Retexturing Problems

[tungol]

I'm running Win7. I've been trying to retexture some clothing retextures I did on my old XP. I've done some races on the new one with no problems. But the clothes are all invisible in game.

 

If someone could look through my test data below and help me figure out what I'm doing wrong, I'd be very, very grateful!!

They're in chronological order.

 

 

I took a working nif, changed the file name of a new texture to the name of the original working texture. It works.

 

I took a working nif, changed the texture path to use a new texture. Now it doesn't work. Original texture was SIShirt_BkDWB. New texture is SIShirt_PtSl. SIShirt_n is in the folder. Nif is invisible in game.

 

I took a working nif, changed the texture file name and nif texture path to SIShirt_Sl. SIShirt_n is in the folder. Invisible in game.

 

Changed texture path of not-working nif to the path used by a working nif (SIShirt_BkBu). Invisible in game.

 

I put the n-map and dds into their own folder, renamed to Shirt.dds and Shirt_n.dds. Changed working nif and non-working nif to use that texture. Invisible. Also, the working nif that I changed is still invisible after I changed it back.

 

I've confirmed several times that the esp points to the right file.

 

I'm using nifskope v22. The nif I'm retexturing is the TFF Shivering Isles Tunic (so maybe it's an older version of Nifskope.)

 

I opened a working nif in v22, changed nothing, and saved it.

I opened a working nif in v20, changed nothing, and saved it.

They both work.

 

I opened a working nif in v22, changed the texture (BkGn) to that of another working nif (BkPk), and saved it. I also did this with v20 (BkOg to BkPk). I opened all the test nifs in v7, changed their texture paths, saved them. Changed their paths to what they should be and saved them again. One worked, and the others don't. (Were they converted back to the old version? Had the first one been converted to new version?)

 

I opened a working nif in v7, changed the path to a working texture. Saved it as the (formerly) working nif. Its invisible. Deleted formerly working nif. Opened working file in v7. changed path and saved with formerly working nif name. Invisible.