CBBE Help Changing Presets

[PhoenixKnight13]

I can't seem to find info or a tutorial anywhere on how to change body presets for your character once CBBE is installed. I've been using the CBBE curvy preset, even used the Hardbody mod for a while where all you had to do was activate it and it modified the body accordingly. However, despite there being tutorials for installation of CBBE/BodySlide itself, as well as how to modify items to presets, I can't seem to find *anything* regarding swapping the body preset for your character. I downloaded this preset and tried messaging the author 3 days ago with no reply yet, so was hoping to get help here.

 

I downloaded and activated the preset in NMM, I can see it in the SliderPresets folder, however it doesn't show in the BodySlide presets dropdown list for editing items nor can I find the 'playercharacterassets' folder mentioned in the installation instructions or any way to get my character's body to swap. My character still has the CBBE curvy body in-game, is there some setting or step I'm missing?

Appreciate any help.

 

Update - Well that figures, this was one of those times that finally, after days of tinkering with this on and off... only after posting did I figure out what I was missing lol.
For anyone else confused; I had to apply the preset to my CBBE Body first (in the Outfit/Body dropdown list). /facepalm
Then I just saved the preset and applied it to the groups for CBBE/Clothing/Armors to get it to show up in the list for editing items.

Edited March 23, 2016 by PhoenixKnight13

[PhoenixKnight13]

So now that I've figured the other part out I'm having a bigger issue. Trying to combine use of the USAF Bomber Jacket standalone with the Spartan Risque Pants, and converting both to the new body preset I'm using.

I converted the pants to the new body preset in BodySlide, then converted and edited the jacket in BodySlide/OutfitStudio. However, for the life of me I can't get the pants to load into OutfitStudio, the nif reference points to modcrate.nif and that's obviously not it, and there's no nif file for the pants themselves other than the Spartan Body which also doesn't work. When wearing both items on the new body preset the texture of the pants fragments into the legs. The pants alone (along with the Spartan harness and top I also modified to the new body preset) work fine, and the jacket alone also works fine. It's only when I try wearing both that the pants go to s***. When I tried to follow a NifSkope guide to combine the two pieces into a single top-bottom clothing item I ran into an issue with NifSkope failing to load in both cases. Neither one seems to have a valid nif mesh file (failed to load file header, failed to load nif). If anyone could offer some help I'd appreciate it.

 

 

Edited March 24, 2016 by PhoenixKnight13