Need Help With Custom Securitron Screen.

[Agreenbrick]

Hi.

 

I'm new to modding, so I apoligize in advance for any stupidity in my statements or questions.

If I could find a tutorial on how to make a custom securitron screen then my problem would be solved, but I haven't managed to find one,

so any help would be very appreciated.

 

I'm trying to make my own securitron with a custom screen, however this seemed to be more difficult than I thought.

 

Here's what I've tried so far:

 

1. Made a .dds texture file for the srcreen in the right size.

 

2. opened a securitron screen .nif file in NifSkope, replaced the existing texture with my own, and saved as a new .nif file.

 

Here's the part where I had to experiment due to lack of information. I had looked at an existing securitron and the securitron ModelList in the g.e.c.k, and found that the listed .nif files

were the same files as those in meshes/creatures/nvsecuritron, so I tried adding my own .nif file to the folder, but it didn't show up in the ModelList.

 

I then tried copying all the .nif files except the different screens from the nvsecuritron folder, and pasted them in my custom securitron folder. I opened the g.e.c.k, created a new Securitron

(Gave it a new ID, created new form) and tried choosing a different skeleton. I could now choose the skeleton file in my custom securitron folder, but when I did I got the following message:

 

"Files have been removed from this model list. Please save and check in."

 

I have no Idea what this means, and even though I can see my custom screen .nif file in the list, It just appears with the original texture (the Mark II face) whenever I select it.

 

Since I have done a lot of experimenting here, I am pretty sure I've done a lot of things wrong, and If this text was of no help at all, the only thing I'm trying to do is

Make a securitron with a Custom screen, and have the new screen appear on a securitron in the g.e.c.k and in game.

 

Sorry for the long post, but I don't know how to hide text under spoiler tabs or whatever they're called.

 

Any Help I can get would be very much appreciated, or if you know of any existing tutorials, that would be great.