Name: Ashara's Romantic Outfit
Version: 2.1
Date: 21-01-2012
Category: Clothing
Requirements: None
Author(s): Ashara
Source: http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=5577


Description
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This mod replaces the wedding dress and sandals and/or the party dress and boots with a new dress and boots inspired by the pictures of Victoria Francs. 
The dress comes in five different colours and with two texturesfor the corset: default and tartan. As by now it is a replacer you have to choose only one of them for each replacer. You can also choose to replace the dresses with the long skirt version or the short skirt one.

You can also add the dress and boots to your inventory by using the following console commands:
Wedding dress:
* dress: player.additem 00088956 1
* boots: player.additem 00088958 1

Party dress:
* dress: player.additem 000e40de 1
* boots: player.additem 000e40df 1

It can be installed using Nexus Mod Manager (download it here: http://www.skyrimnexus.com/content/modmanager/) or manually. As there are several options to choose from, I strongly recommend that you use Nexus Mod Manager.

The bodies used for the dress are the default CBBE v2 bodies. But as the textures that have been released until now are compatible with all body mods, there shouldn't be any problem if you use another body.


Required mods
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None.

The bodies used for the dress are the default CBBE v2 bodies (http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=2666). But as the textures that have been released until now are compatible with all body mods, there shouldn't be any problem if you use another body.

Install
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Install using Nexus Mod Manager (NMM) - HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
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1. Download the file
2. Select the file in the Mods tab of NMM, and click on the "Activates the selected mod" button.
3. The installer will ask you several options (if it doesn't work, close Nexus Mod Manager, open it again and then activate the mod: it should work fine then):
4. Select the replacer: you can replacer the wedding dress, the party dress or both.
For each replacer you have selected:
4.1 Select the dress type: long skirt or short skirt
4.2 Select the corset texture: default or tartan
4.3 Select the corset colour from the five available colours
4.4 Select the skirt colour from the five available colours
4.5 Select the boots colours from the five available colours


Manual install
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1. Extract the files of this mod to a temporary location (you can use 7zip: http://www.7-zip.org, to unzip them) and chek the folder structure.
2. If you want to install the Wedding dress replacer, check the files inside the "Wedding dress" folder
2.1 Copy to (install folder)\Skyrim\Data\:
.- the meshes folder
.- the textures folder
from the "0. Common files" folder
2.2 Select the dress type, long skirt or short skirt and:
.- To install the long skirt dress type, copy the meshes folder that is inside the "1. Long skirt meshes" folder.
.- To install the short skirt dress type, copy the meshes folder that is inside the "2. Short skirt meshes" folder.
2.3 Select the corset textures, default or tartan and a colour:
.- To install the default corset textures, copy the textures folder that is inside the folder "3. Default corset textures" + colour.
.- To install the tartan corset textures, copy the textures folder that is inside the folder "4. Tartan corset textures" + colour.
2.4 Select the colour of the skirt and:
.- copy the textures folder that is inside the folder "5. Skirt textures" + colour
2.5 Select the colour of the boots and:
.- copy the textures folder that is inside the folder "6. Boots textures" + colour

If asked if you want to overwrite existing files say "Yes to all". 



Uninstall
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Uninstall using Nexus Mod Manager (NMM)
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1. Select the file in the Mods tab of NMM, and click on the "Deactivates the selected mod" button.

Manual uninstall
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1. Delete:
.- the folder \Textures\Ashara\Romantic outfit\ and its contents
If you have installed the wedding dress replacer:
.- the folder \meshes\Clothes\weddingdress\ and its contents
If you have installed the party dress replacer:
.- the folder \meshes\Clothes\fineclothes01\ and its contents
.- the folder \meshes\Clothes\fineclothes02\ and its contents


Incompatibility
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As this replaces the wedding dress and/or the party it will be incompatible with any other mod that modifies/replaces those dresses. If you find anything else, please tell me.


Known Issues or Bugs
====================
There is a little clipping when running, but who would run with a dress like this? ;)
If you find anything else, please tell me.


Future plans
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* Make this a standalone dress when the CK is released (it is a matter of days as it is due to be released in January).
* Make a male outfit.


Related mods
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* Reaper's "Ashara Romantic Outfit Retextured": http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=5864: adds a new texture to the dress

History
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2.1, 21-01-2012 - fixed position of boxes, now they won't go through the ground. Fixed version of the file displayed by Nexus Mod Manager.
2.0, 20-01-2012 - added short skirt meshes for the dress. Made it possible to use different colours and dress type for the wedding dress and the party dress replacers. Packaged everything in one file. Added an installer to allow easier installation of the different options when using Nexus Mod Manager.
1.4, 13-01-2012 - improved the weights of the corset
1.3, 08-01-2012 - separated the lace and the corset. Hopefully this fixes the transparency issues with lighting for everybody.
1.2, 08-01-2012 - Fixed transparency flags of the corset
1.1, 08-01-2012 - Double sided meshes, modified transparency flags for the corset (it still looks too transparent with ENB, I am still working on fixing this. Any help would be appreciated) and added 1st person meshes.
1.0, 07-01-2012 - Initial release.


Contact
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You can contact me leaving a comment at the mod's thread, sending me a PM or leaving a comment at the mod's thread.

You can find me on Nexus as SydneyB: http://www.tesnexus.com/modules/members/index.php?id=259193.
You can find me on the Bethesda official forums as Ashara: http://www.bethsoft.com/bgsforums/index.php?showuser=364891.
You can find me on Clan Dlan as Ashara: http://www.clandlan.net/foros/index.php?showuser=6932.


Credits
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Thanks to Bethesda for creating Skyrim.
Thanks to LHammonds for the Readme Generator this file was based on: http://hammondslegacy.com/obmm/tools_readme_generator1.asp
Thanks to Nexus for the a one-stop-shop resource for authors and players.
Thanks to all the modding community for all their tutorials, tools and help. Especially, thanks to the Clan Dlan, Bethesda Official Forum and the Nexus communities.
Thanks to all of you that are using this mod and are helping me to improve it with your suggestions.


Tools Used
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Blender - http://www.blender.org
GIMP - http://www.gimp.org/
The Compressonator - http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=11852
NIFSkope - http://www.niftools.org/
7zip - http://www.7-zip.org/
Readme Generator - http://lhammonds.game-host.org/obmm/tools_readme_generator1.asp


Licensing/Legal
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You can reuse any part of this mod into your own mod but all I ask in return is that you give me credit if you distribute any part of this mod.
