SexLab V1.64 & FNIS Error (76)

[P4ul]

Dear all,

 

I've just been reinstalling SSE update to Anniversary Edition, through M0 v2.4.4.

I've installed

- SkyUI (5.2)

- XP32 Maximum Skeleton Special Extended

- RaceMenu

- Address Library for SKSE Plugins

and all 3 FNIS (base, creatures and Spells)

 

And I keep getting this error

ERROR(76): Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Skyrim Special Edition\data\meshes\actors\character\behaviors\idlebehavior.hkx'.

 

Note: all my mods are installed in a C:/Modding/Skyrim SE folder, as recommended and NOT in the Steamapp one.

 

I've checked the internet, and none of the solution (windows security, starting SSE from Steam (which makes my game crash, btw) works...

 

Any hints? 

Thanks in advance.

 

[Just Don't]

Disable real time protection from Windows Defender/your AV (only while you use FNIS). Or add an exclusion to the MO2 and FNIS executables.

Edited September 19, 2022 by Just Don't

[P4ul]

Thank you, "Just Don't". It worked!

Edited September 19, 2022 by P4ul

[P4ul]

Correction: It didn't! (I had unticked Sexlab, so that's definitely the problem).

 

[traison]

The way MO2 works, it doesn't matter where you install your mods; from the point of view of any app running through MO2 it will always appear as if the files are wherever you installed Skyrim. Its only when you look at it from outside of MO2 where you see the files as they actually are. It's known as a vfs, or a virtual file system.

 

To put it another way, you made a mistake when you installed steam in the program files directory. I don't blame the user (you) for this, its microsoft and windows trying to become apple ios. This idea works as long as you don't want to use your pc like a pc was intended to be used, and as long as all applications were made in a way that is compatible with this structure - and I have yet to find such an application. Maybe I'm being a bit over-dramatic there but you get the idea: if you're brave enough to take some resposibility then don't install anything in program files. If on the other hand you want things to just work and you don't intend to fiddle with anything then just do what microsoft tells you.

 

Edit: Oh, guess the issue wasn't resolved. Where is that error showing up? It looks familiar but I can't remember if that's FNIS' format or what.

Edited September 19, 2022 by traison

[P4ul]

Thanks Traison. Hm, I'll think again next time I install a game. 

 

In the meatime, The error is showing right in the final report from FNIS.

 

Here is the entire text:

"FNIS Behavior V7.6   19/09/2022 18:44:49
Skyrim SE 64bit: 1.6.629.0 - C:\program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\Skyrim Special Edition\ (Steam)

Skeleton(hkx) female: XPMS2HDT (126 bones)   male: XPMS2HDT (126 bones)
Patch: "GENDER Specific Animations"  
Patch: "SKELETON Arm Fix"  

Reading FNISBase V7.6 ... 
Reading FNISCreatureVersion V7.0 ... 
Reading FNISSpells V5.0.1 ... 
Reading SexLab V1.64 ... 
Reading SexLabAP V1.64 ... 
Reading SexLabCreature V1.64 ... 
Reading XPMSE V7.2 ... 

All Anim Lists scanned. Generating Behavior Files...
No GENDER directory male
No GENDER directory female
Alternate Animation mods: 1 sets: 16 total groups: 30 added file slots: 170 alternate files: 164

Create Creature Behaviors ...
Reading SexLabCreature V1.63 ...

ERROR(76): Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Skyrim Special Edition\data\tools\GenerateFNIS_for_Users\temporary_logs\DebugData.txt'."

 

[traison]

My first guess is going to be to blame the various protections on the program files directory. If I remember correctly it should be set to readonly by default. That "could not find path" error might also mean "could not create/access path". The dirty workaround for this would be to run FNIS (thus MO2) as administrator (UAC elevated). If you do this however, keep in mind that its a terrible idea from a security point of view.

 

If you're decent with computers, grab procmon from Sysinternals (Microsoft) and verify the error code returned by the system from the CreateFile call for "DebugData.txt" (or one of its subdirs).

 

Otherwise, another option could be to relocate the steamapps directory with steam itself. Google the details on that one and see if its something you want to get into. C:\Games is what people typically use, though it doesn't matter what you call it. Ideally you'd want a dedicated hdd/ssd for games to get that traffic off the system drive entirely. Maybe not so important these days if your sys drive is already an ssd with the required capacity.

[P4ul]

Thanks! Will try it out and let you know.

[yorpers]

If you do own the game then all you have to do is change the registry using regedit. Should be able to use any search engine to find out more about that. 

 

I have 4 installs of the game on 4 different drives. One main install for gameplay and screenshots and also making mods. One for backup of that main install. One for bug testing that is vanilla. One that I use to "cum dump" AE updates into.

 

Every so often I run into your problem where I cant get all my programs to update to the main install after I have cum dumped the AE update into that drive. Changing the registry file path fixes me right up.

Edited September 20, 2022 by yorpers
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