Help with Neck Seam CBBE (is this normal?)

[phonix420]

Hi there, battling a neck seam/texture mismatch with CBBE.

 

 

I've tried using a bunch of different body and face textures, all had the same result. CBBE Ida+Valkyr/Oni body and face/Lovely Skin Complex/Silky Smooth Skin and they all have this issue. I tried multiple different Bodyslide presets including the default Curvy but they all have this issue. I switched to 2k Face texture mod and still had the issue (was more noticeable)

It's like there's all this detail on the face area that is missing from the body so it creates this ugly transition. In looks menu I removed all makeup and anything skin related but the face still looks so much different from the body. What causes this and how can I go about fixing it?

My load order is massive (420 mods including 150+ ESL's and 10+merges) so I'll just post the mods I have which affect player body/face:

CBBE Physics
CBBE Ida Body Texture
Valkyr Face texture
LooksMenu

LooksMenu Customization Compendium

deLuxe makeup

I have some mods which overhaul NPC faces but they shouldnt affect player. This neck/body problem appears on all NPCs and Player too.

Is there a better combo of skin/face textures to hide this problem that someone can recommend? Maybe some necklace mod that covers it up? Or an idea as to how to solve it with my current textures.

I just want to take nice screenshots without ugly neck seams. I know some seam is normal but can you look at the above pics and say that it's normal looking?

The ugly hideous shadows in those pics above I was told here recently is "Just the game engine being terrible" and shadows suck and get used to it. Well I didn't want to accept that and spent another week trying to fix the shadows with no luck and only today did I decide to move on to my next issue, this ugly neck seam.

I started building this Fallout 4 install on March 1st. I spend about 2-4 hours every day installing and going in game and testing mods and making compatibility patches in FO4Edit. I still have yet to get to Concord or see any of the story. Just get in, get out of the vault, run around for a bit, coc to some problematic cells, try on some armor mods etc etc. I'm soooooo close to playing the game but this neck seam has got to go, since screenshots are a big reason why I play.

Any help would be appreciated!

Edited April 8, 2018 by phonix420