Help with Normal and Specular map !

[Jseb654]

Hello ! So i've been trying to put my own custom mesh into fallout and everything so far went great, except for the texture part. I don't know why, but my Normal and Specular map wont show up on my model, even in NifSkope. They are _d.dds and _s.dds files that I converted on photoshop with the following settings: BC5 and auto bit map gen. I did modify the path of my BGSM file, and it still doesn't work (My diffuse is good tho). I need help ! :)

[kitcat81]

Hello ! So i've been trying to put my own custom mesh into fallout and everything so far went great, except for the texture part. I don't know why, but my Normal and Specular map wont show up on my model, even in NifSkope. They are _d.dds and _s.dds files that I converted on photoshop with the following settings: BC5 and auto bit map gen. I did modify the path of my BGSM file, and it still doesn't work (My diffuse is good tho). I need help ! :smile:

Hi! I suspect that it was just a typo but just in case..they should be like this :

diffusse = SomeName_d.dds

normal = SomeName _n.dds

specular = SomeName_s.dds

 

Not sure what plugin you use to convert , but there is no BC5 option in the Intel plugin so it must be something else. I guess that BC5 is the same as DXT 5, am I right? If you use Nvidia plugin, you need to select 3Dc (3Dc XY normal map) compression. Other plugins can have the option too.

Edited March 3, 2018 by kitcat81

[Deleted15964729User]

DXT5 is BC3.

 

If you are unsure what you are doing, save your work as TGA and use Elric to convert your files into dds.

[kitcat81]

DXT5 is BC3.

 

If you are unsure what you are doing, save your work as TGA and use Elric to convert your files into dds.

Thanks for the tip! Did not even know that Elric is capable of this.