Texture question

[Dilir79]

I am very new at modding and I would like to take part on this by making a higher texture mod for weapon but since I'm new to modding in general I would like to know what programs I need to start doing this , sorry if I don't give much info of what i'm looking for but I hope someone can understand me

Thanks in advance

 

Here is an example of what I wanna do http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=1754

Edited February 7, 2012 by Dilir79

[ooofbaer]

You need to have the Photoshop, Gimp or Paint.net software. (The second two are free, if I'm not mistaken. And I think Paint.net even has native .dds support -- that is, you don't have to download additional stuff to be able to work on texture files.)

Then you need .dds plugins and tools -- .dds files are the file types that contain texture information.

Then you have to read and understand this and this.

 

Good luck. :)

[PaladinRider]

Honestly, it may look daunting but it's really not.

 

Get Fallout 3 Mod Manager > tools > BSA browser > open up Skyrim-Textures.bsa in the skyrim data folder. Look for a weapon texture and extract it and open with GIMP or Photoshop and just start colouring. just go crazy at first to see what you can do. IE Make a bright red weapon, then apply the texture to see how it works. It's better than doing some very minor tweak then trying to figure out if it's working our not.

[Krawll]

Yeah seriously replacing textures is the easiest type of modding out there.

 

Before i played Skyrim, i knew absolutly nothing about modding and since then i've learned two things. 1rst was how to change textures and second was how to change the music in the game.

 

The hardest part about textures is to actualy Make the texture itself. Then putting it in the game is the easy part.

 

This next video is the one that thaught me how to change textures in the game . I do recommend it .