Vampire Grey Face Bug

[CloudDistrict]

Whenever I come across a vampire (well, the vast majority of them), they will have the grey face bug, the infamously ugly and annoying bug that occurs on the face of an NPC. Usually, I would fix this by finding which two or more mods are editing the NPC and then exporting their FaceGen through the Creation Kit, but I have attempted this with one of the NPCs on which this has happened, and it hasn't worked.

Thing is, this isn't happening with all vampires. For example, it affects every single generic vampire that I fight, but it does not affect Serana, or any of Harkon's Court. It also affects some vanilla vampire unique NPCs, such as Sybille Stentor and Hert and Hern.

Here is my load order:
0 0 Skyrim.esm
1 1 Update.esm
2 2 Dawnguard.esm
3 3 HearthFires.esm
4 4 Dragonborn.esm
5 5 Lanterns Of Skyrim - All In One - Main.esm
6 6 Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition Patch.esp
7 7 BSAssets.esm
8 8 BSHeartland.esm
9 9 BS_DLC_patch.esp
10 a Blowing in the Wind SSE.esp
11 b Blowing in the Wind - Lanterns of Skyrim Patch SSE.esp
12 c Blowing in the Wind - Lanterns of Skyrim SE - MCM versionPatch.esp
13 10 SMIM-SE-Merged-All.esp
14 11 Blowing in the Wind - SMIM Merged All Patch SSE.esp
15 12 ELFX - Exteriors.esp
16 13 Blowing in the Wind - ELFX Exteriors Patch SSE.esp
17 14 Blowing in the Wind - ELFX Exterior patch.esp
254 FE 0 Qw_BeyondSkyrimBruma_USSEP Hotfix Patch.esp
18 15 SkyUI_SE.esp
19 16 EnhancedLightsandFX.esp
20 17 Vivid WeathersSE.esp
21 18 S3DTrees NextGenerationForests.esp
22 19 S3DLandscapes NextGenerationForests.esp
23 1a Landscape Fixes For Grass Mods.esp
24 1b Book Covers Skyrim.esp
25 1c EmbersHD.esp
26 1d dD - Enhanced Blood Main.esp
27 1e IcePenguinWorldMap.esp
28 1f RaceMenu.esp
29 20 RaceMenuPlugin.esp
30 21 FNIS.esp
31 22 CBBE.esp
32 23 RaceMenuMorphsCBBE.esp
33 24 WICO - Immersive Character.esp
34 25 WICO - Immersive People.esp
35 26 WICO - Immersive Dawnguard.esp
36 27 WICO - Wild Hunt Gears.esp
37 28 Vivid Weathers SE - Bruma Patch.esp
38 29 SMIM-Bruma-Patch.esp
39 2a Veydosebrom.esp
40 2b Footprints.esp
41 2c GQJ_DG_vampireamuletfix.esp
42 2d DuraFlame.esp
43 30 Elemental Eyes.esp
44 31 art_StarsightEyes.esp
45 32 InigoPerkPointGiver.esp
46 33 HearthfireMultiKid.esp
47 34 HearthfireMultiKid_LastName.esp
48 35 Beards.esp
49 36 SPTDiverseGuardsSkyrimSE.esp
50 37 SPTDiverseGuardsSkyrimSEBruma.esp
51 38 Vanilla Hair Replacer - VHR.esp
52 39 HearthFire Display Case Fix.esp
53 3a KS Hairdo's.esp
54 3b Bijin_AIO 2018.esp
Bijin NPCs.esp
Bijin Warmaidens.esp
Bijin Wives.esp
55 3c Serana.esp
56 3d Valerica.esp
57 3e PAN_NPCs.esp
58 40 PAN_NPCs_DG.esp
59 41 SkyHUD.esp
60 42 UIExtensions.esp
61 43 AddItemMenuSE.esp
62 44 AMatterOfTime.esp
63 45 Elemen restri wegmacher.esp
64 46 ShowRaceMenuAlternative.esp
65 47 Skysan_Icicle.esp
66 48 SoundsofSkyrimComplete.esp
254 FE 1 SoS_VividWeathers_Patch.esp
67 49 SSE High Quality Music.esp
68 4a VioLens SE.esp
69 4b Wildcat - Combat of Skyrim.esp
70 4c Wildcat - Realistic Damage Plugin.esp
71 4d TKDodge.esp
72 4e SkyTEST-RealisticAnimals&Predators.esp
73 4f Point The Way.esp
74 50 PC Head Tracking - MCM.esp
75 51 PC Head Tracking - Patch.esp
76 52 OpenFaceGuardHelmetsSSE.esp
77 53 More idle markers.esp
78 54 lm_astronach.esp
79 55 BarenziahQuestMarkers.esp
80 56 sandboxcylinderheight.esp
81 57 BosmerArmorMATY743.esp
82 58 Skysan_ELFX_SMIM_Fix.esp
83 59 ElysiumEstate.esp
84 5a All armor - All enchantments.esp
85 5b Toccata as Elisif.esp
86 5c Whistle.esp
87 5d RichMerchantsSkyrim_x10.esp
88 60 AMB Glass Variants Lore.esp
89 61 Differently Ebony.esp
90 62 CC'sEnhancedOreVeinsSSE-HearthfirePatch.esp
91 63 JS Barenziah SE - Johnskyrim.esp
92 64 RUSTIC SOULGEMS - Sorted.esp
93 65 Radzig - Johnskyrim.esp
94 66 Unique Uniques.esp
95 67 DragonCarvedArmorSet.esp
96 68 HelmetToggle.esp
97 69 Skyrim Unlimited Rings And Amulets SSE.esp
98 6a S3DRocks.esp
99 6b dD - Realistic Ragdoll Force - Realistic.esp
100 6c XPMSE.esp
101 6d Bijin AIO - YBMT.esp
102 70 BlendedRoads.esp
103 71 Fluffy Snow - BlendedRoads Patch.esp
104 72 dD-No Spinning Death Animation.esp
254 FE 2 Qw_BookCoversSkyrim_USSEP Patch.esp
254 FE 3 Qw_BarenziahQuestMarkers_USSEP Patch.esp
105 73 Hammerfell Armory SE.esp
106 74 Vikings Weaponry - Johnskyrim.esp
107 75 Vikings Weaponry LL - Johnskyrim.esp
108 76 aMidianborn_Skyforge_Weapons.esp
109 77 TeraRogueCBBE.esp
110 78 DeadlyAssassin.esp
111 79 zz_GDRAHoods.esp
112 7a VelvetRobesandCloaks.esp
113 7b armored-horses.esp
114 7c The Paarthurnax Dilemma.esp
115 7d Map Markers Complete.esp
116 80 Cloaks&Capes.esp
117 81 WetandCold.esp
118 82 SolitudeTempleFrescoes.esp
119 83 SolitudeTempleFrescoesExpanded.esp
120 84 Faction Crossbows.esp
121 85 PrvtIRoyalArmory.esp
122 86 PaladinArtifactsAndArmor.esp
123 87 icebladeofthemonarch.esp
124 88 buildingmaterialsgodchest.esp
125 89 My Home Is Your Home.esp
126 8a Shadowmourne SE - Johnskyrim.esp
127 8b Kynreeve Armor.esp
128 8c FireBurns.esp
129 8d SolitudeTempleFrescoesSmall.esp
130 8e SolitudeTempleFrescoesBig.esp
131 8f DragonLordSwords.esp
132 90 Dunmeri Leaf Sword.esp
133 91 ValkyrieSwordShield.esp
134 92 Fenrir Blades.esp
135 93 Nightingale Prime remaster.esp
254 FE 4 Qw_S3DLandscapes_USSEP Patch.esp
136 94 LazyHeels.esp
137 95 nightshade_armor.esp
138 96 NewmillerDarkVampKnight.esp
139 97 Sovereign's Slayer Armor SE.esp
140 98 Alternate Start - Live Another Life.esp
141 99 Landscape Fixes For Grass mods - Alternate start Locations.esp
142 9a Immersive Citizens - AI Overhaul.esp
143 9b CFTO.esp
144 9c Relationship Dialogue Overhaul.esp
RDO - CRF + USSEP Patch.esp
145 9d RDO - USSEP Patch.esp
146 9e CFTO - Immersive Citizens Patch.esp
147 9f Landscape For Grass Mods -Immersive Citizens PATCH.esp
148 a0 ELFXEnhancer.esp
149 a1 Immersive Citizens - ELFXEnhancer patch.esp
150 a2 RealisticWaterTwo.esp
254 FE 5 RealisticWaterTwo - Watercolor.esp
254 FE 6 RealisticWaterTwo - Beyond Skyrim Bruma.esp

If any of you could tell what's causing it/what I'm being a dumbass about, it would be very much appreciated.

[Stormcrown77]

When you exported the character's FaceGen did you make sure to save it to an .esp before exiting the Creation Kit?

[CloudDistrict]

Originally posted by deepaknarine1:

When you exported the character's FaceGen did you make sure to save it to an .esp before exiting the Creation Kit?

Yes, and unfortunately, it didn't work. I tried sorting the .esp with LOOT as well and still, nope.

[Stormcrown77]

What are the name of the mods that you said were editing the NPCs?

[Miss_Liss997]

This is a slightly older thread but i have also been having this issue (the grey face bug on vamps) and was looking for a solution. For context I play on the PS4:

I uninstalled each of my character editor mods individually and checked Sybille Stendarr (?) in Solitude for the bug since she is a vampire, and found that for me, the mod-

"Skyrim Vanity Kit -PS4 Edition" By Dennis83

-was the culprit. It has over 4k downloads so I highly doubt it has given many other people the same problem, and I'm not sure why it was giving me this issue, but when I got rid of it, the bug went away. It also might not be an issue on XBOX or PC versions of the mod, nor did I even see this mod on your list, unless I missed it.

I downloaded my other character editor mods and the bug has not re-appeared. Problem solved!

You may have solved your issue already, but just in case it helps anyone else...