Texture Replacer/Tutorial
Revision as of 03:40, 22 July 2006 by imported>JOG
This is a tutorial demonstrating how to use the Windows GUI of Texture Replacer ("TR").
1. Extract the original NIF from the BSA-File
- Install BSA Commander and doubleclick on Oblivion - Meshes.bsa Click on "Unpack" select a folder where you want to store your original textures, and click on "Unpack" again.
- You also need to extract Oblivion - Textures - Compressed.bsa those are the original textures you will use as templates for creating new textures.
2. Make a copy of the NIF file you want to retexture
- Best create a new folder for all models that belong to your mod and copy the models you want to retexture in there, you can rename them if you like but you don't need to as long as you use a new folder and not the one the NIF was originally in.
3. Open the NIF file with TR
- (You should get TR now, if you haven't already.)
- Either use "open with" in the context menu, or start TR and browse for your NIF file. In the context menu's "open with" dialogue you can also set TR to be the program that is used to open NIF files when you doubleclick them.
4. Now TR scans the model for textures and displays them
5. Select the texture you want to change (using the mouse or up/down keys)
6. Press enter or doubleclick to edit this entry
7. Either type in the new texture name or browse for the texture using the "..." button
8. After pressing enter (or the "v" button) your model is retextured.
9. Close TR and add your new model to the game
- Create a new object in the Construction Set or make a copy of an existing one, then click on the Button that has the name of a NIF-file (when you made a copy) or is named "Add NIF File" (when you made a new object) and select your retextured model.
10. Adding your new model to the world
- (You should already know how to do this before you start retexturing. If you don't know how to add objects to the world, then now might be a good time to read the Beginner's guide.)
- Either drag & drop the object from the Object Window into a cell you can easily reach ingame (e.g. IC Market Place) or make a new line of dialogue for an NPC to give you the item, or make a new quest with a script that gives you the item or, or or... The simplest way to get an item ingame might be using AddItem in the console.