Player face export weirdness. : V

» Sun Jul 24, 2016 8:28 am

So I have a project going that has me making a clone of my character a follower(trying to work around the inability to change camera on horses... I need "frontal while moving" footage) but for the life of me the face doesn't want to copy right.

I'm working with data files for just about every mod I have that I imagine could affect character models.

I don't use body mods but she is using a hairstyle in KS Hairdos, but that's not even the issue. And it's not grey face either.

She just doesn't have my face. Looks more like a generic Nord female preset, lip color and makeup colors wrong.

I don't have a screenshot of what she ended up looking like but it was nothing near what it was supposed to.

I can grab my load order in the morning (on mobile atm) but if anyone has suggestions...

Yes, I'm importing the .npc file.

Yes, I control + F4'd it.

I also can't get mod added armor on her(inventory comes up empty outside the Blades sword I gave her), but thats fine, I can craft and hand it to her.

» Sat Jul 23, 2016 11:49 pm

Importing the .npc file just lets you get as close as the CK controls would. If you have any kind of cosmetic mod, the extras (especially sliders to add in shape morphs) would be out of scope for the CK. The .npc just contains the known settings for the CK dialogs, and the FaceGen content is regenerated.

That said, there are some extra things you can do with edits to the mesh in the FaceGen folder using NifSkope, and you can create a custom hair color in the CK to apply. The face tint can theoretically be edited in GIMP/Photoshop to fix makeup, (but that's rocket science, as you're dealing with a layer to be combined with the base texture).

» Sun Jul 24, 2016 1:23 am

I don't use shape morphs.

The face I'm using is a slightly altered preset. Changed the eyes shape, mouth height, eye and lip color and that's it. No custom colors.

Lip color, for example, is one thing not transferring over. She's got no color there at all, whereas on the character copied, they're dark.

I thought originally I had grey face bug too but then I went outside with her in daylight and no, that matches.

» Sat Jul 23, 2016 10:08 pm

Alright, in order to facilitate assistance here, I've obtained some information.

Load order.

Spoiler

# This file was automatically generated by Mod Organizer.

Skyrim.esm

Update.esm

Dawnguard.esm

HearthFires.esm

Dragonborn.esm

Unofficial Skyrim Legendary Edition Patch.esp

Skyrim Project Optimization - Full Version.esm

ClimatesOfTamriel.esm

HighResTexturePack01.esp

HighResTexturePack02.esp

HighResTexturePack03.esp

Unofficial High Resolution Patch.esp

Cutting Room Floor.esp

SkyUI.esp

xce.esp

Appropriately Attired Jarls Redux.esp

SPTConsistentOlderPeople.esp

STEP DLC Optimized Textures - Standard.esp

STEP Vanilla Optimized Textures - Standard.esp

NoAnimalsReportCrimes-DG+DB.esp

Paralyze.esp

TradeBarter.esp

dD - Realistic Ragdoll Force - Realistic.esp

RaceMenu.esp

RaceMenuPlugin.esp

ViewableFactionRanksBothDLC.esp

SMIM-DragonbornTernFix.esp

SMIM-FurnitureChestSnowFix.esp

Moss Rocks - Legendary.esp

Beards.esp

Brows.esp

ORM-Arvak.esp

RelightingSkyrim_Legendary.esp

ELE_Legendary_Lite.esp

SkyFalls + SkyMills + DG + DB.esp

Point The Way.esp

FarmhouseChimneys.esp

RealisticWaterTwo.esp

ExplosiveBoltsVisualized.esp

AOS.esp

Immersive Citizens - AI Overhaul.esp

Guard Dialogue Overhaul.esp

Weapons & Armor Fixes_Remade.esp

Weapons & Armor_TrueOrcish&DaedricWeapons.esp

Clothing & Clutter Fixes.esp

Inigo.esp

SkyrimImprovedPuddles-DG-HF-DB.esp

SMIM-ShackRoofFixes.esp

SMIM-FarmhouseFlickeringFix.esp

Skyrim Flora Overhaul.esp

PilgrimsDelight.esp

The Paarthurnax Dilemma.esp

Gildergreen Regrown.esp

SFO - Dragonborn.esp

SMIM-ShackRoofFixesDragonborn.esp

imp_helm_legend.esp

Invisibility Eyes Fix.esp

Weapons & Armor_TrueWeaponsLvlLists.esp

aMidianborn_Skyforge_Weapons.esp

Elemental Staves.esp

GQJ_DG_vampireamuletfix.esp

Mage Outfit Texture Overhaul.esp

DawnguardRuneWeaponsFXSReplacer.esp

ClimatesOfTamriel-Dawnguard-Patch.esp

ClimatesOfTamriel-Dragonborn-Patch.esp

Soul Gems Differ.esp

DragonShoutVoice.esp

IHSS.esp

Improved Combat Sounds v2.2.esp

ADS.esp

Auto Unequip Ammo.esp

Better Stealth AI for Followers.esp

Nausicaa's Tweaker.esp

ClamsDropPearls.esp

InigoMCM.esp

NonEssentialChildren.esp

Traps Make Noise.esp

WM Trap Fixes.esp

FNIS.esp

HelmetToggle2.02b.esp

Convenient Horses.esp

SMIM-DungeonsCliffsIceSkirts.esp

Predator Vision.esp

EC Clothes.esp

UNP Boots.esp

UNP Boots 02.esp

UNP Boots 03.esp

KS Hairdo's.esp

Saki.esp

STEP Combined PluginHF.esp

Bashed Patch, 0.esp

DynDOLOD.esp

Before the hair mod addition:

http://i.imgur.com/btzUNIY.jpg

After the hair change:

http://i.imgur.com/LtT6TNG.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/CXLN3eP.jpg

The PC I'm trying to copy:

http://i.imgur.com/iVyzBsd.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/myAosrW.jpg

I just redid the entire thing from scratch, and this was the result... now she's got the dark face bug. T.T

Follower in question:

http://i.imgur.com/FCFSDlK.jpg

Two characters side by side. They look nothing alike.

http://i.imgur.com/VYPMeSg.jpg

Now I'll notice every time I open her in the CK, the hair selection changes to NordHair04 and I'll get an error "Cannot find on NPC 'Sakiri" and I haven't quite gotten to finding out what that reference is just yet.

I use Mod Organizer.

I'm running Creation Kit through MO.

Creating this NPC, are there any .esp filed I need to have loaded that I don't? I load Brows.esp, Skyrim.esm, Update.esm, KSHairdos.esp, xce.esp as I gave up on trying to give her equipment from another mod.

This is driving me nuts and if I can't get this figured out, I have to come up with another way to shoot this footage. Can blame Bethesda, they're the ones that said we're not allowed to change the camera while mounted.