rebelatnight Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 Hi So I went through every single mod available for DAO on the Nexus and only downloaded the ones I wanted for my fresh installation. Which still ended up being around 350+, but anyway... I installed each one as carefully as possible, making sure every individual file went where it was supposed to be, ran into some trouble with the Chargen compiler when two files ended up having unreadable characters that I had to manually tweak after going through 66(!) XML files to see which ones had the errors. I proudly launched the game and went into the CC for a new character. Aaaaaaaaaaand I'm having some blackface issues with what must be missing or overwritten textures. Almost all the presets I have installed have black skin that doesn't match up with the hairline and it just looks...odd. In the way that I can tell these presets aren't meant to be dark-skinned, but something has gone horribly wrong. The only character presets *NOT* having this problem are the Dalish Elf and Dwarf Commoner ones, aka, the only presets that have tattoos. I'm too tired right now to make any connections with that detail. I have so many mods for the CC and Toolset installed that it would take forever to list them now, and I'm just exhausted and about to crawl into bed since it's almost midnight where I am now. I'll post a list of mods that changed the chargenmorph file in the morning, but I'd just like some pointers as to what I messed up, did wrong, or may have failed to RTFM. TL;DR: Blackface and hairline discrepancies in CC, missing textures or something else I might have missed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theskymoves Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 (edited) Usually missing skin textures - either because they aren't installed, or haven't been added to the chargenmorphcfg.xml file - present with a shiny, silver-grey 'plastic-y' appearance. Is that what you are seeing, or is it actually 'black'? I'd first recommend carefully reviewing the prerequisites for the presets and making sure all of them are installed correctly. As what you are describing almost sounds like a tattoo texture issue... *speculation* And in any event, a list of the relevant mods (including the presets) would be critical to diagnosing the issue. Edited October 8, 2020 by theskymoves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebelatnight Posted October 8, 2020 Author Share Posted October 8, 2020 Usually missing skin textures - either because they aren't installed, or haven't been added to the chargenmorphcfg.xml file - present with a shiny, silver-grey 'plastic-y' appearance. Is that what you are seeing, or is it actually 'black'? I'd first recommend carefully reviewing the prerequisites for the presets and making sure all of them are installed correctly. As what you are describing almost sounds like a tattoo texture issue... *speculation* And in any event, a list of the relevant mods (including the presets) would be critical to diagnosing the issue.I've gone in game and gotten some snaps of the presets with the problem; I noticed a shimmer appearing on the Human Male's neck that was only really obvious when moving him around but couldn't quite get it in a screenshot. Watch this space for a list of the mods I've used; I'm about to go crash after a hectic day but at least this is something to go on and not just my own vague descriptions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theskymoves Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 (edited) Usually missing skin textures - either because they aren't installed, or haven't been added to the chargenmorphcfg.xml file - present with a shiny, silver-grey 'plastic-y' appearance. Is that what you are seeing, or is it actually 'black'? I'd first recommend carefully reviewing the prerequisites for the presets and making sure all of them are installed correctly. As what you are describing almost sounds like a tattoo texture issue... *speculation* And in any event, a list of the relevant mods (including the presets) would be critical to diagnosing the issue.I've gone in game and gotten some snaps of the presets with the problem; I noticed a shimmer appearing on the Human Male's neck that was only really obvious when moving him around but couldn't quite get it in a screenshot. Watch this space for a list of the mods I've used; I'm about to go crash after a hectic day but at least this is something to go on and not just my own vague descriptions. The 'shimmer' is the seam where the scalp/hair and face/head mesh meet. It's always there, in my experience... you are likely just noticing it because of the skin texture issue. And that really does look like a tattoo mask gone wrong. *more speculation* Or maybe a missing tattoo. Edited October 8, 2020 by theskymoves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebelatnight Posted October 15, 2020 Author Share Posted October 15, 2020 I'll consider this issue closed for now, since I just grabbed other presets and used them to overwrite the affected presets. Even the mod heavy ones I installed had no problems with anything missing, but these just...did? Anyway, thank you for all the help. I'll come in handy in case I run into any NPCs with similar issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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