How can I open a .nif file in MO2? I've done it before but can't remember how.

[Yakis0ba]

Hi. I've been modding Skyrim (AE) for a few years now. Several months ago my laptop died and I had to get a new one and restart all the modding stuff.

Anyway, in my old setup, I'd be able to double-click on a mod in the modlist, a box with several tabs would show up, and under "Conflicts" there'd be a list of active textures and meshes. It used to be that I could double-click on one of the .nif files in the Conflicts box and it would then open said file in NifSkope.

Now I can't figure out how the heck to get it to do that again. I added NifSkope as an extension in MO2 and when I double-clicked on a .nif file, nothing would happen. I asked for help on the Skyrim Mods Reddit, but the help I got wasn't... great. (I asked once, someone told me there was a setting for that--without telling me what the setting was. I asked them and they haven't replied in a week, so... People, am I right?) I asked again, and someone sort of helped by misunderstanding what I meant and suggesting NIF Preview. It's helpful in many ways, but...

When I would double-click on a .nif file before--back on my old laptop--it would open up NifSkope, the actual program. The mesh would be in there with no texture, but visible... vertices and stuff, which were helpful for certain things.

Anyone have any idea what I'm talking about? Anyone know a more Nifskope-focused place I could ask, maybe? I'm assuming I did something wrong, but don't know what.

 

I'm also having an issue when I try to open .nif files with Nifskope via going to where the file is located. It does nothing when I double-click it, and when I right-click to select a program to open it with, I get TWO NifSkope options with, like, placeholder icons, and whichever I click on doesn't open anything. Pic attached.

 

Thank you for any help.

[AaronOfMpls]

Well, you could always open NifSkope separately, and drag the file into it.  Or use any file Open dialog inside NifSkope itself. 

But that's a workaround, and isn't quite what you're asking about.