Forum:NPC Skin Problems

Hello There People from The vault.

I have a problem and I can't find anyway to fix it.

You see the body skin/colours from the female npc's do not match the Head/neck skin/colours

I am realy stuck with this because I have seen pictures and images of people who do not have the same problem I have.

I have been searching for a way to fix it about a week now. but I could not find a topic where they explain how to repair this problem.

So now I am making a topic of my own and I hope there is someone out there who understands my problem and who has a solution to this problem.

If you encounter the same problem you are also free to comment on this topic.

Thank you for any answers that are hopefully to come.

Greetings


 * Now, there's two possible explanation for this. Either there's a really radical shift (IE, the body is black but the head is stark white.), or there's a really minor shift (IE, you can notice the neck seam). If it's the first one, you can masterupdate your game on PC to fix it. If it's the second, you're SOL. Try Quazzy's unofficial F3 patch; it makes the neck seam look a little less noticable by regenerating all of the body data and leaving it uncompressed. Nitty Tok. 12:12, August 7, 2010 (UTC)
 * I could be very wrong here but i've read that this can happen to the PC and the way to fix that is to but on appeal that covers the discolored body part. When that appeal is removed the colors back to normal. So i assume that if you reverse pickpocketed/mess inventoryed appeal covering the discolor it way work for NPC's too. The Adv. radiation suits probably your best bet. THIS MAY NOT WORK, but is worth a try.

13:30, August 7, 2010 (UTC)
 * That won't work. No such thing. Nitty Tok. 13:33, August 7, 2010 (UTC)
 * What do you mean, no such thing? I agree it doesn't work for NPCs, but it does work for the player because I've had to do it myself when I used the console to change my character's race, and the skin colors didn't match from the head to the body. Kris (talk) 13:44, August 7, 2010 (UTC)
 * You answered your own question. NPCs don't change race on a whim, which is why it doesn't work. Nitty Tok. 13:58, August 7, 2010 (UTC)
 * Talon mercs do it all the time though. Go look at their talk page. If hey can do it why cant others? 14:01, August 7, 2010 (UTC)
 * They do? You mean the black body/white head? Nitty Tok. 14:20, August 7, 2010 (UTC)
 * I can change a NPC's race in the console just as easily as I can change the PC's. I can equip and unequip armor easily with the console, too; but that doesn't have the same effect on the NPC's improper skin tones as it does on the PC's. Kris (talk) 14:08, August 7, 2010 (UTC)
 * They don't change race in game is what I'm getting at. In any event, that's not going to solve this guy's problem. Nitty Tok. 14:20, August 7, 2010 (UTC)
 * Well Its more the second one.
 * The head/neck looks realy oke but the body skin is quite ugly. Its realy not major but you can still clearly see it.
 * I'm afraid I don't realy understand your explaination. but it seems there is a way to fix it afther all?
 * I'l try to decode your reply's and she where i can go from there.
 * Thank you anyways
 * The head/neck looks realy oke but the body skin is quite ugly. Its realy not major but you can still clearly see it.
 * I'm afraid I don't realy understand your explaination. but it seems there is a way to fix it afther all?
 * I'l try to decode your reply's and she where i can go from there.
 * Thank you anyways
 * I'l try to decode your reply's and she where i can go from there.
 * Thank you anyways

On a semi- related topic, I've noticed that my character's mouth is slightly agape in all third person shots (not just opening in VATS). Any explanations? 205.188.117.75 05:04, August 8, 2010 (UTC)
 * I've seen that too. I use a mod called The Groovatron which, among other things, can be used to "reset facial expression" which will cause the mouth to close. Kris   mailbox 13:46, August 8, 2010 (UTC)