EDIT: I was able to take a few screenshots to show what this issue looks like.
Hey guys, how's it going?
I just noticed something after installing mods to Skyrim for the first time ever. Looking at the character creation menu in Alternate Start and messing around, I noticed something on the first male preset for Bosmer/Wood Elves.
Apparently, their first preset's hairstyle (the one that looks similar to the Adoring "Annoying" Fan's) is transparent at the front center of it, letting me see the background of the holding cell. In addition, looking around at other hairstyles for Men and Mer, some hairstyles - namely the ones that look slightly raised like Ulfric's hairstyle - have similar issues.
For this issue, i have a feeling it's not an issue of conflicting mods but instead something about the shadows - but even if this is true, or something else, I have no idea how to fix it.
In addition, I noticed Wood Elf males have a 'bald spot' on the left side of their heads for most hairstyles. A bald sideburn to be specific.
If anyone can help me fix theses issues, I'd appreciate it. :)
Here are some images of just what the issue looks like - and also, for reference, a reinstallation of the game did nothing, nor did cleaning the update and DLC files. It doesn't appear to be a mod-issue as well, because even the vanilla game - none of my mods or even the HD Texture pack from Steam installed - shows issues.
The first two were older screenshots I took before I decided to try and reinstall the game and try a vanilla game.
The other three are from a vanilla game - no mods, freshly reinstalled, and the update and DLC master files cleaned for efficiency.
Firs of all would be nice to know about the hair mods you have installed, you can try to go to the path:
D:\steam\SteamApps\common\Skyrim\Data\textures\Actors\character
and there delete the files .dds what are in the "race" folders, and then return to play the game to see what happened, the files will be not deleted because they are compress in other format .bsa, so when you install a re-texture or re-meshes mod, the mod replaces the vanilla files what are in the .bsa file
Try doing that, but If you tell me the mod would be more easily to help
Honestly, I don't have any Hair Mods installed - aside from Superior Lore-Friendly Hair - HD Textures. All it does is make a change to textures of the hair but even then, without it, the issue is still there. It sort of looks like either an issue with the 'raised' hairstyles' or a mesh issue. Or maybe even an issue with the shadows in certain areas like the Alternate Start holding area. Someone else on here posted a similar issue - http://tamrielvault.com/photo/bosmer-hair-glitch-need-help?xg_sourc.... Yet they never received help. :(
Also, just saw you responded on there as well. :P
Everything else works well though. :P And my graphics card is Radeon R7 200 - not advanced but not terrible. It handles Ultra setting well - and another thing. I tested this, but hairstyles that are affected, like the Bosmer style, are perfectly fine in certain types of lighting. For example, if outdoors during the day - it looks perfectly fine. But enter a dimly lit area like the Alternate Start holding area and it does this: https://i.imgur.com/NdOpNlt.jpg
Should be an issue related to Alternate Start mod, I had some compatibility problems with that mod, I recommend you to use Random Alternate Start mod, have more places to start
The thing is, I honestly don't think it's related to the graphics card though. Everything else is good and, as I mentioned, it's only in certain lit areas. It wouldn't make sense for it to be an issue with the graphics card - so far one thing that makes sense is a shadow issue since it seems to affect those styles when there are shadows cast on the affected hairstyles, like what's shown on the imgur image link. Otherwise areas like being outdoors shows it to look perfectly normal.
For these kinds of problem try to list all mods you use along with the load orders. Or learn to use LOOT and it will identify if there's some incompatible mod (it's not that hard)
here's the link https://loot.github.io/
The thing is I know the load order is fine. I ALWAYS use LOOT to set my load order.
As for the load order at the moment, here:
Skyrim
Update
Unofficial Skyrim Patch
Dawnguard
Unofficial Dawnguard Patch
HearthFires
Unofficial Hearthfire Patch
Dragonborn
Unofficial Dragonborn Patch
RaceCompatibility.esm
HighRes TexturePack01
HighRes TexturePack02
HighRes TexturePack03
SkyUI
TakeNotes
LeftHandRings
LeftHandRings - Dawnguard
Clothing & Clutter Fixes
HarvestOverhaulCreatures
DeadlySpellImpacts
CollegeOfWinterholdImmersive
Undeath
HarvestOverhaul
Better Vampires
RaceCompatibilityUSKPOverride
Undeath Immersive Lichdom
Civil War Overhaul
Brevi_Moonlight Tales
IllusionNoPush
Skyrim Shadow Striping Fix
CWIDawnDragonPatch
CWINPCImprovements
Open Cities Skyrim
Alternate Start - Live Another Life
Yeah, from where i see there isn't any problem with the load order. Although I was wondering why are you using race compatibility mod. If I'm correct it's only used for custom race. I'd say just try to use some other hair replacer and see if it works
here's one you can try
I see... Well, first of all - to answer your question on race compatibility, it's required for the use of the Immersive Lichdom mod because you have to change your character to a Undead version of your chosen race for it to really work.
And I assume you're talking about the baldspot issue? If you meant the transparent hair issue though, it unfortunately affects more than just Bosmer characters - Altmer, Dunmer, and even other hairstyles for male Men and Mer alike that are similar to it (raised/elevated styles).
So, I edited the original post and added in screenshots of my own to better show off the issue. Please, if anyone can offer any advice on what to do - let me know.
I also just downloaded the Creation Kit - if it's required to fix that one specific hairstyle for the sake of possible characters, as well as NPCs with that hairstyle at least, I'll do it.
I hope these screenshots improve any accuracy.
Anyone else? Also, I have NifSkope and the Creation Kit.
If there seems to be no way to fix this normally, I'm guessing I'd have to try and make the fix to either the texture or the mesh, am I right?
Please, someone give me some advice or an easier way to fix this. I'd appreciate it.