I've had the same issue crop up occasionally. It might be that you have the full version installed instead of the lite version. I haven't swapped over yet though, as the glitch seems to go away pretty quickly once you go through a load door. Sometimes the textures don't load properly or something, but going through some sort of loading screen (not a quickload or reload of a previous save that is) usually causes the textures to load up correctly.
>> Please try the extremely simple neck seam fix suggested in the INSTALLATION section, if you see a highly visible neck seam and want/need to fix it:
- To permanently fix this : - Go up to Aela and stand in front of her. Open console(`) - Left-click her face, this will cause an ID to show up (1a697); type "setnpcweight 50" - After that, with her ID selected, type "disable" - Then type "enable". Done!
>> I have uploaded lite versions for anyone having trouble with textures not loading properly (black body, face etc). I just want to clear, that it is not a specific problem with my mod or how I packed it. Its just that the game sometimes fails to load high-res textures properly in heavy traffic areas :/
>> If you have used ANY mods in the past that affect Aela (Aela Facelift and others) I suggest you ensure that the remaining files from the mods have been completely uninstalled specifically the FaceGen files both in meshes folder and texture folder. Only then attempt to install my mod. My facegen nifs have been meticulously and carefully packed and shall not cause dark faces and neck gaps...
This Aela makeover is a one-stop-shop, she was very lovely to look at during the Companions’ guild quests, and her appearance really suited her in a variety of ways. I remember downloading her from my playthrough in 2018 purely based on my brother teasing me saying the default Aela looked like someone we ...well let’s say didn’t feel positive towards. Then after installing this perfect cosmetic mod, her beauty shined, in the streets of Solitude once we moved in, the caves of the Pale, the meadows of Eastmarch. Oh yes, she really grew on me, well done. I mean she has burnt red hair, glossy like oil, skin freckled and beige like mine it makes her eyes stand out: a cosmic point of reference but different to mine. They dwell from time to time upon me, shuttering to provide a benevolence untold and unseen. She holds a young face still too easily attributed and comfortable with savagery and battle. The war paint coarse like driftwood, warped, like the leftovers of a storm, said everything you really needed to know about her; a haphazard warrior, hidden from the laws of the land and bound to the unorthodoxy, with them bold she stands tall and in doing so demonstrates the strength of the Nords, the Huntress of Jorrvaskr! She smiles understandingly, within them there is a rare smile in these uncertain times that the lands of Skyrim will not see again, a rare smile with an eternal reassurance, that all will be okay as the Divines have foretold. In battle, oh, my, in battle she glides over crushing our enemies with a tempered silver steal that bears her name, she becomes unrushed and graceful, she must have held the blade from when she was an infant. Aela is truly something to behold.
It already works with special edition. Here's how: Download the version you want from the files page manually. Open the nexus mod manager for SSE. On the left hand panel you should see green plus symbol. Click it. From there you should be given an option to locate the file you just downloaded. Once you've found the download, it'll then add it to your mod manager. From there you just install it like you would any other mod in your mod manager.
I guess I have to try installing the lite version... damnit I have 2GB Vram and 8GB ram and all the memory fixes provided by SKSE and ENBoost and Aela is the only NPC with pitch black body.
Curiously, running ASIS patcher fixes the texture, but only till the next time Aela walks through a door. I mean, she had black body when killing giant near whiterun, I saved, run ASIS, loaded back, she was normal. When I got to Jorvaskr literally 2 minutes later, she had the black body again. Ugh...
Just coming back to endorse this fantastic mod. Also I wanted to ask your permission about uploading a screenshot to the mod page featuring Aela. It's nothing professional, but it shows Aela with my character and I wanted to post it as a way of saying thanks.
Wow. That never happened with me or the people that tested that this when it was to come out before. Have you tried 'disable', then 'enable' commands in the console?
Yeah I actually just started a new game, for some reason that seemed to fix it? o.O Fortunately I didn't get very far in my old game haha (sorry for late reply btw) x.x
Only issue now is her rib cage area is completely black.... Tried everything I could think of, it's still pitch black. Any ideas?
I don't have much hope, but I encountered the same problem. I tried diasble, enable, resurrect, set npcweight, set npcrace, a new game fixes the issue, so it's savegame related. I really want to fix this issue, but I'm out of ideas.
Edit: Also tried deleting her RefID with SaveTool. Tried waiting 31 Days in qasmoke. So far nothing works.
Edit2: The combination of waiting 31 days and deleting both, her RefID and BaseID from the Savegame with SaveTool fixed the issue.
I've also had the glitch occur briefly after completing Dustman's Cairn (currently using ESF: Companions, and as a result she tagged along instead of Farkas for the Trial). When it does occur, the best bet I found to get her lips to work again was to revert back to a previous save. That fixed it up easily enough. As for the ribs, the closest I had to that issue was that her torso (minus her armor) seemed somewhat transparent after going through a load door that fixed the black body glitch. I doubt it was the same issue as yours though, since that one cleared up with a disable/enable in seconds.
You know, before finding this mod I never really liked using makeover mods for Aela. Maybe it was because she was my first Skyrim spouse, and as a result I never saw any reason to change anything about her. But this mod combined with CBBE... Hot damn. I think I've fallen in love again. And I definitely know my most recent character has too! Probably due to the scars and general badass-ness of this mod. (He's a Nord werewolf beserker/hunter, and as a result he thinks scars are sexy). Thanks for making this great replacer!
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I haven't swapped over yet though, as the glitch seems to go away pretty quickly once you go through a load door. Sometimes the textures don't load properly or something, but going through some sort of loading screen (not a quickload or reload of a previous save that is) usually causes the textures to load up correctly.
- To permanently fix this :
- Go up to Aela and stand in front of her. Open console(`)
- Left-click her face, this will cause an ID to show up (1a697); type "setnpcweight 50"
- After that, with her ID selected, type "disable"
- Then type "enable". Done!
>> I have uploaded lite versions for anyone having trouble with textures not loading properly (black body, face etc). I just want to clear, that it is not a specific problem with my mod or how I packed it. Its just that the game sometimes fails to load high-res textures properly in heavy traffic areas :/
>> If you have used ANY mods in the past that affect Aela (Aela Facelift and others) I suggest you ensure that the remaining files from the mods have been completely uninstalled specifically the FaceGen files both in meshes folder and texture folder. Only then attempt to install my mod. My facegen nifs have been meticulously and carefully packed and shall not cause dark faces and neck gaps...
This is truly the power of Skyrim modding.
Thank you.
I tweaked her a little and coverted to SSE. Can I upload it to Skyrim SE? All credits be given to you (... and tetrodoxin for the skin diffuse maps)
You can check the result here
Hope that helps
Curiously, running ASIS patcher fixes the texture, but only till the next time Aela walks through a door. I mean, she had black body when killing giant near whiterun, I saved, run ASIS, loaded back, she was normal. When I got to Jorvaskr literally 2 minutes later, she had the black body again. Ugh...
Also I wanted to ask your permission about uploading a screenshot to the mod page featuring Aela. It's nothing professional, but it shows Aela with my character and I wanted to post it as a way of saying thanks.
However for some reason her mouth and face isn't moving at all when she speaks
Only issue now is her rib cage area is completely black.... Tried everything I could think of, it's still pitch black. Any ideas?
I tried diasble, enable, resurrect, set npcweight, set npcrace, a new game fixes the issue, so it's savegame related.
I really want to fix this issue, but I'm out of ideas.
Edit: Also tried deleting her RefID with SaveTool.
Tried waiting 31 Days in qasmoke. So far nothing works.
Edit2: The combination of waiting 31 days and deleting both, her RefID and BaseID from the Savegame with SaveTool fixed the issue.
As for the ribs, the closest I had to that issue was that her torso (minus her armor) seemed somewhat transparent after going through a load door that fixed the black body glitch. I doubt it was the same issue as yours though, since that one cleared up with a disable/enable in seconds.
But this mod combined with CBBE... Hot damn. I think I've fallen in love again. And I definitely know my most recent character has too! Probably due to the scars and general badass-ness of this mod. (He's a Nord werewolf beserker/hunter, and as a result he thinks scars are sexy). Thanks for making this great replacer!