Fane's model/portrait permanently purple?

[DangerDavey]

So have this very odd and persistent bug with Fane...

After using his shapeshifting mask atr the end of Act 1, he started to act a bit odd:
- Sometimes keeping the green shimmer from the transformation permanently
- Refusing to talk when the above happened, stating "not now" etc, so I assumed he as stuck in the transformation, and usually casting the spell again would make him functional

Then all of a sudden his character model, in all five versions of him, becomes a skeleton with some frizzy hair - but he is completely purple (which I know is often the base model without the textures, have seen similar bugs in Skyrim).

What is even odder is that his portrait will either lock to his purple skeletal form, or a completely new purple human male - and it's not a purple version of the unarmored human he becomes when using the spell, but a dude in half-profile, with armor on his neck/shoulder, and a mustache. I cant make this ♥♥♥♥ up.

Has anyone had similar problems? I've searched all over, and I can't find anyone else that has had these issues.

(reloading,exiting game, restarting computer, loading earlier saves etc - nothing resolves the problem, he now seems permanently broken in my game)

[hrubetz13]

For me, after using his shapeshifting, and reverting, his default (undead) portrait is now blank, but I haven't experienced things to THIS level.

[DangerDavey]

Well, at least good to know it's not just with me he is budding out... anyone else?

[Sorceress]

Me, too, but in brand new game with custom character.

[ĿIFE oƒ ƤIE]

Try revalidating the game files via steam.

P.S. The green body shader effect not deactivating is indeed a BUG I have seen it happen as well.

[DangerDavey]

It's only getting worse for me.. not it's impossible to speak to him at all. He always says "later" or "not now", and no amount of shapeshift or reloading will help.

Truly game-breaking bug.

[Vermillion]

This thread is a tad old, but I had this bug happen to me today actually. I managed to fix it the following way. For me, Fane could transform between the different forms with no issue, but talking wouldn't work and dropping to his undead form would result in a purple Fane with a glitched portrait of his previous form.

1. Have Fane drop his disguise and enter the purple glitched state with him not "wearing" a disguise
   
2. On the ship, activate the mirror and click accept
   
3. Fane should be in his skeletal form proper and you should be able to talk to him and swap his form with zero issue.

One thing I will note is that I didn't have Fane while I was in the Fort. I swapped him with Ifan once I boarded the ship.

[Jolbert]

Following up on the previous necro, I didn't have this issue /until/ I used the mirror on the boat.
He was in human form when I used the mirror, and afterwards he was in his human form with a purple texture and a purple human portrait. I was able to transform him into any of the 4 transformations and that fixed his texture/portrait, but reverting to skeletal form has him as a purple skeleton with a purple human portrait. I can confirm that Vermillion's method works to fix these graphical errors.

The issue with not being able to talk to Fane while transformed is if not intended, at least a known bug. You can't talk to any of the characters while they are transformed, just fix it by reverting to their original form. Annoying, but not game breaking.

I'm not sure that the green transformation sheen is a bug, necessarily, but I have been able to fix it pretty reliably by just transforming again into his current form.

[TARS]

Portrait still doesnt change correctly, Haircolor doesnt change and this ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ugly purple effect is still there! ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ FIX YOUR GAME!!!!!!!!!