Why is my follower mod in a T-pose after the overhaul?

[Steven66]

I’ve been trying to get a custom follower mod to work with my existing gameplay overhaul, but they keep getting stuck in a T-pose during certain animations. I’ve run it through xEdit and the load order seems correct, so I’m wondering if the skeleton from the overhaul is somehow incompatible.

[EdwardJ]

I’ve run into that before—the follower would suddenly sit in a T pose during certain animations because the overhaul used a different bone structure and the game couldn’t map the actions correctly.

[Hannah_J]

That skeleton word kept popping up for me; the bones didn’t line up with the animation pack and the follower stayed in T pose until I swapped to a version that matched the overhaul’s bone layout.

[PenelopeT]

I did a quick test by swapping in a simpler follower and the problem faded, so I suspect the rig isn’t matching rather than a load-order issue.

[JerryL]

Do you see the follower's bones in the model viewer when you select the follower, or is it only in game?

[ZoeyGG]

I got sidetracked by a conflicting plugin once and the T pose lingered, so I ditched that combo and tried other followers instead.

[Scott90]

Another angle is that those animations might pull bones that your overhaul doesn’t export, so the match breaks only on a few clips.