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Happy Birthday Zerengil

I will be succinct... i want my calendar back. For the rest, i will adapt.

Hello lossefion, welcome to the Alliance!

Welcome to the Alliance JMichael!

I would kiss you if i could, check your inbox.

Has anyone figured out how it works yet? A long time ago, during the third era, I began working on an ayleid stargate. It was ok I guess, if you sift through my images you'll find it. Anyway, I made a puddle to go with it, using animated textures, its magnificent, the ripple effect is stunning, if only I could take the credit for the texture. Moving on... As you may know, I made a real stargate recently, this one is for Skyrim. And I really want to release that animated puddle with it, problem is, the animated texture thingy changed with Fallout 3 and now Skyrim, and since im a super noob at Nifskope, im literally loosing it, trying desperately to understand but failing miserably. I need a good soul to teach me how to do it. I say teach cause its a 110 pics animation, that means setting 110 keys, thats torture and wouldnt wish that on anyone. Unless you like to suffer, then we might come to an arrangement. In form of cookies of course. Anyone here brave enough to attempt to please me? PS: You'll even get the glory of the Animated Textures Tutorial for Skyrim, thats sweet!

Happy Birthday Lanceor

Welcome to the Alliance Jezdamayel, let me return the favor

Welcome to TESA Jac,

On it. Check your mailbox.

The statics will come. Be patient.

Permission granted. Now go forth and procreate... or something

Also if you want to see your texture in the UVM Edit window, you can select it in the dropbox on the upper right, But only if you applied it to your mesh already. Its probably too dark, you can adjust that in option at the bottom, brightness is set to 0.5, change it to 1.0. I still havent found how to have it automatically to 1.0.

Like a coin, unless your sword has two different sides, theres no need to map both. Once youre done modeling, split it in half literally, select the bottom polygons and use the detach function. You can delete that half or keep it as a backup, in case you screw it up, just move it aside. Again i suggest you split your mesh to facilitate with uv mapping: the blade, hilt, etc. You can reattach everything once your done. Open the Material Editor. Select a slot, click on the square next to Diffuse, this will open the Material/Map Browser. Select Bitmap, browse to your texture. The Material Editor will change, dont freak out, its your diffuse map property window. Under the slots and above the Bitmap button, theres a button named , click it. Youre back to the default Material Editor. You can select and drag a texture slot directly onto a mesh or use the button Assign Material to Selection. You cant see the material on your model, thats normal, you need to click Show Standard Map in Viewport icon in the Material Editor, left of the Go To Parent button. I know its super complicated, but you get used to it.

Theres a tutorial for that?

Heres my 2 cents, since your sword will most likely look the same on each side, you should UV only half the sword. Less unique details but better optimization. You can also use different techniques for different parts. Also pelt mapping, its not just for organic shapes, when stuck it can do wonders.