zurrgo

From what I can tell, it looks as if the creation kit was updated today (I can now load the update.esm). My problem is still happening though as it was before the update.

When I try to save my mod for the first time it is able to make an .esp file, but it seems that none of my changes save. If I re-open the file in the Creation kit, all my changes are gone. When the file is made, I'm given this Assertion error; I'm given the options to retry, ignore, abort. I can't seem to find a solution for that line error, specifically. I've tried re-installing the Kit. I've been getting it before the update. I cannot save anything after the creation of the file, either, and I'm not even totally sure that I can't save anything because of that error. It only comes up the first time I try to save. If it helps any, I'm trying to get stand-alone warpaints to work. The files archive fine, but the .esp doesn't want to work with me.

I understand how the mesh can morph my 2d texture, but its mine specifically that really has a problem. I've downloaded other warpaints, and they don't look quite as bad as mine do. It is ridiculously rough to try to compensate for the morphing, and there has to be a way to do it that isn't totally guesswork and blind. I don't want to avoid those areas, because those are the areas my warpaints focus on. I've seen others that put things in those areas, I just don't know what I'm doing wrong The textures can be set per race, or it can be set per gender. There is a basic female head and male head set, and of course with each race it morphs, but they're morphing in odd ways that are the same across each race. So its not like my nord woman's morph looks different than a dark elf. I'll see if I can find some gridded maps specific to skyrim meshes like you've suggested and see if I can work with that. I'll upload some screenshots in a little bit, I'm going to take a look at some more modded warpaints and see if I can figure out what I'm not doing that other people are.

I'm totally new at doing any type of modding for Skyrim. I'm trying to make some custom war paints. Whenever I go to see them in game, they look stretched out, pixelated, and ugly. Its most noticeable starting from the mid-forehead area to the bottom of the nose, as well as at the bottom of the lip. All custom war paints that are not my own look fine. I've tried saving them as the normal resolution around 250, as well as at 1024 and they look like the same, hideous things. Could I be saving, or "packing" the dds file wrong? I choose the first option that my DDS extension for Photoshop gives me, and I'm kind of weary of messing around with it because I don't know what I'm doing. Besides that, I'm at a loss at what it could be. Also, I'm having some trouble finding a tutorial or something to help me save my warpaints as non-replacement files. I'd appreciate any guidance in the right direction! Thank you!