HDT-SMP Fur Shaders for Xavbio Retextures Redux
🟠 Updated over a year ago⚠️ Install Order · 6 steps
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 0.1% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #17 of 226 Armour mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Are you a fellow fan of Xavbio's retextures? Do you like fluffy fur? Do you also like cloth physics? This is the mod for you! Fur shell textures have been generated using Xavbio's textures as a base, and shell meshes have been rebuilt based on furexarot's HDT-SMP Vanilla Armors. Enjoy the best of all worlds!
Shell textures from Fur Shaders for Xavbio Retextures Redux is required! Choose either full-res or half-res version.
Before installing this mod, please ensure that HDT-SMP Vanilla Armors is already working properly for you! If the physics enabled parts of the base mod is already behaving oddly for you (sinking, exploding everywhere and whatnot) adding shell fur on top is NOT going to help!
All relevant HDT-SMP armors have been covered. Optional CBBE 3BA Bodyslide support is available. Sleeve and pants option is available for 3BA. (Vanilla meshes sleeve/pants will be added in future)
All shell meshes have been carefully optimized to the best of my abilities, with the goal of minimizing performance cost. That said, cloth physics on its own can be demanding and adding fur on top will inevitably have an impact on performance. For best performance, choose the half-resolution shell textures and PE version. If you have a monster rig, feel free to ball out on full-resolution textures and regular version. Fluffy, flowing fur everywhere!
Please note that this mod only consists of cuirass meshes. For matching fluffy fur on hats, gloves and boots you need the meshes from my other mod.
List of supported armors:
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[]Ancient Nord
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]Bandit (Fur variants)[]Blades
[]Forsworn
[]Hide and Studded Hide
[]Imperial Heavy, Light and Studded (Female only)
[]Iron and Banded Iron
[]Leather
[]Nordic Carved
[]Scaled and Scaled Horn
[]Skaal
[]Steel Plate
Installation-
[]Install either regular or player-exclusive HDT-SMP Vanilla Armors (and whatever Bodyslide file you want)
[]Install the required Xavbio retextures (list is here under Requirements)
[]Install EITHER ONE of the full resolution OR half resolution shell texture packs
[]Install EITHER ONE of the regular or PE meshes from this mod
[](Optional) Install CBBE 3BA patch and build the outfits to your preference in BodySlide
IMPORTANT: For very obvious reasons, you should only be using either the regular or PE versions and NOT BOTH. Make sure to u
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[]Install either regular or player-exclusive HDT-SMP Vanilla Armors (and whatever Bodyslide file you want)
HDT-SMP Fur Shaders for Xavbio Retextures Redux is a fur shell add-on for furexarot's HDT-SMP Vanilla Armors, designed to complement Xavbio's retextures. It covers relevant HDT-SMP armors and includes vanilla male/female meshes with optional CBBE 3BA Bodyslide support. A popular cosmetic enhancement with 537 endorsements and 452,096 downloads.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Huge community trust with 537 endorsements and over 452k downloads
- Seamlessly integrates with Xavbio's retextures for a cohesive look
- Offers both vanilla and CBBE 3BA body options for flexibility
⚠️ Cons
- Requires furexarot's HDT-SMP Vanilla Armors as a base, adding an extra dependency
- Only covers HDT-SMP armors, so non-HDT armors won't get the fur treatment
- No explicit install instructions provided, so you'll need to know your way around mod managers
For Skyrim modders who already use Xavbio's retextures and want to add realistic fur physics to their armor. Perfect for players who enjoy immersive, physics-based visuals and don't mind managing a few dependencies. Skip if you prefer static textures or don't use HDT-SMP.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Make sure you have HDT-SMP (the physics engine) installed and working before adding this mod, or the fur won't move.
- Use a mod manager like MO2 to easily toggle between the vanilla and CBBE 3BA versions.
- Load this mod after Xavbio's retextures in your load order so the fur shells overwrite correctly.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- Mic
- Version
- 1.0
- Downloads
- 452,096
- Endorsements
- 537
- Category
- Armour
- Created
- 3/29/2025
- Updated
- 3/29/2025
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