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I was playing my old Hearthfire save in Skyrim when I've noticed that my kids were only wearing their underwear. I attempted to give them clothes, but they didn't do anything with them.
Anyone else have a solution?
EDIT: Now the rest of the Skyrim kids aren't wearing clothes.
The "definition of insanity" solution
There appears to be a glitch in Hearthfire where giving your kids clothes can make them naked. The solution to this appears to be to give them more clothes.
It's possible that an unrelated glitch made them naked in the first place, and then giving them clothes made them naked-er. Giving them another set might be enough to fix the problem.
The "abandonment" solution
Many bugs in Skyrim can be rectified by leaving the area long enough that the area resets. For this to work, you've got to leave the house (and the general area - get far away for best results) and then take it easy for about 10 consecutive days. You won't win any parent-of-the-year awards, but you might get your kids clothes back on them.
The "put that down" solution
If you're playing on PC, you can try emptying out their inventory and then giving them clothes again to see if they'll wear them. As always, back up your save before playing with the console!
removeallitems player - this will put everything in the child's inventory into yours.disableenableNow try giving them their clothes back, and seeing if they put them on.
setrace caused them to gain the armor I had added. So, it seems that the issue is caused by the children trying to equip items which are not allowed to be equipped by children.
Jun 6, 2014 at 1:06
I've managed to fix this bug.
All you have to do is make sure you've given your kids a wooden sword and child's doll (sometimes they will be in the hidden chest in Salvius Farm outside Markarth).
Give them the clothes while they're in action either playing with toys or sitting down. But you cant rush through, after you give them the clothes let the dialog run its course completely and they should put their clothes back on.
It took me forever to figure this out, I hope it helps you.
If you're using the command "equipitem", then you have to put a "1" after the command to ensure it stays on permanently. Command should be "equipitem (item id) 1".
Wiki says:
- Upon downloading Hearthfire, there is a chance that none of the children in game will be wearing clothes. This includes children eligible for adoption. There is currently no known fix.
That's because you just downloaded Hearthfire and the children are naked.
There is a mod called Children wear all where they will wear whatever adults wear including modded clothing. It's on the Nexus and Steam both. Just search for Children Wear All. If that doesn't work, search for children clothing.
