Help, File Path Messing up! : III

» Sun Aug 14, 2011 11:15 am

I downgraded a mod from oblivion, and everything works except the file path for the texture. The file path is named:
textures/stc_ne_kunai.dds

So, I placed my texture in the textures folder as the above states, and load it up. The mesh appears normally, but without a texture. Also, my friend tested it, and it crashed his game. Can anyone help me out on to how to fix this?

» Sun Aug 14, 2011 1:56 pm

you could pack the texture with the mesh in nifskope.

» Sun Aug 14, 2011 8:33 am

1, you might have to go into nifskope and manually reroute the texture path by hitting the purple texture path icon. and 2, is the dds format the right one? oblivion will accept more formats than morrowind. you can dxt3 for sure. if the problem persist then see if the texture is the right size by exporting the uv map in nifskope, and see what size it is(512x512, 256x512, etc.) hope this helps.

» Sun Aug 14, 2011 6:54 pm

The problem is not that it won't load the texture at all. I can manually apply the texture and it works fine. I just want it to be able to be used in directories that are different than mine.

» Sun Aug 14, 2011 9:17 am

1, you might have to go into nifskope and manually reroute the texture path by hitting the purple texture path icon.

I already tried that, equipping the weapon kept crashing my game until I did.

and 2, is the dds format the right one? oblivion will accept more formats than morrowind. you can dxt3 for sure. if the problem persist then see if the texture is the right size by exporting the uv map in nifskope, and see what size it is(512x512, 256x512, etc.) hope this helps.

It's 1024 x 1024, but the weird thing is the texture will show up in NifSkope if you apply it there. If it's too big, it won't.

» Sun Aug 14, 2011 8:42 pm

1024x1024 should work fine. is the texture a dds or a tga. nifkope will show if you have it set as one and its the other. but the game itself will crash. only if the path is dds and the texture is tga. works fine the other way around, dunno why. if you haven't fixed it send me the file to look at if you want. Or PM Pluto or one of the other venerables that know more than me. and as far as different directories it should go Textures\your directory name(i usually use RTF)\texture name. when you use a sub directory you always have to start with textures\

» Sun Aug 14, 2011 12:00 pm

it's DDS, and I sent it to Era Scarecrow to look at.

» Sun Aug 14, 2011 2:26 pm

it's DDS, and I sent it to Era Scarecrow to look at.

then it's as good as fixed then :thumbsup:

» Sun Aug 14, 2011 9:57 am

I'm glancing it over. The files I am seeing him using is 'stc_ne_kunai.dds.dds'. So likely hidden extensions is the issue for him.

» Sun Aug 14, 2011 9:41 am

I'm glancing it over. The files I am seeing him using is 'stc_ne_kunai.dds.dds'. So likely hidden extensions is the issue for him.

I feel like I should've checked for that. Oh well.

EDIT: Confirmed. Saved the texture as a .dds, eliminating the extra ".dds", set the mesh to use it, loaded up the game, equipped it, everything's A-okay.

So try to watch out for that stuff everybody.

» Sun Aug 14, 2011 10:53 am

Okay, now I'm getting pissed off. I did what ya'll did, and I still don't have a texture.

» Sun Aug 14, 2011 10:06 pm

Hmm when I looked at it in the editor it came up but it was rather plain looking, unfinished. But then again, it wasn't the pure white you get when the texture can't load. Don't know what to say slaanesh

» Sun Aug 14, 2011 1:39 pm

Oh well. I'll just use my directory and say that people may need to redirect the filepath.

» Sun Aug 14, 2011 8:27 am

Okay, now something strange is happening. I'm using a strict file-path, and still no texture. Now I realize something else is doing this.

» Sun Aug 14, 2011 8:45 am

I'll next have to ask what OS you have and what the file permissions are (and if you are running as something like admin which can access them)

» Sun Aug 14, 2011 9:43 am

Windows 7, UAC Turned OFF, All morrowind Related files ran as Admin. I've done this plenty of times before, It's nothing like that, I'm positive.

» Sun Aug 14, 2011 9:50 am

I've barely touched 7, actually I'd prefer not to use windows at all. But Microsoft Windows has more and more been going towards being a unix/like system. It has groups, 3 sets of permissions very similar to Unix (And I'm sure their Mimix has some to do with this). I can't suggest anything except check your permissions, that all of your files and folders are at least readable by everyone. (For Morrowind at least, not sure about the rest of them).

» Sun Aug 14, 2011 1:53 pm

Hmm. Alright. This is extremely odd. Thanks for the help!

» Sun Aug 14, 2011 7:46 am

Are you sure you aren't seeing the texture in game? If you aren't getting the great big yellow exclamation point and a warning box, the texture is being applied.

» Sun Aug 14, 2011 9:43 pm

I thought the exclamation point was the mesh is missing and pure white if the texture is missing...

» Sun Aug 14, 2011 4:37 pm

I thought the exclamation point was the mesh is missing and pure white if the texture is missing...

That's how it's been in my experience: Exclamation Point, I have a mesh missing, pure white, the texture is absent/file-path broken.

» Sun Aug 14, 2011 9:01 am

I downgraded a mod from oblivion, and everything works except the file path for the texture. The file path is named:
textures/stc_ne_kunai.dds

So, I placed my texture in the textures folder as the above states, and load it up. The mesh appears normally, but without a texture. Also, my friend tested it, and it crashed his game. Can anyone help me out on to how to fix this?

Unless I'm missing somrthing, the file path in Windows should textures\stc_ne_kunai.dds

i.e. '\' not '/'.

textures/stc_ne_kunai.dds is a Linux/Unix path.

» Sun Aug 14, 2011 9:38 pm

Sorry, I meant to type it like that, with an \, not an /.

» Sun Aug 14, 2011 8:24 pm

That's how it's been in my experience: Exclamation Point, I have a mesh missing, pure white, the texture is absent/file-path broken.

Yep, sorry guys. My mistake. I'll chalk that up to one beer too many at that frat party in '89.

» Sun Aug 14, 2011 6:24 pm

Yep, sorry guys. My mistake. I'll chalk that up to one beer too many at that frat party in '89.

That's okay, I misspell something when doing console commands almost every time I use them (mod testing purposes only). And I don't have the excuse of ever having been drunk. For anything.