My follower mod missing face and clothes.

[ShadowM5]

Hi I am in the process of creating a follower mod and she has no face, just teeth, wrong eyes, and her hair. She also has no clothes and won't speak to me. I am confused on what I did wrong.

[traison]

What's the facegen data looking like in NifSkope?

[ShadowM5]

18 minutes ago, traison said:

What's the facegen data looking like in NifSkope?

 

[traison]

File name is wrong. The name for the texture and mesh should be the form id of the NPC.

[ShadowM5]

51 minutes ago, traison said:

File name is wrong. The name for the texture and mesh should be the form id of the NPC.

You mean what I have it saved as or her 3 NiNode is wrong?

[traison]

Melania5HPH0.nif -> meshes\actors\character\facegendata\facegeom\Melania Follower.esp\00005900.NIF

 

Same goes for the texture.

[ShadowM5]

17 hours ago, traison said:

Melania5HPH0.nif -> meshes\actors\character\facegendata\facegeom\Melania Follower.esp\00005900.NIF

 

Same goes for the texture.

Ok I got her clothes to appear and I made sure in nifskope that the racemenu preset and the facegendata from creation kit all lead to the same files. And made sure it was the same name Melania008. But the face is still missing, what could I have missed?

[ShadowM5]

23 hours ago, traison said:

Melania5HPH0.nif -> meshes\actors\character\facegendata\facegeom\Melania Follower.esp\00005900.NIF

 

Same goes for the texture.

I created a new folder structure for her. Maybe I have to redo something in creation kit or merge it in nifmerge because I have tried nifmerge nothing. I have the latest version of skyrim ae.

Melania Follower.zip

[traison]

Lots of things wrong in that one.

• Don't deviate from the standard folder structure of data\meshes\... and data\textures\...
• The facegen data folder names are wrong. They're both missing the dot.
• Your esp name was changed to Melania008.esp, thus the facegen data folder names are entirely wrong.
• The facegen data nif and dds files are named wrong. You're using absolute form ids when they should be relative.
• The plugin itself is in the wrong directory, but that's presumably just an archiving error.

Instead of trying to do a hundered things at once, start off with a new vanilla NPC, and generate its facegen data in the CK. Then start adding brows, hairstyles, horns and whatever else is in this thing. Make sure you can get the basics working first. Use vanilla data files as examples if needed.

 

Here's the corrected folder structure and file names:

Spoiler

|   Melania008.esp
|   
+---meshes
|   +---actors
|       +---character
|           +---facegendata
|           |   +---facegeom
|           |       +---Melania008.esp
|           |       |       0000000F.nif

|                       
+---textures
    +---actors
        +---character
            +---facegendata
            |   +---facetint
            |       +---Melania008.esp
            |       |       0000000F.dds

 

 

Edited October 31, 2025 by traison

[ShadowM5]

On 10/30/2025 at 8:40 PM, traison said:

Lots of things wrong in that one.

• Don't deviate from the standard folder structure of data\meshes\... and data\textures\...
• The facegen data folder names are wrong. They're both missing the dot.
• Your esp name was changed to Melania008.esp, thus the facegen data folder names are entirely wrong.
• The facegen data nif and dds files are named wrong. You're using absolute form ids when they should be relative.
• The plugin itself is in the wrong directory, but that's presumably just an archiving error.

Instead of trying to do a hundered things at once, start off with a new vanilla NPC, and generate its facegen data in the CK. Then start adding brows, hairstyles, horns and whatever else is in this thing. Make sure you can get the basics working first. Use vanilla data files as examples if needed.

 

Here's the corrected folder structure and file names:

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|   Melania008.esp
|   
+---meshes
|   +---actors
|       +---character
|           +---facegendata
|           |   +---facegeom
|           |       +---Melania008.esp
|           |       |       0000000F.nif

|                       
+---textures
    +---actors
        +---character
            +---facegendata
            |   +---facetint
            |       +---Melania008.esp
            |       |       0000000F.dds

 

 

I thought I finished my follower I straitened out the follower folder and merged my creation kit face with my racemenu preset. Still doesn't use the custom face. And for some reason she is not compatible with amazing follower tweaks. I also took the process of making the follower a little at a time and did tests. It's just these two things I can't figure out. I also reinstalled amazing follower tweaks.

Melania Follower3.zip