Denroth

Hi witchers I'm working on a new mod called "HD Monsters Reworked" right now I'm trying to change the griffin's eyes. Unfortunately, the file in question is in common with many other characters in the game (found in common> texture> eyes). so I would like to edit the griffon's .w2mesh file to change the texture file source ... the problem is that once you've created a new file and changed the file texture source for the griffin modkit 1.3's eyes it does not seem to recognize the file mesh and is not cooked. Any suggestions for implementing this change? .. maybe as DLC? thank you in advance