Undead FX

This mod tries to return some of the undead-ness to the dead thralls in Skyrim, by giving all reanimated zombies a unique visual effect; perfect for necromancers and their hunters!

In Skyrim, Bethesda introduced the closest thing to necromancy in an Elder Scrolls game so far. Now, rather than summoning a skeleton or zombie from thin air, like you would a daedra, undead minions are actually raised corpses.

As novel as it is, the new system destroys some of the charm. The decaying zombies of Oblivion and the ritualized bonewalkers of Morrowind were macabre reflections of their games, whereas the zombies in Skyrim normally look like regular NPCs, but with a blue-ish glow.

The effect is inspired by the in-game resurrection effect, specifically the way the the body disintegrates to ash when the spell is completed. Now, the skin strain on the body is visible throughout the length of the summoning, and reveals the bones beneath the skin.

Description

Adds Undead FX to reanimated NPCs, making the strain of binding your soul to a corpse visible.

Beast Draugr

included the argonian, khajiit, elf, and orc Draugr meshes as a separate download, for use as a modders resource.

Use them as enemies, if you like

Disintegrating Effect on NPC skin

• []Variety of patterns for visual diversity

[]Starts at random stage of disintegration

[]Staring stage can be configured, including fully skeletal

[]degrades further after time, if NPC is raised with a spell that destroys the corpse

[]degrades further when body is reanimated again, if NPC was raised with a spell that doesn't destroy the corpse

Underskin beneath skin shader

• []Draugr or Skeleton (thanks to PROMETHEUS_ts for skeleton meshes)

  Disenchantable amulet

  • []craftable with black soulgem

    []apply effect to player or followers

  Eye Glow Effect

  • []Draugr-like glow

    []Vampire-like texture switch

    No Undead Glow

    • Additional optional .esp file, which removes the distracting blue glow from zombies

      Configuration

      If SkyUI is installed, an MCM is included to adjust options. If that isn't available, options can be controlled by adjusting global variable using console commands:

      set x to y will set a variable to a value

      (where 'x' is the name of the variable, and 'y' is the number to set it to)