DareDemon666

Granted it won't look great, but it'll look a damn sight better than it does currently. I'm always trying to learn how to do new things though so maybe sometime in the future I will actually make it look like a crown or something but with 300+ hair meshes I'd rather not right now!   Thanks again Kastagir!

Howdy all, So I've recently noticed a minor cosmetic issue which I'd like to fix. When using many of the hair mods, the hair often covers most or all of any circlet that is equipped. It seems easy enough to fix but I don't know how. It seems like all I'd need to do is change the Y value of the circlet's positioning relative to the character, so as to make the circlet appear to sit atop the hair like a crown as opposed to around the head. If someone could help me out that'd be great, I've got a fair amount of experience with the creation kit so I can mod things via CK.   Cheers, DareDemon666.   Also if this works out I'll see about making it a publicly available mod, like a race menu plugin or something.

Thanks for the advice Kastagir. When I said crown it was merely to clarify the idea I was trying to get across. Perhaps some day I will look into remodelling the hair and such but that is a beast far larger than I am willing to wrangle with right now. What I'm after is for circlets to sit atop/outside of the hair as opposed to buried in it and I figured the way to do so would be to edit the Z co-ords - rightly corrected - and maybe the size/scale.   I have some basic knowledge of nifskope and blender also, which I suppose would be the right tool for the job so-to-speak   Cheers!

Sorry but that didn't really help at all ...

Hi, I need some help in converting an outfit to the right body type. The body I use is CBBE HDT and the outfit in question is one of the vests from SexyVests mod (http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/53864/). I downloaded the CBBE BBP version as it seems like the smallest jump to make in terms of creating a conversion. I however, am quite inexperienced at converting outfits. I am familiar with the Outfit Studio interface though. Some help would be greatly appreciated! Cheers, DareDemon666

Thanks for the info! Not quite sure what you mean though in terms of batch building. I was under the impression that you had to batch build in order to get all the armours and clothes to fit the BodySlide?   Nevermind, I understand now what you meant and I have fixed the issue! thanks for the help

Hi, Recently I decided to change my BodySlide settings. I opened it up, made my changes, built the meshes or whatever and then batch built the outfits. However in game though the changes were apparent the skin texture was all over the place.   I use the FairSkin texture, and have done successfully for some time to remove the horrible "hip seam" issue well known to cbbe users. However this time the texture does not seem to be in use as the hip seam is there as well as other obvious issues as can be seen in the attached pic. I've tried un-installing and reinstalling the texture and despite overwriting some BodySlide installed textures it has not fixed the issue. I have fixed this before so I know it is possible but I can't remember what I did   Please help me if you can. cheers, DareDemon666    

Ah okay, in that case I will look elsewhere for further help on the matter, thanks though!

Hi,   So I've wanted to create some of my own NPCs for a while as I've made several pre-sets for characters which I like. I Have absolutely no experience in this area however. I have looked for tutorials but they all seem to use ECE or CharGen or something. Ideally I'd like to create standalone NPCs but baby steps first right.   I use a whole host of mods but the ones that effect my character's appearance(s) are: SGHair, The eyes of beauty, CBBE + HDT and XPMSE skeleton. So I'd like to be able to preserve all of those things in the new NPC. I presume it is possible to make sure all the slider data from racemenu is applied to the NPC (stuff like height, weight, etc).   I've tried following other tutorials But I hit an impasse when they started using a tool/mod that I don't use. I'm sure the process is not too different in my case from other situations (like using ECE instead of racemenu, or 7B instead of CBBE) however I am so out of my depth that I can't problem solve these things at all. If someone could point me towards a good tutorial or perhaps explain what to do that'd be fantastic, and maybe then I can start making follower mods to put up here or on the nexus!   Cheers, DareDemon666.

Hey CPU not sure if you saw my last post or not but a bit of help with that when you have time would be great. At this point my first custom Follower is almost complete and ready to upload! I couldn't have done any of this without you! I owe you, DareDemon666  

Ok my NPC is complete now. I may make a custom armour for it in future but for now everything is in working condition however there is still an issue. In the racemenu pre-set the shape, position and size of the eyes and the size of the iris have been set to my liking but they do not appear in CK or on the NPC anywhere. Also the pre-set has a more distinct smile which also does not seem to have been taken into account. I've tried exporting the preset and importing again (I may have accidentally made changes to the preset after importing at the start) however that didn't change anything.   I know some things are simply not possible in skyrim but this is surely not one of them. Any ideas on how to fix this at all?

At the moment I am in the process of learning how to create custom, standalone NPCs and followers with help from CPU. CPU has been very helpful however he is a busy man and can't always answer my questions. So in the interest of time I put my problem to you, the community.   Currently I'm having an issue where the NPC in creation, lets call it 'X', does not display body parts when the corresponding armour is not equipped, for example: If X un-equips the boots X's feet will vanish, same goes for everything but head.  The body part is visible when wearing something however, for example: when X wears a cuirass any exposed skin (arms, stomach, etc) are visible.   I've done a few checks in NifSkope and the Creation kit to make sure the body parts are all in the correct slots and they are. I've tried using my normal skin textures, the default ones and new ones from both fair skin and SG. None of these have fixed the issue.   Here is the NPC thread: http://www.loverslab.com/topic/48854-help-custom-npc-creation-with-racemenu/page-1 The relevant part is near the top of page 4.   If anyone has any ideas I'd like to hear them. Floating heads are not exactly what I'm after! Cheers, DareDemon666

Since that's all fixed it's on to the next step of your tutorial, Hurrah!  

Did that, the slot for body was unchecked. It must've unchecked itself due to a crash or something but it's all fixed now!

Ok then, something to look forwards too! If you have any more ideas about the issue I've got with the textures then let me know. I can always google a tutorial if you dont have time to explain it to me.

Thats fair enough, I hope you've had some time to relax too though!

I'm back! and after a lovely 2 weeks holiday I'm ready to crack on with my NPC mod again. If I recall correctly we still haven't solved the case of the 'missing body'. Also if you've updated your guide CPU do let me know, I'll be the first to read it!

I am going to be away for the next two weeks so I wont be able to post (probably). Don't expect me to reply to anything until then  

Body slots all seem to line up correctly. The race for all the parts is set to "NordRace" just like the NPC.   

I'm not quite sure I understand that. I edited the NPC, removed everything from the inventory and default/sleep outfits are set to 'NONE'. then I clicked the preview full box and all i can see is the head and hair, everything below the neck is not there.   I'm not sure that I've done the first step though. You say do a preview but what exactly do you mean?

Ok so I downloaded and installed a new texture (called "Fair Skin" if I remember correctly) and tested in game to make sure all was working and the textures show up fine on my player character and NPCs as far as I can tell, however it has not fixed the issue. My custom NPC's body is not visible when its not wearing any clothes.

Aye, Skyrim be a finicky beast. Well thanks for trying anyway, perhaps CPU can help. Not a major issue but frustrating all the same! I will download a new skin texture and see if that changes anything, worth a shot right.

The values are listed as: SBP_32_Body, SBP_33_Hands and SBP_37_Feet. So everything seems to be fine there

I have loaded up the custom body in nifskope and i cannot see an instance listing for body hands or feet let alone the correct numbers for them. I may have opened the wrong file(s) or i might not be looking at the right thing? Everything is fine in CK though

they all seem to be checked. i have NordRace selected in the Race drop down and all the other playable races are highlighted in blue in the 'additional races' list.