Low Resolution Bug

[SpyderArachnid]

So having an odd issue.

 

Whenever I start a new game, everything works fine. Textures are high resolution, my settings are on High, and everything is great and running wonderfully. No mod issues at all, even did a clean install of Skyrim, Steam, NMM and Boss. Used TES5Edit to clean everything and made sure everything was up to date and working great.

 

The issue is, after I save my game and then reload my game, my face (and likely other textures) drop to low resolution. And they stay that way unless I use the Change Race spell to fix it. But as soon as I save and reload, it reverts back to low resolution textures.

 

For some reason my game keeps loading low resolution textures, even though my settings are at high and were working fine before I saved and reloaded. I don't want to have to keep using the Change Race spell to fix my face every time I load my game. It is rather frustrating that this is happening as I have never had this issue before Dragonborn.

 

Pictures attached below to show what I mean. The first picture shows what my character should look like. The second picture shows what happens after I reload my game and it drops it to low resolution.

 

Any help would be appreciated in getting this solved. Thanks.

 

P.S. Almost forgot my load order (just incase it is a mod causing issues).

 

 

Skyrim.esm
Update.esm
Dawnguard.esm
HearthFires.esm
Dragonborn.esm
ApachiiHair.esm
ApachiiHairFemales.esm
ApachiiHairMales.esm
RaceCompatibility.esm
AOM.esm
JSwords.esm
Obl-VB hair.esm
OblivionHairPackAIO.esm
SexiS.esm
portal2mod.esp
Unofficial Skyrim Patch.esp
Unofficial Dawnguard Patch.esp
Unofficial Hearthfire Patch.esp
Unofficial Dragonborn Patch.esp
Aranea.esp
Dark Dungeons for ENB.esp
AK- Buyable Paintings and Pictures.esp
AOM.esp
banditseyepatch.esp
NS_HuntingGroundsOutfit.esp
UnlimitedBookshelves.esp
Painting In Skyrim.esp
Scouter.esp
Statues.esp
IMAGINATOR - Visual Control for Skyrim.esp
SkyUI.esp
Airy Armor.esp
AlexScorpion's SnakeBow.esp
AronsMechaDragons.esp
Blade and Soul Qipao.esp
Blindfolds_of_Skyrim.esp
BnS Scorpion Set.esp
BnS White Bird Outfit.esp
bouncy_bodices.esp
bouncy_booties.esp
bouncy_belts_and_stockings.esp
Cloaks.esp
Dread Knight Weapon Set.esp
DreamBurrowsSageOutfit.esp
Dwemer Goggles & Scouter.esp
fox12 Armor.esp
Futa equippable.esp
HentaiVoidArmor.esp
isilNarsil.esp
JSwordsDistributionBalancePlugin.esp
KURESE Gloria conversion.esp
LadyLaceCloaks_EN.esp
Lady of Death.esp
lilithstools.esp
Lineage 2 Acceossory.esp
Lineage 2 Weapons.esp
lolilabs.esp
LPotD Armor.esp
LpotDHorse.esp
LustmordVampireArmor.esp
MashupUNP.esp
Newermind Bow Collection.esp
nightshade_armor_UNPB.esp
Ravenous Elegance.esp
Reaper's Dread Arrow at Forge.esp
Sapphire Rose.esp
Scoiatael Weapons.esp
SkimpySilverlight.esp
Sovngarde Steel Armor and Weapons.esp
TERA Armors for Skyrim - UNPB-BBP.esp
TheAvengersHawkeyeArrowWepMod.esp
Tribunal Maskes by Zairaam.esp
Tribunal Robes by Zairaam.esp
Werehide.esp
Witch Elf Armour.esp
ZhaetheriaLegend.esp
HF_Lakeview_Pool_and_Hotbath.esp
HF_Lakeview_North_Perimeter_Fence.esp
LocalizedGuildJobs.esp
Proudspire Manor - Dragonborn Edition.esp
Skyrim School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.esp
armored-horses.esp
Babette.esp
CharredSkeeverReplacer.esp
db-nightshade-replacer.esp
xvisionchildren.esp
YChildren of the Sky.esp
Princess Riverwood Cottage.esp
FemaleWerewolf.esp
ShowRaceMenuAlternative.esp
Crimson Tide - Blood.esp
SkyXP.esp
TheEyesOfBeauty.esp
CamillaValerius.esp
Delphine.esp
eola1.3.esp
HousecarlRiften.esp
HousecarlWhiterun.esp
TulliusHogan.esp
AelaTheHuntress.esp
Saadia.esp
Extended Slider Colors.esp
BarenziahQuestMarkers.esp
Armor Pack IX Part 2.esp
Armor Pack IX.esp
BladesComandEsbernLookmoreglorius.esp
Bloodlust Bow.esp
Bondage Straps - UNPB BBP.esp
breezehomeTNF.esp
Chapels Of Skyrim.esp
CloudArmor.esp
DudestiaOutfitChanger.esp
dunDarklightIllia.esp
FX117 Clothes Pack.esp
GenjiArmor.esp
Heroic Ulfric.esp
Huntress.esp
Ivy Valentine Armor.esp
Jordis made Awesome.esp
Lineage 2 Crossbows.esp
Lineage 2 Shields and Sigils.esp
LinnRoom.esp
Litch King FX117.esp
Medusa and Drakul Armors.esp
Muiri Facelift Tavern Wench Default.esp
NiaOutfit - UNPB BBP.esp
normandy.esp
NoWaterTG.esp
selobl_DarkLillith.esp
Skull Armor.esp
SUNMagicArmor.esp
SwordDancer.esp
Thanatos Dragonx.esp
wjunlady.esp
World of Warcraft In Skyrim.esp
x117FightersPack.esp
X117FlatPack.esp
SexiSCupid.esp
SexiSDefeated.esp
LoversComfort.esp

 

[Vulon]

Looks like whatever female face-changing mod you're using is being overwritten by something. Is that Better Females by Bella? What other textures are being affected?

[Belial666]

It looks more to me like the features change,and makeup,don't look much diff qualitywise.Maybe two mods are fighting for mesh changes or something.

[SpyderArachnid]

So far, all I've noticed is the face change, nothing else. Like I said, it's a new game. I've made it as far as the Keep and left it there. But from what I've seen so far, everything else seems to be alright as far as I know (so far), just my face keeps changing every time I reload my game.

 

The only cosmetic mods I have are:

 

Better Females by Bella

Apachii Hair

Oblivion Hair Pack

Fine Face Textures for Males

Extended Slider Colors

Sporty Sexy Sweat

Tan Lines for UNP and UNPB by Kruaka

 

And of course the UNPB body. Otherwise the only other mods I have are listed above. I run an ENB mod as well, but that has never given me issues before like this (Stakado Cinemascope ENB: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/15425).

 

The only things I have done that are different from when I first had the game, is I downloaded Dragonborn. Like I said before though, I did a completely fresh install of Skyrim and Steam so I have no remnants of the old Skyrim I had installed (even deleted the folders from Games and AppData and Documents).

[Belial666]

How did you check load order,with BOSS?I tihnk someone said apachii hair is incompatible with one of the race menu mods,I don't remember which.Also,did oyu try loading the save without dragonborn enabled to see if it changes still?

[SpyderArachnid]

Yes I use BOSS to sort my load order. I'm not using any Race Menu mods. Only thing I use is the showracemenu alternative mod (http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/20394) which allows you to use the showracemenu command without messing up your stats.

 

Edit: And removing Dragonborn does nothing. I still get the face issues, so guessing that's not the problem.

 

Just really stumped on this. No idea what could be causing it.

Edited February 15, 2013 by SpyderArachnid

[SpyderArachnid]

Well after yet another reinstall, I found out what was causing the issue finally.

 

Children of the Sky. It is a mod that I was using to change the children NPCs to look better (cause the vanilla children are so bland). Seems the textures for that mod were overwriting Better Females by Bella.

 

So got rid of it and now everything is working fine again. But in turn, it rather sucks cause now I have to deal with the fugly vanilla children. :confused:

[Belial666]

Maybe try installing the better females after children of the sky.I tihnk COTS replaces female player character too,incase you wanted to play as one.

[SpyderArachnid]

Yeah I tried that a bunch of times before. It didn't work.

 

CotS adds its own textures to the game, but for some reason, all the races read those textures instead of Bella's textures. It doesn't physically overwrite them, as they are still in the same folder together. But ingame, it uses the CotS textures instead of Bella's textures.

 

I remember I had no issues with the old version of CotS and using Better Females, but for some reason when I downloaded the new version, it is now overwriting Bella's textures in game.

 

I don't care for the whole CotS race mod. I just wanted it for the children NPC changes. So if there is another version of it that just changes the children in the game without having to deal with the playable race, and it doesn't overwrite Bella's textures, then that would be great. But it seems it is one big package deal. Either the whole thing, or nothing.

[raventrigun]

If the mods were overwriting each other it wouldn't occur every time the game starts when the character was first made it would look like a low resolution face and never change if you overwrite a texture for the face. I am going to say it likely has to do with the save file and how it is saving your characters information.

 

When it is being loaded it appears to load something else.

 

 

Timeline:

-User Created Character (High Resolution)

-User Saved the Character (High Resolution)

?

-User Queries for Game to load Save Data

?

-Game Loads Data, Character Incorrectly Displayed (Low Resolution)

 

The problem is in the saving or loading of the character data. If a mod could be affecting this is unclear.