Armor Not Appearing on NPCs

[rockbiter68]

Hi everyone,

So recently I encountered a very strange bug, both in Telvanni areas. First, I went to Tel Aruhn, and the orc mercenary/guards there (this list contains their names - they are the Orcs with the Warrior class, and only one of them is male: https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Morrowind:People_in_Tel_Aruhn) were naked except for their Cephalopod Helmet and their weapons. Later, I went to Tel Mora, where I use a mod that converts the guards there into females. I edited the guards to differentiate them from other Telvanni Guards, and gave them a full set of mod-added Cephalopod armor. Unfortunately, they show up naked besides their pauldrons, helmet, and weapons.

 

I popped open the CS to make a hotfix patch for both of these, both of which just involved adding the armor in (the orcs normally have netch armor, which I put on them). Unfortunately, the armors do not show up in game, and I am not sure why. Here are images of the problem:

 

https://imgur.com/a/sHuKpbc (apologies for the link, I can't seem to remember how to imbed images in the Nexus Forums)

 

Not shown is that the orcs DO show up with their armor in the CS, but not in game.

 

For good measure, here is my LO:

 

 

 

_001_ Morrowind.esm

_002_ Tribunal.esm

_003_ Bloodmoon.esm

_004_ Morrowind Patch v1.6.6_beta.esm

_005_ Texture Fix 2.0.esm

_006_ Poorly Placed Object Fix 1.2.esm

_007_ wl_SolstheimOverhaul_v1.esm

_008_ GDR_MasterFile.esm

_009_ MRM-Non Pointy.esm

_010_ Tamriel_Data.esm

_011_ TR_Mainland.esm

_012_ Astral Pocket.ESP

_013_ The Forgotten.esp

_014_ Muttering Madstone.ESP

_015_ Greetings for No Lore.esp

_016_ The Publicans.ESP

_017_ SkipTutorial1.0.esp

_018_ Improved Argonians.esp

_019_ New Khajiit Bodies - Mature.esp

_020_ Ash Mire.ESP

_021_ Cesia Residence.ESP

_022_ The Sanguine Rose.ESP

_023_ Better Skulls.ESP

_024_ VoicedVivec.ESP

_025_ YaketyYagrum.ESP

_026_ Vurt's Grazelands Trees.ESP

_027_ Vurt's BC Tree Replacer II.ESP

_028_ Robert's Bodies.ESP

_029_ Illy's Hot Pots.ESP

_030_ TurenyalRedone.ESP

_031_ Improved Cliff Racer AI.ESP

_032_ VersusVivec.ESP

_033_ gr_ScriptImprovements.esp

_034_ Slof's Pillow Book.esp

_035_ Psy_VGR_Armour.esp

_036_ Westly_Presents_Unique_Winged_Twilights.esp

_037_ aru_signs_en.esp

_038_ Fargoth's Hiding Place improvements 1.1.esp

_039_ Bigger Velothi Temples.esp

_040_ Clean New Vivec Ashmask 1.1.esp

_041_ The Neverhalls.esp

_042_ sm_ForgottenHalls.esp

_043_ VGreetings.esp

_044_ VGreetings-Attack.esp

_045_ VGreetings-Flee.esp

_046_ VGreetings-Hit.esp

_047_ VGreetings-Idle.esp

_048_ VGreetings-Thief.esp

_049_ Mournhold LOD.ESP

_050_ [Official]Adamantium Armor.esp

_051_ [Official]Helm of Tohan.esp

_052_ CreeperReplacer.esp

_053_ Healing.esp

_054_ sadrith mora expanded TR.esp

_055_ TravelingMerchants_v2_3.esp

_056_ Ahnassi.esp

_057_ Dark Sisters.esp

_058_ Map - Deluxe - NoQuest.esp

_059_ Nasty Camonna Tong.esp

_060_ Drunk Fargoth.esp

_061_ LPFR_TSAFW.esp

_062_ GITD_Telvanni_Dormers.ESP

_063_ [Official]Entertainers.esp

_064_ [Official]Area Effect Arrows.esp

_065_ [Official]Bitter Coast Sounds.esp

_066_ Djangos Dialogue.ESP

_067_ Bloodmoon Creature Rebalance.ESP

_068_ Bloodmoon Undead Rebalance.ESP

_069_ Bloodmoon Werewolf Rebalance.ESP

_070_ Bloodmoon NPC Rebalance.ESP

_071_ RR_Windoors_Glow_1C.esp

_072_ Bloated Caves.esp

_073_ P.R.E. v4.0.esp

_074_ DagothCreaturesReplacer.ESP

_075_ Clean Dagothsparty DNGDR.ESP

_076_ MRM_PuzzleCanal_Fix.esp

_077_ #Bob's Diverse Blood.ESP

_078_ better balanced booze.ESP

_079_ Sunder and keening hurt on pickup.ESP

_080_ Ash Vampire Script Fix.esp

_081_ Sixth House Rebalance.ESP

_082_ tribunal npc rebalance.ESP

_083_ tribunal goblin rebalance.ESP

_084_ dark brotherhood armor nerf.ESP

_085_ Uvirith's Legacy_3.53.esp

_086_ Dwemer Spectres BB + Fem.ESP

_087_ Meteorite Ministry Temple - Higher.ESP

_088_ DN-GDRv1.2.esp

_089_ Better Clothes_v1.1_nac.esp

_090_ Riekling Knock Off.esp

_091_ BetterClothesForTB.esp

_092_ Hospitality Papers Expanded.esp

_093_ Psy_IronMeshImprove_Uniques_BMI.esp

_094_ veg-TotW-books-MSrestored.esp

_095_ WhiteSuran2_MD_Edition.esp

_096_ WhiteSuran2_PPOF_Patch.esp

_097_ WhiteSuran2_patch_vurt.esp

_098_ Animated_Morrowind - merged.esp

_099_ Quest Tweaks and Alternatives_1.17.esp

_100_ Mamaea Awakened.ESP

_101_ Quieter_UI_Sounds.esp

_102_ Ald Velothi Transport.esp

_103_ Vivec's Wearable Ashmask.ESP

_104_ bw_striderports.esp

_105_ Trackless Grazeland.ESP

_106_ The Lamp.esp

_107_ DemonOfKnowledge.ESP

_108_ KogoruhnExpanded.esp

_109_ Great House Vault Privileges.ESP

_110_ Redoran Council Hall improvement.esp

_111_ Shattered Stones - An Earthquake Mod.esp

_112_ Apoapse's Alchemy.esp

_113_ Big Head's Precious Forks.esp

_114_ GhostRevenge.ESP

_115_ GhostRevenge_TR1807.esp

_116_ tong.ESP

_117_ Spell Scroll Text Overhaul.esp

_118_ mwse_LockBashing.esp

_119_ AlchemyFilter.esp

_120_ mwse_PoisonCrafting.esp

_121_ Note from the Archcanon Fix.ESP

_122_ AndranoTombRemastered.esp

_123_ Sleep with the Fishes.esp

_124_ Seasonal Weather of Vvardenfell v1.1.ESP

_125_ Better Robes TR.esp

_126_ BR_CommonRobeC_FemaleFix.ESP

_127_ TR_Factions.esp

_128_ TR_Preview.esp

_129_ TR_Travels.esp

_130_ Stav_gnisis_minaret.ESP

_131_ MQE_MainQuestEnhancers.esp

_132_ Ald-Ruhn game of three cups.esp

_133_ DaedricFaceGod.ESP

_134_ Advanced Steam Centurion.esp

_135_ SneakingRealism_En_v3.esp

_136_ Sleepers, Awake!.esp

_137_ Dagoth Ur Fix-Tougher.esp

_138_ Container Sounds.esp

_139_ BTB - Character (Alternate).esp

_140_ [Official]Siege at Firemoth.esp

_141_ Descriptive Shrines.ESP

_142_ wl_sol_neverhallspatch.ESP

_143_ Tower Vos.ESP

_144_ OAAB_Tel Mora.ESP

_145_ BadDefaultSpells.ESP

_146_ Anvils.ESP

_147_ More Better Clothes.ESP

_148_ Better Robes.ESP

_149_ AkulakhanCloud (Optional).ESP

_150_ Crossbows.ESP

_151_ Telvanni_warriors.ESP

_152_ Iron_variants.ESP

_153_ Flies.ESP

_154_ Caldera Mage Quarters.ESP

_155_ Caldera Mages Guild Expanded v1.2.ESP

_156_ Vivec_Mages_Guild_Expanded.ESP

_157_ Caldera_Clutter_TF2.ESP

_158_ Alms and Donations.ESP

_159_ RR_Telvanni_Lighthouse_Tel Vos_Eng.ESP

_160_ RR_Ghost_Gate_Fortress_Eng.ESP

_161_ ActualBigHead.ESP

_162_ Redoran War and Sathil Mercenary Armor.ESP

_163_ Cave Drips.ESP

_164_ Nocturnal Moths - Vanilla.ESP

_165_ Clean dark molag mar.ESP

_166_ Red Vos.ESP

_167_ Diseases Restored.ESP

_168_ Folded in Port.ESP

_169_ Better Dialogue Filtering for Guards.ESP

_170_ md_liche_robe.ESP

_171_ Unique Jewelry Redone.ESP

_172_ better moon and star.ESP

_173_ More Inns AM Patch.ESP

_174_ Umbra, Blademaster.ESP

_175_ EndusalRedone.ESP

_176_ BTB - Equipment.esp

_177_ Better Clothes Complete (BTB Edit).esp

_178_ UFR_v3dot2.esp

_179_ Telvanni Cephalopod Armor.esp

_180_ RR_Danke's_Cephalopod_Armor_Eng.esp

_181_ FemaleTelMoraGuards.esp

_182_ DaedricArmor.esp

_183_ DB_Attack_Mod.esp

_184_ RR_Holamayan_Eng.ESP

_185_ Ebony Claymore.esp

_186_ Better Robes_v0.3.1 Patch.esp

_187_ UFR_v3dot2_Patch.esp

_188_ LeftGloves_Addon_v2.esp

_189_ Projectile Overhaul - Faster Magic Missiles.esp

_190_ Projectile Overhaul - Faster Projectiles.esp

_191_ Vil's Indarys_1.2.esp

_192_ Imperial Presence.esp

_193_ TotW_Completed.esp

_194_ More Inns.esp

_195_ Solstheim Rumor Fix - Fixed.esp

_196_ DN-GDR BTB MRM-Non Pointy.esp

_197_ PB_GondolierDestinations.esp

_198_ PB_SecretApperatus.esp

_199_ PB_NoRestAldVelothi.esp

_200_ PB_CalderaApperatus.esp

_201_ PB_LegionUniforms.esp

_202_ PB_NegativeLightRemover.esp

_203_ XE Sky Variations.esp

_204_ BetterClothesBloodmoonPlus1.5.esp

_205_ Reasonable Crime.ESP

_206_ Expanded Sounds.esp

_207_ [Official]Master Index.esp

_208_ Better Morrowind Armor.esp

_209_ LeFemmArmor.esp

_210_ Silt Strider Armor - Ashlander Guards.esp

_211_ DD_Caldera_Expansion.esp

_212_ The Key Mod.esp

_213_ Live Free.esp

_214_ Gnisis Docks v1.0.esp

_215_ Omani Hlaalu Manor Expanded Overhaul.esp

_216_ MaiqMainland.esp

_217_ Snow Prince Armor Redux.ESP

_218_ Dwemer and Ebony Service Refusal.ESP

_219_ LootWellUrned.ESP

_220_ Divayth Fyr Puzzle Fixed.ESP

_221_ Service Refusal for Corprus Meat.ESP

_222_ Diseases Restored v1.2.ESP

_223_ Store Entrance Chimes - Alt Ver.ESP

_224_ Nordic Chest Replacer.ESP

_225_ Clear Your Name v1.1.esp

_226_ Ttooth's Missing NPCs - No Nolus.ESP

_227_ Morrowind Content Restoration - NPCs and Creatures.ESP

_228_ Morrowind Content Restoration - Vampires.ESP

_229_ Morrowind Content Restoration - Secret Master Items.ESP

_230_ Morrowind Content Restoration - Items.ESP

_231_ Morrowind Content Restoration - Ald-Ruhn Underground.ESP

_232_ Morrowind Content Restoration - Ald Redaynia Village.ESP

_233_ Shields Up!.esp

_234_ Apoapse's Attack 2.2.esp

_235_ rockbiter'sBalancedCombatGain.ESP

_236_ Clean_Andrethi.esp

_237_ RR_Melchior's_Mudcrab_Merchant_Eng.ESP

_238_ RR_Telvanni_Lighthouse_Tel Branora_Eng.ESP

_239_ Holidays Across Tamriel - Vvardenfell - RR Holamayan mod.esp

_240_ RR_Gnisis_Arch_Eng.ESP

_241_ Remiros' Tombs Expansion.ESP

_242_ Serpenthis_Ancestral_Tomb.ESP

_243_ ReclaimingHasimminus.esp

_244_ if_ashmelech.ESP

_245_ COI.ESP

_246_ Building Up Uvirith's Legacy1.1.ESP

_247_ Graphic Herbalism.esp

_248_ Graphic Herbalism TotSP.esp

_249_ Plaguebearer.ESP

_250_ Hotfix.ESP

Hopefully that's not presumptuous, but I thought it would be helpful to look at for anyone who wanted to help me. I've spent a good amount of time fiddling with this seemingly simple problem, and I'm pretty lost, so any help would be very much appreciated.

Edited January 3, 2019 by rockbiter68

[Oblivionaddicted]

Did you kill the NPC's to check if they have an armor in their equipment?

To do it without a fight, open the console, click on your target and type Sethealth 0

 

The other possibility is you have a mod altering their skills, giving them a high unarmored skill. To check you can disable some mods and check if the problem remains.

[Dragon32]

Could be a mod has boosted the guards' Unarmoured skill. So even if they have armour in their inventory they don't wear it. I can remember that being an issue but not which mod(s) caused it.

 

Use ORI console command to get ID of one of the guards in game, then use a grep tool on your *.ES? files to find mods which affect that ID.

Edited January 4, 2019 by Dragon32

[rockbiter68]

Thanks for the reply! I'll go ahead and do that with the console command, but can you tell me what a grep tool is? I've never heard of that.

[Dragon32]

TextCrawler is the one I use, there's a free for non-commercial use version. Grep tools search for text across multiple files.

[Qlurzach]

Having similar problems, have you resolved it yet? In particular, I can't seem to get my companion to equip his armour (and his unarmoured skill is lower than all others)

[Oblivionaddicted]

Does your companion have a high skill with the armor in his inventory?