| Pros | Cons | |------|------| | ✅ High-quality Maxis Match look | ❌ Some styles have stiff hat brim clipping | | ✅ Lightweight on performance | ❌ A few hairs show neck seam in bold CAS lighting | | ✅ Diverse everyday styles | ❌ No toddler/child versions | | ✅ Works with most skin/details presets | ❌ Physics can feel “floaty” in extreme angles |
The original HG Hairdos was known for taking real-world hairstyles (bobs, pixie cuts, long waves) and giving them a fantasy twist. HG Hairdos 2 SSE introduces a Hybrid collection: styles that look perfectly at home on a Breton noble in Solitude but also fit a rugged Nord ranger in the Rift. You will find elven up-dos with braided intricacies, Orcish mohawks with undercuts, and Imperial-style curls. HG Hairdos 2 SSE
If you are tired of the limited vanilla options and want your Dragonborn to look unique without breaking the immersion of the game, HG Hairdos 2 SSE remains one of the most reliable and comprehensive hair mods available. | Pros | Cons | |------|------| | ✅
One of the hidden gems of Version 2 is an optional NPC injector. While the base mod just adds hairs for the player, the full version includes an ESP that distributes these hairstyles to random, unnamed NPCs (bandits, guards, townsfolk). This dramatically increases visual diversity without editing specific, modded followers like Inigo or Lucien. One of the hidden gems of Version 2
| Mod | Needed? | Notes | |------|---------|-------| | SKSE64 | Yes | Latest version for your Skyrim SE/AE | | Address Library for SKSE Plugins | Yes | Required for SMP physics | | FSMP - Faster HDT-SMP | Yes | The physics engine (replaces old HDT-SMP) | | RaceMenu | Highly recommended | For fine-tuning hair placement/scaling | | XPMSSE (skeleton) | Yes | For proper physics & no neck gaps |
⚠️ If hairs are static (no movement) → FSMP not installed or configured.
| Problem | Solution |
|---------|----------|
| Hair clips through body/armor | Use RaceMenu → "Hair Scale" sliders to adjust position. Or use different armor. |
| No physics / hair frozen | Reinstall FSMP. Check SKSE64 is running (press in-game →GetSKSEVersion`). |
| Invisible hair | Conflict with another hair mod. Move HG Hairdos 2 lower in load order. |
| Neck seam / gap | Install XPMSSE and build body (BodySlide) with same body as hair mod expects (usually CBBE or BHUNP). |
| FPS drop with many SMP hairs | Use non-SMP versions of hairs for NPCs. Or reduce SMP NPC count via mods like SMP NPC Limit Fix. |