Oblivion body skin issue

[Xantesh]

Hi there!

 

I have a pretty bad bug with my skin at all characters since I installed Oblivion (i also tried reinstalling -> no changes).

(Oblivion + Shivering Isles + newest patch).

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I have this bug with all characters, with all races (even custom races) and even after new texture mods like HGEC and similar mods.

 

I hope you can help me!

 

Thanks anyway.

[dezdimona]

some how either a character nif or texture has been misplace or copied over. Remove all of the custom race files completely.I nstall just one,go in game and see if problem persists.If ok add one more than check again until you find which one is causing the problem.Could also be mixed body mods as well

[Xantesh]

But I do have this problem even after reinstalling Oblivion and Shivering Isles without adding any mods. The screenshots I've posted are pure Vanilla Images. The skin just looks like there is mud or oil or something on it... weird thing.

[dezdimona]

this is bbens guide,also make sure you patches are up to date

 

 

When you uninstall Oblivion it doesn't really uninstall everything. Then when you start adding mods before you have started the game, some things may not get initialized properly. Here is my recommended procedure for uninstalling and reinstalling.

 

It does not remove your mods, save games or Oblivion.ini or the entries that the original installation of Oblivion placed in your Windows registry. It also does not remove helper programs such as OBSE, OBMM, Wrye Bash, The construction set or any other programs you have installed in the \Oblivion folder or the save game folder. I recommend that you go ahead and delete them, then re download and install the latest version of them again later. After you have verified that the game works.

 

I would appreciate any feedback on this as it is something I expect to post often and I hate to give bogus or useless information.

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Uninstalling Oblivion

 

My instructions assume you are using Windows XP and have installed Oblivion into the default location. If you are using Vista or Linux, the file locations may be different, however, the procedure will be thae same.

 

For a full reinstall, first you can try to preserve your mods and save games. I recommend that you save them in a new folder with a new name. Create the new folder in C:\Program files\Bethesda Softeworks. Name it Old Files. So it will be C:\Program Files\Bethesda softworks\Old files.

 

Then copy the data folder where your mods are to the new folder - do not erase them, copy them. And in the new folder, rename the \data folder to \olddata. Then copy and rename the folder that has your saved games and Oblivion.ini, C:\documents and settings\your user name\my documents\My Games\oblivion to something like \My games\Old Oblivion - this saves your saved games and the oblivion.ini file.

 

Then, using the original CD, NOT the Launcher on your Hard drive. Select uninstall.

 

After it completes the uninstall, reboot your computer - this is important as it allows Windows to remove some references to the original Oblivion.

 

This would be the time to erase all of the helper programs you have in the \Oblivion folder. Such as OBMM, OBSE and some others. The simplest way is to delete the folder completely. The new install will re create the folder for you along with a fresh oblivion.ini and when you start the game and make a save, a new save folder and new \data folder.

 

This would also be a good time to do a file clean up.

 

To remove the registry entries that were left behind. There are several good programs for removing left behind entries. The one I use is ccleaner. Be sure to reboot before using it, and again after. It is free and available here: http://majorgeeks.com/download4191.html

 

Now that everything is cleaned up, do a full defrag on your hard drive to leave a large uncluttered area to reinstall to. This prevents your game from installing in a fragmented way, with parts scattered all over the drive. It also will speed up the install a little.

 

 

 

Now to Reinstall.

 

Again using the original CD, install Oblivion.

 

NOTE: If you are using Vista, DO NOT install to the default directory. Instead make a new directory I recommend C:\Games. Install Oblivion there to avoid the hassle with Vista UAC blocking mods.

 

Before adding any mods, patches, helper programs, Shivering Isles or anything else, start the game and make a save. This initializes some stuff that needs to be initialized.

 

If you are using the Game of the Year version of Oblivion you should not need any patches, skip the patching part.

 

Now, If you DO NOT use Shivering Isles, patch the game using ONLY the latest Oblivion patch. All of the stuff from the earlier patches is included.

 

Be sure you use the proper language patch. If you use the wrong one it may work, but with a strange mixture of languages. (Germanglish?) Or it may crash.

 

NOTE: there are two English Patches UK & US and they are different. (Some people actually think we speak the same language) Use the one that matches your original disk.

 

If you use Shivering Isles, Install it now. DO NOT install the Oblivion patch. Install Shivering Isles, then ONLY the latest Shivering Isles patch. All of the updates for Oblivion are included. There is only one Shivering Isles patch for both US & UK English (Maybe sometimes we do speak the same language.)

 

Now, again start the game, make sure it looks right, move around a little to test it, and make a save. Test to be sure everything is working right (No purple objects or yellow blocks)

 

Before adding any mods, back up both your \data folder and the save game folder. Copy them, don't move or rename them, to a different folder - such as \Bethesda\Clean Oblivion\data and \Bethesda\clean Oblivion\saves. Note that this is a different folder than the one used for your old data and saves.

 

Note, Your Oblivion.ini file is in the same folder, but separate from, the save game folder.

 

Now, if you want to try to run with your old mods, first rename the original folders. The \data folder to \newdata and the \oldata back to \data. this restores all of your mods. You should now have 2 data folders \data, and \newdata in your \oblivion folder

 

To restore your original saves and ini file, rename the new My Games\Oblivion to something like \New Oblivion. and the \Old oblivion to \oblivion - this restores all of your saved games and your original Oblivion.ini file.

 

DO NOT erase the files you renamed. These are your backup files in case the original mods do not work or give you the same problem.

 

If you have the same problem, it is most likely caused by a mod. However, you now have a clean install to fall back on. You can rename the files back to what they were and be back to your clean install without having to reinstall again.

 

Sounds like lots of work, but you will have a clean install and a back up clean install when you are finished.

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[Xantesh]

Ok I reinstalled as you told me, but i have the same issues. Its funny, because I have screenshots from a certain body mod and when I use it, it just doesn't look like on the screenshot (which isn't edited)...

 

god I'm a douchebag... It seems that the body skin on my screenshots are standard and it will stay that way, even if you install any body mod...

[dezdimona]

thats wierd,I use HGEC with 3 custom races and experience no problem like that.

[Xantesh]

I had that problem a long time ago, but I don't know who i fixed it.

I do also have HGEC (raiar's) with a High-Res texture mod and the skin looks... aweful, the seams at the head, hand and feet do also look terrible. Maybe my Oblivion has a bug or something?!

[dezdimona]

I had that problem a long time ago, but I don't know who i fixed it.

I do also have HGEC (raiar's) with a High-Res texture mod and the skin looks... aweful, the seams at the head, hand and feet do also look terrible. Maybe my Oblivion has a bug or something?!

maybe remove the hi-res and see what happens

[BossDweebe]

Assuming that you have just completed the character creation process

(judging by the clothes) I would say you have darkened the complexion of your character.

This will cause the hand seam to show more dramatically than normal.

The hand seem and neck seam will always be a problem. You will see varying degrees of

the seams on different NPC's. The olny way to fix the problem on your player character

is to alter the colour via brightening or darkening the hand, head and body textures to suit

the complexion you have set. This can be done with the Gimp.

 

The notes below also apply to the neck. The hand just gets changed with hue and saturation,

and levels or brightness. Don't expect a perfect match in all light conditions. You may even get

a good righ hand and a slightly dodgy left hand.

 

If you like playing with the Gimp/PS you can do some work on the lower part of the neck.

First you can either darken the body or lighten the face texture, or both, then you can blend some

bits of body texture into the neck.

I copy an paste small irregular shapes from the clavicle area of the body texture to

the bottom of the neck on the face texture, then do some smudging.

Then I do some colour picking and airbrushing.

 

The seam still shows some, but this helps a fair bit. When you use a neclkace seam concealer

you still have a disparity between body and face complexion.

 

Nothing can be done about NPC's.