Mesh turns invisible in-game after I've attached it to a bone in outfitstudio

[MayatheStrange8888]

So I've been trying to make a tongue piercing for a gothic sole survivor.
To do that I'm using the meshes of from this mod, https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/31924. (For personal use only of course!!)

 

I simply took the top lip mesh and placed it at the right spot on the tongue. I wanted to see if it was placed right so I checked in-game. No problems so far.

Next I unpacked the game's bsa, and used the nif "femalemouth_facebones".

I attached the piercing mesh to the bone that moves the front of the tongue.

 

How simple can this be, I thought. Well, after I did this the mesh is just not there anymore. Nothing to see when my character talks, even though it still shows up in outfitstudio.

I have checked google and tried to find a problem with the mesh using nifskope. I found nothing.

As far as I know it should work but it just doesn't.

Can someone please help me?

 

~peace~

[robotized]

The tongue should have its bone weights. Why don't you copy the weights from it? Set the tongue as reference, right click on piercing mesh and copy weights, delete the tongue from meshes, export the nif with piercing.

[MayatheStrange8888]

The tongue should have its bone weights. Why don't you copy the weights from it? Set the tongue as reference, right click on piercing mesh and copy weights, delete the tongue from meshes, export the nif with piercing.

Thanks for the reply!

 

I tried it and while it did make the piercing visible in game, it was now floating around the head for some reason. It also wasn't moving whenever my character was talking.

 

Maybe I am overlooking something, I haven't got the faintest idea.

[robotized]

Sorry I couldn't be of much help. I guess things are more complicated when it comes to the inside of the mouth.

[MayatheStrange8888]

Sorry I couldn't be of much help. I guess things are more complicated when it comes to the inside of the mouth.

It's okay.

At least it's visible now, that's one step in the right direction ^^

[Tasheni]

For Skyrim meshes with bone weight you need to check the SLSF1_Skinned flag in nifskope in the BSShaderProperty, I guess for FO4 it's the same

[MayatheStrange8888]

I've managed to make the tongue piercing visible.
But it still does not move when my character speaks.

 

I think it's got something to do with nifskope, but I just can't find out what exactly I should do to fix this.

I have noticed that there is a NiNode "HEAD" but no "MOUTH". I don't even know if something like that exists, I'm basically clueless at this point.

 

Any help would be appreciated!