Help adding new weapon with existing model but different texture.

[BanjoOz]

I've just about given up trying to figure nifskope out! I've got the hang of FOMM's plugin editor and am playing around with the GECK, but nifscope just confuses the heck out of me... half the tutorials I've found seem to explain out-of-date versions (half the screenshots don't match the version - 1.0.16 - I downloaded), or the options I need simply don't appear to be there in the nif model!

 

For example, I unpacked genericbook01.nif and opened it... from what I can see there IS no texture entry! I opened it up with TextureReplacer (a tool for Oblivion) just to see... it finds the textures fine, and lets me replace them... but then the GECK (and Nifskope) say they can't find the textures either!

 

I finally managed to solve the problem by redownloading Nifskope and got a DIFFERENT version (still 1.0.16 but "revision 4237") which DID let me edit the texture!

 

The moral is, it seems, just because you think you have the latest version, doesn't mean you have! :(