How can you get your spouse to undress or sit on the porch with you etc. ?
2 Answers
Pickpocket her clothes before you marry, and she will never wear clothes.
Tested on the Xbox 360.
Undressing
This is not really possible without mods.
There are a few different mods, and which one works best for you might take some experimentation. If you're on console, I'm not sure what the best link is, but my understanding is that most of console mods are also on Nexus, where you can explore the relevant category.
Sandboxing
Their behavior depends on the house they are in. With just the base game, your spouse will never leave the cell in which they are housed, so they cannot for example join you outdoors unless you bring them along as a follower. (Which might be a bad idea, as many of them are weak.)
Again, mods address this, and enable various options to customise the behaviour of spouses as if they were followers; Nexus seems to be the place to explore mods, and hope they are available for your platform if you're on console.
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1It appears that the mod Immersive Follower Framework And Overhaul for the XBox One supports changing clothes, based on the documentation found here: tarshgaming.com/immersion_follower.html#outfits Commented Sep 29, 2020 at 16:11
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Incidentally, I would not recommend UFO as a general-purpose follower mod. It's old and (reportedly) incompatible with many other mods. Instead, any of Nether's Follower Framework, the Extensible Follower Framework, or Immersive Amazing Follower Tweaks are good. I've not tried EFF myself, but the other two seem to work fine in most cases, and both have outfit management. I recommend NFF personally.– KevinCommented Sep 29, 2020 at 20:05
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@Kevin I've updated the answer to remove references to specific mods; hopefully I won't have to edit it again in another eight years when Skyrim 2: Electric Boogaloo is released on the Switch Two: Switch Harder. Commented Sep 29, 2020 at 21:25