Question about NPCs body shapes.

[Zahriis]

Hello everyone I installed some nude modes and armor, is it me or seems like every female character has the same body shape? *they have the hard body CBBE* is the game like that or their body shape should to appear randomly

or maybe I f*#@ed up something

Here's a jpg of my armor mods

 

 

[Kukipett]

The body shape is the same for every character, but it's not so simple.

 

In fact the nude body shape is the same for every nude character, but once they have an armor or cloth it's the body contained in that armor model that is showed.

 

The model file alway contains the armor shape and the body shape, the nude model is only visible when the character is nude.

 

It's done this way because it would be a waste of ressource to draw a complete body under an armor. So the body shape in an armor model is only partial.

 

So if you use a CBBE nude model, when you have a vanilla armor, you see the vanilla body and not the CBBE.

 

To avoid this you have to use a CBBE converted Armor or you can convert it yourself with Bodyside and Outfit Studio.

 

Be careful also with textures, as the CBBE model doesn't use the standard vanilla UV mapping, you can't mix CBBE and non CBBE models without problem.

I don't get it why they didn't use the Vanilla UV mapping, they use the Skyrim UV mapping because they said it was a bit better and of course allows to recycle Skyrim body textures, but in fact it's a very bad good idea!

[EmissaryOfWind]

All NPCs of the same gender share a body mesh, their weight (the skinny-fat-buff triangle) is what changes. Some bodies have more of a difference between the ends of the weight spectrum.