Some Meshes Work, Others Don't?

[Kifyi]

I installed a couple mods that change meshes that weren't really updated for SSE. Better Vanilla Hair from kebrus being one of them. But when I tried to install files from About Horses from darkgondul I got missing meshes with the big exclamation mark for all the horses even though the horse.nif was there, in the correct place. I double checked that SSE didn't use a different file structure too with the BSA unpacker. Opening the file with nifskope there is a visible horse mesh, it doesn't seem to be corrupted or anything. Anyone have any ideas why the basic replacement mesh wouldn't work from this mod? It seems like things that are just meshes or textures work for SSE, mostly, but not this one. Thanks in advance and sorry if this is a dumb question. :/

[Kalell]

Some meshes won't work on SSE, but most are fairly easy to fix with NifSkope. Here's a link that explains how to fix them (check out the meshes section):

 

http://afkmods.iguanadons.net/index.php?/topic/4633-skyrim-se-things-to-know-when-converting-standard-mods-to-sse/

 

The problem with strips is mentioned there but it doesn't entirely explain how to fix it. Basically, if the mesh has NiTriStrips instead of NiTriShape you can fix it using NifSkope by right clicking on the block, mousing over mesh, and selecting triangulate. That will convert NiTriStrips to NiTriShape. Then just follow the directions in the link I posted and it should work in the game now.

[Kifyi]

Thanks so much Kalell! You're awesome. Definitely going to try that out.

 

Edit: Well looking at it in Nifskope the mesh uses shapes, not strips, and following those instructions (after updating Nifskope) didn't seem to change anything either, unfortunately.

Edited October 30, 2016 by Kifyi

[Kalell]

Thanks so much Kalell! You're awesome. Definitely going to try that out.

 

Edit: Well looking at it in Nifskope the mesh uses shapes, not strips, and following those instructions (after updating Nifskope) didn't seem to change anything either, unfortunately.

 

If it already has shapes you can skip that step. I tried it and got the horse models into the game. You probably tried updating the skeleton meshes but they don't need to be updated. Try putting back the original skeleton meshes that came with the mod (skeleton.nif, skeleton CC.nif, and skeletonHM.nif) and see if it works.

 

Edit: No, it didn't work. The horses I'm seeing are still the vanilla horses. I'm gonna have to mess around a bit and see if I can figure out what's happening.

Edited October 31, 2016 by Kalell

[Kifyi]

Well I definitely appreciate your time. I've been fiddling around with things trying to make it work but no luck so far. But be aware the replacer it gives the vanilla horses isn't drastically different, just slims them up a bit, makes them taller.

[Kalell]

Then maybe what I'm seeing is the modded horses. I'm going to try something to make sure.

 

Edit: Yeah, what I'm seeing is the modded horses. I scaled the mesh in NifSkope just to be sure:

 

http://i.imgur.com/bvANflY.jpg

 

Edit 2: I also tried the original file without updating the meshes and it worked. If you haven't already, maybe try downloading the file again. Unfortunately I'm not sure what's causing the meshes to not show in your game.

Edited October 31, 2016 by Kalell

[Kifyi]

Oh okay, well thanks so much for your time! That's uh.... A mighty fine horse you got there. >_>

 

I'll try redownloading it and see if that does anything for me.

 

Edit: Redownloading didn't change anything. I'll keep futsing with it although I'm running out of ideas.

 

Edit 2: So I downloaded the old version of the file, 1.2, and for some reason that seems to work. All I can say is big ol' shrug :| Thanks again for your help and taking the time to look into it!

Edited October 31, 2016 by Kifyi

[marvel1968]

SO MANY GUYS DO THE SAME MISTAKE.....ADDING SO MANY MESH MODS FROM DIFFERENT AUTHOR......YOU NEED TO FIND ONE AUTHOR OF A MESH MOD AND USE THAT MOD.....AND ONLY THAT MOD....MAKE SURE THAT MOD HAVE ALL THE MESH CHANGED FOR THE GAME....A GOOD MOD TO USE IS THE SMIM.....THIS AUTHOR WILL HAD MORE MESH TO COME.....BUT IT ALMOST FINISH TO CHANGE ALL THE GAME.....

 

P.S FOR ALL THE NEXUS PEOPLES MOST OF YOU DON'T KNOW YOU CAN USE THE OLD TEXTURE MODS FROM THE ORIGINAL SKYRIM.....I HAVE INSTALL 75 OLD TEXTURE MODS FOR THE SPECIAL EDITION WITH 75 BRAND NEW MODS AND IT WORK.....NO BUGS OR CRASH OR FREEZ.....MAKE SURE TO USE THE TEXTURE ONLY

[Grimmsoultaker]

Having some issues my mesh and textures are not work it show the vanilla I tried redown loading it nothing and any know a fix