Mod doesn't look as advertised

[ShinketsuKarasu]

Hello everyone :)

I'm not entirely new here anymore, and I have certainly learned a lot just from observation and trial and error. Usually when I have problems with my game I have been able to fix them myself, and my experience in the Sims 2 modding community has definitely helped! However, the issue I am posting about has me stumped.

 

I am having an issue with the retextures of the mod on this page(last three pics):

http://modtype.doorblog.jp/archives/44167739.html

 

Now, the original three at the top of the page work perfectly in game, but when I install the texture files it asks me to overwrite the originals and suddenly the look like this:

 

I've tried reinstalling them and NOT overwriting when requested. I have the correct body type. I'm thinking the overwriting may be the issue because the mod works fine without the retextures but when I DON'T overwrite the retextures don't show up at all. Also, I have no idea how to contact the creator of the mod because the site is in Japanese and a translator doesn't bring up any contact info.

 

Any input/advice is greatly appreciated. :)

[Nephenee13]

Looks like the mesh is messed up somehow.

 

You could try poking through the mod's files in nifskope and seeing whats up, but without actually downloading and checking ourselves, there isn't much else we can do. You always take a risk using mods where you can't communicate with the author for support.

[isra]

I would check myself but I'm using a tablet right now. If you open one of the original textures in gimp and open one of the retextures to compare, do they have the same layout? Maybe the author has accidentally linked the wrong texture files.

[Hallgarth]

That looks like a vert weight bug/skinning error. It could also be an error where the 0 and 1 weight meshes don't have the vertices in the same order, causing the mesh to rip apart as the verts move between their 0 and 1 position.

Also, wrong or messed up textures can't mess up the verts or skinning like that. They would either CTD the game, or not show up if they were corrupt files and if they were the wrong ones, it would simply show the wrong textures.

[ShinketsuKarasu]

Thanks for the responses guys. When it comes to opening things up and looking around, the problem is I don't actually know what I'm looking for. I've never used Nifskope before so I'd need to look into a guide to the basics as well. On top of that I still don't have a photo editing program, this is a fairly new computer and I can't find my Photoshop discs :(

Those two things aside, is there anything else I could do?

[isra]

That looks like a vert weight bug/skinning error. It could also be an error where the 0 and 1 weight meshes don't have the vertices in the same order, causing the mesh to rip apart as the verts move between their 0 and 1 position.

Also, wrong or messed up textures can't mess up the verts or skinning like that. They would either CTD the game, or not show up if they were corrupt files and if they were the wrong ones, it would simply show the wrong textures.

If the only thing that is changing is the textures, and one set works while the other doesn't, I can't understand how it would be the mesh. Ordinarily based off the screenshot I'd be inclined to agree with you, because it sure doesn't look like any texture problem I've seen.

 

That does make me wonder, though. Did you install any files into the "meshes" folder when you installed the retexture, OP?

[NexusComa]

Clearly the mod is broken ... just delete it and move on

[ShinketsuKarasu]

I used NMM to install the files. So when the retextures were installed NMM asked me to overwrite the files from the original, which I assume included the original textures, because installing the retextures replaces the originally installed textures with new ones.

 

Would it help if I attached both sets of files for folks to look at?

[Nephenee13]

This is one reason not to use NMM tbqh. At least use Mod Manager.

[isra]

I used NMM to install the files. So when the retextures were installed NMM asked me to overwrite the files from the original, which I assume included the original textures, because installing the retextures replaces the originally installed textures with new ones.

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Would it help if I attached both sets of files for folks to look at?

Try this - first uninstsll all versions of the mod completely. Next, install the original version that works, then open the zip of the retexture you want to use. There should be a folder called textures somewhere in there. Extract that folder *only* to your skyrim/data folder and overwrite when prompted.

 

I would take a lookat the file tree of the mod myself to check what the problem is but I'm currently stuck on a tablet for a few days. Sorry!

 

Also if you aren't too mod heavy already I definitely second a switch to mod organizer. It's a much cleaner, more organized and more modular way to install mods. Migrating from NMM can be a pain so it's better to do it sooner than later.

Edited September 20, 2016 by isra