i tried clicking delete on the duplicate but nothing happened. I cant seem to understand what went wrong and how did i end up with a completely different duplicate. The original Ani now had a count 0 and users 0. Then I went back to CK again, and saw a new editor ID called AniDUPLICATE003.

I clicked on this new Ani2 and it came from Ani.esp. Went back to the game, and to my surprise Ani was replaced by Ani2, Same equipment as Ani, same place but apperance of Ani2 and the original Ani was nowhere to be found. But this time, I picked 2 follower Ani and Ani2 which look almost the same and I set Ani.esp as active and changed her and Ani2s skin color.

I often update them myself by changing their equipment, hair, skin, eyes etc etc. The Creation Kit or CK (known in previous TES games as the Construction Set or CS) is a tool that can be used to view and edit the games data files.The tool was released on 7 February 2012, along with the High Resolution Texture Pack.The Creation Kit is an external program that is run separately from the game of Skyrim.The Creation Kit is available for download through Steam and its current.

I have little to no experience on CK but I managed to make some custom followers a long time ago.

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