cant get niftools import/export to work

[Dash_Riprock]

Hi. I'm trying to use niftools 3.5.5.4728 and 3dsmax 7 to edit the character meshes. I can successfully import and export the mesh, but in-game the texture always becomes bright glossy white, even when it shows up fine in 3dsmax (with very low detail). This happens even when I simply import then immediately export without making any changes. I tried using the niftools settings I found on tutorials and messing with them but I cant fix this problem.

 

I can provide more details if needed, but hopefully this has some known fix that I was unable to find.

Thanks for any help.

[pob255]

Off hand it sound like the textures are not being picked up/exported correctly.

 

Have you looked at the model with NifScope?

Use nifscope to check your textures and remember to put them in a valid location, ie fallout3 folder/data/textures/

it could be that when you're exporting it's using the whole location ie c:/program files/fallout3 folder/data/textures/ which is invalid

[ecksile]

Sounds like a specularity issue in your normal maps. Or possibly you don't have any normal maps..Screen shots always help if you cant find a working answer.

[Dash_Riprock]

Thanks for the replies...

Here is a screenshot:

http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/6403/screenshot0u.th.jpg

Super shiny!

 

As you can see, the texture does still show up, it's just far too reflective/glossy.

 

The texture does not appear at all in nifscope, its just all white. This happens with any .nif I open though, even working ones that I didn't touch

[pob255]

If it's base white in NifScope then nifscope is not picking up the texture correctly.

Make sure you added the fallout3 game path to nifscope

Render > settings > rendering > Auto Detect Game paths

[Quetzlsacatanango]

Make sure the shader type is set to shader_skin, not shader_default. You will also want to set window_environment_mapping if you haven't already.

[Dash_Riprock]

Make sure the shader type is set to shader_skin, not shader_default. You will also want to set window_environment_mapping if you haven't already.

Yep, it was the window_environment_mapping that did it, thanks a lot guys.