Texture modding, how to proceed?

[boxleitnerb]

Hi guys,

 

I'm completely new to this modding thing. I have installed many texture mods in Skyrim but some textures are still low res, for example this one. I marked a location where it can be found:

 

http://www.abload.de/thumb/tesv2012-04-2618-24-0nvqo9.png http://www.abload.de/thumb/tesv2012-04-2619-37-32iqy7.png

 

I would like to replace it, but I cannot find it. I looked at all the dds files in the bsa archives (vanilla and Bethesdas highres texture pack) and in the added textures from several mods in data\textures - to no avail.

This texture is often found besides larger rocks (the grey high res pieces are actually from a texture pack). Could someone help me out, please?

Edited April 26, 2012 by boxleitnerb

[TheDarkPrince]

It is probably caused by some mods you have installed. Since I can't know if you already know I will give you a bit of explanation.

 

SKYRIM works like this -> Search for files in BSA (Loading) -> Search for files in Folders (Textures,Meshes, everything). By this it is meant that even if you have a super-mega-high-big-res pack of textures the game will still read the textures folder as main search.

 

I can have a 4k texture in the HDPack released by Bethesda about (let's say) rocks. I have also a few textures of Rocks in the Textures Folder. This makes it so that the game recognize as final texture the one in the folder and over-read the other with this last one.

 

Hope I've been of help. Good luck with your problem!

[boxleitnerb]

But the texture mods install their files in the data\texture folder, right? I know where Skyrim searches first, this is why I looked in both, the bsa files and the texture folder.

[TheDarkPrince]

yes, usually data\texture. Look into data\textures\terrain or data\textures\landscape or things that has to do with that kind of stuff! Let me know!

[boxleitnerb]

I think I found it. I identified it by the small green plant:

rocksedgetrim01 under textures\landscape

Don't know how I missed it. The original in the bsa file is 512x512, but when I looked in my data\textures folder, there is a higher res (2k) version in there instead. Still looks kind of low res and bad in game.

 

Left is a section of the 2k texture loaded with GIMP, right is the same section (roughly) in the game:

http://www.abload.de/thumb/textur_alts9kv6.png http://www.abload.de/thumb/textur_ingame0ij1c.png

 

How would you proceed to improve it?

Edited April 27, 2012 by boxleitnerb