Problems getting CBBE to work correctly on NPCs

[zachslime]

Hello everybody! I've been having some trouble getting CBBE to work properly for NPCs. I'm using the Curvy Body, which applied just fine to the NPCs. The armors and HDT are working perfectly as well. The problem is that when an NPC has their clothes removed, the nude body flashes for a second, then the body disappears temporarily, and when it comes back there is a horrendous set of underwear superimposed over my beautiful bodies! Strangely enough, the nude breasts still clip partially through the bra.

 

According to Jeir, this isn't a problem caused by CBBE, but by some mod that edits NPCs or inventories. I do run quite a bit of those, but nothing that modifies bodies, except CBBE and a texture pack for Argonian and Khajiit female bodies, respectively, and I certainly don't have anything that adds underwear.

 

I've also heard that this can be caused by saying no to NeverNude during the CBBE installation, but installing the textures for them anyhow, which I can ensure you I was careful not to do. I'm fairly certain that I didn't accidentally generate any underwear files in BodySlide, either.

 

TLDR: CBBE HDT bodies apply properly to the player and NPCs, but when looted, NPC bodies turn invisible and come back with underwear on.

 

Below I will post a link to my modlist. Let me know if anything in the list stands out as a potential cause for this problem, or problems in general. Thanks! :)

 

modlist: https://modwat.ch/u/Antisanta

[Kroekr]

It does sound like you had nevernude checked.

[Jeir]

It does sound like you had nevernude checked.

Nope. If he had NeverNude installed, then his character would be wearing underwear, and all NPCs would have underwear when outfits are removed, without any gaps - no changing from nude to invisible to an underwear body with gaps. Plus, if NeverNude isn't installed, there is absolutely no way for the game to generate the meshes, because they don't exist.

 

It looks like he installed Deadly Mutilation for the vanilla body. That would certainly explain things, not that the 'CBBE' version of that mod would be any better as it's three years out of date.

[zachslime]

I'm fairly certain I didn't. My player characters all have the nude bodies. It's just the NPCs that have this problem. Do you have any suggestions of things I could check for, or anything I can do to fix it?

 

EDIT: Just saw your comment Jeir, I'll look into it. Maybe installing the DM CBBE body will fix it? Hopefully, it'd be a shame to have to get rid of it.

 

UPDATE: So... the Deadly Mutilation fixed scripts version for CBBE seemed to have fixed the problem... at least temporarily. There's no more vanilla underwear clipping through the body, and for the first few minutes of gameplay it was working great. After a few moments, however, looted NPCs are now having their bodies disappear entirely, save for their feet, hands and Heads.

 

Like Jeir said, it could be because DM is so outdated. I've also read that DM can take some time to start working properly. I'll test some things out tomorrow. For now, I sleep. Thank you all for suggestions, and if anyone has anything to add in regards to fixes/workarounds, etc, please share!

Edited December 12, 2016 by zachslime

[zachslime]

Alright, so after some testing on various different characters, Deadly Mutilation for CBBE causes all female NPC bodies to become invisible, save for their feet, hands and head, after looting them.

 

Because of this, and Deadly Mutilation's high level of incompatibility with other mods, I have decided to uninstall it. After doing so, and running my saves through the Script Save Cleaner to remove any leftover DM scripts, my NPC bodies are working again, of course.

 

Anyways, like I said earlier, I do still love the hell out of Deadly Mutilation, so again: if anyone has figured out a workaround for the aforementioned issues, please let me know! And a huge thank you to Jeir for helping figure out the source of my problem! :)