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@zydar, I don't use pop civil war mod but I think siderarmf93's replacer for that will not replace it's armors. Just check the name of that civil war mod's esp, to be sure. Has to be similar to the mod it's suppose to replace. Edit: Managed to replace SOGS female NPCs with CBBE body & SG Textures. Also removed the tattoos. Also replaced male NPCs bodies with SOS. NSFW http://imgur.com/a/wnOkk   Edit 2: with Fair Skin Textures (Frea & Fura) http://i.imgur.com/LfGqE2p.png

Uh, well.. That won't work for me as I don't use some of them mods added. In any case, thanks for the share.

@ Zydar I didn't merge any NPC replacers in my set-up. I just left them to be single. I did try to merge them like what you did. Wasn't successful too. Got results with grey faces. Note: SOGS NPCs had finally resulted with a grey face for me. It was Gwendolyn from Battleborn farm. & it wasn't from bad load order/priorities. Checked SOGS folder & she doesn't have files. Haven't checked the esp yet but I'm guessing she's edited by it. I probably missed an update or something. No big deal as she's not encountered much in my playthrough. Could always just switch to NPC85 if I want her to look OK.

@yatol, would you mind sharing that functional esp of yours? Would be appreciated. I think NPC85, forsworn, thalmor, housecarls, bandits & companions would be ok to merge. DG & DB are best left separate.

@zydar Ok, np. I'm not using wrye bash merge patches in my setup. I only use the merge scripts mod, so I cannot suggest for certain how to fix your problem. I also intentionally leave out & not merge any npc replacers, leaving them single, so I can easily flip their order anytime if I feel like using one over the other. All npc relacer mods, even Bijins worked fine. No grey faces at all, as long as priorities & load order (with load after feature) are set properly. I tried more replacers now, not seen on my video feature. Men of Skyrim, BTRH Waifu & some individual replacers like prettier ysolda, more beautiful lydia & venetia serana - all worked fine. I even made a test of deleting/uninstalling some (replacers with no scripts & no custom bodies) mid-game & replace them with the others soon after - still worked fine, still no grey faces. Maybe you should not merge them if you want it to work properly.

@dtd, I gotta agree somewhat to what you're trying to say about LOOT as I don't always adhere to what it does. Using the load after function is actually the way to go if you're familiar with proper load order. It basically functions as the manual override to set your own load order preferrences. Kind of a tedious process but once you have it set & get the hang of it, it'll be good. I have over 250 active plug-ins, although most are merged into a single esp & now narrowed it down to 60. It still works good. LOOT can actually not be used at all as long as priorities & load order are sorted out properly. A mod manager is a must though.. I can't imagine running too many mods without it. @zydar That's great! Mind sharing that reddit link? & as a tip if you're gonna use jh dragonborn, ks hairs is also needed. Edit: Found a couple more NPC replacers: Venetia Serana - Pretty good face design. Has added scripts for revised combat. Seen her casting a bat swarm spell in my test. www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/66688/? Tiny Children (Girls Only) - Similar to the Tiny Serana Mod. Had missing textures in at least one girl from the riften orphanage though. Prolly best to get it on the next update. www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/66690/?

Hello once again. Just sharing a couple more helpful tidbits. I've already managed to make various NPC replacers to work fine together, even NPC85 & SOGS. Check this video I made about it: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TF8LUTnQZiM Just took guk's advice. Haven't noticed it previously on the initial post on this thread but it's actually the fix that is needed. Used LOOT via Mod Organizer to sort things out. No need for any editing anymore. Will work if mods are prioritized properly (left side of MO UI) in conjunction with assigned load order (right side of MO UI). & also use the "load after" feature while sorting load order with LOOT. So as an example: if you want NPC85 to take effect over SOGS, use LOOT sort, choose NPC85, click show only conflicting mods & then put SOGS in the load after box. Must use the SOGS esp instead of the esm for it to function right. Can also be done vice versa - SOGS takes effect over NPC85. Must also adjust priorities, on the left side of MO, so that it is below the mod you want it to take over, otherwise, dark faces may still occur. & also try not to use any esm plugins, if possible. SOGS esm was actually the culprit for the error I got when I tried to use NPC 85 & SOGS together before. Just only use SOGS esp & it'll be fine. The beauty of this technique is that you can adjust whichever mod you want to take effect anytime, by just adjusting priorities & LOOT sorting. Saves anyone the trouble of editing stuff out. Thanks guk!

First off, I apologize if this is already known but I just wanna share some inputs regarding total hdt bounce & collision effects on npcs with custom bodies - while they're naked. I now settled for the cbbe tbbp with alsl because I wanted the cbbe I love cleavage mod. To get npcs, like sogs, bijin, seranaholic etc to use hdt bounces - First, must already have hdt physics, xp32 skeleton extended, fnis, cbbe with tbbp & alsl body installed. Now manually replace the files in the npcs' meshes & textures folders with corresponding same-named files from these mods: - cbbe tbbp (meshes - body, hands & feet nif files) - alsl body (meshes - overwrite/replace the initially replaced cbbe files with it's body nif files) - cbbe texture of your choice (I chose SG renewal cbbe for my test) - body, hands, feet, head (not facegen data) dds files. Now install your preferred hdt bounce mod (I chose hdt bounce & jiggles) & sexy animation poses, after which, run fnis. You'll now get hdt breasts & butt effects with collisions for npcs with custom bodies. Exactly like the ones you see in them "breast caressing" animation demos. There's even no need for havok physics object. Other body types might work with same technique but I haven't tried yet. Have to note that the collision effects are full when them npcs are naked & not clothed. Seems my clothing mod didn't share the same effect of isolated collisions but it still had bounces & jiggles. Still ok for them SL adventures. Hope y'all find this helpful & happy gaming!

Yep, gotta agree. Maybe replacing the textures manually will fix it. Haven't really tried yet as it got a lot of folders. Most npcs have their own customization, having tattoos & all, but maybe it's just a single body texture replacement used by all characters like bijin & elisif/avelyn. Tested those 2 mods with UNPB TBBP meshes & SG or Fair complexion texture replacements & they turned out fine. Will probably work like it too. Edit: Holey crap! Fallout 4!!!!!!

@sulaco, that's great! Would you mind sharing your modified SOGS esp? & as an added question..doesn't SOGSv5 come with an esm? Are there edits in that too? Blue band on the forehead is probably because of missing/unprioritized SG eyebrows. Also, recently, I made a Jenassa troubleshoot by using SBF Jenassa because sidearmf93 mods uncannily doesn't cover her. Yes, SOGS does cover a lot but I think NPC85 covers more females because it doesn't cover the DG & DB npcs yet. Add the JH DG & DB & then it'll cover more. Also noticed companion Ria, Dawnstar miners, some wenches, female elven thane assistants, etc aren't covered compared to NPC 85. Really a matter of personal preference but also making it harder to choose between what replaces what. SOGS & NPC85 made some notable npcs spectacularly beautiful. Examples of which: SOGS Iona & NPC85 Carlotta are very well done, truly beautiful, IMO. On a side note, really glad the elisif/avelyn replacer worked too on top of them big overhauls.. The creator of that mod & probably even the bijin mods should make even bigger NPC overhauls, like NPC85 & SOGS, because I think those face designs are really great & very beautiful.

@sulaco: Ok, thanks. Appeciate it. Jenassa's glitch sucks though. I like having her as a follower too. Take your time & hope you can sort out her glitch along the way. Also, just wanna mention something about the SOGS body types.. I use UNPB tbbp with hdt loremonger bounces with collision. I'm not sure if SOGS is using that too or the installed unpb body is overwriting it.. but they do look good & very even. Also, SOGS still uses it's own custom textures, with them tattoos & all, & not my installed SG UNP textures, & like I mentioned: they looked good, very even & no imbalances. The hdt bounces worked well too. Whatever the case may be, I'm just noting that SOGS does work with hdt bounce with collision.

Just recently fully tested the sidearmf93 dragonborn npcs.. Everything works except for Frea. She has the dark face bug. Anyone else getting this? I'm beginning to suspect that the uskp patches are the culprits for npcs to have dark faces, especially with the unofficial dlcs. Even without any NPC replacers.. DG vampires, both male & female, has dark face bug in my game. In any case, SOGS Frea was good though. @guk, yeah sidearmf93 dragonborn is pretty nice.. but like I stated above.. I'm having a bit of a problem with it. I might just opt to use SBF Frea but any help would be appreciated. On a side note, I just now discovered in my game, that I definitely need to use a NPC replacer as DG vampires all have dark faces even if they're vanilla. Using replacers sorts it out. @bieboy, wow. Envious you got all them replacers working harmoniously. I think I wouldn't be able to make all them suggestions to work, as I'm not too familiar with such fixes yet. I'm still at a crossroad of having to choose between NPC85 & SOGS. Gonna share my thoughts on this: NPC85 - very nice face designs & has actually more NPCs replaced compared to SOGS. SOGS, on the other hand, has a very nice uniqueness in face designs, even with the anime feel, it's more contemporary like the bijin mods. Plus, it's standalone, doesn't need any required added mods. Wish there was a way to individually sort & pick faces to use but it's too much trouble I guess. Right now, I'm leaning towards NPC85 for it has more NPCs covered & the other sidearmf93 NPC replacers, like forsworn bandits etc, makes it uniform & using the added requirements makes it worthwhile. @camila, seems you have the SOGS teeth bug too. Thought I was the only one that had it. Some npcs do have uneven teeth that protudes while talking, making them have black spots around the mouth. Doesn't happen with all npcs, only to some. Haven't tried it yet but maybe some nexus teeth replacers can sort that out. Just prioritize it below SOGS so it'll replace them. Added notes on NPC85 & SOGS: SOGS replaces Serana & Frea while NPC85 does not. SH Dawnguard doesn't replace Serana while SH Dragonborn replaces Frea. & I observed SOGS doesn't work if you have Vilja follower installed. CTD'ed on my end. I think it has built-in replacer included for Vilja.

^Thanks for the screenshot confirmation. Guess I have mod conflicts with SH DG. Would've been cool to use all of sidearmf93's stuff but it's too much trouble to sort out & compromise my other mods for it to be used. Now tested both SH & SOGS.. leaning towards SOGS though. Less hassle, pretty good face designs as well & I don't mind if SOGS DG didn't have the generic vampires replaced as it had the main DG NPCs done all the same. Luckily, other SH stuff, like bandits & forsworn, can be used with it. Just wished SH didn't have other mod dependencies, unlike SOGS. SH Dragonborn replacer now has KS hairs requirement. Also tried to use NPC 85 & SOGS together but it didn't work. Had dark faces on NPCs that conflicted. Good thing that Bijin mods, SBF & some other individual NPC replacers worked. EDIT: Also, was unpleasantly surprised that JH donyaakin turned girl children into adults. Made them killable, have adult bodies (I used unpb tbbp with jiggles) & was shocked that they can be bonked in SL romance. Had very good face designs but I think will just have to settle with RSchildren by itself. EDIT2: & in case it wasn't mentioned.. managed to make SOGS, bijin & other replacers that comes with their own body types to instead work with my preferred female body type mod (unpb tbbp with jiggles animation) by copy/overwriting it's body & hands nif files (6 in total) to the particular replacer mods folder. Textures are optional to copy/overwrite as I used SG textures as a main replacer, placed as priority to overwrite all. I used MO, by the way.

sidearmf93 just released dragonborn npc replacers: m.blog.naver.com/sidearmf93/220362006462 Note: I also wasn't able to get DG elven vampires to work. Always turned out with them dark faces. Tried the suggested tes5edit fix but no dice. Noticed on sidearmf93's blog posts that several also had the same deal. Just wanna know if anyone was successful with it?

Hello, glad to have found this post & just wanna say I'm thoroughly enjoying most of sidearmf93's work. I'm currently using all his/her? stuff. I do wanna try the Vilja & Cerwiden replacers but I think both are in korean, hence, making all interactivity translated to such. Does anybody here know of an english plug-in? Any help would be appreciated.

Wow. Very nice work.

I just wanna say thanks for the mods.