Delete vertices without losing texture

[Chonkinator]

Hello,

I am working on an outfit for the type 3 body
and I want to make the file size as small as as i can to export the mesh fast. So i deleted parts of the body that are being covered by the outfit. But when I load the mod in game the body texture appears to be missing once i equip it. What can I do to fix this?
I've seen Bethesda do this with their meshes. How can i get the texture to load?

As you can see the parts missing are the ones that will be covered by the outfit.
http://i898.photobucket.com/albums/ac188/whopper441616/test_zps1632bd8c.jpg

Edited April 16, 2013 by av64760

[DizzasterJuice]

I've never used blender but in 3ds max whenever I export a nif I usually have to replace the BSShaderPPLightingProperty in nifskope anyway. Just open the original body and copy and paste the node over.

Also, did you make a new BSSkinDismemberment before you exported it? These can't be copy and pasted over, they have to be re-made every time you make any changes to the verts.

If you used any modifier to reduce polys in the mesh, such as ProOptimizer (max), you'll have to make a new unwrapUVW.

[Chonkinator]

I hate troubleshooting in Nifskope but I'll try it out.

Edited April 17, 2013 by av64760