SSE NifSkope Texture File Pathing Issues

[Kborg64]

I'm trying to get textures to work correctly with meshes while shortening the file path.

 

Original path:

c:\program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\skyrim special edition\data\textures\starsayerisles\weapons\witcher 3 weapons\bloedaedd.dds

 

Shortened path:

textures\starsayerisles\weapons\witcher 3 weapons\bloedaedd.dds

 

However using the shortened path changes my textures back to the default untextured pink. What am I doing wrong? Or is that somewhat normal? Hoping to get a quick response.

[Rizalgar]

Think you add in a ..\ at the start of the texture path. That's according to a guide a read a while back though. So

..\textures\starsayerisles\weapons\witcher 3 weapons\bloedaedd.dds

[Kborg64]

Think you add in a ..\ at the start of the texture path. That's according to a guide a read a while back though. So

 

..\textures\starsayerisles\weapons\witcher 3 weapons\bloedaedd.dds

 

Was able to figure it out. My NifSkope settings got screwed up, so it wouldn't search for textures in my Skyrim data folder correctly, which resulted in the pinkish textures. It also works fine without the '\' at the beginning, and I have heard that you shouldn't have anything before 'texture\', though I don't know if this is entirely correct.