Enemy body sprites not loading

Sprites for enemies do not load in. gear sprites load, but i see a glowing neon pink entity running around with gear equipped. i have attempted removing Priscilu, and ODT-item info mods, but issue persists. It *seems* to be a base game issue.
I have verified cache with EFT base installion, and am able to play the base EFT with absolutely no issues (at least ones related to sprites -my fps is terrible-).

a -weird?- thing to note. night vision turns the glowing pink (potentially) missing sprite model into a beacon of light like a flashlight to the face, and thermal vision completely turns the (missing?) sprite invisible.