[LE] Watermarks in custom book.

[MasonKaundor]

Hello o/

 

I've just recently gotten into modding Skyrim and was wondering if there was a way to add a watermark to a custom note?

 

I know how to add an image and make the note, but instead of the text wrapping around it, I would like it to be in the background. No idea how to accomplish this lol.

 

Thank you in advance!

[NexusComa]

Just make a note with your watermark and use that as the notes texture.

 

Easy part:

Create a new note by editing the real game note and simply rename the base file ... create a new object. Exp: MarkedNote

Use that object as the one you are working with and the one you place down.

 

Hard part:

Go get the real notes .nif file. Make a copy by a new name ... Exp: MarkedNote.nif
Go get the real notes .dss file. Make a copy by a new name ... Exp: MarkedNote.dss
BSABrowser can help with that.

Place your new mesh file in the games meshes folder ... Exp: meshes\MyModName\MarkedNote.nif
Place your new texture file in the games textures folder ... Exp: textures\MyModName\MarkedNote.dss

 

Edit the new .dss file with a paint program to add the watermark.
Edit the new .nif file with NifSkope to change where the file gets it's texture file to the texture you added the water mark.

 

Now go back to the ck find the new note object you created in the easy part "MarkedNote" and edit what mesh it uses to your newly added mesh.

Now just make a .bsa from the ck for your mod and you got it. A new MarkedNote added to Skyrim (that will not error the game in anyway).

[MasonKaundor]

Awesome! Thank you for the quick response!