All NPCs are missing face textures

[Mantha065]

Every NPC has the white exclamation mark inside a red diamond sign instead of faces. I assume this means all the NPCs are missing their face textures. I've checked for file conflicts in both Vortex and FOMM and found none. I've done my best to organize the load order of texture mods.

I will put my load order below. If any other information is needed, please let me know.

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FalloutNV.esm

DeadMoney.esm

HonestHearts.esm

OldWorldBlues.esm

LonesomeRoad.esm

GunRunnersArsenal.esm

ClassicPack.esm

MercenaryPack.esm

TribalPack.esm

CaravanPack.esm

YUP - Base Game + All DLC.esm

FCOMaster.esm

Interior Lighting Overhaul - Core.esm

Vurt's WFO.esm

ELECTRO-CITY - CompletedWorkorders.esm

NVInteriors_Core.esm

NVInteriors_ComboEdition.esm

Blue Hotel.esm

enclavebunker.esm

Project Nevada - Core.esm

Project Nevada - Equipment.esm

CFWNV.esm

SomeguySeries.esm

Project Nevada - Rebalance.esp

Interior Lighting Overhaul - L38PS.esm

ELECTRO-CITY - Highways and Byways.esm

NVR-Strip.esm

VanessaFollowerNV.esm

Project Nevada - Cyberware.esp

KhanInitiation.esp

More Traits.esm

GRARG.esm

More Perks.esm

Project Nevada - Extra Options.esm

Th3OverseerCore.esm

MikotoBeauty.esm

YUP - NPC Fixes (Base Game + All DLC).esp

Unofficial Patch Plus.esp

Unofficial Patch Plus - Addendum.esp

FCO - Race Addon.esp

Mission Mojave - Ultimate Edition.esp

NVR-Version_10.esp

NVInteriors Addon.esp

Simply Uncut - New Vegas.esp

FCO - NPC Changes.esp

Project Nevada - Rebalance Complete.esp

Project Nevada - All DLC.esp

Eliza.esp

IMPACT.esp

dD - Enhanced Blood Main NV.esp

Project Nevada - Gun Runners' Arsenal.esp

EVE FNV - ALL DLC.esp

VanGraffOverhaul.esp

IMPACT - AllDLC.esp

MMUE-CP-EVE.esp

WeaponModsExpanded.esp

FCO + YUP.esp

Energy Weapons MERGED.esp

WMX-DLCMerged.esp

Weaponrebalance.esp

Weapon Retexture Project.esp

Simply_Uncut_-_WRP.esp

More Perks Update.esp

Blue Hotel (Esp).esp

DepthsOfDepravity.esp

Brighter Lucky 38 suite.esp

Centered 3rd Person Camera - Unraised.esp

JackpotAMR.esp

JIP Companions Command & Control.esp

Courier Vests.esp

No NPC Compass Ticks.esp

PerkEveryLevel.esp

Real Recoil.esp

1nivVSLArmors.esp

Russell.esp

ARESproject.esp

Headhunting.esp

NorthRoad.esp

simplyuncutdialogtopicmain5dlcCompatibilityPatch.esp

CFW-DLC.esp

Project Nevada - WMX.esp

Project Nevada - IMPACT.esp

The Storyteller.esp

MMUE-CP-Electrocity.esp

MikeBurnFire Complete.esp

Companion Sandbox Mode3.esp

A Better Veronica.esp

MMUE-CP-NVInteriors.esp

More Traits Update.esp

BillyV666.esp

NVR-NPCs.esp

PowerArmorRevamped.esp

HiddenBunker.esp

NVR-ELECTRO-CTIY_Patch.esp

BrigComp.esp

Wastelandthings.esp

VGO-FCO3.0-Patch.esp

SU-NV The March West.esp

Assassins v1 The Organ Harvesters.esp

CAGE 1.9.3.2.esp

CheckpointGary.esp

The Courier.esp

TripleBarreledShtgn.esp

DIM TYPE3clothesRETAIL.esp

Follower Home Marker.esp

The Mod Configuration Menu.esp

Project Nevada - Better Sprinting.esp

Project Nevada - Cyberware Additions.esp

ILO - PipBoy Light.esp

ILO - YUP Patch.esp

UnlimitedCompanions.esp

UnlimitedCompanions SCRIPT FIX.esp

Unofficial Patch Plus - Project Nevada Patch.esp

Project Nevada - EVE All DLC.esp

WMX-ArenovalisTextures.esp

WMX-EVE-AllDLCMerged.esp

WMX-POPMerged.esp

NVInteriors_Rewritten.esp

MMUE-CP-ILO.esp

Moddable Unique Weps.esp

ExtraFreesideGates.esp

The Courier - Patch for Project Nevada.esp

MojaveDelight.esp

MikotoBeauty.esp

Roberts_NewVegas.esp

Interior Lighting Overhaul - Ultimate Edition.esp

ILO - NVInteriors Project.esp

Better Game Performance.esp

NevadaSkies.esp

Total active plugins: 129

Total plugins: 136

[dubiousintent]

If even vanilla NPCs are affected, it sounds like you installed something incorrectly and are preventing the engine from retrieving their meshes from the FNV BSA files. Please see the 'Solutions to Mesh (Red "!" icon) or Texture (solid color) problems' section of the wiki "Fallout NV Mod Conflict Troubleshooting" article.

* If you have more than one mod that makes any change to the same record or set of records in the vanilla game, then you really need to use a "Merge Patch File" with that collection of mods. Please see the 'Third Rule: The Rule of One' and 'Merge Patch File' sections of the wiki "FNV General Mod Use Advice" article. When in doubt, create a "Merge Patch" file for your overall "load order" anyway. If you add, remove, or change the sequence of plugins in your "load order", don't forget to rebuild the "merge patch" file again.

-Dubious-

[Mantha065]

I used downloaded and used LOOT, and now I get the bug where the main menu loads, but none of the buttons/UI appear. Apparently that means the load order is incorrect, but because I have NVAC the game doesn't actually crash. I read through the guide and couldn't find any helpful info. What should I do?

[M48A5]

FCO, Mojave Delight and Mikoto Beauty all try to change the same thing, faces. You cannot have more than one mod changing the same thing. Problems occur.

You also have 7 plugins installed but not active. These will still be loaded into memory and could cause problems.

You are also pushing the mod limit of the game. The unused plugins should be uninstalled and deleted.

 

You mention NVAC, but what other files do you have installed but do not show in the load order?

[Mantha065]

I've had all 3 of those for a long time and they've never caused issues before. I'll try disabling one or two and seeing what happens though.

The 7 plugins I have installed are from Project Nevada's individual DLC plugins, and I can't seem to get rid of those without completely removing the mod, so I just ignore them.

I thought the mod limit for FNV was 200 or so?

 

I have a Heap Replacer mod, New Vegas Stutter Remover, New Vegas Tick Fix, and of course NVAC, and those are all that I remember. I can't seem to find any others, so I'll assume for now that that's all I have.

[Mantha065]

Update: I disabled Mikoto Beauty and Mojave Delight, and now everything's working fine. Thanks for the help and advice!

[M48A5]

The mod limit is a theoretical 255 files in the load order. The real limit is about 135-140, depending on your equipment. Anyone that tells you different is stretching the truth or not telling the whole story.

 

There is FNV Mod Limit Fix https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/68714 which also helped me with stability and fps.