CBBE 3BA: how to assign different BodySlide outputs to different NPCs?

[Gudulba]

I use the CBBE 3BA "Amazing Body" preset for my PC to build her body.

 

I use CBBE 3BA "Celestial Beings - Horoscope Body Shapes 3BA" presets for the Bijin Family 3BA BodySlides to build their bodies.

 

I use Device Devices 4.3 AIO 3BA BodySlide files to build the devices.

 

-> how can I build the DD outfits (and possibly other 3BA capable outfits) to fit both my PC and the Bijin NPCs? Is this possible at all?

 

So far I haven't had success. Either they fit my PC or they fit the NPCs, but never both.

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[Shadowbroker3495]

You can't apply multiple body presets to female skeleton. Female PC and NPC's usually share the same global female skeleton.

 

You can only build one version of DD items and thus you should always use same preset as used when building body in BodySlide. Otherwise DD items like piercings will be out of alignment.

 

In principle you can build outfits (clothing/armors) with a different body preset but it is most likely going to look strange when switching from outfit to nude and vice versa.

 

[Potato_Skill]

To my knowledge, Bijin NPCs come with their own body meshes and textures. Have you tried copying the 3BA body mesh that you built in BodySlide into the Bijin NPCs' respective folders? Also remember to tick the "Build Morph" option so that you can further customize body shapes in-game.

 

Edit: By "Bijin NPCs" I mean Bijin NPCs, Bijin Wives and Bijin Warmaidens collectively.

[Sculpur]

The only way I can think of doing what you want includes some light modding, for example in SSEEdit. You could do it in a new ELS flagged ESP, or dump it in a mod you know you would never ever update (not exactly a good practice). In my case I just use one "my own patches/changes for personal use" ESP:

1. Duplicate the Armor and Armor Addon records from the original resource for the items for which you want two versions.
2. Change the Name attributes in the duplicate Armor records in order to be able to tell apart your duplicate in-game.
3. In the duplicates of the Armor Addon records, change the names or paths of the nif files for the models in the "Female world model/Male world model" section, depending on which one (or both) you wanna change.
4. In Outfit Studio, open the project for whatever you are building, and save it as a new project, changing its name, propagating the change to the three folders below (there's a button for that on the prompt) last but not least changing the names or paths to the generated nif files to the ones you input in the duplicate Armor Addons.
5. Afterwards, you should be able to build the two separate versions of the outfit - to get your duplicate in game you would have to use the AddItemMenu mod or console though, as it would not be on any chest/shop item list.

These steps should cover the process, but I might not have expanded them in full detail. If you choose to go this route, you can dig more details yourself or ask again here :).  

[Gudulba]

Many thanks to all you responding for all your input. Much appreciated.

 

As I don't find either time or patience at the moment to dive deeper into modding, I guess I will try this route:

 

- Modify my CBBE 3BA "Amazing Body" preset to create bigger differences between the min and max weight

 

- Build the PC body and the Bijin NPC bodies (with the Bijin Family 3BA BodySlides) to build their bodies and morphs with my new preset

 

- Use these textures for the Bijins: Bijin Skin for Bijin Family SE

 

- Modify the PC body with Racemenu to my liking

 

With the weight differences between the different Bijin characters and with the dedicated skin textures, I hope to get greater diversity in character looks and retain automatic 3BA outfit compatibility.

 

I had first used this mod Bijin - Your Bodyslide Mesh and Texture, which worked great, but made all Bijins bodies look to much like my PC with same mesh and skin (Daemoniac).

 

 

[Tiress]

14 hours ago, Gudulba said:

Many thanks to all you responding for all your input. Much appreciated.

 

As I don't find either time or patience at the moment to dive deeper into modding, I guess I will try this route:

 

- Modify my CBBE 3BA "Amazing Body" preset to create bigger differences between the min and max weight

 

- Build the PC body and the Bijin NPC bodies (with the Bijin Family 3BA BodySlides) to build their bodies and morphs with my new preset

 

- Use these textures for the Bijins: Bijin Skin for Bijin Family SE

 

- Modify the PC body with Racemenu to my liking

 

With the weight differences between the different Bijin characters and with the dedicated skin textures, I hope to get greater diversity in character looks and retain automatic 3BA outfit compatibility.

 

I had first used this mod Bijin - Your Bodyslide Mesh and Texture, which worked great, but made all Bijins bodies look to much like my PC with same mesh and skin (Daemoniac).

 

 

If only a greater diversity is what you want, just use OBody. You throw a bunch of presets on it and it distributes them between female NPCs.

[Gudulba]

Thank you for the hint. I will definitely have a look at it (once I find time...)