Help using custom race with ECE

[cdevnull]

hi,

 

 

I want to use PCEA, so I need a custom race.

I tried several races, but when I import my ECE preset, the face does not match.

 

First, I tried CustomRaces ( http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/8720/? )

I tried to tweak ECE config in meshes/CharacterMakingExtender

[Race]

EDID = CustomImperialRace, CustomImperialRaceVampire
SliderIni = commonTriRaces\HumanRaces_Slider.ini
Preset = ImperialPreset1.slot

I overwrote Female*.nif and skeleton_female.nif files , and textures.

But the result is horrible ...

 

 

 

Then I tried to use YgNord from ECE, I get a better result, but the face is too round. (like a younger version of my character, make sense because YgNord mean Young Nord).

I tried to replace femalehead.nif, but no change.

 

 

 

Can someone help me to resolve my issue? thanks.

 

[Guest]

HI 

i remeber a mod but not sure if it work i found it hope it helps you.

when no sorry. is only a try. 

http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/15307/?

[Rayblue]

HI 

i remeber a mod but not sure if it work i found it hope it helps you.

when no sorry. is only a try. 

http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/15307/?

 

Didn't like it. Yes, it does transfer the face data, but at the price of screwing up the gamesave.

 

If you're looking for the right headmesh, I recommend those from RAN46. Or try out the Citrus headmeshes (here on this site). Also, don't forget the facegen .TRI files (for the body and head parts) and the skeletons.

[cdevnull]

HI 

i remeber a mod but not sure if it work i found it hope it helps you.

when no sorry. is only a try. 

http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/15307/?

well, it's still beta, I am reluctant to use it.

 

 

 

 

HI 

i remeber a mod but not sure if it work i found it hope it helps you.

when no sorry. is only a try. 

http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/15307/?

 

Didn't like it. Yes, it does transfer the face data, but at the price of screwing up the gamesave.

 

If you're looking for the right headmesh, I recommend those from RAN46. Or try out the Citrus headmeshes (here on this site). Also, don't forget the facegen .TRI files (for the body and head parts) and the skeletons.

 

 

I just want to use the headmesh of Imperial. Don't know if it was replaced by ECE.

Do you know where YgNord .tri file are located?

[Rayblue]

The .tri files are located here within CME, but which one of them are in use by ygNord, not sure which:

meshes\CharacterMakingExtender\commonTriRaces

[cdevnull]

All humans races use the same tri, including YgNord.

But I noticed that Nord and YgNord have the same face with my preset.

 

Oh, it seems Breton/nord/imperial have not the same base face, and height.

 

So, it's probably hardcoded in ESP files :/ .

[azmodan22]

Not in the .esp

Files are kept in the .bsa   This wil help you extract it

http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/4804/?

 

[cdevnull]

Orc, argonians, khajit have their own .tri , but all humans use femaleheadraces.tri .

 

I tried to look in tes5edit, but found nothing.

 

 

[azmodan22]

If what you want to do is "transfer" your player's appearence to an NPC maybe this will help you:

http://www.loverslab.com/topic/38942-making-custom-followers/?p=978519

 

 

[gvman3670]

ECE just doesn't work well with any custom races besides the ygNord race that is built in. I've used Demonica/Lilith and a couple others and they just don't work well with ECE (although the real problem is a lack of sliders).

 

If you're wanting to use a custom race I'd suggest Race Menu instead of ECE. But I prefer to use ECE myself so I only use Race Menu in my MO profiles that use custom races.

[cdevnull]

Finally I found out. Took me 2 days, but it's enjoyable when you succeed.

 

.tri files are just a collection of .obj file, each .obj is associated to one race.

 

I downloaded these tools http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/14589/?tab=2&navtag=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nexusmods.com%2Fskyrim%2Fajax%2Fmodfiles%2F%3Fid%3D14589&pUp=1 .

 

I used the extractor on FemaleHeadraces.tri , I replaced the ygnord file by the imperial one.

Then I use the creator to generate the new FemaleHeadraces.tri .

 

I did the same with femaleheadbrowsrace.tri , femaleheadmaskleftsideraces.tri and femaleheadmaskrightsideraces.tri .

 

 

Now, my ygNord has the same facial trait as imperials.

 

 

Thank for you replies.