Preview Window shadows on face

[Seddo4494]

For quite a while new I've been having a rather annoying problem which is getting in the way of my work a little bit. I have this weird black shadow always present in my preview window. It's most noticible, and most inconvenient, when editing an NPC's face.

Without lighting:

http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm16/matthewdseddonSeddon4494/Shadow01_zpszawacv9c.png

With lighting:

http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm16/matthewdseddonSeddon4494/Shadow02_zpsm2kk8foe.png

If anyone has had this problem before and knows how to fix it I'd be very grateful if you could let me know.

[MissingMeshTV]

While it doesn't address the cause, you might try temporarily renaming or removing your CreationKitPrefs.ini and let the CK generate a new one at launch and see if the problem goes away. Anytime I've had some weird, sudden and unexplained problems crop up getting rid of the CreationKitPrefs.ini has solved it. It seems the file can get corrupted over time and cause all sorts of aggravating things to spontaneously start happening. At least that's been my experience. Replacing my .ini file has resolved it in each case. YMMV, of course.

 

The downside is that it is a slash and burn solution in that you loose any custom settings you've made and will have to recreate them. That's why if you rename/remove first to see if it works you won't have lost the file if it doesn't work.

[kitcat81]

I`v found it terribly difficult to edit NPC in the CK. No only shadows but also lags and weird face distortion when you move it closer..

Another way is to edit NPCs using Face Ripper mod. I have created a new character and used looks menu to edit him. Then ripped those edits to my plugin. But the mod was not updated to work with the new FO4 update. I had to roll back to 1.9.4 version in order to make it work.