removing the "Glass" effect

[SierraEx]

I recently downloaded a great set of armor and a awesome sword to go with it, great models and great textures but i feel it's ruined by the "Glass" reflective map on it, by glass i mean the same specular effect as the glass armor, the white dots that move around. how do i change it to a normal metallic specular effect?

[Megatarius]

I don't know exactly, but what I would try first in that situation is generate a new normal map.

 

 

You can do it in Gimp. Start with this tutorial.

 

http://cs.elderscrolls.com/constwiki/index...led_Normal_Maps

 

 

I've seen this happen with mods before. Nothing ruins a really nice texture like a shitty normal map that makes it look painted on marble.

[LHammonds]

This tutorial shows you how the effect is added to an existing object. To remove the effect, simply reverse the instructions...but mainly it is just changing APPLY_HILIGHT back to APPLY_MODULATE and renaming the material from Env_Map2 to something / anything else.

 

The reflective glass effect is created / controlled by the glass environment shader (.sdp file). I cannot remember the exact shader file it uses but if you want to modify the effect, you will have to modify the shader. The shader will have to be a "replacer" mod which will replace the shader...and subsequently ALL glass effects. So basically, it would not be a good idea to modify the shader since it would affect everything that uses it...not just your armor piece.

 

LHammonds

[SierraEx]

This tutorial shows you how the effect is added to an existing object. To remove the effect, simply reverse the instructions...but mainly it is just changing APPLY_HILIGHT back to APPLY_MODULATE and renaming the material from Env_Map2 to something / anything else.

 

The reflective glass effect is created / controlled by the glass environment shader (.sdp file). I cannot remember the exact shader file it uses but if you want to modify the effect, you will have to modify the shader. The shader will have to be a "replacer" mod which will replace the shader...and subsequently ALL glass effects. So basically, it would not be a good idea to modify the shader since it would affect everything that uses it...not just your armor piece.

 

LHammonds

 

thats what i was looking for, thanks.

 

I'll also check out the shader files and see if i can overwrite the original effect