Some main NPCs have purple skin and no head. What can cause this?

[MBBasar]

I have around 150 mods. Only this weird glitch I have. don2t knw which one to disable. Too difficult for me. Which mods can cause this?

[DPMR]

Are you using Vortex or MO2?

[MBBasar]

Originally posted by DPMR:

Are you using Vortex or MO2?

Vortex

[fauxpas]

Missing textures. 🙄

[MBBasar]

Originally posted by fauxpas:

Missing textures. 🙄

How can I fix this? I even don't know which mod is causing this.

[Bored Peon]

Purple skin is a missing texture.
Missing body parts is a body slide/clothing issue.

Disable one body mod and load your game.
Exit the game and disable another mod until you find the culprit.

After solving the missing texture run bodyslide for your clothing.

[alexander_dougherty]

Originally posted by Bored Peon:

Purple skin is a missing texture.
Missing body parts is a body slide/clothing issue.

Disable one body mod and load your game.
Exit the game and disable another mod until you find the culprit.

Dear lord no......

How many times does it need to be said that mods bake data into saves?, disabling mods one at a time then loading a save just creates more issues.

If you are going to disable mods one at a time then you need to start a new game after you disable each mod. And no!, you can't use a save just after character creation, not unless it has no mods on it.... and if you do use a save with no mods on it, don't save while disabling mods.

[Ilja]

Missing body parts could also mean that you actually have compatible gear for your body, but none of it is built correctly in BodySlide.

[MBBasar]

Ok I did it. But not removing or disabling any mod. By installing requirement patch for Bijin mod :)))
I missied one patch so the textures are missing in game. Now all ok.

[Bored Peon]

Originally posted by MBBasar:

I missied one patch so the textures are missing in game. Now all ok.

I am glad you figured it despite someone telling you textures could not be changed once your game was saved. Speaking of which...

Originally posted by alexander_dougherty:

Dear lord no......

Keep in mind you started this. You could have just posted your own solution.

Originally posted by alexander_dougherty:

How many times does it need to be said that mods bake data into saves?

So you are saying appearances and textures are permanent and can never be changed.
Which means you could never mod a texture or appearance after the game started.
Think about that for a moment.

Now think about how large save files would be if they contained every texture reference in the game...

Originally posted by alexander_dougherty:

...disabling mods one at a time then loading a save just creates more issues..

How do you create more issues if you never save the game after disabling the mod?
Can you show me where I said to save after disabling a mod?
So if you never save then how does it create more issues?

Originally posted by alexander_dougherty:

...don't save while disabling mods.

You just claimed that disabling mods does not work. Yet here you are suggesting it.
How can you sit there correcting someone else while contradicting yourself?

By the way what was your solution to the problem?

Originally posted by alexander_dougherty:

...you need to start a new game after you disable each mod.

So you suggest people should have to sit through the wagon ride to Helgen between every attempt....yeah nobody has that kind of patience.

Looks like in your attempt to smear crap onto someone else you got it all over yourself.

[alexander_dougherty]

Originally posted by Bored Peon:

Originally posted by MBBasar:

I missied one patch so the textures are missing in game. Now all ok.

I am glad you figured it despite someone telling you textures could not be changed once your game was saved. Speaking of which...

Originally posted by alexander_dougherty:

Dear lord no......

Keep in mind you started this. You could have just posted your own solution.

Originally posted by alexander_dougherty:

How many times does it need to be said that mods bake data into saves?

So you are saying appearances and textures are permanent and can never be changed.
Which means you could never mod a texture or appearance after the game started.
Think about that for a moment.

No, but you didn't say disable the texture mods, you said disable the mods one by one

Now think about how large save files would be if they contained every texture reference in the game...

Originally posted by alexander_dougherty:

...disabling mods one at a time then loading a save just creates more issues..

How do you create more issues if you never save the game after disabling the mod?
Can you show me where I said to save after disabling a mod?
So if you never save then how does it create more issues?

Originally posted by alexander_dougherty:

...don't save while disabling mods.

You just claimed that disabling mods does not work. Yet here you are suggesting it.
How can you sit there correcting someone else while contradicting yourself?

No, what I said is loading a save the requires mods after disabling them creates issues, which it does. Mods bake data into saves, so if you load a save that's been made with a mod, disabling it doesn't fix the problem

By the way what was your solution to the problem?

Originally posted by alexander_dougherty:

...you need to start a new game after you disable each mod.

So you suggest people should have to sit through the wagon ride to Helgen between every attempt....yeah nobody has that kind of patience.

Unless you have a save that was made with zero mods, or only texture mods, this is the only option, otherwise you are loading up a save with data from mods baked into it.

[Bored Peon]

Originally posted by alexander_dougherty:

No, but you didn't say disable the texture mods, you said disable the mods one by one

Learn to read.

Originally posted by Bored Peon:

Disable one body mod and load your game.

Body textures come from what kind of mods?

Originally posted by alexander_dougherty:

Mods bake data into saves, so if you load a save that's been made with a mod, disabling it doesn't fix the problem

Learn to read.
Textures references are not baked into a save, second time telling you.
Scripts are what is baked into a saved.

Originally posted by alexander_dougherty:

Originally posted by Bored Peon:

So you suggest people should have to sit through the wagon ride to Helgen between every attempt....yeah nobody has that kind of patience.

Unless you have a save that was made with zero mods, or only texture mods, this is the only option, otherwise you are loading up a save with data from mods baked into it.

If that was even remotely true the modding for this game would have died before it began

Smart people create a unmodded save AFTER the wagon and THEN use that as a clean slate to load all their mods. Every decent modding guide tells you this.

Yet you are going to claiming nothing can be changed after you saved.
Do you realize you are basically saying nobody could add mods mid game either.

[fauxpas]

Most people aren't smart enough to read the guides, much less follow thier advice. 👸

[Bored Peon]

Originally posted by fauxpas:

Most people aren't smart enough to read the guides, much less follow thier advice. 👸

You would think they would have the time if they were having to constantly sit through the wagon ride....

[smr1957]

For what can and cannot be changed, what is baked in and what not, what can and cannot be removed, this contains the definitive information:
You CANNOT Remove Mods Mid-Playthrough -
http://steamcommunity.com/app/489830/discussions/0/1520386297681801135/

And for the proper way of troubleshooting, there is this:
Troubleshooting Your Load Order
https://steamcommunity.com/app/489830/discussions/0/3109142236155416522/

Both are from the pinned topic Helpful Links and References, Section 5, General Troubleshooting.

It is also important to point out, that many things from FO4 do not apply to Skyrim, and vice versa.

[fauxpas]

Originally posted by Bored Peon:

Originally posted by fauxpas:

Most people aren't smart enough to read the guides, much less follow thier advice. 👸

You would think they would have the time if they were having to constantly sit through the wagon ride....

Like I said, I've become convinced over the years that most of the people posting these 'help me' threads are illiterate and using voice to text apps since otherwise they'd be incapable of putting thought to page.