[SKY] Nif specular problem

[ResolveThatChord]

I'm getting  a weird problem. I imported this item using InsanitySorrow's weapon importing tutorial, which I've used several times in the past with no problems whatsoever.

However this time for some reason the normal/specular map isn't affecting the majority of the mesh.

 

Here I'm using some testing textures to make the problem clearer. The normal map is blank with a completely white alpha channel, so everything should look horribly shiny. However only some parts of the mesh do, and the rest is completely matte. 

 

It's probably worth noting that the normals are all correct and that I used the dragon priest staff as  a base. 

 

Has anyone encountered something like this before? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Tamira]

This is a shot in the dark: Do you import *.obj files? And are you using the latest version of NifSkope? If so: The newer nifskope messes up the UV and is no longer recommended to use obj files. Try again with the older Nifskope version 1.1.0 RC 6: http://sourceforge.net/projects/niftools/files/nifskope/1.1.0/nifskope-1.1.0-rc6-i686-w32.7z/download

[ResolveThatChord]

Thanks Tamira! There was indeed some problem between exporting it from Blender and importing it into nifskope: the normals went crazy.

I used "face normals" and "update tangent space" on the niTriShape and it works. 

[InsanitySorrow]

Use my other tutorial - From Blender to Skyrim.

 

It's a lot easier and has far better results, though you need to use an additional tool.