I need help with a few basic questions about bodygen.

[nufndash]

I have a completely new install of Fallout with version 1.11.240. I am taking my time and trying to do things right this time. I don't think I have ever had bodygen working right, I never saw any variation in my NPCs (I always built characters and clothing with zeroed sliders and morphs ticked). Also, there always was a file in my F4SE plugins folder that was labeled Bodygen. I downloaded the latest Looks Menu for 1.11.240 but I no longer have that file. Should it be there? Did I miss a step in installing Looks Menu?

 

Another question I started thinking about when I was trying to get Bodygen working is, if I have Fusion Girl for my character and I am using Fusion Girl sliders, what does the game(bodygen) use to create NPC's and the variations of them. Are they all based on Fusion Girl and the corresponding slider sets as well,  or are they built using CBBE and CBBE slider sets? I have both because CBBE was a prerequisite for some other mods. As I have been reading, all references regarding bodies and sliders were of CBBE and the CBBE slider sets for BodyGen to work. Fusion Girl was never mentioned as an alternative so now I'm wondering if I'm just confused. I thought all the NPCs were Fusion Girl bodies if my character was, but then again, the in-game sliders never worked for Fusion Girl, so I messed up somewhere; I'm pretty sure. I'm sure most of these questions are basic knowledge for most people modding, but if someone could educate me a little on BodyGen, I would be much appreciative. 

[deff.]

18 hours ago, nufndash said:

I have a completely new install of Fallout with version 1.11.240. I am taking my time and trying to do things right this time. I don't think I have ever had bodygen working right, I never saw any variation in my NPCs (I always built characters and clothing with zeroed sliders and morphs ticked). Also, there always was a file in my F4SE plugins folder that was labeled Bodygen. I downloaded the latest Looks Menu for 1.11.240 but I no longer have that file. Should it be there? Did I miss a step in installing Looks Menu?

 

Another question I started thinking about when I was trying to get Bodygen working is, if I have Fusion Girl for my character and I am using Fusion Girl sliders, what does the game(bodygen) use to create NPC's and the variations of them. Are they all based on Fusion Girl and the corresponding slider sets as well,  or are they built using CBBE and CBBE slider sets? I have both because CBBE was a prerequisite for some other mods. As I have been reading, all references regarding bodies and sliders were of CBBE and the CBBE slider sets for BodyGen to work. Fusion Girl was never mentioned as an alternative so now I'm wondering if I'm just confused. I thought all the NPCs were Fusion Girl bodies if my character was, but then again, the in-game sliders never worked for Fusion Girl, so I messed up somewhere; I'm pretty sure. I'm sure most of these questions are basic knowledge for most people modding, but if someone could educate me a little on BodyGen, I would be much appreciative. 

 

All female bodies are Fusion girl, if you are using FG.  

About bodygen - there was a mod, ZeX Bodygen (if you will search in google for ZBG mo you'll find it). And it have ZeX ingame sliders as well - so you will have sliders for FG. Bodygen is working via .ini files, there is a topic in forum as well about it. But you have to configure .ini files, if you want more random bodies. 

And you can't  run two female bodies - you have to choose CBBE or Fusion Girl. 

Edited Sunday at 03:13 PM by deff.