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[ERRORRRR]

Hi there

 

I recently installed some 15 mods to enjoy a better way of living in tamriel. The most impressive mod, i think, would be skyrim HS 2k Textures. I installed all 5 parts of it : riften, towns, landscape dungeon and misc. The thing is: it doesn't change textures at all.

 

There are two strange things i encountered:

 

First: when installing the 5 parts via the NMM, i can install the first of the five (doesnt matter which one) without any warning. when i install the second, it reads: "a different version of skyrim HD 2k Textures has been detected. The installed version is 1.5, the new version is 1.5. Would you like to upgrade?"

 

If i select yes, it installs this part, but deactivates the first one i installed, if i say no, it installes this part and it seems that the previous part also stays installed.

 

Second: i installed LOOT because i thought it may detect some incompatability. In the LOOT metadata i see every single mod i installed, EXCEPT the Skyrim HD Textures mod.

 

now, i thought maybe there is an incompatability. but i cant see which mod should interfer. Here is my list:

 

Climates of tamriel

THe dance of death

immersive armors

cloaks of skyrim

ACE

High quality 3d map

realistic rag dolls

run for your lives

enhanced lights

immersive patrols

apocalypse, magic of skyrim

unofficial skyrim patch

skyui

a quality world map

immersive weapons

 

because, none of these changes textures, right? except of climates of tamriel with the interior of houses, but that should work. shouldn't it?

 

Can anyone help me? I would unmeasurably grateful.

 

ERRORRRR

Edited by ERRORRRR, 28 November 2014 - 01:20 PM.

[BlackRampage]

I can't pretend to know every single texture replacer mod out there, but usually a texture replacer mod doesn't comes with a plugin.

If that's the case with that Skyrim HD textures mod, then that would explain why it doesn't show up in LOOT.

 

Are you using the official High res DLC? I can imagine it might conflict with that.

[ERRORRRR]

I can't pretend to know every single texture replacer mod out there, but usually a texture replacer mod doesn't comes with a plugin.

If that's the case with that Skyrim HD textures mod, then that would explain why it doesn't show up in LOOT.

 

Are you using the official High res DLC? I can imagine it might conflict with that.

 

thanks for the input.

no, i don't, and it shouldn't either according to mod description.

[ERRORRRR]

they have the same problem here: http://www.tomshardw...od-problem.html

but i dont understand the solution.

The textures of Skyrim HD 2k mod have no plugin in my NMM. There is a guy claiming that i have to deactivate (delete) the original skyrim.esm for the 2k textures to work, because there cant be 2 textures at the same time (original and 2k), but i cant deactivate the skyrim.esm in my NMM, and deleting the file in the skyrim folder will make the game unstartable.

 

is it possible, that i have to "deactivate" the old textures first, thus simply installing 2k HD via NMM doesnt work? that seems odd to me, since that surely would be in the description?

Edited by ERRORRRR, 28 November 2014 - 04:17 PM.

[Jeir]

they have the same problem here: http://www.tomshardw...od-problem.html

but i dont understand the solution.

The textures of Skyrim HD 2k mod have no plugin in my NMM. There is a guy claiming that i have to deactivate (delete) the original skyrim.esm for the 2k textures to work, because there cant be 2 textures at the same time (original and 2k), but i cant deactivate the skyrim.esm in my NMM, and deleting the file in the skyrim folder will make the game unstartable.

 

is it possible, that i have to "deactivate" the old textures first, thus simply installing 2k HD via NMM doesnt work? that seems odd to me, since that surely would be in the description?

LMAO. I'm afraid that person is either trolling, drunk, high, or all three.

 

Skyrim 2K is a mod that consists of 'loose files'. Loose files are those that are not packaged into archives (e.g. .BSA archives), and instead go into folders such as /meshes, /textures, etc. By default, loose files will overwrite files stored in .bsa if they have the same directory and the same name. This is why they do not need a plugin; they replace, not add new things, and as the files are 'loose' and not in a .bsa, the game will automatically detect and use them. It's also impossible for loose files to be overwritten by a plugin (such as the High Res DLC), as loose files are always loaded last.

 

For example, the directory for the vanilla head texture for the humanoid female character is: 

Textures.bsa/actors/character/female/femalehead.dds. (It might be textures.bsa/textures/actors...etc., but I don't have Skyrim installed right now so can't check.)

If you were to install a new, modded femalehead.dds into textures/actors/character/female, the new modded one would overwrite the one found in Textures.bsa. Just by existing there, it replaces the vanilla head texture.

 

Anyway, I've noticed this issue a lot since the Legendary version of Skyrim showed up, so I'll just post this from the CBBE FAQ, as it applies to all loose files:  Go to Documents/My Games/Skyrim and open Skyrim.ini with WordPad/NotePad. Look for the [ARCHIVE] section, and if you see bInvalidateOlderFiles=0, change the 0 to a 1...or delete the entire line.

 

Hope it helps!

[ERRORRRR]

Thank you for your explanation!

sadly, however, your advice doesn't work for me, since there is no "bInvalidateOlderFiles=0" in my skyrim.ini under archive section.

 

Following your logic though really leaves me wondering. How the hell can it not work then. Should i try installing the textures manually, without the NMM, by simply extracting all files in the data folder?

[ERRORRRR]

Is there nobody else, who had the same problem, and found a solution?

[BlackRampage]

there is no "bInvalidateOlderFiles=0" in my skyrim.ini under archive section.

 

I suppose you could give trying to add this line and changing the 0 to a 1 a try.

[FoReVeR0515]

I recently started playing Skyrim (I know, late to the party on this one) and having the same issue. I've tried using NMM and doing it manually, but neither has worked.

Thank you for your explanation!
sadly, however, your advice doesn't work for me, since there is no "bInvalidateOlderFiles=0" in my skyrim.ini under archive section.
 
Following your logic though really leaves me wondering. How the hell can it not work then. Should i try installing the textures manually, without the NMM, by simply extracting all files in the data folder?

I haven't taken a look at that line in that .ini file, so I'll take a look at that later. If not there, I'll try adding it.

If you do find a solution, please share, because this has become very irritating.

[FoReVeR0515]

I recently started playing Skyrim (I know, late to the party on this one) and having the same issue. I've tried using NMM and doing it manually, but neither has worked.
 

Thank you for your explanation!
sadly, however, your advice doesn't work for me, since there is no "bInvalidateOlderFiles=0" in my skyrim.ini under archive section.
 
Following your logic though really leaves me wondering. How the hell can it not work then. Should i try installing the textures manually, without the NMM, by simply extracting all files in the data folder?

I haven't taken a look at that line in that .ini file, so I'll take a look at that later. If not there, I'll try adding it.

If you do find a solution, please share, because this has become very irritating.

 

 

Yep, changing that value from 0 to 1 worked. Thanks Jeir!