Black Head Bug

[Chromosomes]

So I've recently installed a set of mods, 32 I believe? And SkySight is one of them, and I keep getting this annoying bug (not sure if this happens to more characters since i noticed it on Ulfric and the Thief), anyone know how to fix this? I can provide my Load Order if necessary.

[fauxpas]

You have conflicting face gen.

[Experica]

I think its normally a load order problem for having black face

[Vlad 254]

Yes to both of the above posts. Best bet would be to post your load order so that someone might be able to spot something.

[davidleetcu]

It's a common problem. I've had it many times.

You have a mod that changes Ulfric's appearance and a mod that is later in your load order that changes his appearance again but causes a problem with the facegen. If you can identify the mods then move the mod with "correct" facegen towards the end of your load order so that it acts last will probably fix it.

Conflict might be between one of the new mods and your existing mods or it might be within the new 32 mods.

You have to do some detective work.

My guess is that you installed SkySight and then a mod that changes Ulfric in which case moving Skysight to the end of your load order might fix it.

Sometimes mods have patches to prevent this, as a last resort you can make your own patch but I've never attempted that.

[Altbert]

Originally posted by |42Cdo|Sharpkiller:

I think its normally a load order problem for having black face

or ... a mod that adds new or altered NPCs, has not provided proper facegendata in the accompanying BSA file. It's difficult to say what's causing this. Conflicting facegendata can be caused by a load order problem, but not always.

SkySight Skins is a mod that alters all non-beast male appearances. Probably load this mod as low in load order as possible, at least below any mod that alters Ulfric and The Thief.

[Experica]

Originally posted by Altbert:

Originally posted by |42Cdo|Sharpkiller:

I think its normally a load order problem for having black face

or ... a mod that adds new or altered NPCs, has not provided proper facegendata in the accompanying BSA file. It's difficult to say what's causing this. Conflicting facegendata can be caused by a load order problem, but not always.

SkySight Skins is a mod that alters all non-beast male appearances. Probably load this mod as low in load order as possible, at least below any mod that alters Ulfric and The Thief.

true need more info on his mod load order to really know what is the issue

[★Kelvy★]

Use CK64 if you know the mod. In CK load skyrim then the mod (note mod must last to tick box in prior activation), active and yes to all. In actors select what race the NPC is and look for a * in the count column or NPC name press ctrl and F4 let face gen do its thing when done save and exit. * shows that NPC has been modified in some way..

[Altbert]

Originally posted by ★Kelvy★:

Use CK64 if you know the mod. In CK load skyrim then the mod (note mod must last to tick box in prior activation), active and yes to all. In actors select what race the NPC is and look for a * in the count column or NPC name press ctrl and F4 let face gen do its thing when done save and exit. * shows that NPC has been modified in some way..

Might not be necessary if it's a load order problem!

[Larra]

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/42441/

[Vlad 254]

Everyone in this thread has posted some of the most common fixes or steps to take for this age old problem. But a load order should always be posted. If not posted should be the first thing asked for.

ps, you don't just look for the order of mods in a load order when looking at many problems. A posted load order also tells you the actual names of mods that are included.