bug, blackened skins on female bodies

[Owrom]

hi there,
i got a lot of mods and was figuring something for a mod, started the game and shutted it down again 3times (dualsheath redux postioning) and now i got something new what bugs me out.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=545806631t

the skin is blackened on all female chars while only being very close to a light source unveils the black overlay but weird.

anyone had this before? what caused it and solutions are apriciated

[Whizkid]

looks like your pc has reached the vram limit, try to compress textures or reduce the quality from 4k to 1k etc..., just make a backup of rename the texture directory etc..

[Dauros]

looks like your pc has reached the vram limit, try to compress textures or reduce the quality from 4k to 1k etc..., just make a backup of rename the texture directory etc..

 

You can actually do all of that with this: http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/12801/?

 

I consider Optimizer Textures to be a mandatory program even for people with great graphics cards because it compresses textures with no visible quality loss. Which means that people with fast cards will run the game better, and people with weaker graphics cards can use more HD textures than they normally could.

[DjaySaint]

Does zooming in to your character make the skin look normal until you zoom out again?

 

There are a couple reasons this could be happening.

 

1.  You're running out of VRAM.

 

2.  The textures you are using do not have mipmaps, and causing issues.

 

3.  Corrupted textures.  A corrupted or badly saved normal map will do exactly as I asked, make your character look black as you zoom out.

 

4.  Memory corruption.  This can happen when using different memory "patches" for the game.  Since several of them attempt to modify the way Skyrim or ENB uses your RAM in different ways, it can cause undesired side effects, such as black textures (even if you're not running out of VRAM)

 

If you are using ENB, check how much memory you are using and how much free video memory you have.  Only compress/resize your textures once you are sure it's because you are maxed out of VRAM usage and all other options are exhausted.

[Owrom]

Does zooming in to your character make the skin look normal until you zoom out again?

 

There are a couple reasons this could be happening.

 

1.  You're running out of VRAM.

 

2.  The textures you are using do not have mipmaps, and causing issues.

 

3.  Corrupted textures.  A corrupted or badly saved normal map will do exactly as I asked, make your character look black as you zoom out.

 

4.  Memory corruption.  This can happen when using different memory "patches" for the game.  Since several of them attempt to modify the way Skyrim or ENB uses your RAM in different ways, it can cause undesired side effects, such as black textures (even if you're not running out of VRAM)

 

If you are using ENB, check how much memory you are using and how much free video memory you have.  Only compress/resize your textures once you are sure it's because you are maxed out of VRAM usage and all other options are exhausted.

 

yes all female bodys are black on zoom out/range, nearby like 1m looks nicely again.for your numbered reasons:

1: idk, a test play shows me like up to 25% vram used, never running sig. above that

2,3: i newly use "Fair Skin Complexion" i was recommeded to use it from the nexus hdt B&J

4. in this installment of mine i do not use any ENB anymore since enb drops the frames on 4k then on 1k, i only use Project Reality - Climates Of Tamriel-V3 besides of body and armor mods anymore.

 

i guess at first i try to get rid of FairSkin, then i try to use that Optimizer Textures recommeded by Daurus.

 

thanks for the replys so far!

 

 

 

edit:

fairskin was not involved, problem was still there after de-in, but

OptimizerTextures was on point to solve the situation, thanks alot again Daurus!!

[DjaySaint]

yes all female bodys are black on zoom out/range, nearby like 1m looks nicely again.for your numbered reasons:

1: idk, a test play shows me like up to 25% vram used, never running sig. above that

 

i guess at first i try to get rid of FairSkin, then i try to use that Optimizer Textures recommeded by Daurus.

 

thanks for the replys so far!

 

 

 

What normal map do you use?  If you are not capping vram usage, and zooming in makes your character look fine, the problem is your normal map.  Reinstall it or try to use a different normal map, or load it up in photoshop or gimp or whatever you use... and resave it as either 8:8:8 uncompressed, or DXT5 compressed with mip maps.

 

Problem should no longer exist after that.

 

Also I would recommend using ENB.  If nothing else, for ENBoost.  You don't have to have a preset or other graphic enhancements with it.

[Owrom]

 

yes all female bodys are black on zoom out/range, nearby like 1m looks nicely again.for your numbered reasons:

1: idk, a test play shows me like up to 25% vram used, never running sig. above that

 

i guess at first i try to get rid of FairSkin, then i try to use that Optimizer Textures recommeded by Daurus.

 

thanks for the replys so far!

 

 

 

What normal map do you use?  If you are not capping vram usage, and zooming in makes your character look fine, the problem is your normal map.  Reinstall it or try to use a different normal map, or load it up in photoshop or gimp or whatever you use... and resave it as either 8:8:8 uncompressed, or DXT5 compressed with mip maps.

 

Problem should no longer exist after that.

 

Also I would recommend using ENB.  If nothing else, for ENBoost.  You don't have to have a preset or other graphic enhancements with it.

 

 

normal map.. sigh. i use bodys/skins recommeded in http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/59416/?HDT B&J, cbbe, then fairskin. hope that is what you are talking about. i guess im half that pro then you. xD