Invisible/Missing Body Texture when Clothed/Armored

[kartari]

Hello.

 

So, I just noticed that my character has a hole in her neck! Just below her Adam's apple, there is an invisible spot; I can see right through her body to what's behind her.

 

This only seems to happen when she wears her Nordic Ranger Outfit (FrankDema's mod). Though I've not tried a wide variety of apparel/armor, she appears perfectly fine when I put on different clothes or armor, or when undressed. I don't believe this was originally occurring, though; I think I would have noticed this a lot sooner.

 

See the image attached below for a visual. See that whitish spot on her neck? In between the collar of her armor, where the collar bone meets the neck on a real person? That's the barrel behind her!

 

Technically, from what I gather online about head and body meshes being managed separately, I surmise that my character's unclothed body texture (her skin "beneath" the armor) is not being rendered while wearing this particular armor; hence, the skin that should be showing is instead invisible.

 

I'm not sure exactly when it started. Several days ago, I installed the Unofficial Skyrim Patch and the Unofficial High Resolution Patch to fix a very different issue (my post here); not that I noticed this issue at the time, but they're the only recent changes I've made to my game.

 

Nothing changes even if I load from a previous save. I've tried deactivating the armor mod, even totally uninstalling and reinstalling it, to no avail. I figured a change in body model might possibly correct the issue, so I installed the CBBE female body (was using unmodded vanilla before). But this as well had no effect.

 

Though I haven't tried a big variety of armors yet, this Nordic Outfit is the only one making an invisible hole in her neck. A walk through Whiterun shows nobody else suffering from the same hole in the neck syndrome, so far. Maybe I should just get a new armor, but I really like this one and would love some tips to get it working right again.

 

Thanks!

Brian

 

P.S. Other info which may or may not be important:
- I have no DLCs installed. I bought Skyrim as soon as it came out, and though I recently bought Legendary Edition I haven't installed the DLCs yet.
- Game version is 1.9.32.0, according to TESV.exe's file properties.
- The game is installed in the default location (C:\program files(x86)\steam\steamapps\common\Skyrim).
- I'm using NMM version 0.63.14.
- I installed LOOT version 0.11.0, as recommended, to help troubleshoot this issue. I do not see where to click Details to view the log, however. the main screen tells me that Update.esm has 3 deleted references, and that plus a few others have a lot of ITM records.
- I have SKSE installed. No idea where to find the version number, though LOOT tells me I'm up to date.

- My system specs: Custom-built desktop running Windows 7 Pro x64. Intel i5 CPU, ASUS mobo, Radeon HD 6900 series video adapter (I think a 6950, offhand), 16 GB RAM, 500 MB SSD (for the OS & program installs) and two 1 TB hard disks (one for my data, one for data backup).

[Grospolina]

I just tried it. The same thing happens for me. It's a problem with the Nordic Ranger Outfit. The female cuirass mesh is missing the reference body mesh. Maybe you can message frankdema about it. Otherwise, you could probably fix it yourself using Outfit Studio (comes with BodySlide).

[kartari]

Hi Grospolina,

 

Thanks for the effort. Yeah, I had a feeling that was the case; guess I just didn't notice it until recently. I'll see if he has a fix.

 

Though, it's been a while since he last updated the outfit. If I find the time, I just might try to figure out how to fix it myself.

 

In the meantime, I crafted a loose fur collar (from the Immersive Armours mod). Looks bad when wearing the nordic ranger hood (major clipping), but when the hood is off, it perfectly covers the hole in her neck.

 

Thanks again!