SSE Cannot see Mesh in Nifskope?

[Aelthwyn]

Okay, I know this isn't primarily about CK but, I'm new to nifskope but am trying to learn so I'm watching some beginner videos. However, I haven't seen anything addressing my problem. I have the newest nifskope and it's set for skyrim SE but... 99% of the meshes I try to open in it just don't show up. I see a black background with bright colored lines, no model. I can zoom in and out on what appears to be absolutely nothing. There's plenty of information in the lefthand pane - I can expand things to show info about texture etc. but I can't see the mesh AT ALL. So.... following along with tutorials isn't working so well because... I don't seem to have a mesh??? I mean, the meshes show up in the game, but when I open them in nifskope I cannot see them. HELP?! (Yes I've google searched for an answer and all I can seem to find is tutorials on how to make a mesh transparent in game, or problems with it being visible in nifskope but not in game - none seem to address the opposite issue with not being able to see it in nifskope)

 

Has anyone else had this issue? Am I monumentally stupid and just missing something obvious? I'm watching videos where people say "okay, open the mesh in nifskope" and they click on it and it opens and you can see it. I do the same thing annnnd.... nope, not there.

 

 

(Specifically at the moment I'm just poking around in some armor and weapon mods and want to open a mesh and see what something like 'axe6' looks like in cases where there aren't labeled pictures on the mod page showing what each style is named. I was also checking things out in CK and noticed there's a 1st person file selected with 1stperson in it's name even in cases where there is no such mesh in the folder structure, so... where is it getting this from? is there something on the regular mesh that allows it to be recognized as a separate 1stperson one? - since in the vanilla files I see separate meshes for that on some weapons - which I've read somewhere are actually just the same and not really needed? Anyways I'm just trying to learn how meshes work and all, but... currently I can't see them in nifskope.)

If anyone can point me to a tutorial that addresses this invisible mesh issue, or can give me clear instructions on what I need to do to make it show up I would greatly appreciate it! :smile:

Edited November 14, 2020 by Aelthwyn

[Jbo010891]

Yah I've never had this problem till recently, your not the only one, i keep getting a error about requires Microsoft Visual C+++ 2015 with a BSA Auto Extract program.

[IsharaMeradin]

It has been a while and I do not know if the latest version is the one that I last used. At any rate, I remember that with the last one that I used the color scheme in the render window needed to be changed before it would work with Skyrim meshes.

 

If versions are anything alike, go to Options then Settings. Select Render and switch to the Colors tab. Adjust the colors as desired.

[Algabar]

Also, make sure Nifskope "knows" the path to your game folder (or the folder where you have stored the textures for your WIP):

 

In NIfskope, go to "Settings", then select "Resources". You can either let Nifskope detect the correct folders automatically - or add them manually (in the case of "temporary" folders for WIP).

 

If you don't have these settings, Nifskope won't show any textures...