permanent steel outfit after uninstalling UFO.... help please.!

[navida1]

hi everyone...

 

i have decided to uninstall the UFO mod a couple of days ago... used the instruction on the mod page to remove the mod.

 

right now... my whiterun housecarl, lydia (which is also my wife) have a permanent and persistent default steel armor. every time i console remove her default armor, the full set returns upon removing the last piece. it's like there is a script attached to her giving her the full set every time.

 

also the ability to set the default outfit in the NPC base (not through scripts... you know, the normal CK procedure) is lost.

 

 

i should mention that this problem happens on Lydia only. all of my other followers/companions/hirelings are ok and their default outfit can be set in the CK.

 

any help will be much appreciated... right now i have been working/searching on this for 38 hours straight... :facepalm:

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Edited September 13, 2017 by b10nutz

[navida1]

i now use an attached script to set the default outfit.

 

but anyone knows how to revert the outfit decision back to the NPC base data.

 

also, earlier save is not an option in my case. thanks.

[KingsGambit]

How random. It's only Lydia that's affected? And you cannot change the default outfit in the CK? There may well be a remnant of whatever mod you were using remaining. Likely it's a modified vanilla file, such as a script and as such will continue to override the vanilla one. My best suggestion is reinstall the mod, preferably the same version you used previously (in the case where it may have been updated). Let it overwrite everything. Then systematically delete all the reinstalled files.

 

You could also try trawling through the mod archive simultaneously with Windows Explorer and delete any files in your game directories you see within the archive. If it doesn't use loose files, reinstall the mod anyway, reactivate it, load in and save. Exit, deactivate the mod, load in again and do another save. Exit the game again and delete the mod files and try again. You might try this process twice, once with her as a current follower, again with you parted ways.

 

If it's a script, it may be that there's a registerforupdate call somewhere that remained registered in your save even after the mod was deactivated. Might also be an OnUnequip event getting called or Lydia has a constant-effect ability, it's hard to say exactly.

 

In the meantime, looks like there's no "Lover's Comfort" for you :whistling:

 

Lastlly, post back if none of the above helps. I'll create a mod here that overrides her default outfit, or forcibly empties her inventory entirely (as a once off), whichever you prefer, and you can try activating it at the bottom of your load order. Perhaps even simply exporting a vanilla Lydia (or almost vanilla. Maybe just add one arrow to her inventory or something) at the bottom of the load order is enough.

[navida1]

How random. It's only Lydia that's affected? And you cannot change the default outfit in the CK? There may well be a remnant of whatever mod you were using remaining. Likely it's a modified vanilla file, such as a script and as such will continue to override the vanilla one. My best suggestion is reinstall the mod, preferably the same version you used previously (in the case where it may have been updated). Let it overwrite everything. Then systematically delete all the reinstalled files.

 

You could also try trawling through the mod archive simultaneously with Windows Explorer and delete any files in your game directories you see within the archive. If it doesn't use loose files, reinstall the mod anyway, reactivate it, load in and save. Exit, deactivate the mod, load in again and do another save. Exit the game again and delete the mod files and try again. You might try this process twice, once with her as a current follower, again with you parted ways.

 

If it's a script, it may be that there's a registerforupdate call somewhere that remained registered in your save even after the mod was deactivated. Might also be an OnUnequip event getting called or Lydia has a constant-effect ability, it's hard to say exactly.

 

In the meantime, looks like there's no "Lover's Comfort" for you :whistling:

 

Lastlly, post back if none of the above helps. I'll create a mod here that overrides her default outfit, or forcibly empties her inventory entirely (as a once off), whichever you prefer, and you can try activating it at the bottom of your load order. Perhaps even simply exporting a vanilla Lydia (or almost vanilla. Maybe just add one arrow to her inventory or something) at the bottom of the load order is enough.

 

 

thank you for the quick reply.

 

i have tried reinstall/uninstalling on any condition... following... parted ways... following the recommended uninstall procedure and not following it. i should also say that the UFO mod uses .BSA archive and my tries was with an empty scripts folder... and with any follower mods disabled (i only have 3 follower mods...easy to keep track of).

 

also the thing i really dont understand is why her default outfit keeps respawning upot the removal of it's last piece.

 

In the meantime, looks like there's no "Lover's Comfort" for you :whistling:

hehehe... yeah... i guess.!

 

Lastlly, post back if none of the above helps. I'll create a mod here that overrides her default outfit, or forcibly empties her inventory entirely (as a once off), whichever you prefer, and you can try activating it at the bottom of your load order. Perhaps even simply exporting a vanilla Lydia (or almost vanilla. Maybe just add one arrow to her inventory or something) at the bottom of the load order is enough.

 

thank you so much for the help offer... also i can do it myself with your help if it is going to be very time consuming.

 

thanks again.