Mookeylama Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 my Ancient Nord boots (female) are very shiny. thought i remember seeing a fix for this awhile back but can't find anything now. anyone know? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghosu Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Uhm, my modding rig is resting in the basement for a while and my desktop computer is pretty lame, can't handle Skyrim so it's impossible for me to test it ingame. Though i checked vanilla files and the shader settings for graphics and texture (paths) seem alright, so possibly you're experiencing some kind of bug? Well, whatever...if you find no fix you could try to adjust the boot's .nif files: http://666kb.com/i/ckoqnvosvla1uvc6b.jpg 1) Download FO3 Archive Utility http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout3/mods/34/? and open ...\Skyrim\data\Skyrim - Meshes.bsa , browse the files you want to edit and extract both female boot files to ...\Skyrim\data\meshes\armor\draugr\ (afaik you only have to select Skyrim\data\, the tool will create the correct folders - just check afterwards if the folder structure is correct) http://f.666kb.com/i/ckoq7hm2bbo5cng4j.jpg 2) Download NifSkope http://niftools.sourceforge.net/wiki/NifSkope and open the extracted .nif files (_0 is the light version for skinny char, _1 is heavy for fat char), unfold to BSLightingShaderProperty as shown on the screenshot and try to adjust shader settings...like lowering Glossinees, specular str, lighting effect...changing to a darker specular color and so on - just play around, i would recommend to do the same edits on both _0 and _1 and just save them. Done, to undo the whole thing just delete both .nif files, the game will use the files from the .bsa archive then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mookeylama Posted January 6, 2014 Author Share Posted January 6, 2014 thanks, might give that a try. there was a fix somewhere tho, because i think this was common enough for some folks. at least i've seen quite a few pics and vids w/ the super shiny ancient boots, that i know it's not just me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperMilfChan Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 (edited) Might be a little late for this, but I had this problem a little bit ago and I managed to fix it.It turns out that the normal map for the female boots is actually missing its alpha channel, which makes the boots look extremely glossy. If you have Photoshop and know how to make textures, you can extract femaledraugrboots_n.dds from the Skyrim - Textures.bsa, add a proper alpha channel to it in Photoshop, and then save it in the Skyrim/Data/textures/armor/draugr directory. Edited September 13, 2015 by SuperMilfChan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkSteel2077 Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Way late to the party but has anyone actually found a fix for this? This bug is driving me crazy and I can't for the life of me find any other page discussing this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurelimVampire Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 A fix for these boots in particular or a fix for glossy textures? Glossy textures are caused by the specular map being too white. Follow this : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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