Textures wont work

[Macblair]

FIX FOUND for Nightingale anyways: This may not help everyone but it was a case of not reading some of the other text on the website, evidently when the Nightingale Prime textures were originally packaged he forgot to add the subfolder "Armor" its supposed to be /Data/Textures/Armor/Nightingale/M - DDS files.

 

This fixed the armor for me and I'm assuming something similar will fix my other texture file.

 

Original Post:

 

I have downloaded 2 texture files so far, Nightingale Prime being the last.

 

Read me says drop the contents into the Skyrim Directory, contents being a Data folder containing Data/Textures/Nightingale/m Then within the M folder there are a series of .dds files.

 

Loading the game, no textures take effect.

 

I tried to copy the .dds files into every subsequent folder up through Data and still nothing shows up... This has occurred with both the textures I've tried downloading so what am I doing wrong :(.

 

EDIT - Pictures

http://imgur.com/a/aGVaJ

 

First Image: Shows the Data Folder in the .Rar

Second Image: The folder that winds up containing the .dds files.

Final Image: Still showing old textures.

Edited December 4, 2011 by Macblair

[Guss]

Hm what i do and seems to work. if they have Data/Textures/Nightingale/m file just go under data then copy Textures/Nightingale/m into your skyrim Data file. i have gotten a few armor retexture mods and so far they are working. installing them that way. or maybe an issue with the mod itself. if you tried that. sry :unsure:

Guss.

 

mine goes Data/Textures/actors/character/racename-sex/then .dds under that :)

Edited December 4, 2011 by Guss

[Macblair]

Hm what i do and seems to work. if they have Data/Textures/Nightingale/m file just go under data then copy Textures/Nightingale/m into your skyrim Data file. i have gotten a few armor retexture mods and so far they are working. installing them that way. or maybe an issue with the mod itself. if you tried that. sry :unsure:

Guss.

 

mine goes Data/Textures/actors/character/racename-sex/then .dds under that :)

 

 

I tried creating the folder path you suggested and still no new textures : /.

[Macblair]

Tried using the Mod Manager to install the textures and it still fails to produce :(.

[MShoap13]

If you're on Vista/7, Steam (and therefore Skyrim) is installed in the default (C:\Program Files) location, and you're having problems with replacers or simply mods (plugins) not working at all, even though you've activated them in NMM, or mods refusing to deactivate, even though all of their files have been removed, then you most likely have a UAC problem. It is possible to turn off UAC though it's not recommended for the vast majority of Windows users. To get around UAC without turning it completely off you'll need to move Steam to a location UAC does not affect (C:\Games\ is a commonly used location). This will most likely break any 3rd party utilities such as NMM as it will leave old registry keys behind that point to the location you originally installed Skyrim in. If you come across this issue, you'll have to uninstall Skyrim, clean the old registry keys, reboot, then reinstall Skyrim. I personally recommend using Revo Uninstaller as if you uninstall Skyrim through it, it will automatically scan for and ask if you'd like to delete old registry keys. If you're interested in keeping your old mods, config files, and/or saved games, tips found in Bben's Oblivion Reinstall Procedure work for Skyrim as well.