Risenzealot Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Hey guys I've been attempting to mod a few textures for Skyrim using BSAopt. That program allows you to pull the BSA files from your Skyrim directory and edit them as .dds files in GIMP or Photoshop. I have no problem pulling the files and editing them using GIMP. The problem is putting them back. For some reason under the texture folder in my install directory it only shows 5 files. It's missing Architecture, armor, clothes, and many more. This is a major problem as I'm trying to mod robes and other clothing. The only ones that show up in my texture file are actors, clutter, effects, landscapes and sky. I'm new to this and I've been up almost 24 hours so there has got to be something I'm missing here. Any help would be appreciated. For the record I know my process must be right because to test it out I opened up the road.dds file and changed the color to pink. I then placed the new file into the landscape directory abd loaded Skyrim up. Lo and behold the road was pink lol. If I could just get those other files to show I'd be so happy. Gazillion billion rep to anyone who can solve this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CampanaAliquanta Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Sounds like your BSA unpacker didn't unpack everything properly. You are missing quite a lot of folders. I had a similar problem, so maybe try the unpacker that's bundled with FOMM. More info here:http://www.thenexusforums.com/index.php?/topic/466172-modding-basics-help-me-out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Risenzealot Posted November 21, 2011 Author Share Posted November 21, 2011 I think I'm misunderstanding you or something. How would the program I use to unpack stuff effect in anyway my actual install directory on my hard drive? Like if I go to my computer, select C drive, then Skyrim and then textures there are tons that don't show up. Is it possible they went away after I unpacked them? I don't see how that's possible as i only chose a select few. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CampanaAliquanta Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 I think I'm misunderstanding your problem. You chose to unpack only a few folders and now you say when you go to the folder...not all the folders you chose to unpack are there? Maybe try unpacking them all. Otherwise how can you know what's missing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidD Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 (edited) Do you mean the folders are missing from your Skyrim\Data? (Architecture, clutter, dungeons etc.) Just create them yourself. I have Interface, Strings and Video. Edited November 21, 2011 by DavidD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Risenzealot Posted November 21, 2011 Author Share Posted November 21, 2011 Ok I'll try to explain better. Windows Explorer. The thing you use that will let you look at everything on your pc. If I navigate to my Skyrim install directory and go under Textures it only has the 5 folders I told you about in an earlier post. That doesn't make any sense to me. If I use a BSA program It will actually show all the folders and I can open them in Gimp no problem. After I save the new texture file (.dds) I can't place it back into the Skyrim directory because when I navigate there with Windows Explorer it simply will not show the rest of the texture folders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Risenzealot Posted November 21, 2011 Author Share Posted November 21, 2011 Do you mean the folders are missing from your Skyrim\Data? (Architecture, clutter, dungeons etc.) Just create them yourself. I have Interface, Strings and Video. Yes that is exactly what I'm talking about. Will doing that fix it though? I mean the only thing I would add to it would be the one file I edit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidD Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Yes. I think so.. That's how texture mods have always worked, right? If you look at the "Enhanced nightsky" mod you'll see that he tells you to put it in "Skyrim\Data\Sky" and that works. I haven't tried it but it should work if you just create the folders yourself as long as you maintain the structure and filenames Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CampanaAliquanta Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Ok I'll try to explain better. Windows Explorer. The thing you use that will let you look at everything on your pc. If I navigate to my Skyrim install directory and go under Textures it only has the 5 folders I told you about in an earlier post. That doesn't make any sense to me. If I use a BSA program It will actually show all the folders and I can open them in Gimp no problem. After I save the new texture file (.dds) I can't place it back into the Skyrim directory because when I navigate there with Windows Explorer it simply will not show the rest of the texture folders. Just create the folders you need yourself. The BSA unpacker should show what the file path should be. So, for instance for the Archmages robes to the Data folder, create one called textures, inside that create one called clothes, inside that create one called archmage and drop the dds files in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Risenzealot Posted November 21, 2011 Author Share Posted November 21, 2011 Thanks so much for the help guys. I think I know what to do now :) One last note, is it possible for me to save the original somehow so if I don't like the way it turned out I can place it back in there? OR if I simply deleted the .dds file in the folder I created would it revert back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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