Mod deleted original clothes textures - please help

[TheJoseBoss]

I installed a mod that replaces cloths to be different but the mod looks horrible and theres no way of uninstalling it i have tried already but cloths just turn purple and black (missing texture file) if you have any way of me re downloading cloths or how to restore them please help this has been bothering me for the past month.

[TonyOQuinn]

If the author didn't provide a way to uninstall, that should be an indication that it's a bad mod. I recommend backups before you try big replacer mods. Even better, get Mod Organizer.

If there is no other way to uninstall, you could use a heavy-handed approach to create an uninstall script (the author should have provided) to delete the mesh and texture files so your game will revert to vanilla clothes.

 

1. Make a back up before you try this.
2. Extract the bad mod to some temporary folder, say C:\Temp
3. Open a command prompt, and type:
   • cd /d C:\Temp
   • dir /s /b /a-d >> uninstall.bat
4. In Notepad, open C:\Temp\uninstall.bat
5. Delete the line with the batch file name, C:\Temp\uninstall.bat
6. Search Replace (Ctrl+H) the temp folder with delete command space quote, C:\Temp\ with DEL "
7. In command prompt, change to your game data folder and copy the batch file to there.
   • CD /d "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\...\Data"
   • COPY C:\Temp\uninstall.bat
8. Run the batch file you created
   • uninstall.bat
9. Delete the batch file so you don't run it again accidentally and delete the temporary folder.

• DEL uninstall.bat
• RD /s /q C:\Temp

 

If this doesn't fix the clothes textures, restore your backup data folder and go to plan B: install another clothes replacer mod.

Edited January 23, 2016 by Tony_OQuinn

[TheJoseBoss]

ok thanks i will try that now

[DarthWayne]

First of all: A mod can't delete the vanilla textures. The vanilla textures are stored in the Textures.ba2 files. Texture replacers generally place a new texture in the Textures folder. The game then uses this loose files instead of the archived ones.

 

Therefor texture replacers never have a uninstaller or such stuff. Just delete the mod texture and the game will use the vanilla one in the archive again.

 

My guess is that you used a mod with a meshes directory that contains nif files with links to the new textures. When you now delete the texture and the path of it was different to the vanilla path inside the directory the game cannot find it anymore.

 

In this case it would be easier to find a solution for your problem if you would give us a link to the mod you wanted to uninstall.

[jones177]

What I do is open the mod archive manually. Look at the file structure. Find the files in the data/textures folders using the archive as a guide & delete.

 

Later

[TheJoseBoss]

but the thing is that i have fixed all of the missing textures instead of two but the mod changed the look of the clothes and i cant find any solution or any files for a re-installation i might just completely re download the game and move my saves if i cant find a solution :(

[DizzasterJuice]

What mod was it and I'll tell you exactly how to remove it. Or you can just manually download it again then extract it to your desktop or anywhere really. Open it up and look at the file paths.

Like DarthWayne said, a mod can't delete your original textures so this is very easy to fix.

[TheJoseBoss]

it was CBBE Skimpy Armor and Clothing Replacer v2 it says replacer so i dont know if i can fix this problem

[Moksha8088]

Seems like Steam used to have a file integrity verifier as one of the options under game properties. If so, it might help replace vanilla game files that are missing. Maybe.

[chucksteel]

A mesh and or texture replacer DOES NOT delete vanilla game assets it replaces them because the game will use the loose files instead of what is packed in the ba2 archives. Your mesh and textures ba2 archives still have to be in your game because if they weren't many other things would be wrong with your game.

 

you need to find out what was left over in your data folder after deactivating or deleting the mod. That is the problem your having, You have "Orphan" mod files which are still overwriting the vanilla game files.

 

Steam does have a "Verify integrity of game cache" you can find it by going to the steam library and right clicking on the game. Going to Properties/Local Files/Verify integrity of game cache. This will have steam check the vanilla game files and re-download any that are broken or missing. However this WILL NOT delete any mod files you've added to your game and if you still have "Orphan" files left over from a mod you tried to remove you will still have the same issue.