How do i change the equipment color?

[FreedomFighterEx]

http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/36743/?

 

This mod provided me with 2 color variant of cat ears but i would like to change it's color to blue to match with my character. I have no experience with modding or GECK before. Can anyone kindly provide me a hand?

[SKYZOO]

1. Download a program called "Paint.net", which can be found here for free. http://www.getpaint.net/download.html After D/L'ing and installing it, open the program.

 

2. Now download the mod "Kaw Cat Outfit", open and extract the mod's contents to a folder on your desktop. (This way you can edit textures without permissions required from the program files.)

 

3. In the folder "Cat Outfits Vegas-36743 \ Textures \ Kaw" you will find a file called "nekomimi.dds". Drag this file into the "Paint.net" window. (If it asks if you want to open this file, say yes.)

 

4. Now go to the toolbar marked "adjustments", near the top and to the right of toolbars "file" and "edit". Select "hue/saturation" and you will see a box w/ three sliders pop-up (hue, saturation and lightness).

 

5. Drag the Hue slider backwards from 100 towards -180 for a more blue color overall, and drag the saturation from 100 forwards to add more blue coloring. The lightness slider can go either way, as with the first two, until you feel the color matches your character enough that you would want to equip the ears.

 

Final: After achieving you desired color result, click on File, and save as. Now it will ask where you want to save it. You can either A: Overwrite the original file (best to make a backup of the file you're editing before saving it) so it receives the changes. Or B: save it to your desktop as an individual file, and incorporate it into your Data\Textures\Kaw after you move the mods contents into your data folder.

 

Once you specify where you want to save it (overwriting or not), it will pop up a box called "Save Configuration". This box will have a bunch of options in it, BUT since you are editing a texture that is made for FONV, it will have the textures initial properties pre-applied so you don't have to mess with it, just push OK.

 

This all looks confusing, but is very simple. Once you've done these steps, and have all of your files in the Data folder, just mark the ESP file in your mod manager program, and you should see the changes to the cat ears (default ones, not the black variant) in-game. (It will work like any other mod, but with your preferred color variant applied.)

 

Any trouble just PM me.

Edited August 9, 2015 by SKYZOO

[FreedomFighterEx]

I'll give it a spin, thank for the advice.

 

*It work, but i need to get the color right. Oh, i gave you a wrong information. I am actually using Wolf Ears since Cat Ears in that mod is too small and hard to notice while Wolf Ears is bigger and pointy straight up. Still, i am surprise that the file for Wolf Ears is actually a photo of wolf! I do not know if the author use this wolf for his other mod or not but i am impressed.

 

**I made it! Now the only things that left is those red line on her cheek. I don't know what those call in English.

 

Before and After pic.

 

http://i.imgur.com/MDvNCAb.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/7azZIqf.jpg

 

Here is the pic of her that i drawn for comparasion.

 

http://i.imgur.com/hbxMdTg.jpg

 

She need those red line on her cheek and she will be complete.

 

SKYROO, thank you for your help.

Edited August 10, 2015 by FreedomFighterEx

[SKYZOO]

No problem at all, happy to have helped. Have fun with your character, and happy modding!:D