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[wilks82]

Skyrim Legendary Problem

 

After all these years enjoying modding skyrim, I've taken steps into playing around more in the creation kit. 8+ hours of youtube videos, trail and errors. I'm slowly grasping the ability to make basic and standalone followers. I wanted to make a Redguard Ranger for my first standalone to pair with my 2hander dragon born. I've done every step I am assuming right but in the end he got GREY FACE, but everything else looks like it was done fine by nif merge. I even did the CTRL + F4 in the CK many times. Put top and bottom load order. Nothing works. So I have uploaded the follower pack I made along with the sculpt face it was suppose to have. Could anyone with some back ground in making followers have a look and fix it for me? Also maybe take screen shots of where I did wrong. I'm more of a visual learning type.

 

ALSO! Creation Kit HATES my PC it seems. I also need him to be placed in a cell in the game. Whenever I try to upload a cell to place him in, the CK just crashes hard. Again if I didnt stress it. I'm currently on LE still.

 

If anyone can help or know someone who can. Send them this way! Thank you for your time.

 

Link to follower files:

 

https://mega.nz/file/d2hE1CgJ#Y2MNYRBubRi8xFzCynLCX6UNQL2bTAKsLI3NKHS3rd8

 

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Forgot it's small enough I can put the file on the site. This is also the follower package I was working if anyone wanted to help. FYI not some hottie redguard waifu. Just some grizzled old male redguard that served in the Legion as a skilled scout and ranger.

 

 

Razimeh Follower.7z

[Grey Cloud]

4 hours ago, wilks82 said:

After all these years enjoying modding skyrim

It's still Skyrim Legendary and not Skyrim Legacy.

[wilks82]

1 hour ago, Grey Cloud said:

It's still Skyrim Legendary and not Skyrim Legacy.

 

One of those potato potatoe moments. Fixed! : D

[Psalam]

9 hours ago, wilks82 said:

Skyrim Legendary Problem

 

After all these years enjoying modding skyrim, I've taken steps into playing around more in the creation kit. 8+ hours of youtube videos, trail and errors. I'm slowly grasping the ability to make basic and standalone followers. I wanted to make a Redguard Ranger for my first standalone to pair with my 2hander dragon born. I've done every step I am assuming right but in the end he got GREY FACE, but everything else looks like it was done fine by nif merge. I even did the CTRL + F4 in the CK many times. Put top and bottom load order. Nothing works. So I have uploaded the follower pack I made along with the sculpt face it was suppose to have. Could anyone with some back ground in making followers have a look and fix it for me? Also maybe take screen shots of where I did wrong. I'm more of a visual learning type.

 

ALSO! Creation Kit HATES my PC it seems. I also need him to be placed in a cell in the game. Whenever I try to upload a cell to place him in, the CK just crashes hard. Again if I didnt stress it. I'm currently on LE still.

 

If anyone can help or know someone who can. Send them this way! Thank you for your time.

 

Link to follower files:

 

https://mega.nz/file/d2hE1CgJ#Y2MNYRBubRi8xFzCynLCX6UNQL2bTAKsLI3NKHS3rd8

Okay I know I'm weird about these things but I'm reluctant to download from other sources. If you want to put that information up here I'll be happy to look at it.

 

In the meantime you can look at my blog to see the proper way to get a face onto an NPC. If you're not sure how much I know about it you can look at my follower mods (links are in the "My Stuff" in my signature below).

 

[wilks82]

3 hours ago, Psalam said:

Okay I know I'm weird about these things but I'm reluctant to download from other sources. If you want to put that information up here I'll be happy to look at it.

 

In the meantime you can look at my blog to see the proper way to get a face onto an NPC. If you're not sure how much I know about it you can look at my follower mods (links are in the "My Stuff" in my signature below).

 

 

 

Thanks but I am sick of guides videos and blogs. Must not DL much from LL if you cant even do a simple virus scan on the file but I appreciate the effort. And I glanced at it. Sane steps and tips the other ones said. Still dunno where I went wrong.

[Psalam]

1 hour ago, wilks82 said:

 

 

Thanks but I am sick of guides videos and blogs. Must not DL much from LL if you cant even do a simple virus scan on the file but I appreciate the effort. And I glanced at it. Sane steps and tips the other ones said. Still dunno where I went wrong.

Well, let me know if I can help. Just download it to the Threads here if so. I just fixed a "grey face" introduced by one of those "my mod makes NPCs beautiful" mods. They cut down on the work but, well, obviously you still have to do some. But my point is that what's in the blog still works (just don't forget about the tintmasks).

[wilks82]

20 minutes ago, Psalam said:

Well, let me know if I can help. Just download it to the Threads here if so. I just fixed a "grey face" introduced by one of those "my mod makes NPCs beautiful" mods. They cut down on the work but, well, obviously you still have to do some. But my point is that what's in the blog still works (just don't forget about the tintmasks).

 

 

I forget the files size should be okay for the site. Just used to uploading and sharing via mega. And I agree I bet it's the tintmasks but I'm still messing up somewhere. At this point I would enjoy if someone with more experience have a look under the hood and show me where I goofed. Also I still need him placed into the game so I dont have to use console commands to do it (CK keeps crashing when i pull up a cell). I wanted him in Solitude somewhere.

Razimeh Follower.7z

[Psalam]

11 hours ago, wilks82 said:

 

 

I forget the files size should be okay for the site. Just used to uploading and sharing via mega. And I agree I bet it's the tintmasks but I'm still messing up somewhere. At this point I would enjoy if someone with more experience have a look under the hood and show me where I goofed. Also I still need him placed into the game so I dont have to use console commands to do it (CK keeps crashing when i pull up a cell). I wanted him in Solitude somewhere.

Razimeh Follower.7z 14.97 MB · 1 download

When I get some time I'll take a look. It may be this weekend though. If you made him using the RaceMenu method I describe in my blog, please post the .npc of his face if you would be so kind in case I need to go back to basics.

[Heroine HoneyCrotch]

you have some nifskope work to be done

 

I changed the first line, and its been awhile but im pretty sure last pick for main head nif to be addressed. I see in nifskope you have it named razimeh.dds but in file folders it is 00000D72.dds I think you need to change name of dds files to match what is in folder and what is in nifskope.  Rereview pslams link, unless he tells you to use nifmerge or just use nifmerge(?) 

 

As far as ck not letting you load cells, what mod manager are using? 

 

 



 

 



 

 

 



 

 

 

[wilks82]

2 hours ago, Heroine HoneyCrotch said:

you have some nifskope work to be done

 

I changed the first line, and its been awhile but im pretty sure last pick for main head nif to be addressed. I see in nifskope you have it named razimeh.dds but in file folders it is 00000D72.dds I think you need to change name of dds files to match what is in folder and what is in nifskope.  Rereview pslams link, unless he tells you to use nifmerge or just use nifmerge(?) 

 

As far as ck not letting you load cells, what mod manager are using? 

 

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I'm still nervous to use the more "complex" MM so I stuck it out with Vortex after NMM wasn't supported anymore. And yes do go easy on me. I'm so new to using nifskope only got it this past weekend, but I wanna learn! There are so many presets I find that scream to become followers. I wanna know the right steps and I'm learning more each time!

 

 

6 hours ago, Psalam said:

When I get some time I'll take a look. It may be this weekend though. If you made him using the RaceMenu method I describe in my blog, please post the .npc of his face if you would be so kind in case I need to go back to basics.

 

 

if it gets that bad you need it, i'll do it, but i followed another guide that just said use racemenu, make the char you wanna make for follower, remember body weight (it's at 0) and just sculpt and exit the game.

[Psalam]

7 minutes ago, wilks82 said:

if it gets that bad you need it, i'll do it, but i followed another guide that just said use racemenu, make the char you wanna make for follower, remember body weight (it's at 0) and just sculpt and exit the game.

So, if I understand you, you have never actually seen what your follower looks like in game (CK has been crashing). Are you certain that you have the face for him (her?) that you want?

[wilks82]

6 hours ago, Psalam said:

So, if I understand you, you have never actually seen what your follower looks like in game (CK has been crashing). Are you certain that you have the face for him (her?) that you want?

 

 

 I have loaded him ingame. Using the console commands I forced spawned him since CK kept crashing when I tried loading a cell to place him. And everything was fine on him cept he had a very light grey head that i couldn't ever fix right.

[Psalam]

11 hours ago, wilks82 said:

 

 

 I have loaded him ingame. Using the console commands I forced spawned him since CK kept crashing when I tried loading a cell to place him. And everything was fine on him cept he had a very light grey head that i couldn't ever fix right.

Just to clarify one last time - the facial features were fine, only the skin color was wrong?

[wilks82]

24 minutes ago, Psalam said:

Just to clarify one last time - the facial features were fine, only the skin color was wrong?

 

 

uploaded him again in my game. Seems nothing carried over head wise. Has that default blocky looking face with the grey head.

[Psalam]

18 minutes ago, wilks82 said:

 

 

uploaded him again in my game. Seems nothing carried over head wise. Has that default blocky looking face with the grey head.

Yes, I thought that might be the case. What your guide failed to do was to mention that you needed to save the face. If you were happy with your result then follow that guide again and get the face that you want. Then, at the appropriate time hit "R" and name the character (at this point any name will do). While your game is loading open the console and type:

 

spf NPCName

 

and hit Enter. Where NPCName can be anything that you like since it will not carry over to anything important. Do make it something that you will remember or write it down. This will have made the NPCName.npc file I mentioned earlier.

 

Now, go back to the CK and make your follower just as you did before. When you get to the CharGen tab hit Import (by the face stuff on the right) and select the NPCName.npc file. This should give you an NPC face just like the one you made in RaceMenu. The tinting in the CK is a bit different (especially if you've remembered to turn the tintmasks off) so don't panic if your character doesn't look exactly like what you want. When you're down "making" him, go back to the object list and select his name (don't bring the actor window back up). This is where you hit Ctrl+F4. Then find the location you want him to be and drag and drop him into it (I would suggest the Winking Skeever but it's up to you). That should give you what you want.