So, has anyone managed to make a mod that places the players shield on their back - without needing seperate meshes for each shield? Considering how there's NifSE, that allows the manipulation of NIF files (and seems to have once had a function for moving shields around?), it seems like such a mod would be an inevitability.

Hey, I have a good reason to de-lurk! I'm actually writing a mod that does this with NifSE. Currently, it's sitting on my hard drive waiting until the BSA loader issues get fixed (can't read SI meshes properly). So far works with every vanilla shield; enchanted, unique and otherwise. I haven't done any in-depth mod testing since I'm using a very basic vanilla SI install to keep bugs and conflicts to an absolute minimum. Also need to check to see if it works loading the dynamic meshes from a save file since I recall reading that NifSE can't accomplish that just yet.

So, whenever those issues are fixed, I will gladly release the mod to the public.

awesome man! hopefully they will get the bugs on NifSE worked out soon.

i have been waiting for a new shield-on-back mod since deadly reflex 6 came out. while an amazing mod, it changes the first person view animations with the effect of making shields, and especially the blocking staffs added by OOO, completely in your face (they swing into the middle of the screen) when running without a weapon drawn. the only another shield-on-back mod that works with OOO makes my game crash when i open the items tab in the inventory