Racial heights and first person 'dwarfism' : V

» Fri May 18, 2012 6:54 am

I'm currently searching for a mod (since I have no CK and can't do it myself) that adjusts character heights. For example I think a Nord male should be taller then a Nord female, It currently looks a little silly.

Also if you notice when you play in first person you see the world from the height of your characters chest rather then their head. I hate this and want to change it ASAP.

» Fri May 18, 2012 1:28 am

I'm currently searching for a mod (since I have no CK and can't do it myself) that adjusts character heights. For example I think a Nord male should be taller then a Nord female, It currently looks a little silly.

Also if you notice when you play in first person you see the world from the height of your characters chest rather then their head. I hate this and want to change it ASAP.

I don't care about the relative gender heights (maybe because my fiancee and I are the exact same height so it doesn't seem odd?) but the chest height thing DOES bother me, heh! It feels just way too low!

» Fri May 18, 2012 4:28 am

I'd love something like this, purely so I could make a character that resembles Tyrion Lannister.

» Thu May 17, 2012 10:53 pm

You ask for a racial height mod in the title and then say you want a gender height mod... >.>

I would like to see a mod that makes nords taller than the other races. Norwegians and the like can be pretty tall, over six feet a lot of them. Elves should be like 5'4", especially dark and wood elves.But a mod that includes a height slider in the char-gen would be awesome.

» Fri May 18, 2012 1:07 am

(maybe because my fiancee and I are the exact same height so it doesn't seem odd?)

Surely you come across other women from time to time who are shorter than you, so you can grasp the idea that generally speaking men are taller than women?

» Fri May 18, 2012 12:24 am

You ask for a racial height mod in the title and then say you want a gender height mod... >.>

I would like to see a mod that makes nords taller than the other races. Norwegians and the like can be pretty tall, over six feet a lot of them. Elves should be like 5'4", especially dark and wood elves.But a mod that includes a height slider in the char-gen would be awesome.

I'm norwegian and I'm only 5,6 feet -.-

» Fri May 18, 2012 7:05 am

I'm norwegian and I'm only 5,6 feet -.-

I didn't say they ALL were above six feet! Sheesh...

» Fri May 18, 2012 1:47 pm

I want all males taller then females for every race. To me it looks more believable. I also want my first person view to match my characters head in third person. When playing in first person and standing next to a table it feels like I'm a wide child.

I'm hoping to mod this with the CK but until then I was wondering if there are any modders out there working on something similar or have a mod created already.

» Fri May 18, 2012 5:35 am

But not all men are taller than females... its common, but not true across the board. Men are more bulky than females though, especially in the chest, but where I work, a lot of the women, especially those of northern european stock, are over six feet tall.

Im not ragging on the OP, just point it out.

As I said, Id like to have a height slider... I tend to like to play really short characters... probly because Im tall myself. lol

» Fri May 18, 2012 12:13 pm

I'm just saying... there are not many women that are 6 feet tall in Scandinavia.

» Thu May 17, 2012 10:27 pm

I'm just saying... there are not many women that are 6 feet tall in Scandinavia.

You do realize that you are shattering a lovely stereotype of boys all across America?

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» Fri May 18, 2012 12:02 pm

I'm currently searching for a mod (since I have no CK and can't do it myself) that adjusts character heights. For example I think a Nord male should be taller then a Nord female, It currently looks a little silly.

Also if you notice when you play in first person you see the world from the height of your characters chest rather then their head. I hate this and want to change it ASAP.

Yeah, it is SUPER annoying! I am an Altmer, and in 3rd person I am very much taller than Lydia but in 1st person she is looking down on me! It is so stupid!

And when you switch from 1st to 3rd and vice versa, you can see Lydias head look down when you switch to 1st....So lame...

Please Fix!

» Fri May 18, 2012 7:36 am

I haven't noticed the first person dwarfism. In fact I've noticed my camera being basically level with NPC heads and then in third person I'm shorter (playing a female Breton).

» Fri May 18, 2012 6:23 am

I think that's posible by editing models itself. And POV issue there is topic on that somewhere on forums.

But there is issue with height change... How will armor/cloth, weapons/shields look on that model

I'd love something like this, purely so I could make a character that resembles Tyrion Lannister.

Ah game of Thrones

» Fri May 18, 2012 2:56 am

You can just setscale on any actor to modify this. On the player it stays across saves, I don't know on NPC's, as I haven't tested. Armors and weapons rescale with the actor, just have to be careful not to exaggerate.

It might actually be easy to script this, once the CS is out, but on the meantime use the setscale command. You can check an actor actual scale through getscale command. By the way, the first person camera changes height according to the scale...

» Fri May 18, 2012 10:47 am

Well now when i think about it is easy to script it and i know how i would do it but my coding is just little less crappy then Justin Bieber's singing

» Thu May 17, 2012 11:49 pm

Well now when i think about it is easy to script it and i know how i would do it but my coding is just little less crappy then Justin Bieber's singing

Well, the script should be easy, so it's a good way to learn! It svcks at first, but once things start to work, scripting is actually more fun than playing!

» Fri May 18, 2012 11:52 am

Ill need to learn it sooner or later till then ill do what i do best and what im doing for past decade webdesing, 2D/3D art and maping/environment design.

So back to topic..
scripting this should be fairly easy get (race)(gender) and then fairly easy loop that sets scales for each race and gender ... idk how easy will it be to make slider on char creation screen but shouldnt be a problem

» Fri May 18, 2012 11:36 am

Move the first person camera node in the skeleton nif, if it still works like Oblivion.

» Fri May 18, 2012 7:56 am

Move the first person camera node in the skeleton nif, if it still works like Oblivion.

If only you could move the first person camera node to the third person animation. I hate running around with my arms at 90 degree angles in front of me, blocking 50% of the screen and giving me headaches.

» Fri May 18, 2012 11:50 am

That happens with dual wield and when blocking with a shield in first person view, that is true.

» Fri May 18, 2012 4:18 am

I'm gonna look up the SetScale command. This is driving me nuts and Ive been playing this way since release.

» Fri May 18, 2012 10:26 am

Report back! I'm curious too, if the SetScale command works!

» Fri May 18, 2012 12:13 pm

Also if you notice when you play in first person you see the world from the height of your characters chest rather then their head. I hate this and want to change it ASAP.

Yeah, it is SUPER annoying! I am an Altmer, and in 3rd person I am very much taller than Lydia but in 1st person she is looking down on me! It is so stupid!And when you switch from 1st to 3rd and vice versa, you can see Lydias head look down when you switch to 1st....So lame...Please Fix!

You can adjust the first-person camera by changing fov:

Console:
fov 80

Or in SkyrimPerfs.ini, under general, add:
fdefaultfov=80

80 does the job for me; default is 65 or so, you can try out different numbers ingame with the console and put it in your ini afterwards to make it default (apparently, console fov resets after dying and stuff).
Added bonus: You can see your shield in front of you.

» Fri May 18, 2012 4:43 am

Changing fov does not raise the camera off the ground.

Move the first person camera node in the skeleton nif, if it still works like Oblivion.

This is what we need someone to do. I'd do it if I had any experience with nifs, but my scripting is my niche.