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I have cbbe for models and textures, nothing else. I have SOGS and Bijin Warmaidens for NPCs, never had any problems with these until now. On a side note, I just did a clean reinstall. And when I say clean, I mean CLEAN clean - it's even on a laptop that never had skyrim before. But the neckseams still appear, albeit only on Recorder since she's the only follower mod I have installed at the moment. UPDATE: everything standalone gets a neck seam, even standalone custom races. Lydia went back to normal, so long as Bijin Warmaidens is not installed. However, I have found one exception: Arissa. She's the only standalone follower that doesn't get a neck seam and I have absolutely no idea why. UPDATE2: no body mods, no skeletons; not a single mod aside from recorder and sofia. Both have tiny neckseams - no discoloring anymore, however.

Looking through the forum, it seems that this problem has appeared in other people's skyrim as well but none of them were solved.

Thanks for noticing, I've fixed that after taking the screenshots. Skyrim's video settings were reset when I logged on to steam from my old laptop which didn't have an enb installed. The neckseams appeared long before however, and not just on Recorder, but on every single NPC in the game. She's just one of the most prominent ones, not to mention that it doesn't make sense, as her files are all tucked away in a package. Though, with that said, I'm starting to think it might be a mesh problem, as textures are not the files that handle lighting.

Unfortunately, that's one of the first things I did. Also, Recorder comes in BSA + BSL packages, so there is nothing leftover once I uninstall. You can see the neckseam more clearly in this screenshot, after I removed the files from the Recorder Overhaul.

Here are a few screenshots. The discoloration/neck seams are a lot less severe compared to the traditional ones, but manages to trigger my OCD non-the-less. Need to look real close to see it on the first two, but Recorder really shows it off. I've already tried several clean reinstalls, overwriting with old backups, etc. but none of it worked, as it affects the entire game, even standalone followers. P.S.: if anyone could tell me how to fix the dirty/brown face on recorder (it stays brown even after a clean reinstall), I would appreciate it, as she is the most prominent one of them all.

Four days ago, I started fiddling around with NPC Visual Transfer tool. And now everyone, literately every NPC, has either discolored heads/bodies or neck seams, albeit relatively minor ones. My mod setup/order has been working fine for years and the only things I've installed in the last few days were NiOverride, an update for MHIYH and the NPC Visual Transfer tool. I have some basic knowledge with the CK and tes5edit, but nothing related to meshes and textures. If anyone could shed some light on my conundrum, it'll be greatly appreciated, mainly, what files can have such a massive impact over all the NPCs in the entire game (both male and female, modded and vanilla)?

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