Name: Blades Hakama Set
Version: 1.31
Date: 2023-08-16
Category: Armor
Requirements: Dawnguard, Hearthfires DLCs
Author: atomec, Dracotorre
Source: https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/13145/?
Homepage: http://www.dracotorre.com/mods/bladeshakamaset/


Description

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Original content by atomec, creator of "Blades Hakama" for original _Skyrim_. Converted and modified with new content for _Skyrim Special Edition_ by Dracotorre.

Adds new light armor and cloth-only outfits in multiple colors.

The Blades carry a hakama for training, or to use as an alternative to their cumbrous (heavy armor). The yoroi (armored) hakama includes leather and steel chain inserted inside the material using sewn pockets. Sword training includes use of a bokken.

Find gear in Sky Haven Temple or in a sack near Sleeping Giant Inn. May craft at a forge with Steel Smithing perk using Folded Cloth in color of your choice. Folded Cloth may be purchased at Bits and Pieces, or crafted at a tanning rack if smithing skill exceeds 40 and possess the Hakama Notes.


Install

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Backup your saved game in case you change your mind and remove this plugin.

Use a mod manager or manually unpack contents into your game's data folder. The FOMOD allows you to pick optional body shapes to fit your character, or fit your follower if follower uses different body shape. For manual installation, simply copy the contents within the Data folder to your game Data folder.

**Please Note**:

If using original "Blades Hakama" in SE, first remove the original (including loose files) and replace with this one. Your armor will become clothing. Upgrade to light-armor gear at a forge. You'll find the original loose files in Data \ meshes \ armor \ atomec \ blades \ folder. This mod uses a BSA and only installs loose files if choosing an optional body style.


Compatibility
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Edits include on outdoor location in Riverwood compatible with "JK's Riverwood" and tree indoor locations: Sky Haven Temple, Fort Dawnguard, and Castle Volkihar. Consider loading before interior lighting mods. If using another Esbern outfit replacer, load the one you want later.

Character Body: Default, UNP Pinup, UNP Skinny, UNPB, CBBE Slim, CBBE Curvy - in static or BBP.
Follower Body: Bijin UNP and CBBE, UNP(B) (including Sassy Teen Girls, CBBE

Hats fit Khajiit and Argonian heads with ears protruding.

Body armor/clothing compatible with "Joy of Perspective" by LogicDragon.

Kimono textures use Monk Robes mesh so will fit chosen body-style adjustment. 

Compatible with "Blades Samurai Armor and Kimonos" by Prime.


Known issues
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Some hairstyles may protrude through non-hooded hat. Wear hooded hat, or pretend that voluminous ponytail pokes through a cut-out opening in hat.

Using CBBE classic body for original Skyrim results in arm gaps. Please use CBBE for Skyrim SE.

UNP body in hakama may not precisely match undressed body (besides breasts supported by bandeau) such as varrying arm or belly shape. I've modified original UNP shape for common sizes (UNP, UNPB, skinny) reasonably close.

Changes 1.30
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* added white Blades Shihan Hakama

Changes 1.20
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* updated chest script to double-check Skyhaven Temple chest when escorting Esbern

Changes 1.12
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* Added kimonos (no armor) by Prime in 6 colors (Black, Indigo, Scarlet, Green, Dragon Scarlet, Dragon Green) - use Folded Cloth to craft.
* added green folded cloth and dye


Fixes to original "Blades Hakama" v1.6
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* Replaced Sky Haven Temple armory chest and Bits and Pieces merchent chest loot with script to add on init for improved compatibility (reduce need for bash/merge).
* Long hair protruding through Hooded Hat.
* Mesh adjustment on hakamavar_female (topless with bandeau) CBBE. Hip was protruding with some custom idle replacers.
* Meshes for hakama_female (with top) reworked for improved fit and more natural look on UNP, CBBE bodies. Formally was one-size-fits all.
* Edited waterflow in Riverwood cell to match Update.esm.
* Fixed boots coverage to include calves.


Changes since original "Blades Hakama" v1.6
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* Moved (and renamed) sack for compatibility with "JK's Riverwood" mod.
* Meshes converted and optimized for Skyrim SE using Nifskope and Nif Optimizer.
* Original UNP body (DIMONIZED UNP female body by dimon99) portion of hakamavar (with bandeau) meshes reworked to match various size options.
* Added clothing pick-up/drop sounds to hakamas.
* Added adjusted female meshes to fit more body styles.
* Combined light armor and cloth-only variants in single plugin. Cloth-only gear may be upgraded to armored at a forge.
* Adjusted armor and gold values higher similar to forsworn and standard leather armor.
* Moved armored gear crafting category to Leather to better diferentiate with cloth-only under Misc at forge.
* Set Frostfall-aware armor/clothing default warmth and coverage (Frostfall not required).
* Set Survival Mode warmth values.
* New colors re-textured based on original textures with added crafting recipes.
* Added colored Folded Cloths: scarlet, gray, indigo.
* Added Folded Cloth crafting with crafted dyes for colors.
* Updated Handwritten Note to journal, Hakama Notes, with crafting notes to show both cloth-only and armored items and Folded Cloth.
* Added unique Vampire Hakama and Dawnguard Hakama gear with unique color textures. Positioned in game world out in the open.
* Added Blades Bokken for one-hand or two-hand wielding in color choices of white oak or red oak. Model from "Bokken" by KiriKaeshi at http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/3331/?
* Added two bokkens to Sky Haven Temple armory.
* Added craftable finishing oil for bokken crafting and tempering.
* More optional body support added for UNPB, UNP Skinny, CBBE Curvy.
* Updated male boot meshes to avoid leg protruding on SoS, Better Males.
* Changed armored gloves to re-color of Blades guantlets to differentiate and look like armor. Increased armor rating.
* Removed 1st-person body references for compatibility with "Joy of Perspective."
* Added optional alternate hakamas, marked by (F) in name, to support followers with different body shape than player character.
* FOMOD with screen shots and descriptions to help player pick optional body shapes for player character and follower.
* Added BBP animation options for all body shapes.

Credits

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* atomec for original ["Blades Hakama"](http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/39718/?)
* KiriKaeshi for wood bokken model and texture from ["Bokken"](http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/3331/?)
* Prime for kimono textures from ["Blades Samurai Armor and Kimonos"](https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/9250)
* Chesko for [Frostfall "Armor Compatibility" guide](http://skyrimsurvival.com/home/frostfall/armor-compatibility/)
* Odem for dye-crafting idea from ["Odem's Onihime Katana"](http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/28488/?)
* corwin for [Nifskope, Niftools](http://niftools.sourceforge.net/wiki/NifSkope)
* Ousnius for [SSE Nif Optimizer](http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/4089/?) and [Body Slide / Outfit Studio](http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/49015/?)
* Caliente, Jeir, and Osnius for the [CBBE body](https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/198/?) and [Body Slide / Outfit Studio](https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/201)
* Dimon99 for the [UNP body](https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/6709/?)
* 0Prime0 for kimono textures (https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/9250)
* xp32 and Blessed Redux Project team for UNPB, TBBP mod resource [UNPB Redux Project](https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/37900/?)
* Bethesda Softworks for _Skyrim Special Edition_ and Creation Kit 64-bit


Tools used
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Adobe Photoshop, Gimp 2, Nifskope, SSE Nif Optimizer, Creation Kit 64-bit, BodySlide, Outfit Studio, Notepad++




Permissions
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Assets free to use with credit. Includes content from atomec, KiriKaeshi, Dimon99, and Caliente on Nexus.

For content from original "Blades Hakama" please note:

"When using the plugin or parts of it for projects that are published
I ask for a reference to me as the author of 'Blades Hakama'" -[atomec](http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/39718/?)
