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Wow, these elves look beautiful! Can't wait to try it once released. :)

Funny, I was just about to post the same thing. I'm going to try your suggestion regarding the ENB and see if it works. EDIT- It does work. Thank you so much. I switch between The Wilds and Winterheart ENB and both of them seem to cause this issue with the creation kit.

EDIT- Fixed my issue. Re-reading through the troubleshooting section of BOSS helped. Should have done that to begin with. Fail on my part. Anyway, in case anyone else has the issue- if you upgrade Skyrim you need to run the original launcher for the registry to take effect again. I was launching via SKSE and it didn't work. Once it verified my registry, it ran fine.

I inadvertently posted this is the wrong forum so I'm switching here. >.< Maybe this has been posted somewhere but I've been looking through the forums and haven't found anything. That said, I still could have missed something. If so, I'll be happy to click a link and read if you can provide one. Anyway, I've been trying to get BOSS to run and I keep getting an option to upgrade, I tell it yes and it fails. I try upgrading from the GUI, samething. Matter of fact, it's not even detecting Skyrim anymore. I'm assuming this has something to do with the new update? Or... maybe I screwed something up (haven't touched any files or messed witth BOSS but I'm still willing to take the blame). I've also tried downloading from Nexus but there is no file there. If it's being worked on, cool. I don't mind waiting... but it won't even sort my load order at all now. I know enough how load order works to do it myself but I've really come to appreciate the helpfulness of BOSS since I have a large mod set up. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks! :)

Maybe this has been posted somewhere but I've been looking through the forums and haven't found anything. That said, I still could have missed something. If so, I'll be happy to click a link and read if you can provide one. Anyway, I've been trying to get BOSS to run and I keep getting an option to upgrade, I tell it yes and it fails. I try upgrading from the GUI, samething. Matter of fact, it's not even detecting Skyrim anymore. I'm assuming this has something to do with the new update? Or... maybe I screwed something up (haven't touched any files or messed witth BOSS but I'm still willing to take the blame). I've also tried downloading from Nexus but there is no file there. If it's being worked on, cool. I don't mind waiting... but it won't even sort my load order at all now. I know enough how load order works to do it myself but I've really come to appreciate the helpfulness of BOSS since I have a large mod set up. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks! :) EDIT - I'm really sorry. I just posted this in the wrong section. I meant to put this under troubleshooting. >.<

In order for SkyUI to work properly, you need the Skyrim Script extender- also referred to as SKSE. That's why you're getting that message. You can download it here:SKSE . Simple to install. You also may have more mods that require it and will not work without it. The troubleshooting guide listed above is invaluable. I run 120 mods and do not have crashing issues.

NPC Editing happens to be my area of expertise atm. Working on an overhaul, heh. I hope I'm understanding your post correctly... If not, just ignore what I wrote below. :) Anyway, this is what has worked for me when creating companions: 1. If you want a custom companion based off of Hroki, go to the CK, and get to Hroki (I'm assuming you already know how to find her based on your above post.) Then click duplicate. 2. Rename the duplicate to whatever your follower's name will be. 3. Edit her looks the way you want based off your screen shots. This is the screen where you want to import your saved face. If it doesn't work, you will have to start from scratch. 4. Make sure you wipe out any Hroki specific AI info (can't remember at the moment if it copies over too... if not, then you're good) and a defaulteditorlocationsandbox (it will be something similar) package. 5. Add the proper follower factions. I'm assuming you already know how to do all this- so I'm not being too detailed. 6. Place them in a world space. I usually pick an inn. Easy to find. 7. Once you're done. Highlight your new companions name in the actors list and hit Ctrl+ F4 to export the facegen data. 8. Save your new character to your Data folder. (Ex: Mynewcompanion.esp) All the textures and meshes will automatically be copied in upon the save. 9. Activate the esp, go to wherever you placed them and you should have a new companion with your custom looks. I hope this helped. If this is not what you were asking. Sorry! >.<

I might be able to help, but you need to be more specific. 1. What mod are you trying to install? 2. Did you thoroughly read the "read me" by the mod author? In other words, is it dependent on another mod? If it is, you will crash unless you install that "parent" mod. 3. Is this the only mod you have? Or do you have others? If so, it might be a mod conflict.

Double post, sorry. >.<

I'm having a bit of an issue. Not really sure where to begin as I'm completely puzzled as to why this is happening. I have always used Bella's Better Females, Coverwomen or others with no issues. Matter of fact, I've often mixed and matched the tint masks or specular maps to get a more "custom" look for my characters. It wasn't until the past couple of days where I noticed large black areas of pixelated dirt on my characters face. Screen shot attached for reference (had to resize for upload, hope you can see it). I don't have any dirt on my character or any dirt related mods. Nothing. I notice it most during the day- during bright sunny mornings/afternoons. It looks *awful*. It's not so bad with ambient lighting at night or fire light. I've tried playing with my ENB settings to no avail- thought that might be it. I've toggled it off completely and it looks just as bad, tbh. I'm thinking maybe it has something to do with the specular maps...? but as I'm not a skin texturer, I can't be certain. I upgraded my video card to a gtx560 and my monitor to a 24"- that's when I noticed the changes. Maybe my settings are off...? I'm sort of a noob in the area of optimum game settings but.... I looked up the nvidia recommended settings for Skyrim online and this is what I get. If anyone has *any* idea what could be causing this or has any sort of solution, I'd be so grateful. I'm decent with gimp/photoshop- kind of a noob to Nifskope yet but I have a very basic understanding. If there is a way to fix it with these tools, I would love to try. I just don't even know where to begin, so I'm asking here. :) BTW- as an aside, I'm not having this issue with the body texture. UNP high res body looks as perfect as ever. This applies only to the face textures- I've tested it with 4-5 different ones. Some look worse than others but they all suffer from this "dirty face" issue.

Ahh... thank you. That's what cutting and pasting gets me. Knew I was missing something simple. Appreciate the help. :)

Sigh... I didn't want to ask this question at the risk of sounding like a complete noob. I hope I don't get flamed. >.< I can figure most things out on my own pretty easily but I'm having trouble with this... and I don't know why. How do I make it so url links to other mods actually come up as actual links on my mod page? I've tried using the bbcode- not working. I checked the wiki and tried the suggestion there- not working. It just keeps coming up as text. Am I missing a step? Thanks in advance.