I'm trying to replace the first person models with the third person models in an armor mod I downloaded. In every case, I've opened up the ArmorAddon dialogue box and clicked the Select button next to 'First Person' in the 'Female' box. In the Model Data dialogue box I select the model file I want (the 3rd person model) and then double click on the 3d name in the Alternative Textures spreadsheet so I can select the texture I want it to use (the mod has a variety of colored armor/clothing that each use the same mesh with different textures). After that I just hit ok on the model data diag and the ArmorAddon diag.

Here's where the problem occurs: When I save everything and quit and restart Creation Kit, the alternate texture I set in the Model Data box is no longer set to anything. The model swap saves just fine, but not the texture. I've tried these steps with the male 3rd/1st person models and the female 3rd person model and they all save the alternative texture correctly

I've also tried making a new ArmorAddon and copied all the same data from another ArmorAddon, It still wouldn't save the 1st person female alternative texture.

Any help would be appreciated.

This is an existing bug in the vanilla game too, unable to apply different textures to female 1stperson models within the CK.

The easiest solution is to make a copy of the 1stperson nif's, and use NifSkope to change the texture. Then point to that in the ArmorAddon.

That's kinda disappointing to hear that it's just a bug after I spent so many hours trying to figure out what was wrong. Thanks for the help though!

I don't know how to change the material in niffscope but I found an even more hacked together approach to fixing this: I read somewhere, while I was searching for a fix to this problem, that the female 3rd/1st person models will default to the male ones if they are not explicitly set. To work around it, I just set the male 1st person model to the female armor I wanted and deleted the model for the female 1st person armor.