Help, my boobs don't jiggle!

[SinisterPoem]

Well, not MY boobs, to be exact, but my followers'. I happened upon a bbw custom companion mod on nexus fittingly titled "Lofen the Stout", which adds a fully standalone, with own clothing (as any other ones'd just turn  her into a normal NPC being).

I vividly remember her boobs used to jiggle.

 

At that point all was still well, but I decided that I want to play around with how the mod's built in Creation Kit, and, alas, during required reinstalation of the creation kit (why was it required Gabe didn't see fit to explain) steam graciously decided to delete most of the vital files in the skyrim directory (my mod organiser files as well, which I foolishly placed in a directory accesible by steam).

 

Time jump to now, 2 days later, after I painstakingly managed to restore law and order to my skyrim, however Lofen's boobs are unmoving, for the lack of a better word. On a side note, all other armors/bodies are jiggling as intended.

 

I think it's probably some silly problem with mod order, since the mod composition is basically the same as it was back when all still worked. Honestly though, I've run out of patience with this game and the headaches it's modding brings  with it.

 

Hence, I'd like to ask for your help, kind modders and skyrim lovers, and hope I'm not imposing on you too much.

 

My load order is as follows, with the mods I think might be relevant bolded out:

 

Skyrim.esm
Update.esm
Dawnguard.esm
HearthFires.esm
Dragonborn.esm
Unofficial Skyrim Legendary Edition Patch.esp
EFFCore.esm
ApachiiHair.esm
ApachiiHairFemales.esm
hdtHighHeel.esm
RaceCompatibility.esm
HighResTexturePack01.esp
HighResTexturePack02.esp
HighResTexturePack03.esp
Cutting Room Floor.esp
FNIS.esp
FNIS_PCEA2.esp
dD - Realistic Ragdoll Force - Realistic.esp
EFFDialogue.esp
UIExtensions.esp
DLC1FLL.esp
DLC2FLL.esp
Convenient Horses.esp
CollectBodies.esp
Bounty Gold.esp
LegacyoftheDragonborn.esp
DBM_UnofficialFix_Patch.esp
Purity.esp
MoreBanditCamps(Explorer'sEdition).esp
Skyrim Immersive Creatures.esp
FeminizedLevelLists.esp
Undeath.esp
Skyrim Immersive Creatures - DLC2.esp
Hothtrooper44_ArmorCompilation.esp
BirdsHFclean.esp
skyBirds - Airborne Perching Birds.esp
FNISspells.esp
Sacrosanct - Vampires of Skyrim.esp
SkyrimsUniqueTreasures.esp
JaxonzUtilities.esp
wizDynamicThings.esp
Dragon Soul Relinquishment.esp
BetterDeadThralls.esp
Auto Unequip Ammo.esp
Immersive Citizens - AI Overhaul Lite.esp
Apocalypse - The Spell Package.esp
BarenziahQuestMarkers.esp
ForgottenMagic_Redone.esp
Soul Trap Redone.esp
Cloak of souls Fix.esp
AddItemMenu2.esp
Nordic Warmaiden Body Hair.esp
RaceMenu.esp
RaceMenuPlugin.esp
VioLens.esp
VVE.esp
TKMN_MoreAdoptableChildren.esp
Thief skills rebalance for Ordinator.esp
SkyUI.esp
Size Does Matter HF.esp
Tiwa44_Minidresses.esp
Tiwa44_Minidresses_Dragonborn.esp
TheEyesOfBeauty.esp
Summermyst - Enchantments of Skyrim.esp
Ordinator - Perks of Skyrim.esp
RealisticHumanoidMovementSpeed.esp
RaceCompatibilityUSKPOverride.esp
Apocalypse - Ordinator Compatibility Patch.esp
PathOfSorcery.esp
Protected NPCs AllinOne Merged.esp
LostGrimoire.esp
Remodeled Armor - Dawnguard.esp
Remodeled Armor - Dragonborn.esp
Remodeled Armor.esp
RaceMenuMorphsUUNP.esp
Hothtrooper44_Armor_Ecksstra.esp
Immersive Weapons.esp
Unique Uniques.esp
Unique Unique.esp
Alternate Start - Live Another Life.esp
RayeksEnd.esp
EveryBody's Different.esp
Myrgiol-Follower.esp
Lofen-Follower.esp
PerrineFollower.esp
XPMSE.esp
Bashed Patch, 0.esp

 

I've run all this crap though FNIS, SUM, LOOT, and then rebuilt bashed patch, All ran through MO.

There's a HDT physics extension installed as well, but as It has no .esp it doesn't show. which is as intended, I presume.

[WraithSlayer]

If the mod has an install wizard, make sure you pick a body with HDT support. You may also want to overwrite the mod-included skeleton with the one from XPMSE.
 

[SinisterPoem]

If the mod has an install wizard, make sure you pick a body with HDT support. You may also want to overwrite the mod-included skeleton with the one from XPMSE.

 

 

It doesn't have a wizard though, all it has is a single esp, meshes and textures needed to inject a follower with a different body and head mesh and 3 dedicated outfits (counting with the "naked" outfit which seems locked to be equipped, since ~unequipall leaves a normal body NPC with a big head and body/neck mismatch).

I also run xpmse last just in case the mod-included skeletons were not appropriate.

 

Honestly, I'm more suprised that it used to have jiggle than that it doesn't now, since afaik you need some xml file dedicated to body/outfit to enable HDT to work it's magic. Meanwhile this mod doesn't even have SKSE directory included.

 

I even had to double check a video on yt which some dude recorded with this follower to make sure it's supposed to jiggle.

Included, for the heck of it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxhZuBhKfM4

 

I'm starting to think this mod is more trouble than it's worth, whatever unique bodytype it brings into the game.

 

[macnchz]

The skeleton in the follower mesh file does not support xml/hdt/jiggles.  When I run into a follower that doesn't have HDT, I just swap out the skeleton with a comparable one (or the textures might not line up properly).  OR you can make your own skeleton with Bodyslide, just make sure you are using the correct base (unp or cbbe) of the follower, and the base of your all your bodies.   The best person to ask on this site is Bazinga - author of Naturalistic XML's for HDT.  God Bless that man!  

[SinisterPoem]

Wow, that solved the problem.

Since it did work once and making a skeleton in bodyslide sounded like a pain in the ass for a "custom race" follower, I just overwrote the default ones with the one from XPMSE.

Many thanks to you, friend, those tiny problems are the worst that can happen to experiencing skyrim, and you just solved one of them for me. Seriously, thanks.