Visage – Face Library Builder Without the Setup Confusion

About This Mod

The Problem with Traditional NPC Appearance Management

You have a dozen appearance mods installed because you liked three faces in each one. Every one of them eats a load-order slot, fights the others over the same NPC records, and drags along records you never wanted. You have to manage conflicts, patch everything, and keep dozens of plugins active for a handful of faces.

This is the "Mantella-style" headache—hours of conflict management, load order tweaking, and plugin juggling for NPC appearances.

Our Solution: One Plugin, One Slot, Zero Conflicts

Visage is a standalone Windows desktop app that builds self-contained NPC face libraries for Skyrim SE. Pick the faces you want from as many appearance mods as you like, and Visage copies them into one plugin that masters only on Skyrim and the DLC. Disable the originals, reclaim your load order slots, and lose the conflicts.

Note: Visage is a standalone app. It never touches your existing mods, never writes to your game folder, and every output is a fresh zip you choose the location of.

But we didn't stop at functionality. We completely re-engineered the installation process.

Forget manual conflict management and plugin juggling. Our all-in-one installer handles everything:

Automatic Mod Manager Detection – The installer detects MO2, Vortex, or manual setup and configures Visage accordingly. No manual path setting.

One-Click Deployment – Install, launch, and point Visage at your folders. The installer guides you through the rest.

Self-Contained App – Visage never touches your game folder or existing mods. Everything stays clean.

What Visage Does

Feature Description
Pick Faces Select NPCs from any appearance mod
Build Library Copy faces into one plugin (VIS_)
No Dependencies Masters only on Skyrim.esm and DLC
Reclaim Slots Disable source plugins, keep the library
3D Preview See each face before you pick
Import Face Bring RaceMenu sculpts into a library
Recast Patches Map library faces onto NPCs at runtime, no ESP edits
Key Benefits

Copy faces, not mods – only the appearance data comes along

No dependency on source mods – disable the plugins, keep the library

Assets stay in place – meshes and textures are pointed at, not copied

BSA extraction – files inside BSAs get extracted into the library

Save your recipe – libraries can be rebuilt later with more faces

Requirements – Handled Automatically

Requirement How Our Installer Handles It
Skyrim SE/AE on Windows Auto-detected
Mod Organizer 2, Vortex, or manual Auto-detected and configured
Appearance mods to harvest Listed and scanned
RaceMenu (optional) For Import Face feature
Recast (optional) For runtime face patches
Getting Started – Guided Process

Install Visage

Launch and point at two folders – Skyrim folder and Mods folder

Pick your mod manager mode – Manual, MO2, or Vortex

Create a library – Name it, pick source mods, select NPCs

Build – Visage creates a self-contained zip

Install the zip with your mod manager

Disable source plugins, keep source mods installed

What You Get

One plugin with all the faces you selected

No conflicts with other appearance mods

Reclaimed load-order slots

A library that works without its source mods

Extras Included

Import Face – Bring RaceMenu sculpts into a library as a new NPC

Recast Patches – Map a library face onto any NPC at runtime with no ESP edits

The Installation Process

Download the installer.

Run it and follow the prompts.

Launch Visage.

Point it at your Skyrim folder and Mods folder.

Start building your library.

That's it. No manual conflict management. No plugin juggling. No trial and error.

Why Choose This Over Manual Installation?

Because you want to reclaim your load order, not spend your evening managing conflicts between appearance mods. The Visage installer gets you set up in minutes, and the app handles the rest.

Download. Install. Launch. Point. Build.

Your load order is about to get a whole lot cleaner. Let Visage handle the face harvesting. You just focus on the faces you love.

Creative Team

Community modders have created this amazing content to enhance your gaming experience.

Compatible Platform

Works on PC. Check system requirements before downloading.

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