[WIP] Raym's Big Pile of Clothes for AAA

[Raym]

Well, the good news is that in Morrowind ladies are underrepresented.
I never noticed that, but female NPCs are about just one third of the total.

In this case, though, this is a good thing: I'll have less NPCs to modify.
Also, once I'm done it will be faster to sort and match the clothes, now that I have different lists for the two genders.

...yeah, I'm kinda tryin' to see the bright side.

[Elaura]

"You knew the job was dangerous when you took it, Fred."

[Raym]

Actually, I knew handling bodyparts in Morrowind engine is a pain, but I didn't know how much.

Well, hubris jumped at me and bit my ass, I guess...

[Raym]

Looks like I have more stubborness than good sense, so I'm back to work on this.

I'm starting with a BIG merge of a number of clothing mods, namely:
Aleanne Armor and Clothes 1 & 2
Clothiers of Vvardenfell 1.1 + Korana's Gypsy Outfit, Sexy Black Collar Dress, Silk Wraps, Silk Dresses + Gloves
Dereko Loincloths and Tops
Dragans Renaissance Clothing 1.5
Hilgya the Seamstress + Expansion
Illy's Oh my Goddess!
Lord Alt Tab the Trader
R33t Clothes
Slof's Goth Shop 1 & 2 + Addons 1 & 2
Westly Fine Clothiers of Tamriel

I think the addon for AAA will be out in two variants.
- One will also add the shops and merchants of the original shops (so, it will really be a merged mod), on top of adding the "outfits" to the NPCs; this will be for those who loved the original shops and ambience of them.
- The other plugin will still have all the items of the original mods, but with no modifications to the game world (all shops etc. removed). Maybe I'll add something like a teleport amulet to some interior cell(s) where one can buy the original stuff, for those who like to mix and match the single clothes. Otherwise, the player will find the "outfits" sold in shops around the game world and in loot, but with less freedom to mix and match (I think I will organize them in complete outfits + gloves + boots).

It will take some time to do, but now I should have everything ready for thing to work... I hope!

[fleet]

It's great to have you back modding.

[Raym]

I need a bit of native speaker help.

I've started with the organization of all that beautiful clothing, so that it will fit into my categories: for example, stuff for the Temple, Imperial Cult, Mages, the three Great Houses, etc.

Now, technically some clothes have both male and female versions: that is, just like vanilla clothes. Others only have a male o female version.
This is no more a problem for me, with my new random lists I can assign clothes for male o female NPCs. However, I want the player to understand easily if the new clothes they will find for sale are for female or male characters!

I'd like to avoid putting something like a "F" or "M" in the item name, like "Expensive Temple Robe M"; I think it detracts from immersion.
So I'm looking for names that are suitable to discriminate between gender.

So far I'm going with:
For "outfits" (that is, a full set of clothing with shirt + skirt or pants): "Clothes" if it's good for both genders, "Dress" for females, and... I don't know for males ("suit"? I think that immediately brings to mind contemporary business suits, though).
For "robes" (a single robe that can be worn above shirts, pants and skirt): "Robe" for both genders (just like vanilla), "Tunic" for males, and... I don't know for females.

...little help, anyone?

[fleet]

You can probably use 'menswear' for clothing for men.
For a woman's robe, you might want to use the overgarment.

[Raym]

You can probably use 'menswear' for clothing for men.

Nice one, didn't think about it!
(and it's even used in fashion talk in Italian!)

For a woman's robe, you might want to use the overgarment.

Good one, too... my only concern is that it might be too long. Stupid engine has an annoying limit on number of characters...

[fleet]

You can probably use 'menswear' for clothing for men.

Nice one, didn't think about it!
(and it's even used in fashion talk in Italian!)

For a woman's robe, you might want to use the overgarment.

Good one, too... my only concern is that it might be too long. Stupid engine has an annoying limit on number of characters...

Maybe use the word overcoat.

[Raym]

I think that will do, thank you very much.

Also, the people on Discord have offered me some way to redo icons so they'll show if the item is for only one of the two genders. Don't ask me how they are going to do that, because I didn't understand (it's sorcery, I tell you! SORCERY!)