Custom NPC Follower Creation

[blazon]

So I am following this guide: https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/30041

 

And I am getting wrong face sculpt and wrong head texture (blackface) (I've created npcs before, what's changed?)

 

To start: I have a legit copy of Skyrim SE , with all DLC's, I'm using latest SKSE, with most current ENB, using MO 2

 

I Created my custom face sculpt with RACEMENU, got my nif, got my facetint dds

 

Created follower folders in Skyrim SE data folder (zipping mod, and then going through MO makes no difference)

 

Created all the custom parts in Creation Kit, body, head, face, hair, etc. Set models from custom caliente's body generation, then just used the rest of nif meshes that are available in CBBE

 

I used the fair skin complexion (https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/798) as my skin textures

 

After I've completed everything in Creation Kit I hit Ctrl+F4 exported my face to skyrim folder

 

I then copied the file names of the CK exports to the RaceMenu creation. Took the racemenu creation files and pasted over where the CK files were.

 

After I got black face initially, I went to sculpted nif file (one from racemenu) and manually put in texture paths in the shadertextureset block of the nif file in nifskope

 

still getting offcolored face

so what gives, what am I missing, feel free to ask more steps that I may have omitted typing here.

 

also I tried the thing where you convert your files to Oldrim, nifmerge, then convert back, still didn't work

 

I opened the file with nifskope and there's nothing weird, or stuff overwriting it.

 

Also there's the odd thing that I am unable to view the dds textures files on almost all of caliente's dds files. When I open in irfanview, just says invalid dds file

and in nifskope manually mapping to the texture doesn't change the face color

the file is correctly downloaded

 

Help is much appreciated, I have spent over a week on this now, and just about to give up on modding all together.

Edited February 22, 2020 by blazon

[Indio21]

It would be sad to someone give up on modding so, thought I'd chime in. Myself, I am not up to the level of creating mods. More just like patches and edits. I am new to the site also, but I do know you have your question in the "Mod Troubleshooting" section, for troubleshooting existing mods of sse, and not the mod creating one, that covers troubleshooting problems for creating them too. I think you will find much more help with your post asking here https://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/forum/4070-skyrim-special-edition-creation-kit-and-modders/

 

Hope it helps and good luck

Edited February 22, 2020 by Indiao21

[blazon]

It would be sad to someone give up on modding so, thought I'd chime in. Myself, I am not up to the level of creating mods. More just like patches and edits. I am new to the site also, but I do know you have your question in the "Mod Troubleshooting" section, for troubleshooting existing mods of sse, and not the mod creating one, that covers troubleshooting problems for creating them too. I think you will find much more help with your post asking here https://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/forum/4070-skyrim-special-edition-creation-kit-and-modders/

 

Hope it helps and good luck

thanks a lot, would never realize "mod troubleshooting" isn't the place to go to 'trouble shoot" your own mods lol

[Indio21]

Lol, I figured so. You are welcome