cant get face textures working

[Deleted62161911User]

hello im getting into fallout modding i kinda know what im doing since i have modded skyrim but im having a issue i have installed a face texture mod but noting changes at all and i have tried both manually and using a mod manager to install them but nothing works its either my character has black face or nothing changed at all

[EldritchEquations]

1. Did you follow the instructions here as per creating/editing your Fallout4Custom.ini file?
2. Which mod manager are you using? It's usually not a good idea to install a mod manually unless the mod page specifically says so. I would also recommend Mod Organizer 2 or Nexus Mod Manager but not Vortex, as those are the two always recommended to me, and I have heard of some issues using Vortex.
3. Which face mod do you have installed specifically? Do you have all listed requirements installed?
5. Have you downloaded LOOT and used it to sort your mods?

[Deleted62161911User]

1. Did you follow the instructions here as per creating/editing your Fallout4Custom.ini file?

2. Which mod manager are you using? It's usually not a good idea to install a mod manually unless the mod page specifically says so. I would also recommend Mod Organizer 2 or Nexus Mod Manager but not Vortex, as those are the two always recommended to me, and I have heard of some issues using Vortex.

3. Which face mod do you have installed specifically? Do you have all listed requirements installed?

5. Have you downloaded LOOT and used it to sort your mods?

i have done the ini thing and i do use vortex so not sure what to do there and i used this which comes with both face and body the body works but the face doesnt https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/31965 and yes i have the requirements for it and no i have not used LOOT

[EldritchEquations]

Oops, looks like I accidentally deleted Question 4. Do you have any other mods installed?

This is a texture for CBBE bodies, but if you say you have all the requirements, that should be fine. Did you make sure CBBE installed correctly before you installed this?

I also see on the mod page that it says this is no longer being supported, it was last updated in 2018 and there have been multiple game updates since then, and your issue with the faces is a common one. Down the mod's description page it has an entry about the face bug possibly being caused by the wrong size textures, and that you need the HD DLC. You may already do this but I'd rather say something you may already know, which is always check the mod page and at least the first page of comments. The description and stickied notes will usually give you a lot of info you'd otherwise spend hours trying to figure out yourself.

CBBE should be installed first, and then this. If you attempted to install it manually before you used Vortex, you should make sure you didn't move files somewhere they aren't supposed to be before going and trying a mod manager. NMM is still upkept by the community, but unfortunately I don't have any experience with Vortex. I've heard Gopher on Youtube covers a lot of stuff about Vortex, his videos might be worth checking out.

I'd also go download LOOT and use it to sort your mods. It's not a catch-all, especially once you start installing a lot of mods, but it will generally put mods in the correct order. However, it may just be that this mod is out of date, or that the face bug issue was never fixed as I see quite a few folks in the comments there asking about that same issue.

This stickied post is a great guide to getting stuff in order, I've been using it for a bit and I'm even getting help for some problems myself. It looks like a very intimidating wall of text, but it's a lot simpler than it looks, and it has saved me a LOT of headaches. Hope any of that helped.

[Deleted62161911User]

Oops, looks like I accidentally deleted Question 4. Do you have any other mods installed?

 

This is a texture for CBBE bodies, but if you say you have all the requirements, that should be fine. Did you make sure CBBE installed correctly before you installed this?

 

I also see on the mod page that it says this is no longer being supported, it was last updated in 2018 and there have been multiple game updates since then, and your issue with the faces is a common one. Down the mod's description page it has an entry about the face bug possibly being caused by the wrong size textures, and that you need the HD DLC. You may already do this but I'd rather say something you may already know, which is always check the mod page and at least the first page of comments. The description and stickied notes will usually give you a lot of info you'd otherwise spend hours trying to figure out yourself.

 

CBBE should be installed first, and then this. If you attempted to install it manually before you used Vortex, you should make sure you didn't move files somewhere they aren't supposed to be before going and trying a mod manager. NMM is still upkept by the community, but unfortunately I don't have any experience with Vortex. I've heard Gopher on Youtube covers a lot of stuff about Vortex, his videos might be worth checking out.

 

I'd also go download LOOT and use it to sort your mods. It's not a catch-all, especially once you start installing a lot of mods, but it will generally put mods in the correct order. However, it may just be that this mod is out of date, or that the face bug issue was never fixed as I see quite a few folks in the comments there asking about that same issue.

 

This stickied post is a great guide to getting stuff in order, I've been using it for a bit and I'm even getting help for some problems myself. It looks like a very intimidating wall of text, but it's a lot simpler than it looks, and it has saved me a LOT of headaches. Hope any of that helped.

yes i do have other mods installed but none that should effect this one and i have installed cbbe correctly and i installed it with vortex first then manually and not to worry i didnt break any files well i hope i didnt but anyway i tend to make back ups when doing things manually and im gonna try LOOT but do you think you could send me a link to a face mod that should work and the mod i showed said it had a optional hd dlc version didnt it? or something of the sort because installing it i get options for it also sorry for the hassle

[EldritchEquations]

I'm not sure if it was optional, I just saw a comment in the FAQ about needing the HD DLC. This seems to be the updated version, and it has links lower down on the page of face textures that the mod-dev says work well with it. I'd make a personal rec but I don't use any face textures for FO4 so I don't really know what's "the" face mod most are using. I only use CBBE bodies because some armors I want require it, but I always go with the closest-to-vanilla option.

No worries about being a hassle, that's what this forum is for. If someone responds it's because they think they might be able to help so I've found everyone here is really patient. I'm a step beyond the "click and install" learning curve myself, but not by much, so if I think I can help with what may be a simple problem, I try.