diff --git a/1.5/Assemblies/Rimworld-Animations.dll b/1.5/Assemblies/Rimworld-Animations.dll
index e80e0c8..d874baa 100644
Binary files a/1.5/Assemblies/Rimworld-Animations.dll and b/1.5/Assemblies/Rimworld-Animations.dll differ
diff --git a/1.5/Source/Patches/RimworldPatches/HarmonyPatch_PawnRenderNode.cs b/1.5/Source/Patches/RimworldPatches/HarmonyPatch_PawnRenderNode.cs
index a0741cd..7e30364 100644
--- a/1.5/Source/Patches/RimworldPatches/HarmonyPatch_PawnRenderNode.cs
+++ b/1.5/Source/Patches/RimworldPatches/HarmonyPatch_PawnRenderNode.cs
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ namespace Rimworld_Animations
 
         }
     }
-
+    /*
+     * no longer needed; taken care of by graphic variants
+     * 
     // For changing texture path of thing to variant
     [HarmonyPatch(typeof(PawnRenderNode), "TexPathFor")]
     public static class HarmonyPatch_PawnRenderNode2
@@ -54,4 +56,6 @@ namespace Rimworld_Animations
             }
         }
     }
+
+    */
 }
diff --git a/1.5/Source/PawnRenderNode/GraphicBodyTypeVariants/PawnRenderNode_GraphicBodyTypeVariants.cs b/1.5/Source/PawnRenderNode/GraphicBodyTypeVariants/PawnRenderNode_GraphicBodyTypeVariants.cs
index 9972f1c..9ca8719 100644
--- a/1.5/Source/PawnRenderNode/GraphicBodyTypeVariants/PawnRenderNode_GraphicBodyTypeVariants.cs
+++ b/1.5/Source/PawnRenderNode/GraphicBodyTypeVariants/PawnRenderNode_GraphicBodyTypeVariants.cs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ namespace Rimworld_Animations
     public class PawnRenderNode_BodyTypeVariants : PawnRenderNode_GraphicVariants
     {
 
+        private BodyTypeDef bodyType;
         protected new PawnRenderNodeProperties_BodyTypeVariants props;
 
         public PawnRenderNode_BodyTypeVariants(Pawn pawn, PawnRenderNodeProperties props, PawnRenderTree tree) : base(pawn, props, tree)
@@ -25,30 +26,35 @@ namespace Rimworld_Animations
 
             if (props.bodyTypeVariantsDef == null)
             {
-                Log.ErrorOnce("[Anims] Error: Tried to use BodyTypeVariants node, but bodyTypeVariants weren't given", 211341349);
+                Log.Error("[Anims] Error: Tried to use BodyTypeVariants node, but bodyTypeVariants weren't given");
                 return null;
             }
 
             //for each different hediff-based texpathvariants,
             foreach (TexPathVariants_BodyType texPathVariant_BodyType in props.bodyTypeVariantsDef)
             {
-                if (pawn.story.bodyType == texPathVariant_BodyType.bodyType)
+                if (pawn.story?.bodyType == texPathVariant_BodyType.bodyType)
                 {
                     //return that specific variant
+                    bodyType = texPathVariant_BodyType.bodyType;
                     return GenerateVariants(pawn, texPathVariant_BodyType.texPathVariantsDef);
 
                 }
 
             }
 
-            //otherwise just use default
-            return base.GraphicVariantsFor(pawn);
+            return null;
 
         }
 
         protected override void EnsureMaterialsInitialized()
         {
+            if (variants == null 
+                || this.tree.pawn.story?.bodyType != bodyType)
             variants = GraphicVariantsFor(this.tree.pawn);
+
+            //call this in case variants wasn't set, and there is no graphic bodytype variants appropriate; it'll set variants based on default
+            base.EnsureMaterialsInitialized();
         }
 
 
diff --git a/1.5/Source/PawnRenderNode/GraphicHediffVariants/PawnRenderNode_GraphicHediffVariants.cs b/1.5/Source/PawnRenderNode/GraphicHediffVariants/PawnRenderNode_GraphicHediffVariants.cs
index 5c11474..1c93471 100644
--- a/1.5/Source/PawnRenderNode/GraphicHediffVariants/PawnRenderNode_GraphicHediffVariants.cs
+++ b/1.5/Source/PawnRenderNode/GraphicHediffVariants/PawnRenderNode_GraphicHediffVariants.cs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ namespace Rimworld_Animations
 
             if (props.hediffVariants == null)
             {
-                Log.ErrorOnce("[Anims] Error: Tried to use GraphicHediffVariants node, but hediffVariants weren't given", 231321349);
+                Log.Error("[Anims] Error: Tried to use GraphicHediffVariants node, but hediffVariants weren't given");
                 return null;
             }
 
@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ namespace Rimworld_Animations
 
             }
 
-            //otherwise just use default
+            //there is no graphic hediff variants appropriate
             curHediff = null;
-            return base.GraphicVariantsFor(pawn);
+            return null;
 
         }
 
@@ -60,9 +60,12 @@ namespace Rimworld_Animations
                 (this.tree.pawn.health?.hediffSet?.hediffs is List<Hediff> hediffs 
                 && hediffs.Any((Hediff hediff) => hediff.def == curHediff)))
             {
-                //redo graphicvariantsfor
+                //do graphicvariantsfor
                 variants = GraphicVariantsFor(this.tree.pawn);
             }
+
+            //call this in case variants wasn't set, and there is no graphic hediff variants appropriate; it'll set variants based on default
+            base.EnsureMaterialsInitialized();
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/1.5/Source/PawnRenderNode/GraphicVariants/PawnRenderNode_GraphicVariants.cs b/1.5/Source/PawnRenderNode/GraphicVariants/PawnRenderNode_GraphicVariants.cs
index da09317..a8bef92 100644
--- a/1.5/Source/PawnRenderNode/GraphicVariants/PawnRenderNode_GraphicVariants.cs
+++ b/1.5/Source/PawnRenderNode/GraphicVariants/PawnRenderNode_GraphicVariants.cs
@@ -30,17 +30,6 @@ namespace Rimworld_Animations
         
         }
 
-        protected override void EnsureMaterialsInitialized()
-        {
-
-            if (variants == null)
-            {
-                variants = GraphicVariantsFor(this.tree.pawn);
-            }
-
-            base.EnsureMaterialsInitialized();
-        }
-
         protected virtual Dictionary<int, Graphic> GraphicVariantsFor(Pawn pawn)
         {
 
@@ -53,6 +42,18 @@ namespace Rimworld_Animations
             
         }
 
+        protected override void EnsureMaterialsInitialized()
+        {
+
+            if (variants == null)
+            {
+                variants = GraphicVariantsFor(this.tree.pawn);
+            }
+
+            base.EnsureMaterialsInitialized();
+        }
+
+
         //used by all, including base classes, to create texPathVariants for pawn
         protected Dictionary<int, Graphic> GenerateVariants(Pawn pawn, TexPathVariantsDef texPathVariants)
         {
@@ -74,7 +75,5 @@ namespace Rimworld_Animations
             return variantGraphics;
 
         }
-
-
     }
 }