Use a mod manager that support FOMOD installer. Here is what it looks like then using MO2:

For best results leave everything under "Custom" unchecked and follow the instructions in the first sticky post to generate the meshes and