I think this tool is awesome but at the same time it suck because Facegen Modeller it's very expensive. I used version 3.1 and I think is not available anymore by the official website. Even worse, Facegen Modeller is not cutting edge technology anymore, there are other tools (e.g Blender Facebuilder, and Daz3D) that does a better job than Facegen, but doesn´t work with custom heads meshes.
So this is a message in a bottle for modders, Machine Learning programmers, and 3D artist out there. It´s possible to program a tool better than Facegen exclusively for Skyrim. I don't do it because I don't know much of 3D modelling in general. A possible path could be making a blender tool similar to Facebuilder in which anchor points (manually set) deformate a head mesh. Another path is using new technologies like Machine learning tools that allows to fit a 3D face to a model. Another path is try to approximate the original skyrim head mesh into one of the meshes produced by the other programs (god knows I have tried the last one but with horrible results).
If you are reading this and wants to do it, don't hesitate to write me for help.
Dear all. I just uploaded a new version of the mod. Now the CTD issues are solved (at least in my setup). Hope this new version works for all of you as well
Very grateful to have this mod and it was exactly what I was looking for. However, 1.2 was not working for me. The head was not attached to the neck and was all colored orange. I used the older version 1.1 and got it working. FYI, my version of the game is 1.6.640
Here is what I did:
1) Downloaded Face to Skyrim 1.1 (https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/104130?tab=files) 2) Followed all instructions using FaceGen Modeller 3.1 3) After following all the steps and getting FaceToSkyrimGenerated.zip file. Extract the zip 4) Download latest nifskope from github page (https://github.com/niftools/nifskope/releases) 5) Open nifskope and then inside that program, click File -> Open. Go to Data\Meshes\RazaFacegen\Male in extracted folder to find malehead.nif
This was the confusing part for me, but I attached screenshot below so its helpful for someone else who was noob like me.
6) There should be something called 6 BSLightingShaderProperty. Click on this 7) A window will populate on the bottom. 8) Next to Skyrim Shader Type. Change Default to Face Tint 9) Click on Shader Flags 1. Make sure all these boxes are checked: Specular | Skinned | Receive_Shadows | Cast_Shadows | Facegen_Detail_Map | Model_Space Normals | Own_Emit | Remappable_Textures | ZBuffer_Test 10) Click on Shader Flags 2. Make sure all these boxes are checked: ZBuffer_Write | Vertex_Colors | EnvMap_Light_Fade | Soft_Lighting 11) Save file 12) Re-zip the FaceToSkyrimGenerated folder 13) Drag zip into Mod Organizer 2 to install
Now, you should be able use showracemenu to change your race and change skin tone without CTD.
You must be getting kickbacks or the same person who created FaceGenModeller. I nearly spit my beer out my nose when I saw the cost to purchase the program. What a rip-off.
Hi and thank you for the tutorial I am facing a weird problem with the Facegen Modeller and I am unable to find any solution anywhere else when I copy the provided skyrim models to the application folder or its app data folder . or even without ever doing it , every time I select the "change model" option in the facegen modeller it shows a pop up message about facegen customizer app and doesn't proceed to the models options I also have downloaded the facegen customizer app but it got nothing to do with importing the models I tried installing it to the same folder as facegen modeller but problem still persists
This dosn't seem to work and there no way to use version 3.1 only 3.34 from the offical site. Facegen offers the models for skyrim but issue is this program when u do every thing it it claims to do it dosn't generate the Zip File.
I advise you all to check this other post with many heads for the Facegen Modeller. It is originally for Fallout New Vegas, but it still can work with this mod/tool. https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/40661/?tab=images
First I want to say thank you for making a cool mod like this, I have followed all the steps in installing this mod but the end result is disappointing. My male character's face is green and his head and body don't blended, I've tried 3-5 times and the result is still the same (sometimes the color of the face is orange, purple, green & pink for the body and head still not blending). What is the cause of my problem and is there a solution?
That is the same thing I am getting too sadly using the 1.2 utility. I have tried matching up side-by-side the RAZA head next to my created head and I can see that the new head is not aligned on the center of the axis, it is off-centered. It is acting like the vertices in the wrong location from the utility. It may also be that I am running the Anniversary Edition but the Raza example head does indeed work, so I can't say that it is an "AE" thing.
I tried the older 1.1 and the head and texture works, but as soon as you change the body tint, it crashes the game.
I am also getting discolored heads (red, purple, dark brown, etc.). I've spent entirely too much time trying to find out why. Something about missing textures perhaps.
Прочитайте пожалуйста этуинструкцию, я давно думал о том что, чтобы сделать качественный preset (например такой:Enya, такое не сделаешь только при помощи RaceMenu), нужен Creation Kit, а не этот мод. :) Нужно изучать Creation Kit.
Thanks for your response, I know this is a current problem of this mod, and I dont know yet a way to solve it. Abouth the bugs:- green face gets sometimes solved if you reload the game (or save and reload the game).- I have not reproduced the skeleton spine problem, but sometimes I get something like that when choosing the wrong sex in the generator (e.g male when is female)
Probably this is generated by the missing flags in the model (you could see the flags in nifskope). If you re-enable those flags then you could find another problem which is that the color of the head will change when changing skin color in game. If someone develops a mod that could allow to change skin body color without changing head color, this mod would work without any of the problems some of you have been encountering.
Вам нужно это исправление Face Discoloration Fix, и это BlankDetailMap.dds Fix! У меня работает всё хорошо. Тело использую SAM_Light v1.3. , RaceMenu SE-AE. Всё работает ХОРОШО. Возможно зимой была проблема в самом RaceMenu а не FaceToSkyrimGenerated. Пишите если что, я этим тоже занимаюсь вопросом :)
Я для себя решил проблему так! Здесь в загрузках есть ещё версия FaceToSkyrimGenerated v1.1. Делаете своё лицо и на 1.1 и на 1.2 одинаково. Заходите в Skyrim вначале с версией FaceToSkyrimGenerated v1.1, здесь можете: тон кожи не трогать, можете менять вес, убрать шрам, выбрать цвет глаз, татуировку тела, рук, ног, причёску и её цвет только "Стандартные", и всё! Тон кожи, макияж лица трогать нельзя! Теперь: сохраняете свой пресет F5, потом сохраняете настройку всей головы F5. Теперь заходите в расу уже Норд, выбираете её, выбираете вкладку пресет, нажимаете F9, загружаете свой пресет, потом идёте во вкладку "вся голова", нажимаете F9, загружаете свою голову, теперь только можете поменять цвет "тон кожи" выставляете свой тон кожи чтоб не было швов. Теперь опять сохраняете пресет, и сохраняете голову. Выходите из игры! Удаляете FaceToSkyrimGenerated v1.1 и вместо ставите FaceToSkyrimGenerated v1.2. Заходите в Skyrim, заходите в RaceMenu опять, выбираете расу какая вам нравиться : Эльф, Норд, Имперец. Загружаете свой пресет F9, и голову, голова у вас оранжевая, не обращаете внимания. Зато теперь вы можете выбрать Причёску, хоть и HDT-SMP, и татуировку лица, потом сохраняете опять свои пресеты поверх тех, теперь можете создавать своего персонажа "R" и входить в игру с этой оранжевой головой. Персонаж создался, вы в игре, голова светится как лампочка. Нажимаете быстрое сохранение F5. выходите из игры. Устанавливаете версию FaceToSkyrimGenerated v1.1 . Заходите в Игру и Вуаля! Готово. У вас нормальная кожа и любимая причёска. :) Я так пока решил эту задачу!
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I think this tool is awesome but at the same time it suck because Facegen Modeller it's very expensive. I used version 3.1 and I think is not available anymore by the official website. Even worse, Facegen Modeller is not cutting edge technology anymore, there are other tools (e.g Blender Facebuilder, and Daz3D) that does a better job than Facegen, but doesn´t work with custom heads meshes.
So this is a message in a bottle for modders, Machine Learning programmers, and 3D artist out there. It´s possible to program a tool better than Facegen exclusively for Skyrim. I don't do it because I don't know much of 3D modelling in general. A possible path could be making a blender tool similar to Facebuilder in which anchor points (manually set) deformate a head mesh. Another path is using new technologies like Machine learning tools that allows to fit a 3D face to a model. Another path is try to approximate the original skyrim head mesh into one of the meshes produced by the other programs (god knows I have tried the last one but with horrible results).
If you are reading this and wants to do it, don't hesitate to write me for help.
Venoso
Here is what I did:
1) Downloaded Face to Skyrim 1.1 (https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/104130?tab=files)
2) Followed all instructions using FaceGen Modeller 3.1
3) After following all the steps and getting FaceToSkyrimGenerated.zip file. Extract the zip
4) Download latest nifskope from github page (https://github.com/niftools/nifskope/releases)
5) Open nifskope and then inside that program, click File -> Open. Go to Data\Meshes\RazaFacegen\Male in extracted folder to find malehead.nif
This was the confusing part for me, but I attached screenshot below so its helpful for someone else who was noob like me.
6) There should be something called 6 BSLightingShaderProperty. Click on this
7) A window will populate on the bottom.
8) Next to Skyrim Shader Type. Change Default to Face Tint
9) Click on Shader Flags 1. Make sure all these boxes are checked: Specular | Skinned | Receive_Shadows | Cast_Shadows | Facegen_Detail_Map | Model_Space Normals | Own_Emit | Remappable_Textures | ZBuffer_Test
10) Click on Shader Flags 2. Make sure all these boxes are checked: ZBuffer_Write | Vertex_Colors | EnvMap_Light_Fade | Soft_Lighting
11) Save file
12) Re-zip the FaceToSkyrimGenerated folder
13) Drag zip into Mod Organizer 2 to install
Now, you should be able use showracemenu to change your race and change skin tone without CTD.
Hope this helps. Took me a couple of hours
I am facing a weird problem with the Facegen Modeller and I am unable to find any solution anywhere else
when I copy the provided skyrim models to the application folder or its app data folder . or even without ever doing it , every time I select the "change model" option in the facegen modeller it shows a pop up message about facegen customizer app and doesn't proceed to the models options
I also have downloaded the facegen customizer app but it got nothing to do with importing the models
I tried installing it to the same folder as facegen modeller but problem still persists
Facegen offers the models for skyrim but issue is this program when u do every thing it it claims to do it dosn't generate the Zip File.
Hit Generate does't give me the ZIP file.
https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/40661/?tab=images
My male character's face is green and his head and body don't blended, I've tried 3-5 times and the result is still the same (sometimes the color of the face is orange, purple, green & pink for the body and head still not blending).
What is the cause of my problem and is there a solution?
I have tried matching up side-by-side the RAZA head next to my created head and I can see that the new head is not aligned on the center of the axis, it is off-centered. It is acting like the vertices in the wrong location from the utility. It may also be that I am running the Anniversary Edition but the Raza example head does indeed work, so I can't say that it is an "AE" thing.
I tried the older 1.1 and the head and texture works, but as soon as you change the body tint, it crashes the game.
Abouth the bugs:- green face gets sometimes solved if you reload the game (or save and reload the game).- I have not reproduced the skeleton spine problem, but sometimes I get something like that when choosing the wrong sex in the generator
(e.g male when is female)
Probably this is generated by the missing flags in the model (you could see the flags in nifskope). If you re-enable those flags then you could find another problem which is that the color of the head will change when changing skin color in game. If someone develops a mod that could allow to change skin body color without changing head color, this mod would work without any of the problems some of you have been encountering.