torment 8.1 tail loading in white on one figure

Upirium

a figure i have put a LOT of work into now refuses to load the torment tail correctly, but it will work on the one right next to it, in the same scene.

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I don't know what could be causing this as it's only happening on THIS figure. I have reloaded. I have quit and reloaded. I have saved the figure as a scene subset. And yet still the tail doesn't work. It does this with every texture. I put on a leather shader and it is still glowing and bright. TThis is the skin I need to use so how do I get it to work?

 

edit:

seconds later, i figured it out. it was interacting poorly with another attachment. i fixed it.

Gordig

Select the tail and look at the Surfaces pane. What does it say after Shader at the top?