Best way to add hdt hair to follower?

[kakashisensei]

I am trying to add ks hdt hair to a follower. I prefer it work right away without having to give/take a wig from their inventory.

 

First, I tried to add hdt hair to the facegen nif, but that crashes the game.

 

Second, I added a hdt wig to the follower esp, and added the wig to the nakedbody for that npc. I also added hair and hairlong slots to the nakedbody. And for the facegen nif, I just use some invisible placeholder meshes for the hair. This worked well initially. Hdt hair works right off the bat and after loading savegames. But I get the hdt hair stretch bug like the pic if the follower's body skeleton is changed, like when equipping an armor. 

 

So my question is whats the best way to add hdt hair to a follower. I am fine with adding a wig to their inventory. But the game doesn't apply it unless I give them the hdt hair through dialog trade. How can I get the follower to have working hdt hair from the wig in their inventory right off the bat? Do I have to add it to a default outfit?

 

Thanks!

 

 

[Tlam99]

4 hours ago, kakashisensei said:

wig in their inventory

Default outfit

[kakashisensei]

4 hours ago, Tlam99 said:

Default outfit

 

Thanks that worked great!  No more issues