Unmasked Faces - no green detailmaps for complexion and necks -

Unmasked Faces v1. 3 by AltheaR

This mod gets rid of green tint from detailmaps.

Detailmap is a kind of skin texture which is used for rendering freckles, roughness, aging, and clearness.

If you are annoyed by neck color seam or head color difference from torso despite using the same color/tone textures(diffuse map, normal map, and specular map), try this.

Even in vanilla Skyrim, we have this issue.

I think it is caused by the system of dds compression/decompression, especially in DXT1 method.

So, do not compress the files of this mod.

Update: I wrote an article about this on my Tumblr, for more information and understanding.(in English and Japanese)

http://althear.tumblr.com/post/146741194815/

How to fix the green tint:

As Vanilla detailmaps, transparent color seems to be R:G:B = 63:64:63.

Change the cursed green grey to pure grey 64:64:64 (or 63:63:63).

And then save it as an uncompressed dds without alpha channel.

Permission:

Credit me, and free to use.

But DO NOT convert this mod for using other games than Skyrim, these textures are Bethesda Softworks' property.

Additional note, please read:

22nd October 2018

Additional note about using assets contained in my files in your own files:

Just give me a proper credit and no need to ask for my permission, if you make:

standalone follower mod

new race mod

standalone NPC replacer mod

In these cases above, you can earn Donation Points of Nexus site, of course.

Do not include my whole file and re-upload under any circumstances:

Repacking my whole file for existing vanilla races as a part of your mod and call it "Bug fixes"

My mod is not a bug fixes, because green-tint issue on Vanilla races is not a bug.

It is designed so with DXT compression maybe for file size limitation.

However, I made the files as non compression dds, so VRAM consuming will increase in particular cases.

Only "blankdetailmap.dds" is smaller size than vanilla skyrim(LE), and the other files are 6 times larger approximately.

So, it is NOT a bug fixes, but a mod that should be used by user's preference.