How do I access NPC's textures?

[Wygaella]

Apologies in advance, I don't have much experience with modding Fallout 4 and the creation kit. I'm trying to access the texture file for NPCs such as Raiders and Gunners. I have Bethesda Archive Extractor and have extracted the textures from the game among all other files. I have the Fallout 4 Creation kit as well. I am also using BodyTalk v2 for males and CBBE for females. Where do I need to go and/or what do I need to do to access the texture files for various NPCs in game?

 

Thank you!

[Th3Boar]

I think what would be important to know, is what type of texture do you want/need to access? The actual texture file (.dds) so you can change those (I'd suggest copying the vanilla ones, edit the copies and then manually adding them to your mod.) or how they are then implemented in-game via the Creation Kit (CK)? And are you looking for the actual actor textures or their armor?

 

If you want the body texture files, as far as I can tell via the BAE, they are in "Fallout4 - Textures1.ba2" through "Fallout4 - Textures5.ba2" under [Textures -> Actors -> Character].
To see what the raiders/gunners use, maybe check the CK to see which ones are used by the actual actors/actor templates? Those would be found in the CK's ObjectWindow under [Actors -> Actor -> then filter for "raider/gunner"? I found a raider template under the ID "EncRaider01Template"].
If looking for their armor textures, what I have found in BAE is that all the armor texture files are also in "Fallout4 - Textures1.ba2" through "Fallout4 - Textures5.ba2" under [Textures -> Armor -> "raider" or "gunner"]. The ones specifically labled raider and gunner are in the .ba2 archives:

- "Fallout4 - Textures1.ba2"

- "Fallout4 - Textures2.ba2"

- "Fallout4 - Textures5.ba2"

 

I'm not really someone that fiddles with NPC textures etc. so that is as far as I can help, but I hope it did help at least a little. I have no experience with using BodyTalk v2 nor CBBE so I won't be able to help with those either. Depending on what you want to do, perhaps personal message some of the mod authors of mods that might be similar to what you want to do? I found that they usually are willing to help to an extent, but sometimes they just don't answer so if that happens just try looking somewhere else for help and don't spam them. Other than that I wish you the best of luck with your project.

The_Boar