Faithful Faces - NPC Overhaul with SMP Hair Physics
⚪ Last updated 2024⚠️ Install Order · 5 steps
Install in this order, then this mod last — most mods fail to load without their framework and dependencies in place.
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 1.0% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #53 of 81 NPC mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Creation Club HERE
Mod added NPCs HERE
More patches HERE
Faithful Faces is an NPC Facegen only overhaul adding SMP hair physics among other high poly hair as well as a handful of other fixes. It provides a solid visual enhancement to Men and Mer with Facegen only allowing patchless compatibility with basically everything. It covers every vanilla NPC in the base game, now with Beast Races thanks to the VHR updates.
NO DIRT PATCH:
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/143674
Every single vanilla NPC covered (over 3000), 2500 of which support hair physics as of 1. 0
Expressive Face
High Poly Hair with SMP support
Closed and Fixed Orc Mouths
1k Facetint
no NPC records in plugin, fully compatible with AI overhaul or any other mods, including other NPC Overhauls (just load them after)
Hard Requirement if you want physics:
Vanilla Hair Remake 1. 0 or later (SMP version main file, for the xmls - this mod will work without it, you just won't have physics)
Soft Requirements (to look like screenshots):
Expressive Facial Animations
Skin Retexture (I use BnP)
Hair Retexture (I recommend Salt and Wind)
Eyes retexture (I use Eyes of Beauty)
Faithful Faces is a facegen overhaul for Skyrim that adds optional SMP Hair Physics to NPCs. It has 1,714 endorsements and 178,376 downloads, last updated in May 2024. This mod is for players who want more realistic hair movement without changing NPC appearances drastically.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Huge download count (178k) shows it's a popular choice for NPC overhauls
- Optional SMP hair physics means you can get the look without the performance hit if you don't want it
- Endorsement ratio is solid (1.7k) – players are actually recommending it
⚠️ Cons
- SMP hair physics can be performance-heavy, especially in crowded cities
- Requires HDT-SMP framework, which can be a pain to set up if you're new to modding
- Compatibility with other NPC overhauls might be an issue – you'll need to check load order carefully
For Skyrim players who want NPCs to look better without a full visual overhaul, and who enjoy the added realism of hair physics. If you're a modding veteran comfortable with HDT-SMP, this is a great pick. Skip if you're on a low-end PC or prefer static hair for performance.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Make sure you have HDT-SMP installed and working before adding this mod, or the hair physics won't work.
- Use a mod manager like Vortex or MO2 to install – it'll handle file conflicts better.
- If you experience crashes, try disabling SMP for specific NPCs or use a performance-friendly preset.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- TaxEvasionMaster
- Version
- 1.3.5
- Downloads
- 178,376
- Endorsements
- 1,714
- Category
- NPC
- Created
- 3/18/2024
- Updated
- 5/25/2024
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