tutorial How to use different bodyslide presets for PC and NPCs (BodyGen)

[Sex Enjoyer]

I am an absolute retard so there are probably more efficient ways to do this.

 

Introduction:

This guide will show you how to use different BodySlide preset for your PC and NPCs and make NPCs' use different presets from each other.

 

I do not own SSE so i cannot tell you whether or not this method works with it.

 

Requirements:

• Racemenu - (https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/29624)
• BodySlide - (https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/49015) 
• BodySlide compatible body - (CBBE, UNP, 7B, ext.)                     
• jBS2BG - (https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/88707) not required but makes life a lot easier.
• A BodySlide compatible armor replacer - (I use CT77 but any one that supports BodySlide will work)
• Zeroed BodySlide preset - (CBBE and UNP ones can be found jBS2BG download page, not sure about other bodies but the "default one" should be fine)
• XP32 Skeleton

 

Method:

I will use annotated pictures for this:

 

 

 

 

 

-You can close BodySlide for the time being.

 

 

 

-Switch to the morphs tab.

 

In order to change the preset for all female NPCs,  type All|Female into the "Custom Targets:" box and press "Add".

In order to change the preset for all female NPCs in a race, type All|Female|RaceName into the box and press "Add"

- replace "RaceName" with one of the bellow:

• ArgonianRace
• BretonRace
• DarkElfRace
• DraugrMagicRace
• DraugrRace
• ElderRace
• FalmerRace
• HighElfRace
• ImperialRace
• KhajiitRace
• NordRace
• OrcRace
• RedguardRace
• WoodElfRace

- you can add the suffixes "RaceName"Child and "RaceName"Vampire

In order to change the preset for a specific NPC there area two options:

 

- Using a NPC list:

jBS2BG comes with an NPC list with all of the Vanilla and DLC NPCs and its nexus page has a tutorial on making new NPC lists for modded NPCs, simply press the

"Add NPCs" button

Then press the "Add NPCs from file" and select "FemaleNPCList - Dawnguard + Dragonborn + HearthFires + Skyrim.txt" from the jBS2BG install location or your own NPC list if you made your own.

Then simply select the NPCs you want and press add

 

- Using a Custom Target:

In the "custom target" box, type master|FormID, for example to select Jenassa, i would type: "Skyrim.esm|B9982",  If you want to add a NPC from a mod, replace "Skyrim.esm" with the name of the mod's plugin.

 

-For demonstration purposes i have added All|Female and Skyrim.esm|A2C8E (Lydia)

Once you have added the NPCs to the list, Select one of the NPCs or NPC groups and on the right-hand menu , press the "Add" Button

 

 

 If you want a NPC group to have multiple body types among a group, select multiple body types and they will be randomly distributed among NPCs in the group

In this example, all females (excluding Lydia as she has her own preset)  will have either one of the bodies:

 

After you have chosen what presets you want the different NPCs to use, you need to create a folder (don't close jBS2BG)

 

For MO2 Users:

Create a this directory

mods\BodyGen\meshes\actors\character\BodyGenData\Skyrim.esm

 

For Non-MO2 Users:

Create a this directory

\data\meshes\actors\characters\BodyGenData\Skyrim.esm

 

(Skyrim.esm is the name of the folder not an .esm file )

 

Now, back in jBS2BG press "file" and then "export bodygen inis", select the skyrim.esm folder you just created

 

Cleaning Your Save:

Download a tool like NiOCleaner () and clean your save file, now you should be able to load into the game and see the new NPCs boddies

 

Setting a preset for the player:

Now if you want to use a different preset for your PC, you have to open  the preset in a new session jBS2BG and press the "generate templates" button, now leave jBS2BG and open skyrim, when in game open the console and type "showracemenu", now go to the CBBE / UNP / 7B and enter the values shown in jBS2BG.

 

Enter these values into the racemenu sliders, all the values not mentioned should stay at 0:

 

 

[jgnosis]

Is jBS2BG usable in Fallout 4 and if so are there any tutorials like this for FO4 using MO2?

 

[Sex Enjoyer]

On 3/27/2021 at 11:45 AM, jgnosis said:

Is jBS2BG usable in Fallout 4 and if so are there any tutorials like this for FO4 using MO2?

 

I don't own Fallout 4 so I can't help you with that, if looksmenu (fallout 4 equivalent to racemenu) has bodygen it might work

[Zitanna]

Any idea how to make racemenu morphs change with weight for the player character? I can apply my preset manually but then it is the same for both 0 and 100 weight. Great guide though!

 

Edit: Figured it out. The zeroed preset provided on jBSBG's page does not work perfectly on SE, so needed to use an SE zeroed preset.

[djkms]

On 5/25/2021 at 10:27 PM, Zitanna said:

Any idea how to make racemenu morphs change with weight for the player character? I can apply my preset manually but then it is the same for both 0 and 100 weight. Great guide though!

 

Edit: Figured it out. The zeroed preset provided on jBSBG's page does not work perfectly on SE, so needed to use an SE zeroed preset.

 

I used the zeroed slider for cbbe in se and the morphs did not change based on weight (like they would in bodyslide between the 0 and 100 sliders).  How did you do this more specifically?  I use a mod that dynamically changes my weight based on conditions (Sandow plus plus, much like pumping iron) so this would be a huge plus.

 

Thanks

[Zitanna]

5 hours ago, djkms said:

 

I used the zeroed slider for cbbe in se and the morphs did not change based on weight (like they would in bodyslide between the 0 and 100 sliders).  How did you do this more specifically?  I use a mod that dynamically changes my weight based on conditions (Sandow plus plus, much like pumping iron) so this would be a huge plus.

 

Thanks

From what I remember, I used the CBBE - Vanilla preset (rather than then zeroed one from the mod page) as the base body and built that for everything with morphs. In game I used the 3bbb sliders through racemenu to replicate my original preset (I think you can build both the 0 and 100 body weight that way?) then saved the preset. This way my character will used the morphed racemenu body preset and armor is built to the CBBE Vanilla so it works for NPCs and PC. 

 

You might have to play around with your presets and racemenu to see what works for you. The biggest thing I found was making sure that the zeroed slider changes with weight, rather than is the same at 0 and at 100. 

[Hpl55]

Thanks for this. Seems like i finaly cant get around starting to use Bodyslide.

 

my aim is to use a different body on my custom PC then other females. I am using uunp.

And probably have to build outfits for my pc body.

 

does this allow that aim or is this not actually changimg npc bodies but only the outfits?

[putotuyo18]

Hello I need help on the directory part. I know I may be a bit late to this but some help would really be appreciated . I cannot for the life of me seem to find the "BodyGenData" folder in my characters folder. I provided a screenshot for reference. 

[Sex Enjoyer]

On 1/24/2022 at 6:44 AM, putotuyo18 said:

Hello I need help on the directory part. I know I may be a bit late to this but some help would really be appreciated . I cannot for the life of me seem to find the "BodyGenData" folder in my characters folder. I provided a screenshot for reference. 

You have to create the folder if it is not there