How do I retexture (Change the color of) an item?

[bloxyman]

What method do I use to retexture an item. For example, I want to change the color of an outfit from green to red. How would I do that?

[user826]

You need to extract the texture from the BSA archive (To find the texture, you may have to also extract the mesh as well and open it up in NifSkope). Then, load the texture into your image editing software of choice, do your edits, then export the texture as a DDS file. You may need to download the correct plugin before this option is available. Here is the link for the Photoshop version.

 

If you want your texture to universally replace every instance of the old texture in the game, name the texture the same as the original file and place it in your New Vegas Data folder, under the correct file path. If you only want your retexture to affect one unique instance of the outfit, you will need to load the mesh into NifSkope, point it to your texture, then use the GECK to create a new outfit using your new mesh, and add it to the game.