Does anyone know why this is happening?

[DevilKitty]

I've tried removing mods, adding them, load order is handled mostly by loot except when Vortex has me resolve conflicts. I have all the basic mods required to make sure the game runs smoothly and have kept animations to a minimum. It's not just random NPCs effected, I found out yesterday that Eorlund Gray-Mane is severely effected and it has made going anywhere in Whiterun more difficult because I can't see where I'm going at certain angles. I can give my mod list/load order if needed. Thank you in advance for any help.

[27X]

The _0 nif and _1 nif on any npc with this are different. They should be identical in polycount.

[DevilKitty]

How do I fix this?

[27X]

replace the nifs.

[DevilKitty]

Mind giving a little more info? I'm not going to lie, I don't know what I'm doing with a lot of that stuff. I don't create mods, I just use them and occasionally convert with Creation Kit or clean them with xEdit. And of course fix load order with LOOT. Is this also a nif problem? All of the female Companion NPCs have this going on.

[DevilKitty]

There are no files in my SSE mesh folders pertaining to NPCs. I have checked every folder in the containing nif files. I am assuming the problem lies with armor and there was nothing there with npc in the name. 

[27X]

6 hours ago, DevilKitty said:

Is this also a nif problem

 

That is a skeleton problem.

 

I suggest a shit ton of reading on correct ordering and mod priority in your immediate future.

 

A skeleton should be the last thing in your load order besides bashed patches. Without exception.

5 hours ago, DevilKitty said:

problem lies with armor

 

Armors also require two identical nifs for each weight range,  just like bodies.

[DevilKitty]

Loot wasn't placing it at the bottom like I thought. I check the load order every time I run loot which is every time I add a new mod. Somehow that slipped past me. And though I am new to modding Skyrim, I new it was different than TS4 so I googled all information available before even attempting it. Most of the information said that LOOT order, it didn't. Hopefully this fixes the problem.