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Hearthfire Bards - Sonir & Oriella redone

Please read at least the GENERAL INFORMATION and the TROUBLESHOOTING before posting about an issue or CTD. On the comments, I won't reply to "It won't work" comments without explaining at least when it crashes (on Skyrim logo, loading a game, entering the house...).


GENERAL INFORMATION:

This mod replaces the two vanilla female bards added by DLC Hearthfire that can be hired when you build the houses: Oriella (Heljarchen Hall) and Sonir (Windstad Manor). Requires Hearthfire DLC only. I create this for myself, so if you don't like it, simply ignore this mod.

It is a good idea to save your game away from both houses before installing to avoid CTD, if you already hire them. If you didn't hire them yet, just install and you should be fine.


COMPATIBILITY:

Incompatible with mods that alter Oriella/Sonir face and body meshes/textures (beautification mods that affect heartfire NPC). To work with NPC overhauls that changes those two hireable bards, just place it in load order after any NPC overhaul (see troubleshooting below if you can't make it work).

TROUBLESHOOTING & QUESTIONS:

Problem: Their faces didn't change.
Answer: Probably you are already using a mod that changes their appearence. Make sure you don't have these loose files in the folder

/Skyrim/Data/Meshes/Actors/Character/FaceGen/HearthFires.esm/
00019630.nif
00019631.nif

and in the folder

/Skyrim/Data/textures/Actors/character/FaceGenData/FaceTint/HearthFires.esm/
00019630.dds
00019631.dds

if you have them, rename all to something like old_00019630.nif or backup_00019631.nif to avoid conflicts, since loose files always have priority above files packed in .BSA files;

Question: What about an overhaul to Llewellyn the Nightingale?
Answer: Nothing planned.


CREDITS:

I can't thank enough to them, without their permissions, resources, information and work I simply could't do anything. Kudos to all of them.

- Base Body: SevenBase from Sevennity. http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/36992/
- Face and Body Textures: Fair Skin Complexion http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/51602/?
- Eyes: JimtownIrish's for True Eyes http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/49963/?
- Hair: KS Hairdos;
- Brows: SG Female Eyebrows by Hello Santa http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/35327/


Also thanks to:
3DMGames users for sharing Face models presets;
tktk1 for Enhanced Character Edit by ECE team http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/12951/?
Mikanoshi for SMCO http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/13529/?
natilde for her Standalone Follower tutorial http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/25673/?
DARKF0X127 for AI Package tutorials https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ihuedsk7QNc
Bethesda for the Creation Kit, Oblivion and Skyrim Games;
Nifskope, 3DSMax, Bethesda, Paint.NET teams.