Help! Creature animations refuse to work.

[yanderekyo]

not sure what all info I need to put, but I have all prereqs - Sexlab, SLAL, MNC, ABC, Billy anims, matchmaker, sl aroused, etc. I use pandora, just recently switched over from nemesis. I run it every time I add anims or anything. Also installed all mods in order according to MNC's intructions.

 

That all being said, creature animations do not work, at all. Neither do any of mine when I initiate with a creature. Genuinely just looking for werewolves, but I tried other creatures too and they dont work either. Any help would be greatly appreciated, been at this for a whole day getting frustrated.

[yanderekyo]

Oh, and yes, Ive went into MCM and registered all wanted anims. Still doesnt work.

[Grey Cloud]

33 minutes ago, yanderekyo said:

Oh, and yes, Ive went into MCM and registered all wanted anims. Still doesnt work.

SexLab MCM - toggle 'Allow Creatures'?

[yanderekyo]

33 minutes ago, Grey Cloud said:

SexLab MCM - toggle 'Allow Creatures'?

Yes, all MCM checks are correct. Allow creatures, disable gender matching, etc. It could be related to fnis..? im still really unsure how all the FNIS vs Nem vs Pandora stuff works, but I have FNIS files, including creature pack, but trying to run FNIS tells me I dont have creature pack installed. Am I supposed to use pandora, FNIS, both? FNIS doesnt seem to be working for me right now so idk. And - yes, I have both FNIS and FNIS creature pack "installed." though FNIS would like to tell me otherwise.

Edited February 26, 2025 by yanderekyo
FNIS creatures confirmation

[yanderekyo]

SO. Reporting in to let anyone with the same issue know to INSTALL FNIS AND ITS ADDONS MANUALLY, NOT INTO MO2. Put them right into your data folder, and it will work fine. Idk why, maybe bc FNIS is old. But this solved my issue.

 

Edited February 26, 2025 by yanderekyo

[Grey Cloud]

3 minutes ago, yanderekyo said:

SO. Reporting in to let anyone with the same issue know to INSTALL FNIS AND ITS ADDONS MANUALLY, NOT INTO MO2. Put them right into your data folder, and it will work fine. Idk why, maybe bc FNIS is old. But this solved my issue.

 

This is not true and not recommended.

 

You are supposed to install and run FNIS from MO2.

 

If FNIS tells you that you don't have Creature Pack installed then you don't have Creature Pack installed.

 

43 minutes ago, yanderekyo said:

Am I supposed to use pandora,

You could try reading the mod descriptions.

[yanderekyo]

13 minutes ago, Grey Cloud said:

This is not true and not recommended.

 

You are supposed to install and run FNIS from MO2.

 

If FNIS tells you that you don't have Creature Pack installed then you don't have Creature Pack installed.

 

You could try reading the mod descriptions.

read the entire mod description. I do every time. Says "If you use MO, configure as an executable." Which, I have done. Seems youre right though, as now all by attack animations are broken. Sigh. Always something lol

[Grey Cloud]

You also need to understand what you have read.

 

16 minutes ago, yanderekyo said:

Says "If you use MO, configure as an executable."

Do you know what that means? It certainly doesn't mean install outside of MO2.

[yanderekyo]

41 minutes ago, Grey Cloud said:

You also need to understand what you have read.

 

Do you know what that means? It certainly doesn't mean install outside of MO2.

Yes. I DID have it installed in Mo2 as an exe, where it did NOT work, as I said in the first post. Where, when I manually installed, which, nowhere on the FNIS page does it say not to do this, it suddenly worked, but broke my attack animations. Idk what to tell you, or why youre acting hostile. Could simply tell me what exactly "installing creature pack" entails, because installing it to either Mo2, or manually, do not work.

Edited February 26, 2025 by yanderekyo

[Grey Cloud]

Well for kick-off you could tell us which version of Skyrim you are running.

Have you checked that you have the correct versions of all the mods and their dependencies for your version of Skyrim?

Does FNIS give any warnings or MO2 show any conflicts?

Are you using just FNIS or do you have Pandora or Nemesis too?

 

32 minutes ago, yanderekyo said:

Where, when I manually installed, which, nowhere on the FNIS page does it say not to do this, it suddenly worked, but broke my attack animations.

It does not tell you what not to do because it tells you what to do. Putting files in the Data folder means that they will not be used by MO2.

 

Creature Pack is a mod which is installed like any other mod.