IMPORTANT NOTICE!!!
Please follow these instructions fully and carefully, I have been as precise as I can so please don't skip any steps.

1. Open up SpearsBySoolie.zip, the first thing you will see in the .zip is a folder called 'Spears By Soolie'

2. Copy/extract this folder to your desktop

This mod requires some files from the mod PCEA to work properly, we will now download these files

3. Go to this page http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/14871/

4. Click on the files tab and download 'PCEA 3-5-2 NMM Installer' NOTE: Do NOT! download this with the nexus mod manager, you must download this file manually

5. Open the compressed PCEA folder you just downloaded.

6. Navigate to the following location '01 main' ---> 'meshes' ----> 'actors' ----> 'character'

We will now copy the files we need into our temporary "spears by soolie" folder

7. Select ONLY the following files/folders "behaviors","characters","characters female","defaultmale.hkt","defaultfemale.hkt"
(Make sure you select the files with .hkt not .hkx) (Also do NOT copy the PCEA animations folder)

8. Extract these files/folders to the following location, "YourTemporarySpearsBySoolieFolder\Meshes\actors\character\"

9. Check that this location now has the following files/folders "animations", "character assets", "behaviors","characters","charactersfemale","defaultmale.hkt","defaultfemale.hkt"

We will now copy the files to your Skyrim folder

10. Select all the files and folders in your Temporary SpearsBySoolie folder

11. Copy them to the following location "YourSteamFolder\steamapps\common\Skyrim\Data\"

To make the animations work correctly we must download and run FNIS

12. Go to this page http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/11811/

13. Click on the files tab and manualy download "FNIS Behavior V5_2 -- ALWAYS necessary"

14. Open up the compressed folder you just downloaded and navigate to "FNIS Behavior 5.2\Data\"

15. Select all the folders in this location and extract them to "YourSteamFolder\steamapps\common\Skyrim\Data\"

We've almost finished, next we need to run FNIS

16. Go to the following folder "YourSteamFolder\steamapps\common\Skyrim\Data\tools\GenerateFNIS_for_Users"

17. Open GenerateFNISforUsers.exe

18. Under Available Patches, place a tick next to "xp32's PC Exclusive Animation Path (PCEA)" [Do NOT! tick any other boxes unless you know what you are doing]

19. Click on "Update FNIS Behavior", when it has finished, close FNIS

The last thing we need to do is run a patcher to integrate Spears by Soolie into Skyrim

20. First we need to Open the skyrim launcher, go to data files and enable 'SpearsBySoolie.esp' after you have done this, close the launcher

21. Go to the following location "YourSteamFolder\steamapps\common\Skyrim\Data\SkyProc Patchers\Spears By Soolie\"

22. Run 'Spears by Soolie Patcher.jar' and press the patch button in the top right corner

23. If any messages pop up just close them with the red 'x' button

NOTE: you will need to run this patcher again any time you install a new mod that adds ANY new NPC's or adds any new weapons (If your not sure, just run it anyway)
Also, before you run the patcher after the first time. make sure you delete 'Spears By Soolie Patch.esp' first, so it can generate a new one.

24. Open the skyrim launcher again, go to data files and enable 'Spears By Soolie Patch.esp' Make sure it is ALWAYS at the bottom of your load order

25. It would be best if you start a new game after installing this mod. It should work with old saved games, but I can't guarantee it.

26. Make sure you read the Known Issues or bugs section of this readme, so you know how to fix some problems that may occur.

Congratulations, You have now Installed Spears by Soolie,