Deleted3765355User Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 How do I go about adding a "Shininess" to a texture? As you can see in these screenshots, all the armor has a metallic shine except for the buckle on the waist. I suspect it has something to do with the normal map, but I don't know how to apply it to the mesh so that it shines in the light.http://imgur.com/a/zCKfW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted3765355User Posted July 16, 2013 Author Share Posted July 16, 2013 Still stuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted3765355User Posted July 17, 2013 Author Share Posted July 17, 2013 Still stuck.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrpdean Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 From my own very limited experiments with creating/texturing assets for Skyrim, the shine/specular look seems to come from the alpha channel stored in the normal map. At least that worked for me when I remodelled the oven from the Hearthfire DLC. Added an alpha channel to the normal map, white area's got full specular, black area's got no specular. might be work a look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted3765355User Posted July 17, 2013 Author Share Posted July 17, 2013 It actually does have an alpha channel added to the normal map. The thing with this particular texture is that it didn't have a normal map included when I downloaded it. The rest of the armor texture had one, but the piece in question didn't. I created one myself, but am not sure if I was supposed to somehow apply it to the related mesh somehow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrpdean Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 (edited) I see. In that case you will most likely have to assign the normal map to that mesh using something like Nifskope.Where did you download the armour from? I could take a look at it if you like. Edited July 17, 2013 by mrpdean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted3765355User Posted July 17, 2013 Author Share Posted July 17, 2013 Actually, I just decided to teach myself how to apply it via Nifskope like you recommended and it worked perfectly. Thank you for your offer, and your help though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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