Hello, first of all, thank you so much for your mods, none of my characters could exist without your work and I'm really grateful.
With this Hotfix #30 this Lifelike mod stopped working for me, the others work fine, I haven't found one that isn't working other than this, I haven't changed anything, just updated the game :/
It seems there are some issues with mods loading post hotfix in general. I'll keep an eye out.
Edit: I've had a handful of people test this mod now and I've not encountered anybody who has issues loading it aside from instances where not all mods are loading correctly in general. I'm assuming that this is related to the general issues with mods after the hotfix, and there'll hopefully be a fix at some point (either via another hotfix, or somebody will figure out what causes it).
This mod is so stunning, my favourite skin mod since it was released -- which, thank you so much Astralities for all your hard work and the stunning mods you've created. I really admire your work and never play my game without your mods.
I came here to say that sadly I am encountering the exact same issue. All my other mods appear to be loading as intended, but this one just fails to show in game-- which is a bit crushing. All I did as well is update the game, which I know is apart of the risk with modding, and I know as an artist and modder that we'll have to wait for another fix, update and or for someone to figure it out. That said, the point of my writing this is to say you're not the only one encountering this issue.
I'm going to see if I can troubleshoot the issue and figure out what is causing it, but until then, hopefully a solution is found and we can get back to enjoying this beautiful mod. :)
Hopping in to say I've encountered this as well, did a double-take seeing my black character switch to white when the game couldn't load the correct swatch from your mod 😅
I have not had any issues with the mod not working but can offer that any 3rd party mod installed will disable all mods in the in-game mod manager. This mod appears to be working just fine once manually activating all mods. I have not encountered a broken mod from the ones I use, only disabled ones.
EDIT: This means that load order is out the window. If this requires being in a certain place, it won't be there.
It's unfortunate to hear that so many of you are having this issue! :(
There seem to have been some changes with how the game handles mods with the hotfix. I also was struggling to get mods to load after the hotfix, including this one, and had to resort to other people testing for me to confirm it was working for them. I was however able to solve my issue last night by verifying my files via Steam as well as swapping to the new pre-release version of the mod manager that LaughingLeader released last night. For me personally this fixed both the issue of mods in general not loading correctly, as well as this specific mod not loading. Please give it a try and, if you find the time, let me know if that alleviated the issue for you! If not I'll have another closer look at it.
Even after downloading the latest (pre-release?) version of ModManager (1.0.12.3) from the link provided, it sadly still doesn't work for me after the Patch #30 update. Please let me know if there's anything else I can try.
P.S. It was working GREAT before the patch update. I also completely deleted the mod (and other skin color mods such as ASTRL Fantasy Skintones) and reinstalled them to no success for this skin tone mod. The Fantasy Skintone mod of yours still works fine, so I don't know. I will just wait.
I can no longer use BGMM to launch the game - it disables all the mods and forces me to reselect them in game and mess up the load order.
However, if I launch from Steam, the mods stay enabled. So I can still use BGMM to install and set load order but can only launch the game from steam.
Also, I did a fresh install of the game and in the process of installing mods one by one. This is the only mod that is not working in game so far. I don't see any loading errors but the skin tone options are not available in game. The hair color and other mods seem to work fine.
Unfortunately, I did all those actions (updated mod manager & verified steam files) and the swatches are still missing. I don't know if I have other mods effected, this one is just the most immediately obvious. Slightly silly that Larian could give us a tiny hotfix that's made so many issues for mods, but alas. Hopefully whatever's bugging it out can be found. Thank you for all the work you do.
Don't know what I did, but I opened it and suddenly it was working—no action on my end from when I opened it before and it wasn't. Very odd. Fingers crossed it sticks around!
Quick update. After updating (yesterday) to BG3MM 1.0.12.3, your mod now works fine. It initially did not per my previous post and nothing I did caused it to work then. I literally slept on it (lol) and it just worked this morning. Just weird. Am grateful and hope it works out for everyone soon. This is an excellent mod!!!
I just want to add my experience, I actually have only just had a fresh reinstall of BG3 and updated to the hotfix before downloading any mods. When I initially downloaded this it worked perfectly but I had issues with other things and after sleeping it *stopped* working. I have the latest of everything and just tried verifying files. Not sure what's up :( I will edit if I see it change.
I've downloaded the pre release bg3mm, and for some reason still can't get them to show in my game, here's to hoping they randomly start working again like they've done for others, the vivid lips and tattoos colors isn't showing anymore either. it's weird cause your vivd hair colors show just fine in game. and every single mod shows as active in the load order list but only the hair colors is working.
I had issues getting this to work, initially. Downloaded the new BG3MM, verified my files, even put in the md5 value that was said to be missing, still couldn't get it to show up. What ended up working for me was putting it near the top of my load order. I've loaded up a few saves, went through character creation, and so far everything is working as it should. Hope this helps!
BG3MM had a new launch this morning but still could not get this wonderful mod to work. I moved better containers up to near top of load order (other mods were complaining it was causing conflict) and deleted all of Caites files that I subscribed to in I.O and redownloaded from Nexus. With the reinstall from nexus, it now works perfectly! Not sure if that is everybody's issue but it seems weird, and seemingly unrelated, mod conflicts are causing to not show up.
Hi! Try using lifelike alongside the eyes of the beholder and Unique tav mods. I found that when unique tav and eyes of the beholder were not downloaded lifelike would not work, but on the other hand, when the mods were downloaded lifelike would function as intended. Additionally, in instances where unique tav is downloaded but not eyes of the beholder, I found lifelike would not work. I downloaded eyes of the beholder again today and lifelike loads in with no issues.
I can't ensure this being a direct correlation as it may simply be a coincidence. Possibly it is a result of other actions taken to ensure the eyes of the beholder and unique tav mods work cohesively. If needed I can disclose my current collection of mods and their corresponding load order. Hope this helps :)
This mod will still just not load in for me. I have tried loading the missing MD5 value, redownloading, reverifying my files, upgrading my mod manager and it is still conflicting with something. Very disappointing.
The new version is working for me. Was very inconsistent before - now it is reliably working. Been using it all day creating characters and resculpting appearance using AEE and no more issues.
Thank you for this mod and for the quick updates. Can't imagine playing the game without this!
I noticed the mod isn't working for me, if I have any patch 8 version of ImpUI installed. Also tried to unpack your mod and it was throwing an error message. Tried unpacking with the BG3 Modders Multitool and LSLib Toolkit :(
One of the error messages: Error unpacking ASTRL_Lifelike: The archive entry was compressed using an unsupported compression method.
Could this be a hint why the mod isn't showing up ingame?
I'm aware of why that's happening and it doesn't have anything to do with the loading issues. The loading issues are, from what I've seen, related to Hotfix-related mod weirdness as they aren't consistent and difficult to replicate. I've had about 10 people I personally know test this mod and for those it did not work, following the process that I followed (verify/repair files, update BG3MM) fixed that issue for them. It's something that's very difficult for me to troubleshoot because I can't consistently replicate loading issues not fixed by the above mentioned options. :/
I've seen some people who's mods have experienced similar issues find success with simply re-packing their mods, so I'll be doing that and re-uploading once I get a chance to do so. Hopefully that'll alleviate the issue for some people.
I just installed this and I can't tell you how much I appreciate this mod. The natural progression of skin tones is amazing. It's so nice to go up or down in small increments to help dial in that tone you are looking for.
i'm not sure if this is because i'm still in patch 7, but this got rid of my character's genitals. they were back after i deleted it.
i have your other skintone mods and they all work great. so i don't know if this a patch 7 problem, but i wanted to say something here in case anyone else has the same issue.
Disappear in what way? Are the meshes missing (as in, there's simply holes where the genitals should be), or the option to select any is missing from CC? I can't replicate this on my end unfortunately, and this mod doesn't touch anything that's even remotely genital related, so it might be a conflict of some sort.
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With this Hotfix #30 this Lifelike mod stopped working for me, the others work fine, I haven't found one that isn't working other than this, I haven't changed anything, just updated the game :/
Edit: I've had a handful of people test this mod now and I've not encountered anybody who has issues loading it aside from instances where not all mods are loading correctly in general. I'm assuming that this is related to the general issues with mods after the hotfix, and there'll hopefully be a fix at some point (either via another hotfix, or somebody will figure out what causes it).
I came here to say that sadly I am encountering the exact same issue. All my other mods appear to be loading as intended, but this one just fails to show in game-- which is a bit crushing. All I did as well is update the game, which I know is apart of the risk with modding, and I know as an artist and modder that we'll have to wait for another fix, update and or for someone to figure it out. That said, the point of my writing this is to say you're not the only one encountering this issue.
I'm going to see if I can troubleshoot the issue and figure out what is causing it, but until then, hopefully a solution is found and we can get back to enjoying this beautiful mod. :)
EDIT: This means that load order is out the window. If this requires being in a certain place, it won't be there.
There seem to have been some changes with how the game handles mods with the hotfix. I also was struggling to get mods to load after the hotfix, including this one, and had to resort to other people testing for me to confirm it was working for them.
I was however able to solve my issue last night by verifying my files via Steam as well as swapping to the new pre-release version of the mod manager that LaughingLeader released last night. For me personally this fixed both the issue of mods in general not loading correctly, as well as this specific mod not loading. Please give it a try and, if you find the time, let me know if that alleviated the issue for you! If not I'll have another closer look at it.
P.S. It was working GREAT before the patch update. I also completely deleted the mod (and other skin color mods such as ASTRL Fantasy Skintones) and reinstalled them to no success for this skin tone mod. The Fantasy Skintone mod of yours still works fine, so I don't know. I will just wait.
However, if I launch from Steam, the mods stay enabled. So I can still use BGMM to install and set load order but can only launch the game from steam.
Also, I did a fresh install of the game and in the process of installing mods one by one. This is the only mod that is not working in game so far. I don't see any loading errors but the skin tone options are not available in game. The hair color and other mods seem to work fine.
Don't know what I did, but I opened it and suddenly it was working—no action on my end from when I opened it before and it wasn't. Very odd. Fingers crossed it sticks around!
I can't ensure this being a direct correlation as it may simply be a coincidence. Possibly it is a result of other actions taken to ensure the eyes of the beholder and unique tav mods work cohesively. If needed I can disclose my current collection of mods and their corresponding load order. Hope this helps :)
This mod will still just not load in for me. I have tried loading the missing MD5 value, redownloading, reverifying my files, upgrading my mod manager and it is still conflicting with something. Very disappointing.@Everyone else - An update has been posted. Please let me know if this alleviates your issues.
Thank you for this mod and for the quick updates. Can't imagine playing the game without this!
One of the error messages: Error unpacking ASTRL_Lifelike: The archive entry was compressed using an unsupported compression method.
Could this be a hint why the mod isn't showing up ingame?
I've seen some people who's mods have experienced similar issues find success with simply re-packing their mods, so I'll be doing that and re-uploading once I get a chance to do so. Hopefully that'll alleviate the issue for some people.
Works flawlessly!
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i have your other skintone mods and they all work great. so i don't know if this a patch 7 problem, but i wanted to say something here in case anyone else has the same issue.