jinix the elder

This is not going to help much but... as no one has answered yet... The problem MAY be the version of NIFtools plugin with MAX 2012. The plugin as far as I can tell has not been updated since MAX v9 I use version MAX 8 which the plugin works with. If any one can help the OP please offer some advice as to whether the newer versions of 3DS MAX works with the NIFtools plugin. Also note that this may NOT be the problem at all - but this will bump the post a bit. (: Ask at NIFtools forum.

Sorry to butt in on this topic, but a question: Does one have to do this with EVERY mesh you want to texture/retexture? (NifSkope) No more 'little blue star flowers' automatically pathing the textures to the meshes? ... okay after following those clear instructions I found my blue thingies and can now retexture away - it's extra clicking but at least they are in one place.

Hello, Can anyone offer some guide as to adding new textures to the CS landscape editor? Also in the region editor, how to add new land textures to add plants and trees to? I can easily add plants and other items and generate them to an area with region editor AND.. I can import other regions textures etc but can't figure how to get my own trextures added to the region editor. Thank you for reading. OKAY SOLVED!!! It was just a matter of RTFM - in this case the wiki.

Thanks for trying to answer this - every little hint helps. I have played with various settings but to no avail yet. I have seen this occur over the years of playing Olivion mods and have yet to find any one else on the 'net who has been able to give advice. I know perfectly well that it is MY setup and thats why there is not much about it any where. I'll keep plodding along and come back to the problem at some other time... meanwhile iF I solve it, I will come back and post the answer as I'm sure that eventually someone else will experience the same glitch/error/texture thingy.

I have this exact problem with a new install of MCIslands (moocow) with no other mods running. The land in the distance is rainbow colors(same as the pic in your link) that turn 'normal' as you approach the colors - other than the rainbow colors - its fine. Can any one offer help as to why this occurs and possible solutions? regenerating LOD does not help any.

Please stop calling "them" kiddies - as if age has any thing to do with being rude or offensive.

Excellent wishes! Take lots of notes and report back as we're all jealous as all heck and would love to go with you. My wish would be downloadable content packs for the construction kit. Lots of models and textures and buildings, items and new trees etc.,. To release the kit as a standalone world creator/game engine that's easy enough to use for all the millions of players who want to mod but are daunted by the required knowhow.

Well for me the ability to mod IS the game. Neither the main story for Morrowind or Oblivion is of much interest to me. I just want all the assets from the games, all the 3d models and textures I can get off the net and make an empty world using the CS and then create my own personal world with all the goodies. I have endless fun watching over the worlds I create and seeing all my little people use their AI to interact with their neighbors. I give hundreds of NPCs skills and various stats, different jobs and routines and then watch them live their lives. My Oblivion mod has about 300 NPCs so far. I have them eat at each others houses and in the 40 plus taverns, tea gardens, rooftop restaurants and corner cafes as well as dubious nightclubs and a haunted hotel. On certain days they may go the community meeting hall, a guildhall, temple or go swimming. They have to travel to their destinations several times a day so the towns and pathways have lots of travelers. By adjusting everyone AI and randomizing their routines it's amazing to watch the things they get into and the more you leave them alone the more they interact with each other.and by adding bandits or wild animals on the roadways they may have to defend themselves often as muggers are always knocking out someone for their food. My modding is just for my own personal enjoyment. The only mods I use are ones that add assets - like Mr. Siilka's animals and many models from modders who have made items. But , believe it or not no armor or weapons. I don't care much for armor because it always seems to look brand new overly decorated and impossible to wear. Leather is good enough for most of my characters. Only a palace guard gets armor City watch have leather and chainmail. My mods are never finished - there's no such thing for me as a finished mod. It's merely gets absorbed into a larger one. There is always more to add and do building, decorating, landscaping and animal husbandry. I liken my modding to any physical hobby such as model trains or cartooning.

Hmmm! Everything I like is either illegal, fattening or bad for my health!!@ :confused:

Importing the meshes and textures are easy enough but the quests and scripts all need to be re-written (as far as I can tell). I have brought several things into Oblivion from Morrowind and re-textured them and re-meshed some. BUT!!!!! I do it for my own mods and am well aware that POSTING them in a mod is infringing on the owners rights of use. However, as it's entirely for my own fun and not for others. I fail to see it any more of a copyright issue than making a scrapbook from newspaper clippings.

Importing the meshes and textures are easy enough but the quests and scripts all need to be re-written (as far as I can tell). I have brought several things into Oblivion from Morrowind and re-textured them and re-meshed some. BUT!!!!! I do it for my own mods and am well aware that POSTING them in a mod is infringing on the owners rights of use. However, as it's entirely for my own fun and not for others. I fail to see it any more of a copyright issue than making a scrapbook from newspaper clippings.

There is a look-a-like called ShrubGenericDaphneSU in Oblivion. If you shrink it to different sizes it looks like a hemp plant. It would make sense to use the plant in a mod as the plant has a long human use (aside from any 'frowned upon' uses) In the days before Dupont's nylon was used - millions of tons of hemp were harvested every year around the world it was THE most useful plant, other than food, grown on any farm from the oil to light lamps, to prevent rust on metal, to string, rope, clothing, footwear and medicine. The US grew more hemp than cotton before ww2.