A quick question about chicken eggs and the meshes and textures...

[drewsbrew]

Hello all,

 

I'm working on a wildlife loot expansion mod and one thing I want to do is to re-texture the chicken eggs, I think I've found the right files, but I want to be sure;

 

The chicken's nest (located in data\meshes\plants and called 'chickennest01.nif') is a no-brainer, but as far as the individual eggs, I see 'birdegg01, 02, and 03'. It seems like it is probably birdegg03.nif, but since I'm no NifSkope pro I wanted to ask if there is a simple way to check and be sure I've got the right one. I've dug all through the .nif file looking for a name of the object, but it just says 'Bird Egg 03', and one thing that is throwing me off a little is that the texture files seem to have textures for a nest too... but the chicken's nest already has other textures... I went to the oh-so-omniscient google for answers, but it didn't work out so I'm hoping there is someone here in the community who can shed some light on this or at least point me in the right direction. Thanks everyone! :)

[ElioraArin]

Bird egg 03 is the one used in the vanilla food recipes in the CK, so I think you will find that is the chicken's egg :smile:

Edited April 14, 2016 by ElioraArin

[drewsbrew]

Cool, thanks :)

[drewsbrew]

Thanks again, that was the right one to use. Here is a screenshot if you're interested;

 

http://pre05.deviantart.net/907d/th/pre/f/2016/105/1/3/chicken_egg_by_drewsbrew-d9z1ltc.jpg

Edited April 15, 2016 by drewsbrew

[ElioraArin]

Oh wow, that is fantastic! I have seen at least one thread about your WIP, it sounds like it will be a great mod - I will definitely be watching out for it :D

[drewsbrew]

Cool, thanks for your interest! Here is a link to the thread I started explaining the main concepts of the mod, and I'll probably be posting progress updates there too.