Changing the Color of an Armor

[Niborino9409]

That's weird. Is it much work to redo the imperial armor? Feels like there's something related to when you saved the file or something :huh:

Edited October 4, 2017 by Niborino9409

[Grospolina]

Maybe there's something wrong with the NIF then? Try opening it in NifSkope and setting the textures directly in BSLightingShaderProperty > BSTextureSet. Maybe SLSF1_Remappable_Textures isn't set in BSLightingShaderProperty > Shader Flags 1 or something like that?

[SkyTaylor21]

That's weird. Is it much work to redo the imperial armor? Feels like there's something related to when you saved the file or something :huh:

 

Its not a lot of work at all... The way I did it is actually super simple.

[Niborino9409]

Try remaking it in that case and save it with those mipmap things. Hopefully that works :) I also doubt you would have to open the nif since it works for everyone else on the Nexus. I'm assuming this is about vanilla armor, right? =)

[SkyTaylor21]

Try remaking it in that case and save it with those mipmap things. Hopefully that works :smile: I also doubt you would have to open the nif since it works for everyone else on the Nexus. I'm assuming this is about vanilla armor, right? =)

 

This is about vanilla armor... I don't have nifskope and I have no idea how to use it so if that were my only option, then I would just make a request for someone else to make the recolor or just deal without it.

[Grospolina]

Okay, since it's a vanilla armor, I went ahead and tried it and it seems to work. Here's a comparison shot:

https://imgur.com/a/iWrtZ

I did saturation -50% and -100% in Photoshop and saved it with the settings from the second image. These were the files:

Data\Textures\armor\imperial\m\cuirass.dds
Data\Meshes\armor\imperial\m\cuirassheavy_0.nif
Data\Meshes\armor\imperial\m\cuirassheavy_1.nif

I didn't have to do anything with the NIF files. The BaseID for the armor is 000136d5. I noticed that there was another armor called "Imperial Armor" with BaseID 0401a574 but when I tried to add it, it didn't even show up in my inventory. According to the first two digits, it's from Dragonborn DLC.

[SkyTaylor21]

Okay, since it's a vanilla armor, I went ahead and tried it and it seems to work. Here's a comparison shot:

 

https://imgur.com/a/iWrtZ

 

I did saturation -50% and -100% in Photoshop and saved it with the settings from the second image. These were the files:

Data\Textures\armor\imperial\m\cuirass.dds
Data\Meshes\armor\imperial\m\cuirassheavy_0.nif
Data\Meshes\armor\imperial\m\cuirassheavy_1.nif

I didn't have to do anything with the NIF files. The BaseID for the armor is 000136d5. I noticed that there was another armor called "Imperial Armor" with BaseID 0401a574 but when I tried to add it, it didn't even show up in my inventory. According to the first two digits, it's from Dragonborn DLC.

 

I'll try again... I do have a slight issue though. I was opening BSA Browser as I was opening GIMP and the BSA Browser crashed. I went to reopen it and it would load for a sec but then it wouldn't do anything else. For some reason, I cant get BSA Browser to open anymore. I tried to uninstall it from my laptop completely and redownload it but it still doesn't work. Any ideas?

 

 

PS. Sorry for needing so much help. I usually have a pretty good idea of what i'm doing when it comes to modding but apparently not this time. And thank you guys for all of your help so far. I really appreciate it. :)

Edited October 11, 2017 by SkyTaylor21

[Niborino9409]

I use Bethesda Archive Extractor extracts stuff without problems :smile:

 

No problem :)

Edited October 11, 2017 by Niborino9409

[Grospolina]

I also use BAE and have never used BSA Browser before. Time for a disk check?

[SkyTaylor21]

Thanks guys.. I'll look into those.