The powerful open-source mod manager from Nexus Mods. If it is not there, then check your Skyrim SE Data directory and see if there is a Textures and Meshes folder there. - Head nifs from the old game will work in the new game due to a degree of backwards compatibility and they will not exhibit the black head problem. Launch TES5Edit/SSEdit. - You'll get the black head no matter which way you do it, or if you do both. NPC Facegen Patcher at Skyrim Special Edition Nexus - Nexus Mods I've attempted to use the Creation Kit to generate facegen data (select actors to regenerate face data for, press CTRL+F4) to no avail. All trademarks are property of their respective owners in the US and other countries. 2. The other way I could possibly get the right FaceGen files is to delete all of them and then export the files of the female NPCs like you can do in Creation Kit. It should have been the mod from which the NPC comes. minor change: log filename change to DarkFaceIssueReporterXXXXXXXX.txt, now you can select which file you want to start from, just select the file, 'Apply Script' then click button '1. Skyrim: Creation Kit Tutorial - Export FaceGen Data Zylice Liddell 1.93K subscribers Subscribe 331 Share 32K views 7 years ago In my first ever Creation Kit tutorial, I will show you how to. Select the altered NPCs and press Ctrl+F4 to export their FaceGen data. This only happens for vanilla NPCs. Log in to view your list of favourite games. but if it's having any effect on the game when I load a save. Site news (important news will be issued), Comments on your files, images and videos, New images and videos added to your files. If you are using 2 character appearance mods, such as HMB II and VHR, select the .esp files provided by them and click OK. I've seen some opinion that this is the case, but I can't verify yet, because no matter where the facegeom data is saved, the heads are too black to see what the face looks like in game. This mod prevents the game from discarding tint data, so when errors are encountered, it will regenerate faces with correct colors. Hi, I am obviously a modding noob but I'm trying to patch FaceGen using your guide and the DarkFace script mod. I also opened the face mesh in NifSkope, and it looks fine there. Black face bug dont effect the way the game works. This author has not provided any additional notes regarding file permissions, sfts - for devising a clever way of identifying nif blocks based on xEdit's 'NIF - replace string' script and letting me use his codePieron - for the original NPC Appearance PatcherElminsterAU and the xEdit Team - who made it all possible in the first place, This mod is not opted-in to receive Donation Points. A guide about using CK to fix them: Guide: Creating FaceGen Data (from RageYT0) Sometimes you should let the mod auther to fix them. SSE facegen head nifs are a different structure and are made to work with the new shader and lighting system. I like the changes it makes to female NPCs but not the guys, so I want to go into xEdit and get rid of the changes to the guys while keeping what was done to the ladies. In Skyrim Special Editionm when you cange the face of a vanilla NPC the facegen data is generated under two folders: "Skyrim.esm" and "Mod.esp" (where Mod.esp is the name of the mod changing those faces. The elegant, powerful, and open-source mod manager, Download and manage all your collections within Vortex, Upgrade your account to unlock all media content, To enjoy the benefits of Nexus Mods, please log in or register a new account. if you got two mods making changes to Delphine and you want Bijin Delphine, put the Bijin esp after the other NPC replacer. - It's possible a bug in the new CK is involved regarding saving of the facegeom data. Problems appear when you use more than one mod that modifies the same NPC face. So what am I missing? You want to leave out the first 3 digits, because if the NPC is from a DLC, those first 3 will be "020", "030", or "040" in the FormID, but the .nif and .dds files will still start with "000". This specific character had the "BretonRaceVampire" (or BretonVampireRace?) New way of handling facegen data for NPCs in SSE - The Nexus Forums You don't need to include ".txt". Dark Face Issue Reporter - Nexus Mods :: Skyrim Special Edition So what am I missing? Problem is that this tintmask entry has to be adjusted manually before finishing/releasing a mod. Eliminates the dreaded "dark face" issue that occurs when the game encounters FaceGen errors. First, pick one mod that alters NPC faces and use just that one. Black Face Bug even after generating FaceGen data : r/skyrimmods - reddit So to get the corresponding facegen files, you need to change the first two numbers to 0. I have also created facegen data for that npc via the CK which can be seen here: all of which exists in the KhajiitRace in the base game. Where does CreationKit export facegen data? : r/skyrimmods It would make sense for them to change it so facegeom data was saved in a folder named after your own plugin, because then you could get rid of the old grey face bug by simply adjusting your load order. Open the Creation Kit and click File > Data. Simple solution that works (well, most of the time): Make sure you got your load order sorted correctly. When logged in, you can choose up to 12 games that will be displayed as favourites in this menu. Start from selected file' from the main menu, now you can choose which files or records you want to check, just select them, 'Apply Script' then click button '2. I can't seem to get the facegen data to export. Facegen export requires CK no way around that, but only export it for the npc's you're having proiblems with (use CK Fixes) and if you have any sense you'll put them in matching BSA's as their loading/override will be automatic and avoid loose facegen files like the plague because they always override regardless. (Select multiple NPCs by holding down Shift or Ctrl .) You can do this by selecting the entry for the NPC in the Creation Kit, and pressing Ctrl + F4. Go to Skyrim's main menu, select "Mod Configuration", "Review Studio", the studio you want, then back out of the menu and you'll be transported there. Your first sentence may be true, but the second sentence is definitely not. a xEdit Script to find "Dark Face Issues" and address them, then create console command batch files for checking in game. I've been trying to fixe some darkface issues with my game and I tracked the source down to my smashed patch, but when I load it into the creation kit to run facegen, it always comes back with an unspecified fatal error. Select all plugins (Ctrl+A). Guide: Creating FaceGen Data - Articles - The Nexus Forums In the right pane, find and select the NPC (s) with broken faces. Now, all modders releasing mods modifying vanilla NPCs need to follow this to avoid problems. Load your current load order. That step is sometimes overlooked by mod authors - which also explains some black faces. This means it will work for mods such as VHR - Vanilla Hair Replacer. I was talking only about naming and location of files. Use caution. Forget about the ones under the Mod.esp folder! The third-party CommonLibSSE library is licensed under the MIT license. High Poly Head should also take effect if you distribute it with the xEdit script. ! NPC appearance overhauls that use custom sculpts and custom textures are safe to use with this mod installed, but if you have a conflict in your load order that breaks those mods, this mod will. You currently have javascript disabled. fixed an issue. Maybe you could still try the "Load order adjustments + bashed patch" method I mentioned above. There is still one NPC (Felena) who has a black face (I have seen others who also ported the mod to SSE for themselves reporting the same). Complementary tool for all mods that allow character races to have bodies unique to them. Again: Regenerating facegen data won't help most of the time - on the contrary: You will most likely screw up your beautiful NPCs UGH misinformation is the worst. Some assets in this file belong to other authors. And that's what happens most of the time when people encounter black faces in their game. The gray face bug will now be gone for you. Site news (important news will be issued), Comments on your files, images and videos, New images and videos added to your files. Thanks for the tip. As you might imagine, generating FaceGen is slower than loading preprocessed FaceGen. These "missing facegen data" issues are rather rare and very special cases. New: Added some code to detect broken facegen NIF file, New: Can ignore NPC's EDID (suggested by DarthAncalagon), Change: Separate IgnoreLists to another INI file, named DarkFaceIssueReporterIgnore.ini, fixed an issue: can not turn off creating console command batch file, minor changes: removed some unnecessary logs from log file (suggested by Gaznevada), minor changes: added version info to log file (suggested by Gaznevada), Added ui for 'CreateDebugLogFile','CreateConsoleCommandBatchFile','DarkFaceCollectorFilename' options, Added some races(should be ignored) to INI file, minor changes: some logs changed or fixed, added a log to print out headparts in NIF for helping to fix issues, fixed an issue: when close the main menu with 'create DarkFaceCollector option' checked, will still create collector file. The elegant, powerful, and open-source mod manager, Download and manage all your collections within Vortex, Upgrade your account to unlock all media content, To enjoy the benefits of Nexus Mods, please log in or register a new account. My knowledge regarding NPCs largely stems from creating followers / NPCs for small quests and working with NPC overhauls. Has something to do with it changing the shaders file. While they're highlighted, press Ctrl + F4. I know it works there with CTRL+F4, but the software is horribly optimized and takes like 10 minutes to load up the main game, update, and DLCs. But, it does not auto-save to the folder named after the original (vanilla or DLC) plugin, where the old CK would put them when pressing . Black faces. Tried regenerating faces. Apparently, I'm not doing it In particular, to the tint assets: And I have another mod (a skyrim npc beautification mod I can't remember the name of atm) that causes this problem for non-vanilla npcs of man and mer races. That didn't work either, even after regenerating face data again with the patch: You did a lot of work to provide us with information. If you have multiple NPCs, you can hold down Ctrl and left click each entry so all of them can be selected. This worked fine, but I have 1 problem. 4. In Skyrim, when you changed the face of a vanilla NPC all facegen data was generated only under the folder "Skyrim.esm" In Skyrim Special Editionm when you cange the face of a vanilla NPC the facegen data is generated under two folders: "Skyrim.esm" and "Mod.esp" (where Mod.esp is the name of the mod changing those faces. After the CK has finished, all of your newly exported FaceGen data can be found in the Overwrite folder of your mod list. 3. The elegant, powerful, and open-source mod manager, Download and manage all your collections within Vortex, Upgrade your account to unlock all media content, To enjoy the benefits of Nexus Mods, please log in or register a new account. Should fix the void face bug, if you get it, Prevent a crash on startup when using broken mods with bad race (RNAM) data; an error will be printed to the SKSE log instead. I haven't figured it out yet, but I've been working on it for the past few days. Her face is not discolored in my game, but if she is in yours, use this. E.g. This seems to have worked better, since now her face looks fine in-game. That site also lets you input the NPC's name and will then give you their code. If it is not there, Maybe that was already common knowledge, but I didn't know it. Skyrim: Creation Kit Tutorial - Export FaceGen Data - YouTube Several mods making changes to one and the same NPC can result in a black face. Basically you want to check which tintmask texture is attached to the head mesh. Unfortunately I'm kinda out of my wits here. Log in to view your list of favourite games. Click Yes to all to dismiss warnings by category again. No glitches or bugs at all. Not Required. Open your data folder (or overwrite, in case of MO2 users) Navigate to: meshes\actors\character\FaceGenData\FaceGeom\Cuyima 3DNPC - Redone. I tried to see if those numbers showed up under the NPC in xEdit and couldn't find anything, I found which FaceGen file was Storn's due to the .dds preview but the number isn't with him in xEdit, if you know what I'm saying. fixes dark face bugs (optional but recommended), ONLY NECESSARY IF YOU GET THE BLACKFACE BUG WHILE PATCHES ARE INSTALLED, WON'T FIX EVERY INCOMPATIBILITY, if Lyall appears with his face black colored, Or you will probably get dark face issue :>, Because the CK wouldn't let me Save Facegen, This not a fix but if you have grey face bug or whatever it works. Example: "C:\Steam\steamapps\common\Skyrim Special Edition\Data" Usage. Getting back to Skyrim NPCs: the safe thing is for every facegen mesh to be accompanied by an NPC record edit, and vice versa. If you're still looking for a solution, this is what I do: go to https://skyrimcommands.com/npcs, and enter in the last 5 digits of the 8 digit code (so, for example, if you wanted to know what NPC was 00017935.nif, type in "17935" and boom - it'll tell you "Storn Crag-Strider"). Any way of fixing this or it is just something we have to learn to live with? - Or, it's also possible it is supposed to work exactly like the old CK and facegeom data is always supposed to be saved to the original vanilla or DLC plugin folder, meaning the auto-saving to a folder named after your own plugin is the bug. In Skyrim, if two mods changed the face of the same NPC the only problem of incompatibility between those mods was that you would only see in game the changes done by the last mod loading in your load order, as the files in the Skyrim.esm folder of the second mod overwrote the ones of the first mod. I think nothing has changed regarding facegen. Face Discoloration Fix at Skyrim Special Edition Nexus - Nexus Mods If using MO2 you need to run this and SSEEdit through MO2. - The black head seems to happen no matter what. Which is a pita. So if anyone can help me with my problem of finding out who's FaceGen files belong to who, I would be very thankful. Find which mod alters NPC faces, and which NPCs it alters, and open it in the Creation Kit. This tool doesn't do anything by itself. * As the facegen data under ModA.esp folder is not the same than the other two, Lydia's face appears either black, or with some lines over her face, or pixelated, or presenting any other graphical glithes! TBH, I'm not sure what exactly happens here. Looking into it the source seems to be that the creation kit is physically unable to load all the masters to the patch due to space limitations, so now I'm wondering if there is a way to export facegen data without the use of the creation kit. His FaceGen file is titled "00017935.dds" but that number appears nowhere under him in xEdit. 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When logged in, you can choose up to 12 games that will be displayed as favourites in this menu. Check the box again and the old merges work perfect. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. I ended up having to revert to release version and opt out of beta patches, in order to be able to use CK again. Fixed delphi/pascal stupid 'else' handling. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. Copyright 2023 Robin Scott. And does "fluffy Khajiits" change all Khajiits to something else? Right click. In my first ever Creation Kit tutorial, I will show you how to export character Face Gen Data for NPCs in order to prevent the 'Grey/Dark Face Bug' and so you can see makeup/warpaint in-game.Here is a Playlist with all of my CK Tutorials: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB4t0GI9oBEb9p7v8Pnca44gZWNNIgirYVisit My Websites!Girl Gamers - http://zyliceagirlgamersdream.wikia.com/wiki/Zylice_WikiFan Site - http://www.fanpop.com/clubs/zyliceSkyrim Mods \u0026 Resources - http://zyliceliddell.weebly.com/#/ First, Identify what mod you want to turn into an esl check to see if it has facegen data it will be located under "meshes\actors\character\FaceGenData\FaceGeom{Whatever the plugin name is}" as loose files or using . Site news (important news will be issued), Comments on your files, images and videos, New images and videos added to your files. Note: This is ONLY to be used to report spam, advertising, and problematic (harassment, fighting, or rude) posts. Press Ctrl + F4 (which will not close the window; it's the command to export facegen data) and click Yes to confirm. now definitely will not add same npc to console command batch file again and again. facegen - Reddit post and comment search - SocialGrep !These two mods are a fix for the Mannimarco black face bug that can happen in VR, or in general!! I appreciate the attempt. r/skyrimmods Ersh released Animation Queue Fix on Nexus (eliminates the lengthy t-posing period on startup with DAR while animations are cached, is compatible with SE, all AE versions, and VR) Skyrim Generate Facegen DataAnother trick for spawning multiple NPCs Possible solution if you get dark face. We ask that you please take a minute to read through the rules and check out the resources provided before creating a post, especially if you are new here. Are these NPCs supposed to be normal Khajiits? This means it will work for mods such as VHR - Vanilla Hair Replacer. Remove the DDS files from these directories . Cheers. His FaceGen file is titled "00017935.dds" but that number appears nowhere under him in xEdit If I can find the FaceGen file associated with the NPC somewhere in xEdit, where would it be? If nothing had changed regarding facegen, then we could use NifMerge to simply convert the old game's head nifs into head nifs for the new game, but we can't. Remarks You can use this fix as a runtime equivalent to Creation Kit's 'Ctrl+F4' to generate FaceGen. Multiple mods that do the same thing will cause issues. In my tests, preprocessed FaceGen would load in about 0.2ms per NPC, while generating it could take roughly 30-70ms depending on the NPC. FaceGenEslify/README.md at main Michael-wigontherun/FaceGenEslify Race. The NPC in question (xx04C768) has facegen data provided in the mod in question (in a BSA). But in SSE things are not so easy. This mod is needed to extract all unique heads to allow you customize their textures. The mods in question are found here and here. Multiple mods that do the same thing will cause issues. If you want all the NPCs in your load order to use the individualized face textures for each race. Espaol - Latinoamrica (Spanish - Latin America), https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/10522/. This will tell you their FormID and the last plugin in your load order that referenced them. Log in to view your list of favourite games. However, Fluff's Hybrid Khajiit appears to remove the racial face tint layers with indexes 4, 5, 6, 17, and 18 from KhajiitRace and replace them with new layers with indexes 24, 26, 36, 27, and 28 respectively. When it comes to black face issues, you should take a close look at NPC Replacers (e.g. Once you got your load order sorted, run Wrye Bash and create a "bashed patch". So for example, if you wanted to spawn Storn you'd type in "player.placeatme 04017935" (without the quotes). Edited by Belegost, 13 November 2020 - 11:24 am. In Skyrim, when you changed the face of a vanilla NPC all facegen data was generated only under the folder "Skyrim.esm". It doesn`t happen with new NPCs added by mods, as all their facegen data is only under the Mod.esp folder. Other than that currently no idea, sorry Can confirm, totally messed up the NPCs that WERE working. - place the script 'Skyrim - NPC Facegen Patcher.pas' in the 'Edit Scripts' folder of xEdit How to use: 1. Edited by Belegost, 19 November 2020 - 03:58 pm. All rights reserved. Copyright 2023 Robin Scott. It strips out the "Has Tangents" flag from the meshes that need it (everything but the head). Put the one you want to win the conflict last. Sorry No worries. I don't know why people still advice regenerating facegen data. This covers that up. Source code on GitHubThis work is licensed under the MIT License. In this case, all the effected NPCs are those added by mods they don't exist in the base game. Looking at the screenshot, I'd say it's still a problem of MISSING facegen data. I have selected the NPC in the Creation Kit and pressed Ctrl+F4 to generate her facegen data. I didnt stop to think that it includes load order like literally everything else does, I guess I should have. The mesh and textures were correctly generated and can be found in my data folder (also correct filenames, they correspond to her Editor ID). For vanilla followers, the new Creation Kit creates new facegen data under the Skyrim.esm and under the Mod.esp folders every time the esp file is saved (and everytime i select the "Upload file to Bethesda.net" option). Skip the Patching section if you are only wanting to create new FaceGen Data. So, apparantly you need to have the last mod that modifies an Actor's Race as well as the last mod that modifies that Actor itself loaded if you want to generate correct FaceGen data. I have converted Interesting NPCs (3DNPC) to SSE by running the meshes through the optimizer tool, re-saving the .esp in the new Creation Kit, and fixing any water-related data in SSEEdit. I was able to delete all the changes made to the NPCs in the .esp, but in addition to the main .esp there are texture and mesh files in the main mod data directory and I cant figure out how I can get rid of these. Most likely a missing (or unreadable) tint mask. Run only for selected files or records' from main menu. Afaik it is just CK putting facegen files in the wrong folder and you need to move those files yourself where they should be (folder named after the master file of NPC record). Can I do this in xEdit or will I need to use the Creation Kit? Select which races you want to patch. Skyrim Special Edition Creation Kit and Modders. She still has the black face bug in my game. Nnnnnope. Do you mean that, moving the facegen files generated under the Mod.esp folder to the Skyrim.esm and only packing then the ones under Skyrim.esm will solve the problem? What file exactly did you use to regenerate the facegen data? Could it somehow be related to her being a vampire? Some of the affected mods add a LOT of new NPCs. If you're still looking for a solution, this is what I do: go to https://skyrimcommands.com/npcs, and enter in the last 5 digits of the 8 digit code (so, for example, if you wanted to know what NPC was 00017935.nif, type in "17935" and boom - it'll tell you "Storn Crag-Strider"). Search Reddit posts and comments - see average sentiment, top terms, activity per day and more I've run into this problem too. That may have been their intention. If you're talking about the beta skyrim se patch, I have just had problems with that blacking out the entire ck render window. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, Welcome to /r/SkyrimMods!
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