Synth Settlers are floating head and hands

[DurictheBold]

After about 4 years I decided to revisit the Wastelands to continue my rein of terror. :pirate:

 

I am a long time "modder" over 20 years and I actively mod in both Skyrim and Fallout 4. Basically, I understand MO2, Loot, Load Order, etc. I also understand how to use the creation kit (FO4Edit). There is still a lot I don't know but I learn quickly. This is the first time I have asked for modding help in a forum but I am sure someone may be able to offer a solution I hadn't yet considered. Even better, someone may have experienced this before and knows a solution

 

Here is the issue.

 

All my synth settlers are now all floating synth heads with just hands. They have no skin or no bodies.

 

Background:

 

This occurred after trying to fix the rusty face bug a little different from the black face bug. The skin meshes did not match the bodies and I was seeing a neck seem. I eventually figured out I needed the HD graphics patch for the DLC Plugin which solved this issue. Now all my human settlers look great by now my "hidden" synth settlers have no skin or bodies. I tried reversing the process but nothing brings back their bodies. My game is heavily modded. I can sometimes average over 300+ mods. Currently, I have only +156 but I am trying for only the essential mods. This is already my second play through in the last 6 months but I have 1674 hours logged into this game. I can list all my current mods if someone requests it but I would rather someone tell me what mod they think is causing this bug.

 

I already tried the obvious solutions:

The first thing I did was try to recycle the actor by typing in "recycleactor". It recycles but they still have no bodies or skin.

I looked at the creation kit and I can find any mods that are modifying the synths settlers.

I tried disabling all my body and texture mods and I cannot yet track down which mod is causing it. There are some mods I can't disable or my save crashes. I know this is mod related because when I disable all mods the issue goes away. The problem is that I do not want to start a new play through. Everything else is working perfectly and looks amazing.

I already tried installing a skin texture pack but then my settlers faces look messed up again. If I had to chose between killing all the synth settlers or having to stare at a rusty face then it does not look good for the synths. :dry:

Ideally, I just want someone to tell me they have seen this before and know what is causing it and how to fix it. :cool:I am also open to new ideas or suggestions. Please do not tell me it's my load order unless you know of a specific mod that may cause this bug. Thank you and I appreciate the help! (I am hoping I don't seem like a pompous, "kwow-it-all ass" :laugh: ). Additionally, I am feeling a little guilty for not spending more any time in these forums helping others solve their issues. Maybe I will try to answer a few questions as well.

 

~Duri

 

 

 

 

[DurictheBold]

Update: Originally, I thought the settler data was corrupted or missing. I installed Better Settlers and thought this fixed the problem because I did not see it happen after a couple of days. However, the issue later started occurring again. I tried searching the Id's of the floating heads and traced it back to workshop framework. (I had tried to remove some of the NPC's it adds from leveled lists. Evidently, this caused issues.) The code is beyond me on some of the features of this program but it does weird things like change settlers to cockroaches. I reinstalled the program and it seems to have finally fixed the problem.

 

 

~Duri