Of course it causes the gray-face 'bug'; if an actor's exported facegen and their current headparts do not match, then you see a gray face. Changing an actor's race to make them a vampire is a method Bethesda rejected using in Dawnguard precisely because of this problem.
- Scroll down to 'dark face issue' This fixed it for me, thank you so much!!! And just to add a little info, I used the Skyrim Special Edition in-game mods menu to change the load order of mods, but then again - I have so far only used in-game mods (those offered in the in-game mods menu).
- NPC appearance problems, dark face and neck gap are so common, especially when we started to install multiple NPC appearance mods. To understand why these bug occurs, we need to understand where is the problem. There are 3 things required to change an NPC appearance: 1, ESP entry for NPC adjustments, which you can see in Creation Kit or TES5Edit.
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The dark face bug is everywhere and it's a big problem when you are creating new npcs in a mod specifically made for the PS4. This short tutorial is meant to help about that.NPC creation:
- create an entirely new npc from scratch, DO NOT DUPLICATE AN EXISTING NPC,
- in the actor form, in 'Template Data', in 'ActorBase' choose the model your npc will use and select 'Use Traits' (leave the other data alone unless you know what you are doing). Do not edit the base actor you have chosen.
Once you have picked up a base actor for your npc, all the data on the 'Traits' tab of your npc form will be greyed out so that you cannot modify them. Modifying them would create the dark face bug you are trying to avoid. Consequently, you'll have to be careful about your choice, especially if your npc must use some vanilla dialogue because you won't be able to modify its voice type.
In the example below, I'm using 'EncBandit04MissileNordF' as a base object for Griselda. In the preview window on the right, you can see that the face looks normal but the body doesn't look normal at all. Do not panic, this is of no importance at all,
- in the Render View window, your character will show a similar problem at the neck; here too, do not panic, this is of no importance.
What is important is the result in game. Here is what Griselda looks like in game, no dark face bug, no weird neck!
What existing npcs should I use?
Any npc with one exception: do not use the presets, they will have the dark face bug.
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Note:
Once you have finished, delete the 'Actor' folders that the CK created in Data/Meshes and Data/Textures. They contain unneeded face gen data.
Here you go, you are all set now!
Report this tutorialThis is a Skyrim bug unfortunately. There is only a temporary fix (nothing permanent exists, yet).
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It happens when you perform a race change on a NPC. You can usually export facegen data for a NPC and package it with your mod, but I cannot export facegen for all the NPCs in Skyrim (you can turn almost anyone).
- Enter the console with ~
- type: setnpcweight 50 (any value from 1-100 will do)
This will reload the 3D model and help them match again (or a lot closer anyway).
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UPDATE: I have scripted an automatic (temporary) fix in versions 6.8 and above. When you enter a cell it will attempt to refresh the 3D model of those NPCs you have turned. It is also scripted to occur every hour in game as you walk around. This should help alleviate the 'grey face bug', but you might see it disappear after a few seconds or after you wait. I have noticed that some NPCs cannot be fixed no matter what we do. Console commands and scripts refreshing the face are ineffectual for some models - perhaps they have unique textures beyond what average NPCs have.
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Better Vampires Grey Face Bug Fix by Sjaybird
Sjaybird has created a step by step guide to fixing the grey or mismatching face bug for Better Vampires. It should help if you want to try and fix things yourself.
http://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/topic/566543-vampire-fix-by-brehanin/page-1785#entry36457540
Sjaybird has created a step by step guide to fixing the grey or mismatching face bug for Better Vampires. It should help if you want to try and fix things yourself.
http://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/topic/566543-vampire-fix-by-brehanin/page-1785#entry36457540