Devious Devices&others arm animation issues possible fix

[CalmingSea]

After re-installing skyrim I ran into the notorious DD armbinder invisible hands problem. After some searching I found out that lotta people have the same issue, and after more searching I think I know the reason now... We weren't configuring FNIS in MO correctly. This also apply to some other animation problems.

 

If you have the armbinder/yoke/etc problem and you are already sure it's not because of ZAP override or LOOT stuff, try this:

 

1. Completely uninstall FNIS following instruction in https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/11811 . If you have any FNIS folders in your actual skyrim data folder, DELETE them! they're not supposed to be there if you're using MO, keep things separated.

2. Download FNIS main file again. When installing in MO it will say wrong file structure or something like that. To fix this, right click on the DATA folder within your downloaded FNIS structure and click 'set data directory'. Don't change any other stuff& install FNIS normally.

3. Download FNIS creature and spell packs and install them with MO (u can merge then with FNIS main plugin, it's fine).

4. (important) Edit your FNIS executable pathway. The 'binary' path should be your FNIS for user exe in your newly added FNIS folder ( usually it is [your user]\AppData\Local\ModOrganizer\Skyrim\mods\Fores New Idles in Skyrim - FNIS\tools\GenerateFNIS_for_Users).

5.Run FNIS. There shouldn't be any warning popping up. 

6.Enter the game again and try the animations that didn't work. If it's still not working, look at your papyrus log and ctrl+f 'error' to see if it is FNIS related. If so, check carefully that you're installing it correctly. If not, check if u have LOOT & other problems including DD equip. 

 

This is how I fixed my SD+ and DD problem. Best of luck yall!