A way to make replacer mods replace an alternate texture?

[gralldig]

I recently found a mod that replaces the meshes and textures for the female shrouded armour, which is great but I want to be able to enchant it with my own enchantments so I thought about having it replace another armour/clothes set that is unenchanted. I have absolutely no modding experience but I know more or less how replacers work, I used the FO3 extractor to view the file paths for both textures and meshes for all the armors and clothes ingame.

Here's where I'm stuck, to change which armor the replacer replaces, would I simply just rename the file paths of the replacer to the armor I want to replace or would I have to rename all the .nifs to be the same as the ones in the original folder of the armor as well?

 

I'm fairly sure I will have to rename the .nifs, but if that is the case, then how would I go about that when some of the armors and clothes have less or sometimes more .nifs in total than the ones I would have to rename?

Edited December 27, 2011 by gralldig

[maniczombie]

Just put the file in the directory and rename is as the file you wish to replace. just make sure it is the same type of file. For example, only helmets can replace helmets and only 2h weapons can replace 2h weapons.

 

If you want to replace the Daedric female gloves model with the ebony female glove, rename ebonyglovesf_0 to daedricglovesf_0 and place it in the daedric gloves directory at:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\skyrim\Data\meshes\armor\daedric\daedricglovesf_0.nif

 

This will replace the model and the texture. To modify the directory of the textures which shouldn't be necessary, use Nifskope.

 

For the more or less nifs involved I don't think it would be possible. I think you mean if the set has legs and body or just 1 body part. You will need to find a set with both the same type and number of parts.

 

Another way to get around that would be to use TESSNIP or CS when it comes out to create new items to add to the game.

Edited December 27, 2011 by maniczombie

[gralldig]

Ah right, thanks for your help, I managed to make it show up on another armour ingame, but it had no texture on it, I think I'll just leave it to the pros and wait for someone else to think of it :)

[maniczombie]

odd = / if the texture worked fine before you renamed it, i see no reason why it would break it.

[gralldig]

I thought that too, so I downloaded it again and checked it on the armour it was supposed to replace and the texture didn't appear, so I guess it's something to do with the uploader not me.

[maniczombie]

Mind send me a link to this mod?

[gralldig]

http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=4708

 

It's hidden now so I guess he's fixing it. It was the one that had Triss' armour from the witcher and replaced dark brotherhood if you saw that earlier.

[vanadium322]

I have a related problem, almost but not exactly like the example maniczombie used above. I'm trying to make the shrouded gloves look like daedric, to match the rest of my armor. I have no problem grabbing the daedricglovesf_0.nif and _1.nif and renaming and relocating them, but that only works for 3rd person view. As soon as I zoom to 1st person, I've got he old shrouded gloves on again.

 

Now, this is obviously because the shrouded also have a file called 1stpersondbarmorgauntlets_f_0.nif (and _1), but there's no corresponding daedric file for 1st person daedric gloves... only torso and shield. What do I do in this case?

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[maniczombie]

I would try copying the DaedricGlovesf_0/1 and renaming it 1stpersondbarmourgauntlets_f_0.nif and see if that works, if not, use nifskope. Select the NiTriShapeData (Which is the child of the NiTriShape) of the original gloves model. Right Click, Copy. Open the 1stperson db gloves nif file in nifskope next to it. Find it's NiTriShapeData, Right Click and Paste Over to replace the model with the new 1. then save it as 1stpersondb...