[OB] Problem with integrating custom DDS file against NIF file under NIFScope

[KWITS]

Good Day,

I use Paint.Net or GIMP to customize DDS images. I use NIFScope to customize existing vanilla NIF files. All modding is in support of TESIV plug-in development. When viewed under the CS, the staff that I have modified no longer displays any texture, much less the one I specified under NIFScope. What is my causing this issue?

Cheers,

KWITS

[donnato]

Lets see a screen of your nifskope display Kwits. Including the tree.

[KWITS]

I would like to but how do I attach files via this medium?

[KWITS]

Here is my screenshot from NIFScope

[lilith]

In the full editor do you see a button called My Media? You should be able to link to an image in your gallery using that.

Redundant.

[KWITS]

I am trying to modify a standard vanilla staff into one of my own design.

[Hanaisse]

Hmm, ok, first of all, never ever use a static path to your texture. That texture source should always start with /textures

It's looking more like the problem is the texture itself. I don't know Paint.net that well, does it use Layers? Did you flatten/merge all the layers before you saved as a dds?

[KWITS]

I simply modified an existing DDS file and then changed the color and added another superimposed image. Yes, Paint.Net support multiple layers and yes all images are flattened by default. However, I suspect the problem is the the image's formatting or size. How should a DDS file be formatted under TESIV to insure stability? I under there are several modes in which to save a DDS file.

[Hanaisse]

DXT1 should suit your needs.

[KWITS]

I now have a relative path for my DDS file but still not positive results.

[KWITS]

What about the physical size and the pixel resolution?

[KWITS]

Okay, by using DXT1 and 72 pixels, I am able to see the new DDS file during game play.

[Hanaisse]

Ok, so it was a texture problem. For future reference you might want to browse the Texturing classes starting here.

[KWITS]

I also would like to know how to edit UV information for a NIF file. I know how to export this data and how to modify it under GIMP but how would you merge those changes back to the original NIF file?

[Hanaisse]

Right click the model in Nifskope, go to Texture > Edit UV. You can move the verts of the UV around as you wish.

[KWITS]

Thanks for the link to the Texturing tutorial! Under Paint.Net, I checked the box for MIP and now everything appears stable.

[KWITS]

How do you remove UV objects under NIFScope?

[Hanaisse]

You can't.

You can only slightly alter a UV in Nifskope. If you want to drastically change a UV you'll need to do it in a 3D modeling program such as 3DS or Blender.

What exactly are you trying to do?

[KWITS]

All staffs under TESIV look essentially the same. They have an end that protrudes outward like a root. I am working on a new Staff concept that is different than the Oblivion norm.

[KWITS]

While using NIFScope, I have noticed that this tool has an override for color and hue in support of its referenced DDS file. I am trying to change the color of a hubstonewall that is used for Sacretor but am unable to make the change. I can view the actual color of the DDS file in question under NIFScope but as soon as I change the reference back to relative and save, the NIF file references the original color scheme.