Red exclamation mark when shooting

[PAULMCGREGOR]

Firstly, no I am not an idiot at modding. I know what the red exclamation mark means, I'm just having trouble finding the source of the problem. What exactly happens is that when I shoot any type of shotgun, during the second where the muzzle flash appears the red mark comes up. I've tried extracting the original muzzle flash for the rifle, but that didn't do anything. If you would like me to post any pictures of the problem, feel free to ask. Edited May 19, 2011 by PAULMCGREGOR

[Maxunit]

Same here, I'm looking for a solution for some time now, but can't find any :(

 

I'm not sure right now, if I have this problem, if I deactivate all my mods, but right now, with all mods activated, it remains, even after doing the same as PAULMCGREGOR did...extracting the vanilla nif and dds files from the muzzle flash.

Edited May 19, 2011 by Maxunit

[Maxunit]

A new reply, to bump topic and help OP to maybe figure out the problem.

 

I checked all my mods using FNVEdit and found out, that FOOK replaced the original muzzleflash for the Shotgun.

 

Vanilla file is: riflemuzzleflash01.nif

FOOK wants to use: 25mm.nif

 

This nif is completly missing in the current and newest FOOK release for Fallout: New Vegas.

 

If you have FOOK installed, open up your Fallout - Meshes.bsa, search for riflemuzzleflash01.nif and extract it to:

 

Meshes\effects\muzzleflashes (You might have to create the folder structure effects\muzzleflashes)

 

then rename it to 25mm.nif.

 

OR:

 

Open all your mods using FNVEdit and modify the entry for the Buckshot Muzzleflash in the FOOK file from 25mm.nif to riflemuzzleflash01.nif

 

(I haven't tested this method, but it should work as well, but go with the one above the "OR" to be sure, that everything works fine)

[blove]

That is odd. Both FOOKNV 0.30 and 0.40 plugins have riflemuzzleflash01.nif listed as the muzzleflash for all of the shotgun projectiles.