Check this glitch out.

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I'm using type 3 body textures and random zZjay facial textures and nif fixes... as well as Project Beauty. This glitch happens no matter what I'm using.

 

I install all my mods and start a new game. I get to the face gen, make my girl and after I'm done... the head and body match perfectly. 100%

 

Even if I go back into face gen and make alterations, the face and body still match. However, and this is where it gets weird... if I take the same character, go back into face gen, keep the same race, select a new preset and randomize... the head and body don't match. If I start a brand new game and make a new character, the head and body don't match. If I delete the saved files for the initial character, that did match... start a new game, the face and body don't match. If I go back into my load order and rebuild my merged and bashed patches.... start a new game with no saved files, create a new character.... the head and body don't match. No matter what I do after the initial gen creation... the head and body refuse to match.

 

The only way to get a back to the head and body matching. Is to completely uninstall and reinstall all of my mods. Basically starting over completely from scratch. I'm serious. What kind of voodoo is this? I mean, what part of the game engine is being changed to where I cannot get head and body match, unless it's the first initial build? I'm guessing it's a bug with the face gen creator in the game and it not being able to re-read the body textures from type 3 to generate a head and body match.

 

The messed up thing, is that if I don't like my initial character creation and I want head and body color match... I have to start all over from scratch. Unless someone knows something that I don't. The only thing I haven't tried, is uninstalling the body textures and then re-installing them. I don't see how that would make any difference though, because the texture files can't be altered by the game. Some weird stuff.

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Figured out what was causing the above problem. Deactivating and reactivation of Archive Invalidation fixed the head and body mismatch on the PC. Talk about a wonky program. It obviously has issues with maintaining it's own data consistently. Anyway.... Yippy !! :smile:

 

Edit: Redoing Archive Invalidation was only a fluke fix. The culprit all along was the HD version of Project Beauty. This is the main reason for the head and body mismatch. Also, being HD makes the error show up all that much more. I removed the mod and the problem completely disappeared. I'm not sure if this glitch is in the non HD version, but unfortunately you can't use that version with Blackened. I'll fore go Project Beauty, just so I can have head and body match. Besides, some of the choices for face make overs are uglier than sin, imo.

 

I recommend using Zzjays facial replacements from FNV. They are really awesome and he even has a new lip version for the regular face. Plus... the head and bodies will match. ;)

Edited December 11, 2016 by ejroberts49