Article #6 in a 12-part series.
*1 - Upgrade Skyrim with Mods
*2 - Skyrim Immersion: Environment
*3 - Pretty Skyrim: Elements
*4 - Skyrim Life
*5 - How to Install Skyrim Body Mods, Dual Sheath, and Animations
*6 - this article
*7 - Skyrim Gear 1: Clothing
*8 - Skyrim Gear 2: Akavir
*9 - Skyrim Gear 3: Light Armor
*10 - Skyrim Gear 4: Heavy Armor
*11 - Setup for Script Work with Bethesda's Creation Kit and Notepad++
*12 - Body Conversions for Skyrim Using BodySlide, Outfit Studio
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Oct 03, 2015 1.0, 2015/01/18 - Added Lunari textures and 2k and 4k versions of the 3 base texture options. 2.0b, 2015/10/03 - Updated to match Maevan's latest textures; Smooth Edition and Simple Beauty Edition support removed. Credits Thanks to BellaGail and Maevan2, upon whose textures this file is based. Mature skin texture and body for UNP(B) 7BASE CBBE Vanilla True Daughters of Skyrim SG Female Textures Renewal SkySight Skins - Ultra HD 4K and 2K - Male Textures and Real Feet Meshes DCE - Realistic Male Face Fair Skin Complexion HDT. Jun 22, 2020 Next, we will install 'Coverwoman' by mrLenski, which replaces all the faces for all non-beast races with high-resolution textures. The mod enhances the skin of the face, the eyebrows, lips and also the make-up. It also comes in five variants which gives you greater choice over how your Player Character, as well as the games NPCs, will look.
Skyrim adventurers need to look good when fighting dragons. Follow my post on beautifying Skyrim to help your characters look their best with improved scenery and lighting. If you’re new to mods or Skyrim, check out my first post in this series.
If nothing else, give “Enhanced Lighting and FX” (ELFX) a try. Some of my screenshots use “Seasons of Skyrim” ENB, but most are with a modified “RealVision” ENB and other mods listed in my “Pretty Skyrim” post. One technique to help light a character is to have the follower hold a torch. You may also use “Face Light” spells (2 levels of brightness) for gentle illumination. Think of it as like having a helper hold a reflector at a photoshoot. “Face Light” is an actual light, so remember to dispel it before sneaking or preforming criminal acts. Unless your intent is to get caught and look great in jail. Like in the real world, best results are captured near sunrise or sunset.
*Face Light by tktkInstallation note:
Here I share my choices on body mesh and texture replacers. For detailed steps on installing with breast-and-butt physics (BBP) or dual sheath support in the correct order, see my previous post. Swapping textures is safe, but installation and load order matter for custom skeleton and body mesh.Beautiful persons
I felt the original men were ugly with odd proportions and blocky features, and the women a bit better. My choices in mods led to more naturally proportioned men and women with nicer textures. No cartoon-like persons for me. Smaller breasts fit better for athletic warriors. Sitting and walking less robotic helps, too. Let’s start with faces since that’s the first thing we look at when creating a new character.
Above images show a comparison of same character in original game on left and with modifications of skeleton, body, skin texture, and hair applied on right along with a lighting mod. The eyes in the images remain the same. Her modified hair is “Superior Lore-Friendly Hair - HD Textures” which takes the same hairstyles and upgrades them with better textures for women and men, some styles with new hair clips. For alternative hairstyles, take a look at “KS Hairdos - Renewel” for hundreds of options. The improved flesh texture is “Mature Skin 2” with large-pore and medium-face-age options.
For better eyes, try “The Eyes of Beauty” mod which includes optional file for vampires. Not just great for screenshots, you’ll appreciate the improvement during conversations. In the above images we have Ezekiel, Sarah, and Jenna the Vampire all with orbs from “The Eyes of Beauty” mod. Player and NPC updates come in separate files for convenience. If you don’t like the “Dawnguard” vampire eyes, “The Eyes of Beauty Dawnguard Update” is worth installing just for the detailed vampire eyes. No glow, however. Uncheck Babbette.esp in your load unless you notice Babbette vampire has eye trouble. Your game may suffer a bug losing intended vampire eyes (flat glow color or back to hazel instead of red). If you don’t use USKP, get “Vampire Eyes Fix” mod.
Also check out “Lind’s Human Eyes” and “Lind’s Elven Eyes” for options of larger pupil and some interesting iris colors including variations of purple.
Add a feminine touch with “Circlet Replacers for Women” which replaces all female circlets in game including fit for different races. Below is “Companion Selene Kate” showing alternate choices. Her face texture, eyebrows, and hair are from Hello Santa’s “SG Female Textures Renewal”, “SG Female Eyebrows”, and “SG Hairs.” Her circlet is from “KDCirclets” by zzjay.
I like “Better Males” “YoungerFacesMergedWithMenByGeonix” face with “Beards” retexture as shown on my characters, Ezekiel and Regulus, below. For “Brows” I went with standard resolution since it’s four times more detail than original.
This one has HD face. “Coverkhajiits” texture replacers update male and female Khajiit in hi-res or lite versions.
*Superior Lore-Freindly Hair by skyrimmaguas
*The Eyes of Beauty by Gabriel Mailhot
*Vampire Eyes Fix by ZombieInc666 (if no USkP)
*Circlet Replacers for Women by Elleh
*Beards by Hvergelmir
*Brows by Hvergelmir
*Lind’s Human Eyes by Lind001
*Lind’s Elven Eyes by Lind001
*Coverkhajiits by mrLenskion in-game nudity
Body replacers generally come nude, but include underwear options.
Loin cloths work well for men, but in Skyrim the women get burlap bikinis. I think women should have skirts if not loin cloths, but that would leave them with burlap tops or bare. I’d be fine with topless character, but naked looks natural and more immersive. Nords bathe naked in the woods and aren’t shy when sitting in the sweat lodge.
TES II: Daggerfall included 2-D low-resolution, non-animated drawings of nude men and women, but Bethesda decided to cover up characters in later chapters. Even though TES V: Skryim is rated for mature, adult players, animated bare breasts would possibly cause an uproar in the USA. For some bizarre reason in this country, it is perfectly acceptable to view fictional depictions of extreme violence including gore, decapitation, and mutalation, but the public gets fussy over nudity including famous art.
I consider the body replacers, models, and textures for games as artwork. Not photo-realism. This is fantasy art. I fully support hard-working artists and enjoy their beautiful creations.Pretty women
Women in Skyrim need to look more feminine. Why should they walk like men? I didn’t want cartoon-ish or voluptuous fantasy-body women; I wanted natural figures. After reviewing a few screenshots, I chose “Caliente’s Beautiful Bodies Edition” (CBBE) with the Slim option. Other choices include CBBE Curvy and CBBE Vanilla. Another popular body replacer is “DIMONIZED UNP female body” (UNP) also available in Curvy (UNPC) or Blessed (UNPB) with mods for BBP available.
For a natural appearance, “Mature Skin 2” texture comes with options for older face, freckles, and body scars. Pubic hair choices are natural, trim, and bare. The screen capture below shows v2.11 on a Nord along with rain drops.
Your vampire character with “Dawnguard” DLC may suffer from burnt (darker) face with normal body causing a mismatch. Spending too much time in sunlight burns flesh, and transforming into a Vampire Lord and back is the cure. After installing “Mature Skin” if head is burnt but body isn’t, force the face normal by copying over a pair of face texture files. Replace the two femaleheadvampire files with the matching femalehead files located in Skyrim/Data/textures/actors/character/female/ folder. Or, don’t go out in sunlight.
I didn’t think body physics update would make much difference to gameplay, but after trying it I realized the subtle details really improve immersion. Many of the flowing hair mods don’t look as nice, though, so I’m sticking with static high-res hair. A beautiful woman needs appropriate boob jiggle which means none wearing heavy armor and some bounce when dressed in cloth garment. Body and outfit support for breast-and-butt physics come with several acronyms: BBP, TBBP, and HDT-BBP. Sometimes BPP only includes breasts and is usually the simplest model. I chose to build CBBE HDT for Slim.
To support BBP/TBBP/HDT, I’m using “XP32 Maximum Skeleton Extended 3” (XPMSE 3) and its requirements which include FNIS. As advised on the XPMSE description, install order matters to get boob jiggle working. Follow my tutorial which includes installing dual sheath and feminine walk.
Some leather armors and clothing come with (T)BBP support, and it’s possible to convert other outfits based on build settings with “BodySlide” using “Outfit Studio” converter.
The Dragonborn appears rigid and robotic while sitting and standing. You may fix this with simple replacers, “Pretty Female Idles” and “Pretty Sit Idle”. Both include choices with example pictures when installing using NMM. If you’d like the female characters to walk gracefully, you’ll need FNIS which supports many other animations. Then install “FNIS Sexy Move”. And no, not all walk styles are necessarily sexy. “Sexy Move” offers options in the MCM to ignore certain styles or remember walk style per character. I disabled the character-remember option (pre-v6.0 using “No need to remember NPC assignments”), because it uses number of coins in the inventory which seems like extra clutter. A different walk each meeting is fine with me. Version 6+ uses invisble coins to remember walk style.
Looking for improved NPC beauty? Check out the work by rxkx22 in “Bijin Warmaidens” and “Bijin NPCs”. Some of the characters end up looking a bit different, but many maintain resemblance. Lydia and Uthgerd, pictured below, still remind me of Lydia and Uthgerd. Installation options include entire pack or choose characters to update, and rxkx22 maintains older files for different appearance choices.
*Fores New Idles (FNIS)
*Caliente’s Beautiful Bodies Edition (CBBE)
*BodySlide to build BPP body or convert outfits.
*Pretty Female Idles by Dualsun
*Pretty Sit Idle by Dualsun
*FNIS Sexy Move by fore (run generator)
*Bijin Warmaidens by rxkx22
*Bijin NPCs by rxkx22
*Bijin Wives by rxkx22The men
I had more trouble deciding on body and texture mods for men. All are better than original so it comes down to features and personal preference. I believe I like “Better males” - “Sundracon” body mesh best. I find “FavoredSoul” out of proportion and cartoon-ish. Lover’s Lab (site includes adult ad images) “Schlongs of Skyrim” (SoS) has its merits, too. SoS supports “SexLab” framework, but it will work as a basic body replacer choosing the SoS - Light version. “DCE - Realistic Male Face” looks great with the “Sundracon” body with less seam. There’s also “Fine Face Textures for Men” to consider which includes texture update for the body to match.
The images above compare “Fine Face” on left with “DCE - Realistic Male Face” on right. Below is a comparison between SoS choices and “Better Males” - Sundracon replacer.
If choosing “Fine Face” install body first and add “Fine Face Textures for Men” (variant 2_0b seems nice) and overwrite the body texture file for seamless neck.
The male Dragonborn may enjoy a more natural sit position with “Pretty Sit Idle”.
Choose a body:
*Better males Sundracon or FavouredSoul
*SoS at LoversLab (adult ads)
Choose a face:
*Better males GeonoxFaces or YoungerFacesMerged
*Fine Face Textures for Men by Urshi
How about improved beards textures?
*Beards by HvergelmirAdvanced character edit
More variations and face sculpting may be achived using “RaceMenu” by Expired. More sliders mean more possibilities, but also more complexity. It’s easy to go wrong crafting an elven face. Easy features in “RaceMenu” include the ability to add custom-made overlays for body paint, makeup, or adjust colors. The above image shows an example using minor editing with “RaceMenu” on male and female Altmer (High Elves). In particular, I wanted to tone down the greenish hue to a more golden bronze seen in older TES titles. I added freckles from “Freckle Mania” and some body paint. Using mostly sliders, and minor spot sculpting, I kept the classic TES Altmer feel with a fresh appearance.
Check out “How to Create Beautiful Characters in Skyrim” at levelskip for some great tips.
*RaceMenu by Expired
*Freckle Mania by tetrodoxin
Article #6 in a 12-part series.
*1 - Upgrade Skyrim with Mods
*2 - Skyrim Immersion: Environment
*3 - Pretty Skyrim: Elements
*4 - Skyrim Life
*5 - How to Install Skyrim Body Mods, Dual Sheath, and Animations
*6 - this article
*7 - Skyrim Gear 1: Clothing
*8 - Skyrim Gear 2: Akavir
*9 - Skyrim Gear 3: Light Armor
*10 - Skyrim Gear 4: Heavy Armor
*11 - Setup for Script Work with Bethesda's Creation Kit and Notepad++
*12 - Body Conversions for Skyrim Using BodySlide, Outfit Studio
Skyrim and The Elder Scrolls are trademarks of Bethesda Softworks LLC. All other trademarks belong to their respective owners.
Article #5 in a 12-part series.
*1 - Upgrade Skyrim with Mods
*2 - Skyrim Immersion: Environment
*3 - Pretty Skyrim: Elements
*4 - Skyrim Life
*5 - this article
*6 - Pretty Skyrim People
*7 - Skyrim Gear 1: Clothing
*8 - Skyrim Gear 2: Akavir
*9 - Skyrim Gear 3: Light Armor
*10 - Skyrim Gear 4: Heavy Armor
*11 - Setup for Script Work with Bethesda's Creation Kit and Notepad++
*12 - Body Conversions for Skyrim Using BodySlide, Outfit Studio
Dragonborn always looked like a robot when standing or sitting, and have you noticed how woman walk exactly like men? It might also be nice if a secondary weapon shows on a character. New stand or sit idles are easy fixes, but dual sheathing or special body physics (boob jiggle or combat) require some extra steps.
Here I cover how to install new bodies, with or without breast and butt physics, new animations for idles or walks, and having two sheathed weapons show up on your character. In another post I cover my choices for body replacers, skin textures, and more on making characters pretty.
Keep in mind that some non-FNIS custom animations replace existing animations, and for each action you generally get one animation. Your character can sit in a different position, cross-legged or whatever, and will always sit that way with a few exceptions. I share a couple suggestions below under step H.
Dual sheathing, including shield or staff on back, needs a special skeleton. Boob physics (HDT) requires a new skeleton and supporting body mesh. I’m using XPMSE skeleton since it has both covered along with many popular body meshes. For best results certain requirements, including optional animation packs, must be installed before installing XPMSE.
Use a mod organizer supporting FOMOD, such as NMM or MO, to include install options. If you’re new to installing mods, see my first post in this series.Installation order matters:
These install steps are based on documentation for XPMSE by Groovtama. Follow the steps no matter if you want breast physics or dual sheath. I bet you never considered boobs and swords depended so much on the same things. You’ll want to follow the same order for hair and cape physics, too. This tutorial assumes you want HDT physics for body jiggle. Other pure-animation BBP mods also exist that don’t require HDT Physics Extensions.
Review the XPMSE description page for mods not compatible which include some HDT equipment.
After installation of other mods, you may review load order on this Google doc by the HDT Physics Extension team.Terminology
*body mesh replacer: the shape of the character’s body supporting animations given a skeleton.
*(T)BBP (Tender) Breast and Butt Physics. Uses animations (such as walking) for jiggle.
*BBP-HDT: Requires HDT Physics Extensions for jiggle reacting to character motion.
*HDT-PE: Physics Extensions supporting body, hair, capes, wings, etc using the same in-game Havok engine.
*skeleton: same idea as your body, but may include extra bones for breasts, belly, or butts. Hair and capes may have their own skeletons.
Note that some (T)BBP options may be pure animations without HDT physics. For these you need a supported walking, running, or combat animation that include bode jiggle. HDT body jiggles reacting to character motion using the in-game physics engine.A. Install first in this order
This example assumes HDT-BPP physics using the Havok engine which requires SKSE, XPMSE skeleton, and HDT-PE for original Skyrim.
*SKSE, available on Steam
*SkyUI (optional, but handy for MCM)
*Fores New Idles (FNIS)
SkyUI includes a mod-control menu (MCM) that some mods support to include options or more information. One of my steps below include using SkyUI’s MCM to select weapon sheathing options. Many body movement sequences and custom animations use FNIS. It comes with a generator that you’ll need to run whenever you add or remove a mod that uses FNIS. We’ll generate after a few steps.B. Install female body
For widest custom clothing and armor support, I recommend “Caliente’s Beautiful Body Edition” (CBBE), “DIMONIZED UNP” by dimon99, or SeveNBase. With extra work outfits may be converted to whatever you choose. The defaults are nude, but several include underwear options or search for prettier underwear mods. You may install new skin textures after this or at a later time. Boob jiggle requires a BPP body mesh. To add BPP to UNP, you have several choices.
For CBBE with HDT BPP:
*Install Caliente’s Beautiful Bodies Edition (CBBE). Choice of CBBE-Curvy, CBBE-Slim, or CBBE-Vanilla.
*Install BodySlide 2 and Outfit Studio by Ousnius and Caliente.
*Open BodySlide from your SkyrimDataCalienteTools folder.
*For Outfit/Body on top-left, choose CBBE Body HDT
*Choose your Preset. I chose CBBE Slim.
*Press the Build button at bottom.
Optionally, install new skin texture now or later. I use “Mature Skin” 2. Your undressed female characters have BBP, but clothing or light armor also needs to support when dressed. Crack detection matlab code for convolution.C. Install male body
Again, defaults are nude, but include underwear options. I like the “FavoredSouls” mesh option in “Better Males” best, but SoS-lite (adult site) isn’t bad either.
*Better Males comes in choice of “Sundracon” or “FavoredSouls” body meshes.
For “Better Males” if you want different body size than default, you’ll need to do some manual copying by moving contents of labeled sub-folders.D. (Optional) install custom combat/sheathing animations
I tried this out, but ended up not using these animations. Some animations are covered by XPMSE. The installer lists multiple animation replacements that you may pick with checkboxes. If you want one, best installed before XPMSE.E. Install the skeleton
*Install RaceMenu before XPMSE.
*Install XP32 Maximum Skeleton Extended 3 (XPMSE) by Groovtama:
Leave most of the options at default unless you have other mods that apply. The descriptions explain everything. Overwrite previous skeleton files. Note in general, XPMSE should be late in load order. When installing other skeleton animation mods, run LOOT or check your load order. Even if you don’t plan on using “RaceMenu” to craft your character’s face, I recommend using it for improved functionality with XPMSE and you might decide to play with “RaceMenu” in the future.
Note that some older help posts recommended deleting the female skeleton, but as noted in big, bold letters on the XPMSE page, do NOT delete the skeleton file.F. Install physics
*Install HDT Physics Extensions by HydrogensaysHDT
*Install HDT Breast And Butt Physics by threedeedevil
Note that older tips suggested adding a [HAVOK] section to your Skyrim.ini, but with latest extensions it’s been recommended (“Skyrim Stability Guide”) to leave as default with iNumThreads=1.
This is a good time to run LOOT, Wyre Bash, or similar tool to make sure the load order is good and XPMSE is positioned correctly (after any body plugins) according to Groovtama.G. FNIS generate
Located by default at Skyrim/Data/tools/GenerateFNIS__for__Users as GenerateFNISforUsers.exe. You’ll need to run this each time you add or remove a FNIS animation. Likely, you’ll need the “SKELETON Arm Fix” option. Gender-specific animations may need checking if using gender-specific animation mods such as “Pretty Combat Animations” by dualsun. Only include other options if you have the relevant mods.
If you load a game and your character stands with arms and legs stuck outward (t-pose), run this generator again.
Be aware that adding a high number of animations increases the chances of CTD (crash) when loading a saved game. Note the number the generator reports and aim for no more than a couple thousand. I recommend not including pose mods on regular play-through; load when you want to take screenshots and unload before continuing play. Workarounds include loading older save file first, or disabling unused animations from animation index text files and re-generating FNIS. Best to plan play-through around heavy-animation mods, choosing supporting mods for that theme, to keep the memory usage down.Skyrim Nexus Face ModH. (optional) Add new idle and walk
Let’s fix the robotic sitting and standing with some simple replacers. “Pretty Female Idles” and “Pretty Sit Idle” doesn’t require FNIS and replaces the default sit and stand with one of each among choices from the installer. Check each example picture to see which one you like including a couple combination poses which your character will switch between. “FNIS Sexy Move” changes how women walk. It uses a weird token system in inventory so each NPC will remember her walk, but you may turn it off in MCM. While in MCM, select which walks not to include and if to include while wearing armor. Some of the walks appear too exaggerated for me. This also changes the female run which looks a bit on the girlish side. Remember to run FNIS Generator again.
*Pretty Female Idles by dualsun
*Pretty Sit Idle by dualsun
*FNIS Sexy Move by fore (run generator)I. (optional) Dual Sheath Redux (DSR)
Before installing DSR, you may want to run LOOT, Wyre, or similar tool to make sure the load order is correct at this point paying attention to XPSME position as explained by Groovtama.
This mod will add a second weapon on the character’s belt, optionally put shield or staff on back. Consider that “Dual Sheath Redux” is a cosmetic mod, and that it may increase script activity with NPCs and compete with other area scripts. NPC shields on back may be disabled in MCM. Also, some custom weapons may not be supported. See the description page for details.
If you want “Campfire”, “Arise - Black Sacrament”, “War Within Weapons”, or other mods with “Dual Sheath Redux” support, install them now. If added later then run patcher again.
*Make sure you have Java 8 installed. If not, get it.
*Install Dual Sheath Redux using NMM or another mod organizer.
*In installer, check the box for Other Mods which will detect “Campfire” and others.
*Go to your Skyrim/Data/SkyProc Patchers/Dual Sheath Redux Patch/ folder.
*Run Dual Sheath Redux Patch.jar
After adding a new mod, run the patcher again. Naturally, the patch file must load after weapon and armor plugins. It may be easiest to keep the patch file last so as not to have to move it whenever running the patcher.J. (optional) Sheath style options
Some mods support alternate styles, but you may want other styles for other weapons. Do you like two swords on back? Easy. With custom sword drawing animation? Depends. XPMSE covers some, or if you did step D, you may have it. Keep in mind that these animations are 1-to-1 replacers, so changing them mid-game or having different animations for different characters may not happen without extra work. Using the MCM, you can let each character sheath their weapons in different styles.
*Open MCM and select XPMSE
*Select “Styles”
*Browse the weapon types and make your change. The screenshot below shows two swords on back selected.
*Check your character. If it’s not working, try un-checking Style Fitting Animations, check your load order, or find out if another mod has replaced the corresponding animation.(T)BBP/HDT clothing and armor
Select your favorite clothing and armor supporting your body type. It doesn’t make sense for armor to jiggle, except perhaps lightweight leather, or limited breast coverage, but most clothing should. If you customized your body, or chose a preset other than default, look for BodySlide files or create your own. If you’re using DSR, remember to run patcher after adding a new custom armor.
Here are a few CBBE-compatible mesh mods to get you started:
*Caliente’s Vanilla Outfits for CBBE (no BPP) to fit outfits to your preset.
*Omnisway Clothing Replacer - CBBE BodySlide BBP to update clothing for BBP with your preset.
*Gwelda Dawnguard Armor has optional CBBE-BBP and BodySlide files.
For “Omnisway Clothing” use BodySlide to pick which clothes you want to update, adjust preset, and build.
If your favorite outfit doesn’t support your body type or BBP, see my tutorial “Body Conversions for Skyrim Using BodySlide, Outfit Studio” (#11).Common issues
Check your character and NPCs for animation, custom idle, custom walk, and skin textures. If you find a problem, review installation order and mod load order. Pure texture replacers can be re-installed, and pay attention to file overwrites to achieve your desired result.Character stuck with arms and legs out
Ensure XPMSE skeleton is installed correctly. Run FNIS generate.Female vampire character burnt-face
The “Dawnguard” burnt-face happens after your vampire character spends too much time in sunlight and you’re using custom body texture.
*avoid sunlight
*toggle vampire lord
*or copy your custom femalehead files (2) over femaleheadvampire files in Datatexturesactorscharacterfemale folderNeck seam / mismatched head-body colors / dark vampire head
The problem may occur on just NPCs, only your character, or just vampires. Causes include mismatched textures (custom face doesn’t update body), wrong installation order, unintended file overwrite occurred, loose files leftover from old installation (removed mod) that don’t belong, or a mod missing updated face-gen data. You do not need another mod to fix neck seams. A neck-seam mod is a bandage leaving the source of the problem still in your data.
Note: using the console command on selected NPC, “setnpcweight 10” may temporarily fix the issue, but neck seam may return. This indicates a problem loading correct data due to extra loose files or mod conflicts.
*Neck seams or color mismatch: Check if your chosen face texture updates the body. Re-install custom body/face texture(s), or check for old loose files that need removing.
*Neck seam/color mismatch for just one NPC: check for mod updating facegendata file, or left over file from old mod. Try updating the face-gen data file for the NPC using Creation Kit: export with Ctrl+F4 on selected NPC.
On using Creation Kit (CK) to export face-gen data:
For Dawnguard characters, you may need to edit SkyrimSkyrimEditor.ini with bAllowMultipleMasterLoads=1 and bAllowMultipleMasterFiles=1 under [General] section.
*Open CK and select File->Data and choose any body or texture esp-plugins you may have. (yes to all on warn)
*Go to Character->Actors and race (for Hert, choose Nord).
*Type in character’s name in filter.
*Find character entry indicated by “NPC” tag.
*Select NPC entry and press Ctrl+F4. Say yes to export face data.
If many vampires have dark heads, also see “100% Working Dawnguard Female Vampire Face Fix” which explains how to copy face textures for all female vampire NPCs in addition to your character.
If you can’t track down the cause then reset to clean Data folder and install your mods again observing proper install and load order. Pay attention to overwriting files.One-handed blades not on back/hip/ankle
*In MCM XPMSE styles, try toggling matching animation checkboxes.
*Duel Sheath Redux with custom armor: ensure supports DSR; check if need a patch, run patcher.Skyrim Cbbe Face Textures SkinDuel Sheath Redux: shield not on back
*After installing new armor, or load order changes: Run the patcher.
*Happens occasionally. Toggle in MCM by unselecting, close MCM back to game, open MCM and select again. Or reload saved game.
Too many scripts updating nearby NPCs such as DSR and “Wet and Cold” may cause some updates to not happen. If shields fail to attach to back too often, consider turning off some of these cosmetic features in DSR and other mods.
Article #5 in a 12-part series.
*1 - Upgrade Skyrim with Mods
*2 - Skyrim Immersion: Environment
*3 - Pretty Skyrim: Elements
*4 - Skyrim Life
*5 - this article
*6 - Pretty Skyrim People
*7 - Skyrim Gear 1: Clothing
*8 - Skyrim Gear 2: Akavir
*9 - Skyrim Gear 3: Light Armor
*10 - Skyrim Gear 4: Heavy Armor
*11 - Setup for Script Work with Bethesda's Creation Kit and Notepad++
*12 - Body Conversions for Skyrim Using BodySlide, Outfit StudioSkyrim Best Unp Skin Texture
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