Followers have Brown faces after awhile.

[swiftaloe]

so im finally done adding mods for the most part and started playing my game, but after about 30+mins of playing my followers i have with me get this brown face thing. closing to desktop and restarting my game Fixes it, but its kinda a pain to restart my game every 30 minutes or so. anyone have any idea as to whats causing this? its only the followers i have with me, if i go into town everyone else is fine.

 

LoadOrder:

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Skyrim.esm
Update.esm
Dawnguard.esm
HearthFires.esm
Dragonborn.esm
Unofficial Skyrim Legendary Edition Patch.esp
SexLab.esm
ZaZAnimationPack.esm
ApachiiHair.esm
Schlongs of Skyrim - Core.esm
hdtHighHeel.esm
TeenVoice.esm
RaceCompatibility.esm
Shark Race.esp
SharedSeranaDialogue.esm
SexLabAroused.esm
CreatureFramework.esm
GeneralStores.esm
notice board.esp
RaceMenu.esp
RaceMenuPlugin.esp
dD - Realistic Ragdoll Force - High.esp
dD - Realistic Ragdoll Force - Medium.esp
dD - Realistic Ragdoll Force - Realistic.esp
dD - Realistic Ragdoll Force - Reduced.esp
SkyUI.esp
UIExtensions.esp
SexLabDefeat.esp
AlynShirArmor.esp
SOSRaceMenu.esp
Dora AC.esp
SOS - Smurf Average Addon.esp
K2 HDT Boots.esp
KS Hairdo's.esp
NewMikanEyes.esp
NecroAnims.esp
Remodeled Armor - Underwear.esp
RaceMenuMorphsCBBE.esp
FNIS.esp
12FemaleBrows.esp
blessarmors.esp
EngineerOutfit.esp
Wintermyst - Enchantments of Skyrim.esp
Immersive Jewelry.esp
Remodeled Armor - Vanilla Replacer.esp
OCR-Fixes.esp
HDT Havok Object.esp
aMidianBorn_ContentAddon.esp
SexLabNudeCreatures.esp
SexLabNudeCreaturesDB.esp
SexLabNudeCreaturesDG.esp
Complete Crafting Overhaul_Remade.esp
Remodeled Armor - Vanilla Replacer - Dawnguard.esp
Hothtrooper44_ArmorCompilation.esp
Immersive Weapons.esp
Sacrosanct - Vampires of Skyrim.esp
RaceCompatibilityUSKPOverride.esp
Marriable Serana.esp
Marriable Serana HF.esp
HentaiCreatures.esp
TKAA.esp
More Interesting Loot for Skyrim.esp
Schlongs of Skyrim.esp
DragonbornEstate.esp
FrostvaleEstate.esp
KNM_Mour.esp
ElysiumEstate.esp
KNM_AcalyphaFollower.esp
follower wisp.esp
SL99Exchanger.esp
SpousesEnhanced.esp
SpousesEnhanced_Serana.esp
Maxine - Zombie Follower.esp
MF_RadiantProstitution.esp
_Elfdeficiency.esp
vMYC_MeetYourCharacters.esp
My Home Is Your Home.esp
SexLab Romance.esp
Unique Uniques.esp
ThaneWeaponsReborn.esp
Overknee_Ophelia.esp
Wahuku03.esp
wahuku02.esp
_ImoMegane.esp
SOS - B3lisario UNP Addon.esp
HDTTailsEquipable.esp
Clean Invisibility Effects plus Eyes Fix.esp
LindsHumanEyes.esp
SGEyebrows.esp
halfdragonrace.esp
Facelight.esp
TheCoenaculiCBBE.esp
SLAnimLoader.esp
AnubAnimObj.esp
dcc-mse-cowgirl.esp
FabLookEyes.esp
Black VIper's Will Non-Hoghheels.esp
Hothtrooper44_Armor_Ecksstra.esp
hothtrooper44_ArmorPatch.esp
TERAArmors_CBBE.esp
RichMerchantsSkyrim_x5.esp
Valerica_Follower.esp
Bijin Warmaidens.esp
Bijin Wives.esp
Monli.esp
SGM Marie Rose.esp
Desire.esp
Bijin NPCs.esp
Anabel.esp
Chesko_WearableLantern.esp
Sexual Vampire Feed.esp
Tiffany.esp
NW7_Tyrie_Follower_1.0.esp
MoreNastyCritters.esp
Rebekah.esp
SexLab Strapon.esp
Moolgogi Valerica.esp
Cute Serana.esp
LeftHandRings - Dawnguard.esp
LeftHandRings.esp
Ria_v3-2.esp
Size Does Matter.esp
Commonwealth Shorts.esp
Tiwa44_SpiceGear.esp
Dragon Lilly.esp
Better Claws And Gauntlets - Immersive Armors.esp
Better Claws And Gauntlets.esp
K2 HDT Boots - AMB Variants.esp
Remodeled Armor - Vanilla Replacer - Dragonborn.esp
RidiculousDelphine.esp
RidiculousCWElisif.esp
Leah Lilith Jewelry.esp
sr_FillHerUp.esp
NusbieVoices.esp
Apocalypse - The Spell Package.esp
RewardYourFollowers.esp
BladesBikini.esp
PSLacePanties.esp
Small Housecarls M.esp
Small Housecarls F.esp
raeza.esp
CanCho_YunsolFollower.esp
kimono001.esp
Ordinator - Perks of Skyrim.esp
Auto Unequip Ammo.esp
BS-TheHag_Overlays.esp
Eisen Armor.esp
N8KLittleCarmineDress.esp
AmazingFollowerTweaks.esp
XPMSE.esp
Alternate Start - Live Another Life.esp
Relationship Dialogue Overhaul.esp
RDO - USLEEP Patch.esp
RDO - AFT v1.66 Patch.esp
BecomeKingofSkyrim.esp
notice board - dragonborn patch.esp
Lusty.esp
FISS.esp
KhalSpellmakingMod.esp
 

 

[Redswift]

I found this on Nexus. It has a couple simple possible solutions, like setting the bugged NPC's weight at 35, and some more in-depth ones. Good luck!

[RW311]

Happening after fast travel/load door or just suddenly they lose tint?

NPC tint loss is often the first indication that varm limits have been reached, check enb memory settings, often times you get purple hair or pixelated skin but sometimes it just loads default race skin tint settings.

Otherwise, and probably more likely is mod or mods conflicting with data that facegen mesh and textures are installed from.

Open console, click on npc it should tell you name of esp that made last change to npc, verify that this esp file is the mod that also contains the facegen mesh and textures for this npc and that those files were not overwritten or modified. If you have conflicting npc data it often cause brown heads when any updates are made/ cell changes, player character update, etc...

[swiftaloe]

2 hours ago, RW311 said:

Happening after fast travel/load door or just suddenly they lose tint?

NPC tint loss is often the first indication that varm limits have been reached, check enb memory settings, often times you get purple hair or pixelated skin but sometimes it just loads default race skin tint settings.

Otherwise, and probably more likely is mod or mods conflicting with data that facegen mesh and textures are installed from.

Open console, click on npc it should tell you name of esp that made last change to npc, verify that this esp file is the mod that also contains the facegen mesh and textures for this npc and that those files were not overwritten or modified. If you have conflicting npc data it often cause brown heads when any updates are made/ cell changes, player character update, etc...

ya so far its been after entering a new space cave/whiterun. i uninstalled the ENB i was using and going to try with just "i cant believe its not an ENB" and ENBoost. if it happens again ill try checking the npc to see if its a conflict. now that i think about it i probably shouldent have installed an ENB with 8gb or Ram and 1GB from my Gpu?

[Grey Cloud]

1GB of VRAM  - You need to follow the S.T.E.P guide, including ENBoost setup, to get yourself a stable game.

 

Just some quick points.

You do not need any of the Realistic Ragdoll esps as you are using XPMSE skeleton. You only needded one of them even if you weren't using that skeleton.

 

You don't need SL Nude Creatures if you are using the latest MNC.

 

That is 7 esps less right there.

 

Wintermyst has been succeeded by Summermyst.

 

Try 'Equip More Rings' instead of LH rings. That'll save another esp.

 

HDT will hammer your installation and resources.

 

How many armour mods do you need?

 

How many player homes?

 

Cut your coat according to your cloth. ?

[swiftaloe]

48 minutes ago, Grey Cloud said:

1GB of VRAM  - You need to follow the S.T.E.P guide, including ENBoost setup, to get yourself a stable game.

 

Just some quick points.

You do not need any of the Realistic Ragdoll esps as you are using XPMSE skeleton. You only needded one of them even if you weren't using that skeleton.

 

You don't need SL Nude Creatures if you are using the latest MNC.

 

That is 7 esps less right there.

 

Wintermyst has been succeeded by Summermyst.

 

Try 'Equip More Rings' instead of LH rings. That'll save another esp.

 

HDT will hammer your installation and resources.

 

How many armour mods do you need?

 

How many player homes?

 

Cut your coat according to your cloth. ?

thanks for the tips, i did follow the s.t.e.p guide when installing the enb, i hade a kinda stable game with 40+ fps. 

but i seem to have caused an issue when i uninstalled the ENB and installed ICBINE im getting "failed to initialize renderer" and my resolutions are normal  i reset my ini files to so idk whats going on. uninstalled ICBINE3 and the mods it requierd. error is gone.

[swiftaloe]

ok so after playing around with my mods and getting a more stable game i finally got the brown faces to pop up. the last mod to mess with lydia is the right one (the small housecarls mod) so idk. if it is a memory issue, is there anything i can do? all im running right now is ENBoost. i dont have any enb or graphic mods installed anymore. the game did set my default settings to ultra, ill try setting them to high and see if that helps.

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[PlayerKiller]

Seems like you are still running low on memory. What is your default skin and does it ever go brown? If not you might want to replace the textures of the Small housecarls mod with something you can run without issue. I looked at the textures used in that mod and while they aren't too taxing I'm pretty sure they won't play nice with 1GB, if something has to go try replacing the normal maps(_msn.dds) and the tone maps(_sk.dds) with something more performance friendly.

[Grey Cloud]

Post your new load order.

[Nagib]

The brown/black face is when low on memory.

4k textures and so on.

 

Just tone down a bit on that follower. Replace her textures with 2k or less.

[Pauduan]

I used to get that bug when running a lowly HD7750 with 1GB memory. It happened quite often, actually.

 

You have to optimise a lot to get acceptable performance with poor hardware. Forget ENB, use SweetFX or a Reshade with very little effects, but best stick with vanilla and use graphics card and monitor controls to improve contrast/saturation levels.

 

I had managed to get 40+fps in outdoor with SweetFX but lemme tell you, it was very, very tough to get it there and even then I had texture issues sometimes. Now I alternate between a RX580 and a GTX1080 and have no issues like this, but I still do have the data folder backup of the 7750 installation (I back up every data folder, my version of mod management). It is literally one-fifth the size of my current install and has a very short mod list.

 

Here's what you need to do:

 

1. Use DDSOpt or Ordenador to compress and optimise all textures. Nothing bigger than 1k for anything at all. You can use 2k normal maps or else you might get ugly shadow banding on the skin. You do need to learn a bit about where everything is kept and stored to effectively perform this operation - but it's what helped me the most when I started with this game.

 

2. Turn shadows to 'low' in the launcher and manually tweak the skyrimprefs.ini to remove self shadows. To reduce shadow flicker, max out the shadow blur as well (you can find these tweaks on the nVidia forums). Skyrim shadows are both performance-hungry and ugly, I don't know how they managed that. Oblivion had 1000% better shadows (and ran fine on ultra settings with the same card, but I digress).

 

3. Turn off AA, but keep AF at x4 or x8 setting. Tweak view sliders to reduce stress on the card - shorter view distances will help the texture memory keep up with the load. If you keep the launcher settings and hope the one-button solution fixes it, forget it. The game sets my RX580 to Very Low by default, and the 7750 used to default to Ultra where it choked. You have to be able to tweak each setting yourself, and you can make the game playable on low-end hardware just fine.

 

4. If you're installing a custom follower, run your texture optimiser once before launching the game, as a lot of these followers come with high-resolution textures. Same for armors, weapons and outfits.

[Nagib]

43 minutes ago, Pauduan said:

I used to get that bug when running a lowly HD7750 with 1GB memory. It happened quite often, actually.

 

You have to optimise a lot to get acceptable performance with poor hardware. Forget ENB, use SweetFX or a Reshade with very little effects, but best stick with vanilla and use graphics card and monitor controls to improve contrast/saturation levels.

 

I had managed to get 40+fps in outdoor with SweetFX but lemme tell you, it was very, very tough to get it there and even then I had texture issues sometimes. Now I alternate between a RX580 and a GTX1080 and have no issues like this, but I still do have the data folder backup of the 7750 installation (I back up every data folder, my version of mod management). It is literally one-fifth the size of my current install and has a very short mod list.

 

Here's what you need to do:

 

1. Use DDSOpt or Ordenador to compress and optimise all textures. Nothing bigger than 1k for anything at all. You can use 2k normal maps or else you might get ugly shadow banding on the skin. You do need to learn a bit about where everything is kept and stored to effectively perform this operation - but it's what helped me the most when I started with this game.

 

2. Turn shadows to 'low' in the launcher and manually tweak the skyrimprefs.ini to remove self shadows. To reduce shadow flicker, max out the shadow blur as well (you can find these tweaks on the nVidia forums). Skyrim shadows are both performance-hungry and ugly, I don't know how they managed that. Oblivion had 1000% better shadows (and ran fine on ultra settings with the same card, but I digress).

 

3. Turn off AA, but keep AF at x4 or x8 setting. Tweak view sliders to reduce stress on the card - shorter view distances will help the texture memory keep up with the load. If you keep the launcher settings and hope the one-button solution fixes it, forget it. The game sets my RX580 to Very Low by default, and the 7750 used to default to Ultra where it choked. You have to be able to tweak each setting yourself, and you can make the game playable on low-end hardware just fine.

 

4. If you're installing a custom follower, run your texture optimiser once before launching the game, as a lot of these followers come with high-resolution textures. Same for armors, weapons and outfits.

Yes. Yes. And one more yes to this guy.

Only thing, I would keep FXAA switched on, I think that its edge blurring is very FPS friendly and it covers ugly ladders that are otherwise visible on plants, fences, trees, etc.

[swiftaloe]

ok so thanks for the reply's. weird thing tho if its a memory thing will it fix itself without me closing the game? Lydia got her chocolate face again but i just wanted to play so i dident restart the game. about 20min later i walked over to her to have her hold a thing and her face was back to normal..

 

23 hours ago, PlayerKiller said:

Seems like you are still running low on memory. What is your default skin and does it ever go brown? If not you might want to replace the textures of the Small housecarls mod with something you can run without issue. I looked at the textures used in that mod and while they aren't too taxing I'm pretty sure they won't play nice with 1GB, if something has to go try replacing the normal maps(_msn.dds) and the tone maps(_sk.dds) with something more performance friendly.

were would i get these performance friendly normal/tone maps got any recommendations? i use fair skin but i think most of my follower mods are standalone kinda things so they have there own files, were would i install them?

 

 

22 hours ago, Grey Cloud said:

Post your new load order.

 

My new load order

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Skyrim.esm
Update.esm
Dawnguard.esm
HearthFires.esm
Dragonborn.esm
Unofficial Skyrim Legendary Edition Patch.esp
SexLab.esm
ApachiiHair.esm
Schlongs of Skyrim - Core.esm
hdtHighHeel.esm
TeenVoice.esm
RaceCompatibility.esm
SharedSeranaDialogue.esm
SexLabAroused.esm
CreatureFramework.esm
notice board.esp
ZaZAnimationPack.esm
GeneralStores.esm
RaceMenu.esp
RaceMenuPlugin.esp
SkyUI.esp
UIExtensions.esp
SexLabDefeat.esp
AlynShirArmor.esp
SOSRaceMenu.esp
Dora AC.esp
SOS - Smurf Average Addon.esp
K2 HDT Boots.esp
KS Hairdo's.esp
NewMikanEyes.esp
NecroAnims.esp
RaceMenuMorphsCBBE.esp
FNIS.esp
12FemaleBrows.esp
blessarmors.esp
EngineerOutfit.esp
Relationship Dialogue Overhaul.esp
Summermyst - Enchantments of Skyrim.esp
Immersive Jewelry.esp
Skyrim Immersive Creatures.esp
HDT Havok Object.esp
aMidianBorn_ContentAddon.esp
Complete Crafting Overhaul_Remade.esp
Skyrim Immersive Creatures - DLC2.esp
Hothtrooper44_ArmorCompilation.esp
Immersive Weapons.esp
Sacrosanct - Vampires of Skyrim.esp
RaceCompatibilityUSKPOverride.esp
TKAA.esp
BecomeKingofSkyrim.esp
Marriable Serana.esp
Marriable Serana HF.esp
DragonbornEstate.esp
FrostvaleEstate.esp
More Interesting Loot for Skyrim.esp
Schlongs of Skyrim.esp
KNM_Mour.esp
ElysiumEstate.esp
KNM_AcalyphaFollower.esp
follower wisp.esp
SL99Exchanger.esp
Equip more Rings (2)_EN.esp
SpousesEnhanced.esp
SpousesEnhanced_Serana.esp
Maxine - Zombie Follower.esp
MF_RadiantProstitution.esp
_Elfdeficiency.esp
vMYC_MeetYourCharacters.esp
notice board - dragonborn patch.esp
SexLab Romance.esp
Unique Uniques.esp
ThaneWeaponsReborn.esp
Overknee_Ophelia.esp
Wahuku03.esp
wahuku02.esp
_ImoMegane.esp
SOS - B3lisario UNP Addon.esp
LindsHumanEyes.esp
SGEyebrows.esp
Facelight.esp
TheCoenaculiCBBE.esp
SLAnimLoader.esp
AnubAnimObj.esp
FabLookEyes.esp
Black VIper's Will Non-Hoghheels.esp
Hothtrooper44_Armor_Ecksstra.esp
hothtrooper44_ArmorPatch.esp
TERAArmors_CBBE.esp
RichMerchantsSkyrim_x5.esp
Valerica_Follower.esp
Bijin Warmaidens.esp
Bijin Wives.esp
SGM Marie Rose.esp
Desire.esp
Bijin NPCs.esp
Anabel.esp
Chesko_WearableLantern.esp
Sexual Vampire Feed.esp
Tiffany.esp
NW7_Tyrie_Follower_1.0.esp
Rebekah.esp
SexLab Strapon.esp
Moolgogi Valerica.esp
Cute Serana.esp
Ria_v3-2.esp
Commonwealth Shorts.esp
Tiwa44_SpiceGear.esp
Dragon Lilly.esp
Better Claws And Gauntlets - Immersive Armors.esp
Better Claws And Gauntlets.esp
K2 HDT Boots - AMB Variants.esp
RidiculousDelphine.esp
RidiculousCWElisif.esp
Leah Lilith Jewelry.esp
sr_FillHerUp.esp
NusbieVoices.esp
Apocalypse - The Spell Package.esp
RewardYourFollowers.esp
BladesBikini.esp
PSLacePanties.esp
Small Housecarls M.esp
Small Housecarls F.esp
raeza.esp
CanCho_YunsolFollower.esp
kimono001.esp
Ordinator - Perks of Skyrim.esp
Auto Unequip Ammo.esp
Eisen Armor.esp
N8KLittleCarmineDress.esp
XPMSE.esp
FISS.esp
BDIC.esp
Dual Sheath Redux.esp
AmazingFollowerTweaks.esp
RDO - AFT v1.66 Patch.esp
RDO - USLEEP Patch.esp
Alternate Start - Live Another Life.esp
Size Does Matter.esp
Dual Sheath Redux Patch.esp
MoreNastyCritters.esp
Noir_guard1.esp
Tiwa44_Minidresses.esp
Tiwa44_Minidresses_Dragonborn.esp
My Home Is Your Home.esp
IndividualizedShoutCooldowns.esp
NoRadialBlur.esp
Insignificant Object Remover.esp
Tame Beast.esp
HearthfireMultiKid.esp
HearthfireMultiKid_LastName.esp

 

20 hours ago, Pauduan said:

I used to get that bug when running a lowly HD7750 with 1GB memory. It happened quite often, actually.

 

You have to optimise a lot to get acceptable performance with poor hardware. Forget ENB, use SweetFX or a Reshade with very little effects, but best stick with vanilla and use graphics card and monitor controls to improve contrast/saturation levels.

 

I had managed to get 40+fps in outdoor with SweetFX but lemme tell you, it was very, very tough to get it there and even then I had texture issues sometimes. Now I alternate between a RX580 and a GTX1080 and have no issues like this, but I still do have the data folder backup of the 7750 installation (I back up every data folder, my version of mod management). It is literally one-fifth the size of my current install and has a very short mod list.

 

Here's what you need to do:

 

1. Use DDSOpt or Ordenador to compress and optimise all textures. Nothing bigger than 1k for anything at all. You can use 2k normal maps or else you might get ugly shadow banding on the skin. You do need to learn a bit about where everything is kept and stored to effectively perform this operation - but it's what helped me the most when I started with this game.

 

2. Turn shadows to 'low' in the launcher and manually tweak the skyrimprefs.ini to remove self shadows. To reduce shadow flicker, max out the shadow blur as well (you can find these tweaks on the nVidia forums). Skyrim shadows are both performance-hungry and ugly, I don't know how they managed that. Oblivion had 1000% better shadows (and ran fine on ultra settings with the same card, but I digress).

 

3. Turn off AA, but keep AF at x4 or x8 setting. Tweak view sliders to reduce stress on the card - shorter view distances will help the texture memory keep up with the load. If you keep the launcher settings and hope the one-button solution fixes it, forget it. The game sets my RX580 to Very Low by default, and the 7750 used to default to Ultra where it choked. You have to be able to tweak each setting yourself, and you can make the game playable on low-end hardware just fine.

 

4. If you're installing a custom follower, run your texture optimiser once before launching the game, as a lot of these followers come with high-resolution textures. Same for armors, weapons and outfits.

im not using an ENB im using ENBoost its different. sweetFX crashes my game.

so im running 40-60 FPS most times

1. ill try DDSOpt now, but can i use https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/57353?tab=files  ?

2. shadows are on low

3. i hade AA off and AF at 4, i just lowerd view sliders a little tho.

 

21 hours ago, Nagib said:

The brown/black face is when low on memory.

4k textures and so on.

 

Just tone down a bit on that follower. Replace her textures with 2k or less.

if there is a 2k option for a follower i download it. i cant really see much difference between 2k and 4k anyways

the main thing is for like small housecarls, they are using a custom body i think and i dont think i can just slap any texture on it.

[Pauduan]

There are only two kinds of body textures in the world of Skyrim modding, those that are based on the UNP UV map (which is also compatible with vanilla body) and the other on the CBBE UV map.

 

Every follower ever made has a body that is compatible with one or the other type of texture, because there are only these two kinds of bodies at the present moment. Almost any new body will also only be based on one of these two, and the body type will almost always be mentioned in the mod description. This allows us to (for example) mix normal, diffuse and specular maps to create very unique texture sets. And yes, I can slap them on in any combination I want as long as I use those that are designed for the correct body type - within reason, of course!

 

Obviously this specific mod has the issue of child-like characteristics so the body discussion will never actually surface in public - and you will anyway not be able to see the difference because the ugly bits resulting from any incorrect texture swap will be hidden by the dress - so even a 'wrong' texture may look fine.

 

In any case Ordenador has the option to resize all textures, you can simply use an exclude flag for *_msn.dds which will exclude the normal maps.

 

Good Luck. I know it's tough trying to optimise for a low-end setup but once you do, the knowledge gained will help you achieve very good results on more powerful machines as well.

 

Edit: just so you know, 2K is significantly more than Skyrim's default textures, IIRC most of the textures are either 512x512 or 1024x1024. I think the face textures for example are 128x128. So when Skyrim defaults to Ultra, that's what it assumes. A 2048x2048 texture uses four times the Vram of a 1024x1024, per rendered frame - and there are a number of these per second. It adds up pretty darn quick, so don't think 2k is Vram friendly 'cause it's not.

[Grey Cloud]

Alternate Start is still too far up the load for me.

 

You have 1GB of VRAM, there is no getting around this. Using ENBoost will help and reducing texture sizes will help but only so far. Installing mods which add lots of content to the game will not help, e.g. SIC, BKOS, player homes, followers, etc.

 

The brown face is not a problem with Lydia as such; the problem is with VRAM. Lydia just happened to be at the back of the queue and missed out. Next time you enter the area she is in a different place in the queue and gets a face.

 

I would say that you have 3 options.

1. Upgrade your hardware.

2. Remove a lot of those mods.

3. Spend a lot of time learning how to reduce the strain on your game and lots of time implementing those changes.

[swiftaloe]

2 hours ago, Grey Cloud said:

Alternate Start is still too far up the load for me.

 

You have 1GB of VRAM, there is no getting around this. Using ENBoost will help and reducing texture sizes will help but only so far. Installing mods which add lots of content to the game will not help, e.g. SIC, BKOS, player homes, followers, etc.

 

The brown face is not a problem with Lydia as such; the problem is with VRAM. Lydia just happened to be at the back of the queue and missed out. Next time you enter the area she is in a different place in the queue and gets a face.

 

I would say that you have 3 options.

1. Upgrade your hardware.

2. Remove a lot of those mods.

3. Spend a lot of time learning how to reduce the strain on your game and lots of time implementing those changes.

thanks for the quick reply, im removing alot of the followers i had installed and houses im not using, honestly im probably never going to use them....idk why i have so many installed. SIC im gona try to keep since i do play with Beast animations//SL mods alot. uninstalled BKOS. were should i drop Alternate start to? an upgrade to my GPU is planed but not anytime soon. another thing i have alot of that i should prob cut back on is armor mods

[Grey Cloud]

59 minutes ago, swiftaloe said:

idk why i have so many installed

We've all been there.

By all means keep SIC if it is one of your favourite mods (I use it myself). Get rid of what you can. I wouldn't bother trying to move Alt Start, just keep uninstalling the mods you can and run LOOT every time and see what happens.

 

Keep in my that you wont completely eradicate your problems. I have a 4GB card yet I still get texture issues, mostly because I have a lot of extra NPCs etc everywhere. Modding Skyrim is a learning curve which never really ends.

[PlayerKiller]

@Pauduan Actually there are several body types. I know of at least 4 with each having there own textures available and each having unique UV sets but not the point. 

 

@swiftaloe Anywho I went ahead and browsed through the small housecarls mod, the body type they use is UNP based, specifically they use the Slim and Nano variant.

 

If you are looking to replace the small housecarl skin textures they are found at Textures>actors>character>Lydia.

I recommend you fallback on the textures that come with Caliente's Beautiful Bodies or Dimons for any UNP based stuff as the faces are 1024 and the body is at 2048, so it should be a minimal hit and overall an improvement over the 2k/4k used by default Fair skin because every female will be using that and that's a lot of heavy rendering for your system. If you are say in Whiterun all the females will render the 2k textures and you will find that you will easily run out of vram and therefor get brown faces when there is no memory left but if you go inside a building with 1 or 2 you are less likely to run into that unless those inside are also running HD textures or script heavy.

[swiftaloe]

1 hour ago, PlayerKiller said:

@Pauduan Actually there are several body types. I know of at least 4 with each having there own textures available and each having unique UV sets but not the point. 

 

@swiftaloe Anywho I went ahead and browsed through the small housecarls mod, the body type they use is UNP based, specifically they use the Slim and Nano variant.

 

If you are looking to replace the small housecarl skin textures they are found at Textures>actors>character>Lydia.

I recommend you fallback on the textures that come with Caliente's Beautiful Bodies or Dimons for any UNP based stuff as the faces are 1024 and the body is at 2048, so it should be a minimal hit and overall an improvement over the 2k/4k used by default Fair skin because every female will be using that and that's a lot of heavy rendering for your system. If you are say in Whiterun all the females will render the 2k textures and you will find that you will easily run out of vram and therefor get brown faces but if you go inside a building with 1 or 2 you are less likely to run into that unless they also are running HD textures.

oh i see, how would i go about switching back? just uninstall fairskin? the main reason i used fair skin its pale and i have a small breasted character.

 

 

EDIT: i should have waited for a response x.x, i uninstalled fair,and i also had adorable faces aswell so i uninstalled that to. had to re edit my characters makeup a bit but now my heads slightly a different shade then my body, its faint but noticeable.

EDIT2: took a pic

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[Sladen2019]

Using ENBoost correctly can help greatly. Make sure to use these install instructions.

http://wiki.step-project.com/ENBoost

 

Crash Fixes along with it is a very nice combination. Make sure to set UseOSAllocators=1 in its ini. It will require SKSE Plugin Preloader. Install both manually.

Crash Fixes

SKSE Plugin Preloader

 

Your idea to use the Optimized Vanilla Textures from Nexus is the ideal way to go.

They will help alot. 

 

Using Ordenador these days is really uneccesary, and if you use it incorrectly it will make your game worse.

Use mods that your PC can handle.

 

When you play the game, try to have stuff like web browsers and torrents etc closed, to free up memory.

[swiftaloe]

26 minutes ago, Sladen2019 said:

Using ENBoost correctly can help greatly. Make sure to use these install instructions.

http://wiki.step-project.com/ENBoost

 

Crash Fixes along with it is a very nice combination. Make sure to set UseOSAllocators=1 in its ini. It will require SKSE Plugin Preloader. Install both manually.

Crash Fixes

SKSE Plugin Preloader

 

Your idea to use the Optimized Vanilla Textures from Nexus is the ideal way to go.

They will help alot. 

 

Using Ordenador these days is really uneccesary, and if you use it incorrectly it will make your game worse.

Use mods that your PC can handle.

 

When you play the game, try to have stuff like web browsers and torrents etc closed, to free up memory.

ya i have all this. nothing is running while i play, unless im testing something.