Confused as to how to install texture mods into skyrim?

[iceurface18]

Hey guys,

 

I've installed mods on previous games before. However with Skyrim, I'm a little confused as to where I extract the texture folders that have extentions like "dds."? my path to my skyrim directory is files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\skyrim\Data. Inside my Data folder I see the Interface, Strings, and Video folders. In addition to the "Skyrim - Textures.bsa" and etc along with the Update.esm and Skyrim.esm but I can't find the texture, character and Saved Games folders? Can anyone help me figure out where I place Hair texture mods that have "dds." into my data folder?

Edited December 25, 2011 by iceurface18

[Fisrion]

All textures are placed into a subfolder of the data folder which is called "textures" (you need to create it yourself). But the most textures are placed in subfolders of the textures folder, so if the textures you downloaded are already in some folders you should put them into the textures folder, too.

If you used the Nexus Mod Manager it would place the mods in the right place automatically, btw.

 

A full path for a texture could look like this, for example:

 

Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\skyrim\Data\textures\clutter\containers\chest01.dds

[iceurface18]

Hey guys,

 

I've installed mods on previous games before. However with Skyrim, I'm a little confused as to where I extract the texture folders that have extentions like "dds."? my path to my skyrim directory is files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\skyrim\Data. Inside my Data folder I see the Interface, Strings, and Video folders. In addition to the "Skyrim - Textures.bsa" and etc along with the Update.esm and Skyrim.esm but I can't find the texture, character and Saved Games folders? Can anyone help me figure out where I place Hair texture mods that have "dds." into my data folder?

 

Oh, so all I have to do is create a texture folder and then place all the dds. files from the Winrar texture folder and extract them into my texture folder that I created? and then activate the mods by checking marking them in the data files when I launch the game?

Edited December 25, 2011 by iceurface18

[HadToRegister]

Hey guys,

 

I've installed mods on previous games before. However with Skyrim, I'm a little confused as to where I extract the texture folders that have extentions like "dds."? my path to my skyrim directory is files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\skyrim\Data. Inside my Data folder I see the Interface, Strings, and Video folders. In addition to the "Skyrim - Textures.bsa" and etc along with the Update.esm and Skyrim.esm but I can't find the texture, character and Saved Games folders? Can anyone help me figure out where I place Hair texture mods that have "dds." into my data folder?

 

Oh, so all I have to do is create a texture folder and then place all the dds. files from the Winrar texture folder and extract them into my texture folder that I created? and then activate the mods by checking marking them in the data files when I launch the game?

 

Texture mod generally don't come with an esp file to activate.

 

Why not use Nexus Mod Manager or Wrye Bash to install the texture?

 

There's more to it than just making a textures folder like this Data\Textures\

 

The texture folder will also have sub folders in it like

 

Data\Textures\Armor\m\daedric

Data\Textures\Armor\f\dwemer

Data\Textures\Weapons\elven

Data\Textures\Actors\argonian

Data\Textures\Clutter\

 

etc etc, you're better off using a manager to install mods for you.

[iceurface18]

Hey guys,

 

I've installed mods on previous games before. However with Skyrim, I'm a little confused as to where I extract the texture folders that have extentions like "dds."? my path to my skyrim directory is files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\skyrim\Data. Inside my Data folder I see the Interface, Strings, and Video folders. In addition to the "Skyrim - Textures.bsa" and etc along with the Update.esm and Skyrim.esm but I can't find the texture, character and Saved Games folders? Can anyone help me figure out where I place Hair texture mods that have "dds." into my data folder?

 

Oh, so all I have to do is create a texture folder and then place all the dds. files from the Winrar texture folder and extract them into my texture folder that I created? and then activate the mods by checking marking them in the data files when I launch the game?

 

Texture mod generally don't come with an esp file to activate.

 

Why not use Nexus Mod Manager or Wrye Bash to install the texture?

 

There's more to it than just making a textures folder like this Data\Textures\

 

The texture folder will also have sub folders in it like

 

Data\Textures\Armor\m\daedric

Data\Textures\Armor\f\dwemer

Data\Textures\Weapons\elven

Data\Textures\Actors\argonian

Data\Textures\Clutter\

 

etc etc, you're better off using a manager to install mods for you.

 

I tried using it. I extracted the a mod texture folder to the desktop and then I opened it with the manager but there was nothing inside the texture>actor>character>eyes. Without opening the mod folder with the nexus mod manager, there are dds. files and I don't know which file extention is compatible with skyrim?

Edited December 26, 2011 by iceurface18

[iceurface18]

Hey guys,

 

I've installed mods on previous games before. However with Skyrim, I'm a little confused as to where I extract the texture folders that have extentions like "dds."? my path to my skyrim directory is files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\skyrim\Data. Inside my Data folder I see the Interface, Strings, and Video folders. In addition to the "Skyrim - Textures.bsa" and etc along with the Update.esm and Skyrim.esm but I can't find the texture, character and Saved Games folders? Can anyone help me figure out where I place Hair texture mods that have "dds." into my data folder?

 

Oh, so all I have to do is create a texture folder and then place all the dds. files from the Winrar texture folder and extract them into my texture folder that I created? and then activate the mods by checking marking them in the data files when I launch the game?

 

Texture mod generally don't come with an esp file to activate.

 

Why not use Nexus Mod Manager or Wrye Bash to install the texture?

 

There's more to it than just making a textures folder like this Data\Textures\

 

The texture folder will also have sub folders in it like

 

Data\Textures\Armor\m\daedric

Data\Textures\Armor\f\dwemer

Data\Textures\Weapons\elven

Data\Textures\Actors\argonian

Data\Textures\Clutter\

 

etc etc, you're better off using a manager to install mods for you.

 

I tried using it. I extracted the a mod texture folder to the desktop and then I opened it with the manager but there was nothing inside the texture>actor>character>eyes. Without opening the mod folder with the nexus mod manager, there are dds. files and I don't know which file extention is compatible with skyrim?

 

Oh wait nevermind I fixed my problem. Now it works. The Nexus Mod Manager is very convenient =D

[JinkserLop]

I have a problem that Google can't seem to solve: My clutter folders don't exist. I open meshes or textures, but all that's there is actors, armor, sky, clothes and weapons. Clutter isn't there and it's confusing me, because the creation kit still sees and loads clutter just fine.

Any ideas?

Edited November 11, 2012 by JinkserLop

[Deleted1308005User]

@ JinkserLop

You don't have any mods which add clutter.

If you want to see vanilla clutter there, you'd need to extract them from skyrim - meshes.bsa

[jml28nov]

guys where do i put .nif files?

[Flitwick]

 

 

Hey guys,

 

I've installed mods on previous games before. However with Skyrim, I'm a little confused as to where I extract the texture folders that have extentions like "dds."? my path to my skyrim directory is files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\skyrim\Data. Inside my Data folder I see the Interface, Strings, and Video folders. In addition to the "Skyrim - Textures.bsa" and etc along with the Update.esm and Skyrim.esm but I can't find the texture, character and Saved Games folders? Can anyone help me figure out where I place Hair texture mods that have "dds." into my data folder?

Oh, so all I have to do is create a texture folder and then place all the dds. files from the Winrar texture folder and extract them into my texture folder that I created? and then activate the mods by checking marking them in the data files when I launch the game?

 

Texture mod generally don't come with an esp file to activate.

 

Why not use Nexus Mod Manager or Wrye Bash to install the texture?

 

There's more to it than just making a textures folder like this Data\Textures\

 

The texture folder will also have sub folders in it like

 

Data\Textures\Armor\m\daedric

Data\Textures\Armor\f\dwemer

Data\Textures\Weapons\elven

Data\Textures\Actors\argonian

Data\Textures\Clutter\

 

etc etc, you're better off using a manager to install mods for you.

 

What about for when you want to change the main menu wallpaper?