Meshes from my character to a follower ?

[Doramatsurugi]

Hello, I am trying to find out if it is possible for me to transfer the meshes/textures of my character to an already existing follower so that he get my character appearance?

 

if yes, what exactly i need to move and remove into my follower files ? 

 

anyway thanks for any replies

 

 

[Psalam]

7 minutes ago, Doramatsurugi said:

Hello, I am trying to find out if it is possible for me to transfer the meshes/textures of my character to an already existing follower so that he get my character appearance?

 

if yes, what exactly i need to move and remove into my follower files ? 

 

anyway thanks for any replies

 

 

First, someone mentioned on a thread earlier today that there existed such a mod and even gave the link. He did say that it was glitchy and didn't recommend it.

 

If you want your follower to look like your character here is what you can do. Open your console and type 

 

spf something

 

and hit Enter. Something is whatever you want to name the file.

 

Next make a note of your player's weight. When the time comes in a moment you will want your follower to have the identical weight. 

 

Then open the Creation Kit (CK). Find your follower from the list of actors and click on them to open. With it open adjust the NPCs weight to be what you just made a note of. Next, go to the CharFaceGen tab. You will find a button in the upper right that says Import. Click on it. There will likely be only one option since you're doing this for the first time but you will click on the file that says something.npc. If needed you can go to the hair and other accessories that are on the same page and make adjustments. When you've finished close the box (button on the left bottom).

 

Before you leave the CK and VERY IMPORTANT click on the follower's name in the actor list just once (double-clicking will open the box you just came out of). With that highlighted hit Ctrl+F4. This is how you avoid the awful dark face bug.

 

Now if you want something fancier, like giving them you're Apachii hair or something you'll need more information which you can find in my blog post here:

 

Good luck.

[Doramatsurugi]

15 minutes ago, Psalam said:

First, someone mentioned on a thread earlier today that there existed such a mod and even gave the link. He did say that it was glitchy and didn't recommend it.

 

If you want your follower to look like your character here is what you can do. Open your console and type 

 

spf something

 

and hit Enter. Something is whatever you want to name the file.

 

Next make a note of your player's weight. When the time comes in a moment you will want your follower to have the identical weight. 

 

Then open the Creation Kit (CK). Find your follower from the list of actors and click on them to open. With it open adjust the NPCs weight to be what you just made a note of. Next, go to the CharFaceGen tab. You will find a button in the upper right that says Import. Click on it. There will likely be only one option since you're doing this for the first time but you will click on the file that says something.npc. If needed you can go to the hair and other accessories that are on the same page and make adjustments. When you've finished close the box (button on the left bottom).

 

Before you leave the CK and VERY IMPORTANT click on the follower's name in the actor list just once (double-clicking will open the box you just came out of). With that highlighted hit Ctrl+F4. This is how you avoid the awful dark face bug.

 

Now if you want something fancier, like giving them you're Apachii hair or something you'll need more information which you can find in my blog post here:

 

Good luck.

thanks i will try, but i cant find my follower in CK, can you tell me where should i find him ?

[Psalam]

9 minutes ago, Doramatsurugi said:

thanks i will try, but i cant find my follower in CK, can you tell me where should i find him ?

If your follower is found in the vanilla game you only need to go to actors. If your character is in a mod you need to load that mod (under Data) in the CK. Then they will appear under actors.

[Doramatsurugi]

33 minutes ago, Psalam said:

If your follower is found in the vanilla game you only need to go to actors. If your character is in a mod you need to load that mod (under Data) in the CK. Then they will appear under actors.

Ok so i need to go in data find mod, then press set as active file (right ?) but after this CK find a lot of error like "masterfile armor 000" used invalid Biped Object slot (etc) "NiControllerSequence:storetargets failed to find target" etc etc 

it is normal or i forget something ? 

 

(sorry i'm a fresh new bie in CK)

[Psalam]

17 minutes ago, Doramatsurugi said:

Ok so i need to go in data find mod, then press set as active file (right ?) but after this CK find a lot of error like "masterfile armor 000" used invalid Biped Object slot (etc) "NiControllerSequence:storetargets failed to find target" etc etc 

it is normal or i forget something ? 

 

(sorry i'm a fresh new bie in CK)

You're doing well.

Yes the mod will need to be the active file.

Yes the CK will throw out tons of error messages and you can hit Ignore for all of them.

[Doramatsurugi]

8 minutes ago, Psalam said:

You're doing well.

Yes the mod will need to be the active file.

Yes the CK will throw out tons of error messages and you can hit Ignore for all of them.

I think I've done everything in your first comment but in my game my follower aven't change at all 

 

oh and we are ok CK don't need any requirement ? 

[Grey Cloud]

If your PC is using the default male(?) body and you just want the follower to use that body (i.e. you don't want the follower to have the same face etc.) then all you have to do is copy the meshes from

Data\Meshes\actors\character\character assets to the appropriate folder for the follower.

You may have to do the same for the skin textures if the follower is e.g. using a never nude body.

[Doramatsurugi]

15 minutes ago, Grey Cloud said:

If your PC is using the default male(?) body and you just want the follower to use that body (i.e. you don't want the follower to have the same face etc.) then all you have to do is copy the meshes from

Data\Meshes\actors\character\character assets to the appropriate folder for the follower.

You may have to do the same for the skin textures if the follower is e.g. using a never nude body.

I use UNP and female character 

 

and I want my follower have the same face at me,

like that i can change my character like a want in game, swap my character apparence into a follower, and change again my character etc etc (i'm not sure if i'm very clear (google translate)) 

[Psalam]

Did you remember to save the changes before you exited the CK?

 

I'll reiterate, everything I've told you can be found in that blog post and in more detail.

[Grey Cloud]

51 minutes ago, Doramatsurugi said:

I use UNP and female character 

 

and I want my follower have the same face at me,

like that i can change my character like a want in game, swap my character apparence into a follower, and change again my character etc etc (i'm not sure if i'm very clear (google translate)) 

Understood.

There are a couple of mods (on Nexus) which might do it but I can't remember the names.

[Doramatsurugi]

30 minutes ago, Psalam said:

Did you remember to save the changes before you exited the CK?

 

I'll reiterate, everything I've told you can be found in that blog post and in more detail.

yeah i do the ctrl f4 and all

[Psalam]

43 minutes ago, Doramatsurugi said:

yeah i do the ctrl f4 and all

But, do you then go into the CK menu (where Data is) and hit Save?

[Doramatsurugi]

20 hours ago, Psalam said:

But, do you then go into the CK menu (where Data is) and hit Save?

ok nvm i forget to save but after done everything again (and hit save) 

my character face look like ... nothing good

 

maybe it's because my character use race, hdt hair, etc (all my character work with mod) ?

[Psalam]

6 minutes ago, Doramatsurugi said:

ok nvm i forget to save but after done everything again (and hit save) 

my character face look like ... nothing good

 

maybe it's because my character use race, hdt hair, etc (all my character work with mod) ?

If you want to post pictures I'll take a shot at what may be going on. 

 

Is your follower not the same race as your character, is that what you said? If so, you're right, that's your problem.

[Doramatsurugi]

46 minutes ago, Psalam said:

If you want to post pictures I'll take a shot at what may be going on. 

 

Is your follower not the same race as your character, is that what you said? If so, you're right, that's your problem.

yeah it's not the same race

i have some other follower using the same race but i like their look, there is a way for me for duplicate them for create my new follower but keep my old one ? 

[Psalam]

What I showed you how to do requires that the original AND the copy be of the same race.