Graphic Artistry: General Questions

[mALX]

Good luck. Let me know if it works.

 

 

I will, you will probably hear my shout of joy across the world if this works, lol.  

[mALX]

 Does anyone know if the "Has model space normal map" should be checked when adding texture sets to the Skyrim CK?  Also, if the texture you are adding doesn't have a specular map, do you uncheck the (by default checked) "Has specular map" option?

 

I have been changing them to reflect  (no specular map)  and checking the "has model space normal map"  -  not sure if I should be doing that or not.

Edited December 4, 2014 by mALX

[Hanaisse]

Yes, you can uncheck Has Specular Map if there is no particular _s.dds specular map used.

Model Space Normals are for skin textures on actors only.

[mALX]

Yes, you can uncheck Has Specular Map if there is no particular _s.dds specular map used.

Model Space Normals are for skin textures on actors only.

 

 

 

Okay, I'll go back in and fix what I did, thank you so much for that!   So far, I haven't restarted the mod yet - but every change I've made has held stable in the CK; which was not the case when I was using NifSkope to make the changes and uploading the whole new mesh.   This is actually pretty amazing, like having a rudimentary NifSkope tool built into the CK itself.   One of the (very few) features of the CK that is an improvement over the CS (imho).  

 

Thank you again for all your help in this!

Edited December 5, 2014 by mALX

[Tigersong]

Both Gimp and Paint.net couldn't open the chainmail texture from Lesson 2 today. What's up?

[DarkRider]

Both Gimp and Paint.net couldn't open the chainmail texture from Lesson 2 today. What's up?

When the board takes you to Photobucket to download the image, click the magnifying glass icon to VIEW IMAGE before your RightClick>Save the image. It's path is messed up from photobucket's latest update, clicking view image opens the original image and then you can save it. Otherwise you get an incomplete image file.

[longpinkytoes]

On 2012-02-22 at 6:53 AM, InsanitySorrow said:

I'm not a GIMP user myself and assumed they work in a similar way to PS, you will have to follow some additional steps to create an Alpha channel in GIMP. This should help.

dead link.

[Tigersong]

I'm just trying to make a rectangular selection in Paint.net and it deselects when I release the mouse button. Please help.

[PunkN]

I read thru the introduction, and was able to put a 'check-mark' next to the listed programs that would be needed... although one I wanted to make sure would serve as a suitable extractor - BAE; instead of FO3?  I began this process days ago during my preparations as I got ready to begin these lessons.  I noticed that FO3 looks very different than BAE does, although they essentially do the same thing (I believe)... Would I need to get my hands on FO3 still, or am I good with what I'm using?

[RabidGears]

BAE works fine. It was released only a few years ago, around the time Fallout 4 was released, and so that's why it wasn't mentioned. I've been using it exclusively for unpacking BSAs from most of the Bethesda games and I've had no issues with it.

[PunkN]

Thank you... I wanted to make sure that the lack of visible pathways wouldn't be an issue, like it's FO3 counterpart shows.  I'm not sure if I'm too late to follow these lessons/take part in the homework/assignments given... but I'd planned on following them to the 'T' regardless. Now that I've got my program issues sorted out and fixed, I'm on a mission. lol