Invisible nameless synths?

[ToastOfDoom]

I was playing today like normal, when I found something really weird. I was in Cambridge near the hospital when I came across a group of enemies. They were completely invisible, and had no names. The only way I knew where they were was the sound of their voices and the enemy icon on my navigation wheel. They sounded like syths, just typical Gen 1 or 2. They didn't have any weapons or armr. It spawned a group of 3 or 4, some tried attacking me, others just ran away. I killed 2. After they died I couldn't loot their body, not that I could really find it though, and I couldn't target them in V.A.T.S either. I don't think any of my mods should have done this, none mess with the Synth model or armor. Part of me wants to just call it a freak glitch by the game, but has anyone else ever found something like this? I really don't want to go through the pain of figuring out which mod, if any, could be doing this. Thank you!

[ronr42]

If searching through your mods to find the problem mod causes you Pain, then don't hurt yourself like that. Just consider it a new challenge in the game.

Oh, and no, there is no vanilla game bug that would cause that.

[Miyumi]

Hi there! Sorry for necrothreading this but I have found the source of the problem plus a solution. It might help someone in the future.

The problem (at least on my part):
The problem is caused by the mod "Bodyslide The Mercenary - Pack (WIP) CBBE-BBBE".

What caused the problem?:
The author of the above mod included the "RealFemaleSynth.esp" in his Mercenary - Pack Mod installer.

Because of this, the game tries to spawn Gen2 Female Synths without the necessary textures and files, thus resulting to invisible synths being spawned.

Solution:
Open your Nexus Mod Manager, go to the Plugins tab and uncheck the RealFemaleSynth.esp from your Load Order.

[MR BUGGLES]

Originally posted by Miyumi Ayase:

Hi there! Sorry for necrothreading this but I have found the source of the problem plus a solution. It might help someone in the future.

The problem (at least on my part):
The problem is caused by the mod "Bodyslide The Mercenary - Pack (WIP) CBBE-BBBE".

What caused the problem?:
The above author of the above mod included the "RealFemaleSynth.esp" in his Mercenary - Pack Mod installer.

Because of this, the game tries to spawn Gen2 Female Synths without the necessary textures and files, thus resulting to invisible synths being spawned.

Solution:
Open your Nexus Mod Manager, go to the Plugins tab and uncheck the RealFemaleSynth.esp from your Load Order.

Thank you for this, saved me a lot of time.

[Miyumi]

Glad to be of service! I hope it helps more people. It took me like a week to find out what was causing the issue.

[Edward_Carnby_47]

Sadly I dont even have such mod ,besides the default Clientele's CBBE.
Yet I have the exact same issue - Forged enemies show up as invisible Synths.
The only mod I have uninstalled that touches upon raiders is Better Settlers and Raiders (which was bogus mod forcing everyone into combat armor and same green outfit),

[Elbmek]

As quoted in the game 'play with mods at your own risk'.

[MechaFrieza]

invisible synths are my fav feature