Problem with body textures or overlays

[Shuusai]

I have some problems with body textures / overlays. When i create a character her body is OK, but then i reload my game, her body becomes matted and opacue. How can i fix that? Thank you.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Erebea]

Another user had this issue recently, for them it was the mod Pregnancy Normalmap Swapper which was causing it.

[TekknoTim]

59 minutes ago, Shuusai said:

I have some problems with body textures / overlays. When i create a character her body is OK, but then i reload my game, her body becomes matted and opacue. How can i fix that? Thank you.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Congratulation! You're now a member in the club of one of the most annoying bugs! I offer you my sincere condolences!
The simplest fix, that worked for me most of the times was, to save the broken actor as a racemenu preset, save you game & quit.
Then search for your preset file & open it with a text editor. (Its located in "Data\SKSE\Plugins\CharGen\Presets\yourPreset.jslot")

 

In the preset file, scroll all the way down &  search for "skinOverrides"!  Then look for a texturefilepath under the "skinoverrides," sectiom like below!
(There should be a different filepath & file showing up for you...)

 

Spoiler

 

 

 

 

 "skinOverrides" : [
      {
         "firstPerson" : false,
         "slotMask" : 4,
         "values" : [
            {
               "data" : -997101998,
               "index" : -1,
               "key" : 7,
               "type" : 3
            },
            {
               "data" : "data/textures/actors/character/female/femalebody_1_msn.dds",
               "index" : 1,
               "key" : 9,
               "type" : 2
            }
         ]
      },

 

If the "skinOverrides" section isn't in your preset at all, you can stop following this post, because your problem got (at least for me) far more weird and annoying. ^^

If the texturepath in your preset is the same as in my example, I don't know either...

If the "skinOverrides" section, is present as well as a differenct: texture file path, copy the the path & look if the path, aswell as the texture is existing in your skyrim/mo2/vortex installation.

If you CAN'T find the texture at the given path, this is your final lap, because you found the source of the problem.

To now fix it, just search for the bodytexture mod you're using (Calientes Body.../ The Pure/ etc.)  & look out for this texture file: "femalebody_1_msn.dds" , which you

can find here: Data/textures/actors/character/female/
Once you found it, copy it's filepath & replace the wrong one in your preset file! Then save the file, start

the game and load you preset again. It SHOULD be fixed right now and for now... ^^

Caution: If you try to solve the problem by loading your presets until a not broken shows up, you will end up with all your presets having the bug.
I started with one broken preset & lost many more, because of this... ^^

However:  If you really want to get rid of this problem without any further investigations or analysis, try to just export her head or

even just delete the preset completely, save & restart the game & make a completely new character, or try to import only the head.

(But do not use any other save preset bodys for the new char, because the bug spreads over your presets, with is annoying af...

I hope this helps in any way or at least give you some ideas, to waste not too much time on this one ;D
I wish you only the best, to find a solution as soon as possible.

[TekknoTim]

35 minutes ago, Erebea said:

Another user had this issue recently, for them it was the mod Pregnancy Normalmap Swapper which was causing it.

And if it's not coming from a pregnancy mod, keep an eye on Estrus next...

Edit: And if pregnancy normal swapper is installed and you could live wthout it.... Just get rid of it, should solve the problem, too. ^^

Edited August 6, 2023 by TekknoTim

[Shuusai]

Yep, it was Pregancy normal map swapper. Thank you guys.

[Grey Cloud]

Has anyone reported this problem to the mod author?