Anyone who thinks it technically can't be done is wrong. Oblivion had it modded in, and Skyrim is using the same 3D model format as Oblivion. Different sizes and weights are completely within the realm of reason, and IMO, likelihood.

Edit: http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=4205

Voted for the first one by accident.

Creating a 5'3 female mage or warrior who can take down dragons would be a lot of fun.

Weight should definitely be custom, Height should also but with a range of about 4-6 inchs from a set minimum height.

I always thought we should be able to have different heights within a race instead of all just being set at one height. And weight? There should be big folks, skin and bones folks, and everywhere in between!

I wrote a short thing up some time ago that explained how variations of 10% in height and weight could work, and how it could even alter things like run speed, jump height, encumbrance, and weapon damage that have been altered in Skyrim. Which would give the races more importance in deciding who to be. I could try to dig it up.

I really would like to know why Height/Weight customization is not possible/recommended.

If you want your characters to be naked, then you can have them any height or weight you want. Clothing replaces the skin mesh (in games up to this one) so that if the character was dramatically out of size then clipping or parts of the avatar would look weird. You can see this in some clothing mods where each race has a clothing mesh and you have to choose which race you are (either in game or before you install the mod).

Most mods that change the shape of the NPC really just change the scale so that height and weight go up or down in proportion. Since the clothing changes with the scale, this works. However if you make a fat character for instance, it may very well have it's belly sticking out of the shirt, not just pushing the shirt out. Tall characters could end up wearing "high water" pants.

Thanks for your explanation, I didn't now it worked that way.

Anyway, maybe I didn't understood correctly, but I assume allowing the height of Nords to be chosen between lore friendly limits, such as "taller than the medium-sized Argonian and smaller than medium-sized Altmer" should then be possible?

I assume absurdly tall/small or fat/thin characters problematic, but could some small, lore friendly adjustments be possible? If not, could you elaborate why?

If by altering height/weight you could also alter strength or speed that would be just awesome. it's simple and logical.

I would like to read it, of course. :foodndrink:

Say you're making an Imperial who has a base height of 10 (arbitrary measurement). Pretend also that character creation allows you to vary a character's height by 10% of its base, so you can make an Imperial with a height of 9 or 11 or anything in between.

Say also that your base weight is equal to your current height. This can be changed too by 10%. If I made my Imperial the default of 10 height, I can set his weight to be between 9 and 11. If I made him have a height of 9, my base weight would be 9 as well but could vary between 8.1 and 9.9.

The height/weight ratio then defaults to 1.0, but can vary between 1.11111 or 0.90909 (best to round it to 1.1 and 0.9). This ratio cannot be changed directly, but can be changed by moving around the weight.

Now say that the character has two hidden attributes "dmg" and "spd". They start at 100 and represent a percentage of the default damage and speed. dmg is multiplied by weight/10, and spd is divided by the ratio of height/weight. So, characters that are heavy do the most damage, and characters that are light for their height (regardless of actual weight) run faster. Remember that even though dmg only depends on weight, weight depends on height. So a taller character has a higher maximum and minimum weight than a shorter character.

You could even add two other hidden attributes, "enc" and "acr" or something which represent maximum encumbrance and maximum jumping height/distance as a percentage of default. enc could be multiplied by height/weight so that characters heavy for their height (regardless of actual weight, low center of gravity and whatnot) can carry more. jmp could be divided by weight/10, so lighter characters jump higher. Again, shorter characters have a lower minimum and maximum weight, so they'll typically jump higher.

The numbers can and should be invisible to the player, really. It should be made clear to them that the taller and heavier they make their character the harder he'll hit but the lower he'll jump, etc.Say you're making an Imperial who has a base height of 10 (arbitrary measurement). Pretend also that character creation allows you to vary a character's height by 10% of its base, so you can make an Imperial with a height of 9 or 11 or anything in between.

Say also that your base weight is equal to your current height. This can be changed too by 10%. If I made my Imperial the default of 10 height, I can set his weight to be between 9 and 11. If I made him have a height of 9, my base weight would be 9 as well but could vary between 8.1 and 9.9.

The height/weight ratio then defaults to 1.0, but can vary between 1.11111 or 0.90909 (best to round it to 1.1 and 0.9). This ratio cannot be changed directly, but can be changed by moving around the weight.

Now say that the character has two hidden attributes "dmg" and "spd". They start at 100 and represent a percentage of the default damage and speed. dmg is multiplied by weight/10, and spd is divided by the ratio of height/weight. So, characters that are heavy do the most damage, and characters that are light for their height (regardless of actual weight) run faster. Remember that even though dmg only depends on weight, weight depends on height. So a taller character has a higher maximum and minimum weight than a shorter character.

You could even add two other hidden attributes, "enc" and "acr" or something which represent maximum encumbrance and maximum jumping height/distance as a percentage of default. enc could be multiplied by height/weight so that characters heavy for their height (regardless of actual weight, low center of gravity and whatnot) can carry more. jmp could be divided by weight/10, so lighter characters jump higher. Again, shorter characters have a lower minimum and maximum weight, so they'll typically jump higher.

The numbers can and should be invisible to the player, really. It should be made clear to them that the taller and heavier they make their character the harder he'll hit but the lower he'll jump, etc.

I have not tried out all the clothing mods. However some I tried back in the day had terrible issues on some races with shoulders sticking out of the clothing or heads being covered up partially by shirts etc. Small changes are probably possible, but I know the pains that the good clothing modders went through to get their clothing to work on all races. A clothing modder would be better able to explain the specific issues.

One example of this is the armor for males and females. If you put an exclusive male armor on a female, well, the female not longer has the bumpy bits that make her look like a female, at least from the neck down. So, there are female and male versions of the armor. Now, briasts are not that much of a difference between different characters as far as size and shape goes, but it is enough to require gender specific armor models.