Ugly feet and leg seam texture issue

[ButchDiavolo]

I did a completely new install of everything Skyrim and Sexlab, this time following the STEP installation. While my Skyrim looks amazing and purrs like a kitten (speed wise), I now have an annyoing texture issue with avatar feet.

 

The feet are all strange and black/grey mottled and there appears to be a kind of seam around the hip area, as if two different textures are meeting there. I remember I had this same issue a long time ago, but I can't remember how I fixed it! And it is starting to annoy me.

 

Can any of you wise people please point me in the right direction? If any info is needed, please let me know.

 

Thanks in advance

 

Edit: I thought it might be a good idea to add my load order, so here it is:

 

 

Skyrim.esm
Update.esm
Unofficial Skyrim Patch.esp
Dawnguard.esm
Unofficial Dawnguard Patch.esp
HearthFires.esm
Unofficial Hearthfire Patch.esp
Dragonborn.esm
Unofficial Dragonborn Patch.esp
Skyrim Project Optimization - Full Version.esm
ApachiiHair.esm
Schlongs of Skyrim - Core.esm
SexLab.esm
SexLabAroused.esm
ApachiiHairMales.esm
ClimatesOfTamriel.esm
Lanterns Of Skyrim - All In One - Main.esm
MFVM.esm
SexLab Attraction.esm
ApachiiHairFemales.esm
HighResTexturePack01.esp
HighResTexturePack02.esp
HighResTexturePack03.esp
Unofficial High Resolution Patch.esp
Cutting Room Floor.esp
DD_Dawnguard Additions.esp
Beards.esp
Auto Unequip Ammo.esp
Brawl Bugs CE.esp
SexLabStopCombat.esp
DD_Dragonborn Additions.esp
Presets 2-3.esp
Brothers.esp
Guard Dialogue Overhaul.esp
Weapons & Armor Fixes_Remade.esp
Clothing & Clutter Fixes.esp
imp_helm.esp
MarryMe.esp
Chesko_LoreBasedLoadingScreens.esp
Mighty Beasts - Vampire Lord.esp
BetterQuestObjectives-Hearthfire.esp
DawnguardRuneWeaponsFXSReplacer.esp
Mighty Beasts - Werewolf.esp
Disease Descriptions.esp
SexLab Submit.esp
Elemental Staves.esp
Appropriately Attired Jarls Redux.esp
MoreNastyCritters.esp
Brows.esp
Housecarlsrevamp.esp
MFVM_Hearthfire_Patch.esp
ADS.esp
MasculinizedLevelListsDB.esp
SOS - VectorPlexus Muscular Addon.esp
MasculinizedLevelListsDG.esp
SOS - VectorPlexus Regular Addon.esp
MasculinizedLevelLists.esp
Moss Rocks.esp
Moss Rocks_DB.esp
SexLab Cumshot.esp
SexLabNudeCreatures.esp
TheEyesOfBeauty.esp
ORM-Arvak.esp
ProudspireRemodel.esp
Complete Crafting Overhaul_Remade.esp
ExplosiveBoltsVisualized.esp
Dead Body Collision.esp
NPC_Overhaul_V_1_.esp
Helgen Reborn.esp
SexLab Romance.esp
MidasSkyrim.esp
RaceMenuPluginXPMSE.esp
RaceMenu.esp
SC07SexLabRandomAttack.esp
Nine_Divines_Amulet.esp
Schlongs of Skyrim.esp
SexLab Approach.esp
Differently Ebony.esp
SexLabNudeCreaturesDB.esp
SexLabNudeCreaturesDG.esp
SkyFalls + SkyMills + DG + DB.esp
SDO Full-LOD - The Morthal Swamp Light.esp
Distant DetailHF.esp
HentaiCreatures.esp
SDO Full-LOD - Waterfall Effects.esp
Point The Way.esp
HearthfireChimneys.esp
RealisticWaterTwo.esp
AOS.esp
SkyUI.esp
TradeBarter.esp
aMidianBorn_ContentAddon.esp
AMB Glass Variants Lore.esp
STEP Core Patch.esp
BetterQuestObjectives.esp
Better Skill and Quest Books Names.esp
BarenziahQuestMarkers.esp
BetterQuestObjectives-BSaQBPatch.esp
BetterQuestObjectives-Dawnguard.esp
aMidianborn_Skyforge_Weapons.esp
BetterQuestObjectives-AMBSkyforgePatch.esp
NonEssentialChildren.esp
Paralysis.esp
RealisticWaterTwo - Legendary.esp
Run For Your Lives.esp
USKP_NPCoverhaul_Patch.esp
SPTConsistentOlderPeople.esp
When Vampires Attack.esp
dD - Realistic Ragdoll Force - Realistic.esp
dD-No Spinning Death Animation.esp
iHUD.esp
imp_help_dbrn.esp
lakeviewdock1.2.esp
SMIM-Merged-All.esp
SkyrimImprovedPuddles-DG-HF-DB.esp
SFO - Dragonborn.esp
SDO Full-LOD - Whiterun Trundra Creeks.esp
Skyrim Flora Overhaul.esp
SpousesEnhanced.esp
The Paarthurnax Dilemma.esp
BetterQuestObjectives-PaarDilemmaPatch.esp
Necessary Map Markers (all files included).esp
Gildergreen Regrown.esp
NoxUE2.00.esp
SDO Full-LOD - Giant Campfires.esp
Alternate Start - Live Another Life.esp
FastTravelAlle.esp
Bashed Patch, 0.esp

 

[Content Consumer]

I don't know if this would help you at all, but someone else had a very similar problem...

http://www.loverslab.com/topic/36732-burnt-feet/

[ButchDiavolo]

Hmm, I checked that already, but I don't use CBBE or anything like that. I know it has to do with textures being overwritten by another mod, but I can't figure out which one it is. Are the feet part of the main body dds?

[Content Consumer]

Yep, feet are part of the body's texture file.

The poster of burned feet was having a different problem, though, because his body texture file was just fine. He ended up fixing it by just reinstalling the body mod, all of which leads me to believe it might have been a mesh issue. Are you using the sundracon body mod or something? You might check the body texture file of that one and seeing if there are any obvious issues, but my guess would be no, since there's not much that modifies body texture files for just the feet.

 

You haven't run anything like ordenor texture optimizer or anything, have you? That might be responsible somehow.

But I'd guess it's just that somehow the foot mesh got screwed up, you might need to download and reinstall the body mod...

[ButchDiavolo]

I fixed it! YAY *pats hisself on the back*

 

I had a brainwave (or -fart) and checked SOS in MO and saw that the male body textures were being overwritten by another mod (Bethesda Hi-Res DLC Optimized). So, clever me, put the SOS male body textures in the appropriate folder of Bethesda Hi-Res DLC Optimized, and hey presto! No more ugly feet and no more leg seam

 

So recap: the SOS files were being overwritten. You can fix this by checking in MO which mod creates a conflict with the SOS files (malehands_1_msn.dds and malebody_1_msn.dds) and then physically putting those two files in the appropriate MO mod folder, which in my case was Bethesda Hi-Res DLC Optimized.

 

Thanks for your help CoCo

[johann7124]

You could have fixed it by moving SOS lower in the left side of MO.

[ButchDiavolo]

Yes I know, but that would have created the "missing or outdated papyrusUtil" error. This solution seemed more, um... elegant?