Texture info on armor not working

[calyps]

Okay, I downloaded an armor and like many it is not designed for the body mod I am using.

 

To fix this, I copied the original skin textures to another location in the textures directory. Then I went in with nifskope and selected the body, went into nitrishap>bslightingshaderproperty>bsshadertextureset and changed the location of the textures to the place where I stored the default skin textures. It still grabs them from char..\female. What the hey?

 

If someone can help I'd appreciate it.

[Snowman131]

You'll have to change the armature models in Skyedit as well for one thing.

[calyps]

You'll have to change the armature models in Skyedit as well for one thing.

 

Could you elaborate on that a little? Is "armature model" what it will be called in SkyEdit?

[Snowman131]

Aha sorry, in Skyedit, one of the categories above "armor" is "armature", load up JUST your file and you'll see that there are some items in that category.

[calyps]

Uhm...how do you open a nif in skyedit? Or do I have to create an esp to make this work?

[Snowman131]

OH. Yes, you're going to have to make it standalone, and therefore make an esp and add your stuff to it. >.<

[calyps]

Ah...so it's definitely more complicated than altering the path, like for the rest of the armor. So I have to make an esp for the armor I'm replacing, and change the armature model, which I guess the armature is the body? So...I guess I'm changing the armature model to the armor model so it listens to the path I've set?

[Snowman131]

You're going to have to make a new item for each piece in not only the armature category, but the armor category, and the recipes if you want them craftable.

[calyps]

I will give that a shot and be back if I fail.

 

Edit- to clarify, I have to do all this just so this armor will reference a different skin texture than the default?

[calyps]

...and Skyedit crashes everytime I try to edit an ARMA entry. :P