[taosecurity]

Problem

Spriggit 0.41.0 (Mutagen 0.54.0) drops every tint layer of a Starfield NPC_ record except the first. These are the repeated MNAM/TNAM/QNAM/VNAM/NNAM/INTV blocks (makeup and skin layers, counted by EDCT). The serialized YAML holds a single Tints entry, and deserializing writes EDCT = 1 with one layer, so an NPC loses its blush, lipstick, eyeshadow, eyeliner, etc. on any round trip.

The cause is Mutagen itself, not Spriggit's serialization. Reading the same plugin directly:

Mutagen.Bethesda.Starfield	Tint layers read for vanilla Companion_SarahMorgan (9 in the ESM)
0.51.3 (bundled with Spriggit 0.39.11)	9
0.54.0 (bundled with Spriggit 0.41.0)	1
0.54.1	1
0.54.2 / 0.54.3 / 0.54.4	9

Change

Raise the nine [0.54.0] Mutagen pins in Directory.Packages.props to [0.54.4]. The Mutagen.Bethesda.Serialization packages stay at 1.38.6.

Testing

• Spriggit.Tests: 129 passed, 0 failed, 1 skipped.
• Repro: a plugin containing only a copy of vanilla Companion_SarahMorgan.
  • With 0.41.0 the YAML has 1 TintType entry and the rebuilt plugin 1 layer.
  • With this change it has 9 entries and the rebuilt plugin has EDCT = 09 with 9 layers.
• A mod plugin with a custom NPC (9 layers) round-trips with all 982 records identical. Only the order of the NPC's script properties and of records inside some groups changes.

The same bump on the 0.41.0 tag is what I'm using locally until a release ships.

Thank you for this awesome software! You have made it possible for me to create several new projects.

Sincerely,

Richard

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