Sensual Walks for Female NPCs

This mod changes the walk animation used by Oblivion's female NPCs to ones that are more feminine and sensual. It uses combinations of http://www.tesnexus.com/modules/members/index.php?id=764052, http://www.tesnexus.com/modules/members/index.php?id=451922 , http://www.tesnexus.com/modules/members/index.php?id=539633, http://www.tesnexus.com/modules/members/index.php?id=256213, http://www.tesnexus.com/modules/members/index.php?id=62287 and http://www.tesnexus.com/modules/members/index.php?id=110658 walk animations to provide you with a choice of standard options or lets you change the walk each type of female NPC uses to suite your personal tastes...

• Sensual Walks for Female NPCs (uses all available animations)
  
• sixy Walk for Female NPCs (using http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=18125 or http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=15829 animation)
  
• Real Walk for Female NPCs (using http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=27954 animation)
  
• Use http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=32572 or http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=33346 animations
  
• Create your own variety of walk animations that different types of female NPCs will use
  
• Make all female NPCs use your favourite walk animation

Links, Credits and Legal

Mod download: http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=28223
Links References: All the links in this initial post are to Nexus locations

Credits (includes a list of supported mods) and Legal information can be found on the Nexus Description page for this mod.

Description

The mod uses a different walk animation for each type of female NPC. Female types are based on...

• Their class (Noble, Commoner, etc)
  
• The job they do (Guard, Thief, etc)
  
• Their age (Young or Elderly)
  
• A range of other things

The idea is that whenever you see a female NPC in the game, it is always worth watching her walk and trying to guess what type of NPC she is

Known Bugs and Incompatibilities

Occasional mod conflict that prevents Oblivion loading your game. Usually caused by mod variations or load order issues. Tips for correction and identifying the problem mod...

• Follow the Load Order procedure in the ReadMe
  
• If the problem persists, use the Sensual Walks for Female NPCs installer to de-select mods until you identify the problem mod
  
• Let me know which mod was causing the problem and I will do my best to correct it.

Sensual Walks Animations Installer

The Animations Installer copies and renames the animation files used by Sensual Walks for Female NPCs.

It also gives you the opportunity to experiment with the walk animations used for each type of female so you can adjust the walk they use to suite your personal tastes.

You can, of course, use the defaults and not bother with all the options - always a good place to start until you see what it looks like in the game.
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http://www.tesnexus.com/modules/members/index.php?id=339693 and http://www.tesnexus.com/modules/members/index.php?id=764052

Sensual Walks FAQ

• Why is Sensual Walks still loading the old version of TRoN?
  
  Sensual walks supports TRoN (The Underdark - The Realm Of Northdark) versions 0.59, 0.59.1b and 1.1. The installation script automatically establishes which version is installed by checking for the presence or absence of certain TRoN files. For this to work properly you need to uninstall the old version of TRoN and then re-install the new version.
  
  For TRoN version 1.1, Sensual Walks will only install the correct mod if "Data\Meshes\TU\armor\Naja\ilithid.nif" is NOT present. If it is present, then one of the older versions will be installed.
  
  If you have done a manual install of older versions of TRoN, then you can resolve this problem by deleting "Oblivion\Data\Meshes\TU\armor\Naja\ilithid.nif" and then re-running the Sensual Walks mod installation. This approach will load the correct Sensual Walks mod, but you will still have unused TRoN files on your system.
  
  
• When using Wrye Bash, why isn't the Sensual Walks ESP shown in purple?
  
  Wrye Bash version 282 and 283 has some peculiarities in automatically detecting and highlighting mergeable mods with the NoMerge tag set - indicated by purple text.
  
  The easiest way to deal with this is to select all your mods in Wrye Bash (under the Mods Tab) by pressing Ctrl-A, then right-click and select Mark Mergeable. Once you have done this, you will see that all the Sensual Walks ESPs are now purple (plus any of your other mods that were not automatically detected by Wrye Bash).
  
  
• Why are vanilla female NPC faces still being used even though I have installed TNR?
  
  If you are using individual TNR race mods (eg TNR - The Redguards) as well as the Unofficial Oblivion Patch (UOP) then the Oblivion UOP Sensual Walks mod will override the TNR female NPC faces. You can fix this problem by using OBMM to uninstall Sensual Walks for Female NPCs and then...
  
  Easiest:
  Use OBMM to reinstall Sensual Walks for Female NPCs and select “Disable” when you get the “Configure Sensual Walks Unofficial Patches” selection window. The Unofficial Oblivion Patch will still override a small number of female NPC faces, but TNR will work properly.
  
  Recommended:
  Uninstall the individual TNR race mods, install TNR All Races and then use OBMM to reinstall Sensual Walks for Female NPCs. This approach has the advantage of a single TNR mod covering all races as well as getting the benefits of UOP and Sensual Walks.
  
  
• What mods are supported using Wrye Bash to import Sensual Walks animations into the bashed patch?
  
  Sensual Walks animations will be applied to any mod that changes vanilla Oblivion or Shivering Isles female NPCs. Here is a list of some of the mods that have been specifically tested using the bashed patch approach...
  
  http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=22124
  - All NPC Diversity mods
  - Better Redguards
  
  
• Can I change the default animations used for different female NPCs?
  
  The "Customising the Animations Installer" guide tells you how to make your own customised default Animation Mapping. It explains how you can you can use your customised mapping when new versions of the Installer are released or you want to tweak your existing selections. The guide is available for download on http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=28223 under Files.
  
  
• Can I use Sensual Walks in my mods?
  
  The "Using Sensual Walks in your Mods" guide explains how to make your own mods Sensual Walks "Ready". This does NOT create any dependency on Sensual Walks and will only have an effect for users that have installed Sensual Walks.
  
  This "modders only" guide is my attempt at encouraging authors to include Sensual Walks animations in the mods they write and reduce the number of Sensual Walks "patch" mods required. The guide is available for download on http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=28223 under Files.
  
  Please note that the Licensing and Legal on the Nexus Description page still apply - you need to get the express permission of both Mur_Zik and Umpa to include their animations in your mod (even if it is only "Ready").
  
  
• Why does my Player Character (PC) still use vanilla walk animations?
  
  The PC character's walk animation is NOT controlled by Sensual Walks, which is only for Female NPCs. If you look on the http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=28223, you will see a link to Mur_Zik's animations, which are designed for the PC.
  
  You can make your "player" use one of the walks such as sixywalks or Real Walks (both by Mur_Zik) to apply a walk animation to your "player". There are links to these mods on the http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=28223 and, if you use sixywalks, download the "sixywalks by Mur_Zik Compilation" file (no others needed), which gives you a lot of choices.
  
  
• Can you make Sensual Walks work for custom races?
  
  Sensual Walks applies to NPCs rather than Races. In other words, the race doesn't matter - the NPC does.
  
  
• Can you make a Better Bouncing Boobs (BBB) version for the Sensual Walks?
  
  Sensual Walks animations are designed to work on the standard skeletons while BBB requires a different one. This means that the animations will not work with BBB.
  
  I rely on the brilliant talents of animation authors, such as Mur_Zik, for the animations I use and don't have the skills to create my own. So, unfortunately, I will not be able to provide BBB support.
  
  You could use "ANB Exnem and HGEC Chest Replacer wMoving briasts" with "Dereko Stock Clothing and Armour" (search for "hg_stockcloth_armor_replace_11norm_ver2") as a compromise - both mods can be found on Nexus.
  
  
• Can you make a BAIN version for the Sensual Walks Animations Installer?
  
  The reason Sensual Walks uses OBMM for the Animations Installer is that there is some quite complex processing required. This includes renaming the animation (KF) files as part of the installation process so that customisation could be supported. In terms of BAIN, there would be far too many permutations to make it something that people could install properly. I took a long look at how it might be done and concluded that it was far too difficult and error prone.
  
  I did say the same thing about the Sensual Walks for Female NPCs and have now released a BAIN compatible version
  
  
• Why haven't you included manual instructions to install Sensual Walks?
  
  The reason I did not document manual installation is that the Animations Installer does some quite complex file copying and renaming operations in order to change which female types use which walk animations. The Sensual Walks installer, does a lot of checking on what mods are present in order to determine which Sensual Walks mods to load and ensure that the Sensual Walks mods load after the mods it patches.
  
  I felt that the menu and automation approach was the best solution to making the mod easy to use and avoid pages of installation notes.
  
  Having said that, I have released an Installation Guide that provides a lot more information. It would be possible to use the BAIN installation notes to establish how to do this manually - but then you might as well use Wrye Bash.

Does this change the individual animation tabs for the various NPCs?

Wrye Bash recently got a new function that allows NPCs to use alternate animations from a particular mod. I wonder if it could be adapted for this purpose so that the new animations could be applied to all female NPCs from all mods in the bashed patch?

Now that would have saved me an awful lot of work given that the I have created numerous "patch" mods so that I could change the walk forward animation for each female NPC without having an impact on other changes introduced by the parent mod.

Would the bashed patch be usable by people who don't use Wrye Bash?

Unfortunately, no. The bashed patch is built dynamically based on your current load order and is built by Wrye Bash using specific rules. If it can be made to work, though, it will automatically create compatibility with any mod.

I installed this a while ago but male npc's are also using the walk which is annoying. Any fix for that?

I am completely perplexed that this should happen - it should be impossible because the animations installed by the Sensual Walks Animation Installer have unique file names that are referenced only by the Sensual Walks for Female NPCs mods. Sensual Walks makes no changes to the default animation and only effects female NPCs

I can only think that you may have installed a different animation mod that overwrites the default walk forward animation file or we are not talking about the same mod

If we are talking about Sensual Walks, can you provide more details please (what version did you install, did you use OBMM, what type of walk were male NPCs in your game using, etc)?

your mod is really cool !
I have a off topic question : Could you tell me what is this armour ? [img]http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/images/28223-1-1260006160.jpg[/img]

Thanks for the compliment. It is http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=25759.

What's new in Version 3.0? (released 19 December)

• Sensual Walks Animations Installer
  v2.3: Added Sinkpoint's Manly Strides animation as an option (Awaiting Author's permission confirmation)
  
  
• Sensual Walks for Female NPCs
  v3.0: Support added for Unique Landscapes - Aspen Wood
  v3.0: A merged UL patch is used when you have all six Unique Landscape mods installed
  v3.0: Some tweaks and refinements made to the install script)

See http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/readmes/Sensual%20Walks%20for%20Female%20NPCs_readme.txt for more information about changes made since the initial release.

I don't know what you mean when you say you are adding support for X mod. Do you mean it gives you the option to affect female NPCs introduced by said mod?

I think I overwrote the main walk animation so I'll have to fix that myself.

Yes, that is exactly what I mean - sorry to have confused you. Support means that any female NPC introduced by a mod I support will use the Sensual Walk animation.


Many thanks for letting me know - you had me worried for a moment You should be able to delete the walkforward.kf file from your Meshes\Characters\_male\specialanims folder to restore the original walk = back it up first in case I am wrong

Hope that helps.

Very nice compilation and installation script.

Brings allot of style into Oblivion.

Thanks!

Thanks for the compliment Locksley - always appreciated.

Do feel free to endorse it on http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=28223 if you think it warrants it

Edit
Thanks for taking the time and trouble to Endorse the mod :thumbsup:

Is there any walk animation that's a bit less Diva?
Not a lot of people walk that way unless they are on a catwalk or something

Sneeper
You could try use the Real Walk selection for something less Diva - Use the Animations Installer to select this set of animations (not as many different animations to provide variation)

You can also use the Animations Installer to "map" the walk animation used by each female type so that it is more to your taste.

Hope this helps

I will check it out, haven't installed the mod yet so..
I'm also wondering if this applies to the player character if it's a female?
If not can it somehow be done?

Sneeper
Yes, you can apply different walk animations to a female player character, but not using Sensual Walks, which is designed to change NPCs only. You should find links to Mur_Ziks player animation pages on the Sensual Walks Description page. From what you wrote previously, you might want to try out Real Walks (a separate download) for your character - as its name implies, it is far more subtle.

I have posted a document on http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=28223 (under the Files tab) that explains how to make your own version of the default Animation Mapping.

What's new in Version 3.1? (Released 21 December 2009)

• Sensual Walks for Female NPCs
  v3.1: Support added for Verona House Bloodlines

See http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/readmes/Sensual%20Walks%20for%20Female%20NPCs_readme.txt for more information about changes made since the initial release.

Now you've done the girl in my Rumple mod, any chance of a sixy walk for the bear? After all, she spends more time on bear-back than she does walking!

lol

Probably should do your brothel mod though Would I get your permission?

Of course you would. A mod hasn't arrived until there are other mods on top of it.

However, it's still being expanded, so you may want to wait until I run out of extra girls to add.

@ghastley
I don't suppose you would be interested in making your mod Sensual Walks "Ready"?

Key point to make is that using Sensual Walk animations in your mod does NOT create any dependency on Sensual Walks. If Sensual Walks is not installed, your mod's female NPCs use the vanilla walk forward animation.

If you are interested, I can do the Female NPC edits for you or I can explain how to do it (I am in the process of writing a guide on how to do this in the hope of reducing patch mods).

I will understand and take no offence if you decline