LE Simple Follower turned into massive headache help

[NerevarII]

Well I currently have the author of the make a follower kit aiding me, so hopefully he can yield a successful result. That "aha !" moment is ever so satisfying indeed. But I think around 50 hours, for single follower, is a little much, no ? I thought followers we're generally made in an hour or so. Funny thing is, I'm still trying to make it work.... haha gotta love my level of foolish determination. I guess I can't help it. When I set my mind to something, I aim for completion, and it's been forever since I've had something like this where it's really testing my ability to stay patient. The project is cancelled still, unless I make her work. So what do i do, download a follower that's already made, and make my own edits? Not sure what you mean exactly by "already working body".

She's going to be non-nude, but I want a body mod because, let's be honest, everything vanilla is blocky, disproportionate, and ugly.

[soupdragon1234]

Strictly speaking this is not a Simple Follower Mod because your using CBBE - consequently it may not be the CK that's causing the problem here. Hence, as suggested previously you need to find someone who has already made this work.

 

Agreed, with any project like this you're starting from a known quantity and moving to an unknown one, and the best advice is keep the possible variables to a minimum because its easier to keep on top of any problems.

 

Case in point if it was me I'd start with a vanilla body, make sure the follower part i.e. the CK stuff, is working correctly and only then move on to the unknown part i.e. the CBBE body. Because the way I see it you're trying to do to much, too quickly and making life hard for yourself. Small, simple steps and a lot of them is much better than a few large ones where you can't be sure where you're treading.

 

Making a vanilla follower is actually very easy because the game is set up to create new NPC's very easily, so long as you stick within the template established within the CK. Once you move away from that mold you're dealing with a whole host of other issues that may have nothing to do with the follower framework at all and are more to do with how do you create/modify CBBE bodies? I have no idea because I don't use them but regular followers, they're easy. And I'm not a programmer at all.

[NerevarII]

Thank you! My boss told me the same thing about taking small steps haha. Well according Ashes2Asherz, he seems to have got it working for me so when he returns we'll see and maybe this project can move forward!

I am keeping everything everyone has said in mind for next time/the future of this :)

[NerevarII]

Lmao this whole time, the issue was the creation kit not properly setting the active file -_-

THERES MY AHA MOMENT

The project continues..... voice actress wanted lol

[NerevarII]

Here you go everyone: http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/77197

 

She will remain a simple standalone follower until i can move forward