Mods to Put Women in the Guard

[LooksLikeDaniel]

I've been looking into mods that will put more women in the ranks of the various Hold Guards and in the Legion (though I'm certain I saw a fair amount of women in the Legion, probably due to a different mod.)

Can anyone tell me the difference between these three mods?:

--Female Imperial Guards and Soldiers (https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/42904?tab=description)

--Unisex Empire - Female Legionaries and Hold Guards (https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/41267?tab=description)

--Diverse Guards Skyrim (https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/2324?tab=posts&BH=0)

[Perplex]

The holds have tons of female guards.

[LooksLikeDaniel]

Originally posted by Perplex:

The holds have tons of female guards.

If memory serves, there is not a single female guard in Whiterun, Morthal, I think Solitude, Falkreath, or Markarth. Possibly the Pale, as well, but I'm not sure.

[Perplex]

Originally posted by LooksLikeDaniel:

Originally posted by Perplex:

The holds have tons of female guards.

If memory serves, there is not a single female guard in Whiterun, Morthal, I think Solitude, Falkreath, or Markarth. Possibly the Pale, as well, but I'm not sure.

There is. But most of the female guards are of the patrolling variety. If it is a "Stand here for the rest of the game" guard they tend to be male. And now that you mention it Solitude dont have any female guards as far as i can recall. The others have.

[LooksLikeDaniel]

Originally posted by Perplex:

Originally posted by LooksLikeDaniel:

If memory serves, there is not a single female guard in Whiterun, Morthal, I think Solitude, Falkreath, or Markarth. Possibly the Pale, as well, but I'm not sure.

There is. But most of the female guards are of the patrolling variety. If it is a "Stand here for the rest of the game" guard thye tend to be male. And now that you mention it Solitude dont have any female guards as far as i can recall. The others have.

I'm quite certain that there are no women in Whiterun's or Falkreath's Guard.

I just double-checked Winterhold, the Pale, and Markarth and there were, in fact, women in uniform in Winterhold and the Pale, but NOT in Markarth.

So, you're right. More than I had thought. I think the gist of it is that Stormcloak holds have women in the ranks and Imperial holds don't. Which means that Ulfric and his gang may be racist ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, but the Empire is full of sexists. Joy. :P

In any case, I still want to understand the difference between those three mods.

[jreese46]

Originally posted by LooksLikeDaniel:

Originally posted by Perplex:

The holds have tons of female guards.

If memory serves, there is not a single female guard in Whiterun, Morthal, I think Solitude, Falkreath, or Markarth. Possibly the Pale, as well, but I'm not sure.

I believe because the Imperial-aligned hold guards are drawn from Imperial Soldiers in the Creation kit. I use a mod called Legionettes, which IIRC was converted from Oldrim, and as soon as I started seeing female Legionaires, I also started seeing female guards in those holds. Once the Stormcloaks take a hold, there are more female guards anyway.

[jreese46]

Daniel, the easiest thing to do is manually download them to a safe folder, extract and place all 3 .esp files in your data folder (don't use mod manager or activate them, as they're not staying there long). Open xedit, check all 3 of those, and you'll be able to see all/only the changes each mod made to the game. It helps for comparison, so you know which mod touches what, and can rule out potentially-problematic mods, which might make navmesh changes or touch areas you've already modded. When you're done, remember to delete all 3 from your data folder. If you decide to use one, delete all the loose stuff, take the archive and install however you normally would.

[LooksLikeDaniel]

Originally posted by jreese46:

Daniel, the easiest thing to do is manually download them to a safe folder, extract and place all 3 .esp files in your data folder (don't use mod manager or activate them, as they're not staying there long). Open xedit, check all 3 of those, and you'll be able to see all/only the changes each mod made to the game. It helps for comparison, so you know which mod touches what, and can rule out potentially-problematic mods, which might make navmesh changes or touch areas you've already modded. When you're done, remember to delete all 3 from your data folder. If you decide to use one, delete all the loose stuff, take the archive and install however you normally would.

I think you are grossly overestimating my understanding of what goes on under a mod's hood. I'm very much a plug-in-and-play modder.

[jreese46]

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