SpaceBrony Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 Can we get a mod to show the actual item textures in the crafting menus instead of the virtual outline? It's kind of a pain to have to keep navigating through those menus just to try different colors for an item. I don't know if it would impact performance or something like that, especially on high-res textures. I suspect it may not be possible if the items have different models used for the menu as well (similar to skyrim), but still, has anyone looked into this? I've tried looking and searching both on the nexus and on the forum, so my apologies if this is a repeat; I can't figure out if I'm using wrong keywords or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damanding Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 The preview images are called "preview transforms" and they're automatically generated, I don't think there is a way to change their appearance. As long as the mod author that adds an item to the workshop menus selects *any* item as a preview transform when adding their item in the Creation Kit the game creates the preview image based on the actual item being added. In my game I can generally sorta tell what the colors are. For instance I use the Old World Plaids mod which adds lots of furniture it different colors and I can see the color in the preview. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceBrony Posted November 12, 2016 Author Share Posted November 12, 2016 The preview images are called "preview transforms" and they're automatically generated, I don't think there is a way to change their appearance. As long as the mod author that adds an item to the workshop menus selects *any* item as a preview transform when adding their item in the Creation Kit the game creates the preview image based on the actual item being added. In my game I can generally sorta tell what the colors are. For instance I use the Old World Plaids mod which adds lots of furniture it different colors and I can see the color in the preview.The furniture does show up fine, I was talking more about armor and weapons; those show as a sort of projection matching my pip-boy screen colors. I'm just wondering if there's a way to get them to show up with actual textures, but, as you mentioned, those preview transforms would make it a bit more complicated. I know they do sort of show changes (like texture patterns and such), so I know it is doing something with textures. I'd take a shot at modding myself but I have no idea where to start; I also haven't downloaded the creation kit yet because I'd have to use beth.net and I hate that thing. I guess now's the good time to try it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damanding Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 Ah yeah preview transforms are a bit different with armor, plus the green of the menu makes it even harder to see anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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