How to properly change a race

[Guest k11k27y21k11]

Everytime I try to alter someones race or change there skin tone, in game their bodies color is what it used to be? Is there a way around this in the geck?

[Ark of Truth]

If you don't hit apply after each change it doesn't save it.

[Jumbalow]

Do you mean the head changes, but the body itself stays the same? I have that issue as well, and it only seems to work if I change the .esp to a .esm.

[prideslayer]

That's a known issue in the gamebryo engine. If you want to change body textures in your mod, you need it to be an ESM.

[prideslayer]

Different issue entirely. He probably already has his own custom race or something.

[prideslayer]

Take your full load order list that you're testing with into FNVEdit and look at his _NPC record. It's also possible that a mod that's loading later is also editing his record, which will undo any changes you've done.

 

If it's an ESM you can load yours afterward so it takes effect. If it's an ESP there's little you can do other than releasing your mod as an ESM and an ESP, and have your ESP override your ESM with all identical records.

 

This is one of the many reasons we try to avoid modifying vanilla records as much as possible.

[nightdweller7]

Have you tried it with a new game? It could be your save file if an NPC is already loaded, sometimes fast travelling to another location can work, or load an earlier save before you meet the NPC.