How do I fix a follower mod showing a naked headless mannequin with load order?

[EleanorT]

I’ve been trying to get a custom follower mod to work with my existing load order, but the character just appears as a naked, headless mannequin. I followed the installation guide and made sure all the required assets and skeletons are in place, so I’m not sure what’s causing this visual bug.

[Aria_G]

I ran into that exact look once, the follower loaded but the skin never attached and I was staring at a naked mannequin until I restarted the game.

[EvelynWR]

On another try I found a mismatch in the asset naming, like a skeleton file named slightly differently, and after swapping it the model showed up with textures but jogged oddly for a bit.

[LaylaB]

My experience was that the game cached the old model; even after fixing files, a second run still showed the same headless body until I launched from a clean save or forced a reload, which felt like chasing ghosts.

[GregoryH]

Did you mean the root problem is something else entirely, like a mod conflict or a missing texture pack, or is the issue really just the load order?