retextureing

Saibot · Post by **Saibot** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 8:22 pm

I've recently been experimenting with retextureing via Nifscope and I have a few problems. When I assign a new texture to an object it doesn't work in the CS or the game, it's just black. the only way I can get it to work is if I use one of the stock Bethesda textures. Is anyone familiar enough with Nifscope to maybe tell me what I'm doing wrong?

Morden · Post by **Morden** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 1:04 am

Most of the stock textures have a 'normal map' assigned to them. In the alpha channel of that normal map is the 'specular map'. This controls the brightness of your texture... essentially.... if you have a normal map assigned to the model and it lacks a specular channel then your texture will appear black in the game I believe.

Saibot · Post by **Saibot** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 2:50 am

Ok, so how do I fix it?

Morden · Post by **Morden** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 3:35 am

That would take a very long time to explain and i'm short on time

Essentially... if this is your problem... you can quick-fix it by just copying and pasting your image into the alpha channel of your normal map. I would strongly recommend researching the different types of texture maps used in oblivion. ESF is a good resource to start. People ask these questions every day.

Saibot · Post by **Saibot** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 6:24 am

Thanks for your help, I solve the problem and corrected my mistake.