Transfering Faces from ESP/ESM to Savegame

[jaredx19]

Hi,

Is there a way to transfer faces from ESP/ESM to savegame to be used for the player character?

 

Thanks

[algaeb]

Others may know simpler methods, but:

 

To get a particular face out of a certain ESP/ESM, the simplest method I can think of is to use FO3Edit to find the NPC's entry in the ESP/ESM, and modify the "Flags" under ACBS - Configuration to enable the "Is CharGen Face Preset" option.

 

This will make the face show up as one of the presets in the face changing menu (which you can access for your character using the "showracemenu" console command: hit your console key [tilde ~ by default], type "showracemenu", hit Enter, and hit the console key again).

 

However, you will only be able to select the face if the Race of the NPC is the same as the Race of your character, so check the RNAM - Race setting of the NPC and change it to your character's current Race.

 

Remember that changing your own character's Race will reset its perks, so that isn't ideal. Better to change the NPC temporarily (change it back and remove the flag after you're done).

 

Once you have a saved game where your character has a face you want, you can transfer it to another saved game with this utility:

 

FaceGen Exchanger - http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=4094

[jaredx19]

Thanks for the info, Stranger.

I do know of the FaceGen Exchanger, being used it on Oblivion. However, the face I got in FaceGen got mangled up on transfer, cos Fallout apparently only use even less FaceGen morphs info than Oblivion. The face editor in GECK is more consistent to the game, hence I look for ways to transfer it to my character.

 

With your info, now I can :dance:

Now I can make my own presets, transferring faces from fg files and tweaking in GECK.

 

Thanks