NPC Black Body Glitch [Solved]

[Leman Russ]

Hello, I've recently been plagued by a problem with certain NPC's have completely darkened body textures when loading into a saved game or sometimes when loading a new cell. Although it has been happening more so recently than I've noticed previously. I tried messing around with my Skyrim graphics settings themselves but have yet to resolve the issue.

Here are my PC specs:

AMD A10-5800K APU
GeForce GTX 750 Ti
8 GB RAM (4 GB VRAM)

One strange thing I have noticed is that the problem only occurs to NPC's not affected by my three Bijin mods (Bijin Warmaidens, NPCs and Wives). The black body glitch never happens to any of them only other female NPC's (Never males) but the hands, feet and head keep their textures/meshes. So I figured this was not a VRAM issue but perhaps a shader or texture/mesh loading problem? I don't know of any mod that would mess with this but not the Bijin girls. Here is a list of my mods, I run about 150-165 depending on my playthrough. The glitch usually starts in populated areas such as cities and villages but when I leave the area and return the female bodies will load properly or if I go right up to them the black texture will disappear and reveal their normal body mesh. But if I back away even by a foot it returns to pure blackness. Any help would be appreciated.

Mod List:

Skyrim.esm
Update.esm
Dawnguard.esm
HearthFires.esm
Dragonborn.esm
Havok Breast Physic.esm
RSkyrimChildren.esm
ApachiiHair.esm
ApachiiHairFemales.esm
ApachiiHairMales.esm
Lanterns Of Skyrim - All In One - Main.esm
Campfire.esm
ZaZAnimationPack.esm
SexLab.esm
Devious Devices - Assets.esm
SexLabAroused.esm
Devious Devices - Integration.esm
S.chlongs of Skyrim - Core.esm
Realistic Lighting Overhaul - Major City Interiors.esp
JKs Skyrim.esp
360WalkandRunPlus-RunBackwardSpeedAdjust.esp
ogDiverseDragons2_noDLC.esp
Relationship Dialogue Overhaul.esp
Guard Dialogue Overhaul.esp
Realistic Lighting Overhaul - Dungeons.esp
Realistic Lighting Overhaul - Dawnguard Interiors.esp
Complete Crafting Overhaul_Remade.esp
Havok Breast Physic.esp
RealisticWaterTwo.esp
Northern Bathhouses.esp
RealShelter.esp
Realistic Lighting Overhaul - Major City Exteriors.esp
ESFCompanions.esp
Hothtrooper44_ArmorCompilation.esp
Holidays.esp
Western Watchtower Rebuilt.esp
TheChoiceIsYours.esp
Expanded Inns.esp
Laundry.esp
RealisticWaterTwo - Legendary.esp
Run For Your Lives.esp
Cloaks.esp
RiversideLodge.esp
SL01AmuletsSkyrim.esp
SL01AmuletsSkyrimDGDB_Outfit_CCOR.esp
Havok Breast Physic Dawnguard.esp
Havok Breast Physic Dragonborn.esp
AMatterOfTime.esp
iHUD.esp
SkyUI.esp
AmazingFollowerTweaks.esp
Immersive Weapons.esp
UIExtensions.esp
NordicSkaalHeavyFalmerWeightFix.esp
Whitewatch Tower.esp
Darkwater Crossing.esp
dawnguard sentries.esp
WindhelmMilitaryEnhancement.esp
Bijin NPCs.esp
Bijin Wives.esp
DHuntress.esp
FlameAtronachArmor.esp
FullBootForKKSA.esp
KKFur.esp
KKSDGWeightSliderFix.esp
KKSDrBWeightFix.esp
RSChildren - Complete.esp
HearthfireMultiKid.esp
custom family home.esp
NW_GrelodAdoption.esp
InteractiveWashBasinsCOMPLETE.esp
Immersive Patrols II.esp
EternalTorch.esp
FreecameramovementThrones - DLC.esp
Unlimited Training.esp
Brevi_MoonlightTalesEssentials.esp
FNIS.esp
RaceMenu.esp
RaceMenuPlugin.esp
SOSRaceMenu.esp
XPMSE.esp
Shor's Stone.esp
Ivarstead.esp
Whistling Mine.esp
SexLab-AmorousAdventures.esp
Dual Sheath Redux.esp
HearthfireMultiKid_LastName.esp
Height Adjusted Races.esp
RSChildren_PatchHeightAdjustedRaces.esp
LevelMult10.esp
sandboxcylinderheight.esp
No Falling Damage.esp
dD - Realistic Ragdoll Force - Realistic.esp
WarmongerArmory_Vanilla.esp
When Vampires Attack.esp
Cloaks - Dawnguard.esp
ElderOutfit.esp
PrisonerRagsForFemales.esp
Chesko_WearableLantern.esp
Guards armor replacement.esp
1nivWICCloaks.esp
1nivWICSkyCloaksPatch.esp
Kynesgrove.esp
Frostfall.esp
RealisticNeedsandDiseases.esp
Karthwasten.esp
Soljund's Sinkhole.esp
RND_HearthFires-Patch.esp
Solitude Military Enhancement.esp
Bijin Warmaidens.esp
Farkas Wears Companion Armor.esp
HoldBorderBanners.esp
TheAxeOfHakon1_0.esp
RSexpansion.esp
Equipping Overhaul.esp
My Home Is Your Home.esp
bm_SimpleAction.esp
WerewolfSecondHowlToggle.esp
Infinite Werewolf.esp
DragonboneBarbarianMale.esp
Ursine Armour.esp
Imperial Mage Armor by Natterforme.esp
Nord Gladiator.esp
StormLord.esp
Dwemer Beards.esp
Predator Vision.esp
Bathing in Skyrim - Main.esp
Bathing in Skyrim - Interactive Wash Basins.esp
Devious Deviants.esp
Hothtrooper44_Armor_Ecksstra.esp
RSPatch.esp
RND_AnimalLoot.esp
RND_Dawnguard-Patch.esp
RND_Dragonborn-Patch.esp
RDO - AFT v1.66 Patch.esp
Stormcloak Battle Armor Replacer.esp
LoversComfort.esp
SexLab Romance.esp
SexLabMatchMaker.esp
SexLabDefeat.esp
S.chlongs of Skyrim.esp
SOS - VectorPlexus Muscular Addon.esp
SOS - VectorPlexus Regular Addon.esp
WetandCold.esp
WetandCold - Ashes.esp
RaceMenuMorphsCBBE.esp
Convenient Horses.esp
SassyTeen.esp
Immersive Sounds - Compendium.esp
NusbieVoices.esp
Beards.esp
KJ Tattoos 2K.esp
Realistic Lighting Overhaul - Minor Cities and Town Interiors.esp
Supreme Storms.esp
Wolf Brothers.esp
NoRadialBlur.esp
GoToBed.esp
GoToBed - Hearthfire coffins fix.esp
RND_GoToBed-Patch.esp
Alternate Start - Live Another Life.esp
Dual Sheath Redux Patch.esp

[ᑕYᗷEᖇᑕᗩT]

Just going to go out on a limb and say that you just might have a mod incompatibility issue. Would recommend getting one of those fancy mod screeners and have it take a look at your set up. Loot is a good one to start with I heard.

[Leman Russ]

Yeah I do have Loot actually and that's what organizes my mod order. It's not detecting anything so I've just decided to wipe my textures and mesh folder and reinstall any mods that mess with the two a few at a time until I get a winner. But anymore helpful advice is gladly accepted still. :)

[Uncle64]

You can get the black texture when you have wrong settings on your/npc bodys.
And run out of v-ram.

You should install Usleep, Wrye Bash and make you one bashed patch.

What body do you have? CBBE/Unp?

[Leman Russ]

I use CBBE. I have heard of both of those but have never used them so I am not entirely sure how to create my own patch.

[Don Trump 4]

Why are you complaining about darkened textures? Do you have something against dark people or something, you racist bastard?

I would manually fine tune your mod order if I were you. As good as Loot is, sometimes you need to manually modify the order of some files yourself to make it work as you want.

[Leman Russ]

Yeah but the problem is that I am not sure what the problem is exactly. I don't think it's an incompatibility problem so much as a texture/mesh loading problem. It's definitely not my VRAM as it only does it to certain female NPC's. So who knows.

[Uncle64]

Yes you need to fine tune your loadorder, easy done in Wrye bash. And Wrye will tell you how you do it.
Check the pinned topics there are some good guides linked there by Ilja/nazenn
Check here.
http://steamcommunity.com/app/72850/discussions/0/594821545176386165/

How do you install mods? MO/NMM?
Have you used MO is it easy to fine tune the Prio order to. That is one thing you must do.
Do you see any strange colours on clothes and other stuff to?

Yes the issue do only apply to females.
Need to get to sleep but I think there are others that can help you further.

[Leman Russ]

I will try Wrye Bash and see if that fixes it. And yes I do use MO with LOOT as well. And the clothing or armor textures load in fine it's just their body mesh/skin that has this black paint/nothing covering their skin. And if I stand right in front of them it will start to remove itself in certain places. Almost like a shader is over their skins and the closer I get the more it peels back and reveals the skin.

Sounds creepy as ♥♥♥♥ when I describe it that way but I am not sure how else to put it lmao.

[Uncle64]

I have noticed the same issue my self so I know what it is.
Try to change the body from 4k to 2k if you know how you do that.
You should also install useep.

[Leman Russ]

I will try that. I deleted the textures and mesh folders and then reinstalled them via Steam and also messed with my graphic settings and seemed to resolve the issue. So it might have been a problem with loading a texture or mesh file. Either way, I don't use USLEEP as it is incompatible with a few of my mods sadly.

[Uncle64]

What mods?
All mods that have had issues whit the latest patch have been given one patch for it.
My self should not use any mod that is incompatible whit usleep.

[Leman Russ]

I will try it again. It seems even though I changed the CBBE body texture to 2k and even 1k I am still getting the darkened or glossy bodies unless I am right in front the NPC. I don't understand what is causing this either as the male NPC's and any female NPC's changed by Bijin is not having the similar problem.

[Karma Mule]

I had the exact same problem, females only, tried removing/altering CBBE and a couple others with no luck. Then I discovered that for me the Diverse Muscle Tones mod was causing the problem and removing it resolved it. I'm not seeing it in your list but some other mod may be including it (for me it was a variation of the Diverse Guards mod that included it), so perhaps try disabling your mods one at a time and one of them might do it.

[Leman Russ]

Finally found a fix for my issue. Turns out it had nothing to do with VRAM or my textures/meshes. I keep a overwrite folder in which I toss my FNIS and Dual Sheath Redux Patches inside along with anything else that needs to be overwritten. My problem was that I was unaware some of the files from one character/mod list was carrying over and overwriting an entirely different character/mod list and causing incompatibility.

So I started organizing the overwrite folders between specific characters rather than specific profiles in MO and it seemed to have ceased the issue as far as I can tell. Thank you guys for all your help I do appreciate it.

[Uncle64]

ah. that is one noob error in MO, have done it and many others :)