Creating NPC companion with custom hair but custom hair won't show up?

[magmameister]

So I've been relatively busy scripting NPC companion mods and I made a custom NPC companion for New Vegas using a guide which detailed how to do it in the GECK for FO3 but it works pretty much the same with FNV.

 

Except that I want this NPC to use a custom hairstyle from this mod (I know it's listed as a mod for Fallout 3 but I moved it into New Vegas with FOMM and TESsnip from a tutorial here on Nexus XD) and although I have it selected in the GECK and the hair displays properly there, while testing the mod in game the hair doesn't show up correctly.

 

I did see if I could take the FOMM/TESsnip approach with the other file that adds custom hair to NPCs from the original mod but it looks like it'd end up copying over FO3 data as well and I wish to avoid that if at all possible.

 

Any and all suggestions are appreciated :)

[magmameister]

Update: I did try to do the FOMM/TESsnip approach but in the end it was a no-go. It looks like I may have to look a bit deeper into the mod coding to see if I can get this to work. But I am still new to scripting so there's that XD

 

Any suggestions are appreciated. Also, the companion mod is just for my personal use. I'm just trying to get to grips with coding and scripting and the like.

[uhmattbravo]

What problems are you having? Personally, I'd say save yourself the trouble of converting the mod and just add the hair in manually in GECK. If it's just for personal use, you don't need to worry about making your companion dependent on the whole hair mod.

[magmameister]

The problem is that when I have the hair mod selected in the GECK, it'll allow me to select the hair for the NPC but then when I go to see it in game, the hair doesn't show at all. And since the original mod required an extra .esp to add the custom hair to NPCs, I think I'm going to have to try and figure out how to make a new .esp for it.

 

And yes, while the mod is for my personal use, I'm also sending it to a good friend of mine (who also has the converted hair mod for their personal use too). Plus, I'm not quite sure how to do it manually from the GECK considering that I'm still very much learning the ropes.

[dubiousintent]

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And yes, while the mod is for my personal use, I'm also sending it to a good friend of mine (who also has the converted hair mod for their personal use too). Plus, I'm not quite sure how to do it manually from the GECK considering that I'm still very much learning the ropes.

Hate to point this out to you but "personal use" means just that. You, for yourself. The moment you send it to your friend it's "distributing" ... a copyright violation. Though as you are avoiding the inclusion of any copyright asset inclusion, it should pass. See the wiki article on "Derivative Work".

 

At the least, don't mention even thinking about that here. It's the sort of innocent remark that might get you banned for "advocating piracy". As you are seeking clarification, it should pass.

 

-Dubious-

Edited November 1, 2016 by dubiousintent

[magmameister]

I'd never advocate piracy in the slightest and I despise anyone who would ever consider it. But thanks for the warning.

 

I should have clarified that I meant that I wouldn't be distributing my version for my friend to use, but rather doing the coding/scripting on my end, checking that it all works and then running through the scripting and coding steps with my friend so that they can hopefully have the same result on their end.

Edited November 1, 2016 by magmameister