Oblivion- nifskope normal map help

[jeffreym1]

in oblivion nifskope i do not know how to add a normal map to a model and i need help, i know how to use nifskope pretty well but it wont let me assign a normal map to a model and it shows up dark in the game cause of a lack of a normal i uploaded a screenshot

[RGMage2]

For Oblivion you don't assign a normal in Nifskope. For the Game engine to recognize the normal it needs to be in the same folder as the diffuse texture, and have the same name as the diffuse texture followed by _n

like this:

 

TextureName.dds

TextureName_n.dds

[jeffreym1]

For Oblivion you don't assign a normal in Nifskope. For the Game engine to recognize the normal it needs to be in the same folder as the diffuse texture, and have the same name as the diffuse texture followed by _n

like this:

 

TextureName.dds

TextureName_n.dds

thank you i found that my normal was a different name

[jeffreym1]

thank you i found the problem, my normals were not properly named

 

didnt mean to reply twice

Edited May 31, 2017 by jeffreym1