Jerbsinator Posted June 5, 2013 Posted June 5, 2013 For anyone wondering, this is how you get your character glossy in Skyrim. It's super easy. You don't need Glosstech to get the gloss effect, just do this. EDIT: I apologize, for some fucking reason the image won't load anymore. Reuploaded a different one.
Siouliusn Posted June 5, 2013 Posted June 5, 2013 Well that and a bright "_S.dds" will help; if it's still too dark/black like some of those coming with body textures mod you wont get much gloss
Jerbsinator Posted June 5, 2013 Author Posted June 5, 2013 That's true, you can edit that in Photoshop if you want it brighter. Just need to download the .dds plugin from Nvidia to be able to save it. In this respect its the same as oblivion was so if you knew how to do it for that game its pretty much the same deal here. Another factor is your Enb, my specular settings are quite high so my character looks really glossy. Mess around with your specular settings to find something you like.
Stratovarius Posted June 20, 2013 Posted June 20, 2013 Also to add, in ENB the reflections setting changes the gloss level from regular wet-type gloss to a shiny reflective/mirror gloss the higher the setting is. Be careful though; at higher levels you'll lose a little bit of frames per second.
Guest Posted June 20, 2013 Posted June 20, 2013 Also to add, in ENB the reflections setting changes the gloss level from regular wet-type gloss to a shiny reflective/mirror gloss the higher the setting is. Be careful though; at higher levels you'll lose a little bit of frames per second. Welcome new member! Be prepared for torture. Also does this work with armor?
Stratovarius Posted June 20, 2013 Posted June 20, 2013 Welcome new member! Be prepared for torture. Thank you kindly!
Jerbsinator Posted November 9, 2013 Author Posted November 9, 2013 the image isn't loading fo me Not sure why not. The image file is working fine. It's hosted by LL so it should work. Probably a problem on your end.
Zquad1 Posted November 10, 2013 Posted November 10, 2013 If my assumption is correct, this would be better then an ENB edit. with an enb edit it makes everything glossy, body, clothing, ground, walls. this only effects the mesh you edit correct? so for an entire body you would need to edit body, head, hands and feet. and in doing the head it wouldn't effect the hair? It shouldn't effect the hair since the hair mesh is totally separate .
Jerbsinator Posted November 10, 2013 Author Posted November 10, 2013 If my assumption is correct, this would be better then an ENB edit. with an enb edit it makes everything glossy, body, clothing, ground, walls. this only effects the mesh you edit correct? so for an entire body you would need to edit body, head, hands and feet. and in doing the head it wouldn't effect the hair? Yes but ENB can make it more glossy, though you are correct it will make everything more glossy. And yes it doesn't effect the hair. I also recommend not putting your face gloss too high, have it lower than what your body is otherwise too much light reflects and it hides your characters face.
sikamikanico78 Posted January 1, 2014 Posted January 1, 2014 so 1000 is a good setting to get the kind of glossiness u had in your screenshots?? very nice and simple
sikamikanico78 Posted January 2, 2014 Posted January 2, 2014 hmmm 1000 didnt do it neither 3000... to tell the truth i didnt notice any diference between 1000 and 3000... i wonder what valua are u using? 1 million?
Jerbsinator Posted January 4, 2014 Author Posted January 4, 2014 hmmm 1000 didnt do it neither 3000... to tell the truth i didnt notice any diference between 1000 and 3000... i wonder what valua are u using? 1 million? I am using 1000.
gvman3670 Posted May 18, 2014 Posted May 18, 2014 I've been looking for tutorials and haven't found the answer for what I need. It's like it's assumed I should know this or something. I have GIMP 2.8 and have the .dds plugin activated and working (I opened a couple texture .dds files to check). My problem is I don't know how to get it from GIMP to Nifskope! Can someone help an old bastard out here? I must be missing something simple. That's usually the case. Like a derpityderp I was being a derp. I figured it out eventually.
azazil Posted June 1, 2014 Posted June 1, 2014 i found this tips from other forum put this on your enbseries.ini SpecularAmountMultiplierDay=4.0SpecularAmountMultiplierNight=4.0SpecularPowerMultiplierDay=5.0SpecularPowerMultiplierNight=5.0(KEEP THESE TWO AT 0)SpecularFromLightDay=0.0SpecularFromLightNight=0.0
Dany114 Posted July 6, 2014 Posted July 6, 2014 I've tried this method, and it works for the body, hands, feet and head of my character, but it doesn't work on the heads of NPCs. Is there a specific procedure for applying this to NPCs? Female NPCs get a shine on everything except their Head/face. I can't seem to figure out why.
superdog2008 Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 What the hell, :| in nifskope, on the top left, there's no drop-down menu.???? I loaded female body_1 (with your xl bust size version, with the massive tits?), can't drop down. Pls help ,_, (No drop down meaning the black triangles on the left side)
Shirobako Posted April 2, 2015 Posted April 2, 2015 Does this only work on armors or some specific mesh? Using it on actual cbbe files only broke it and made me get stuck on the loading screen.
mirror mask2 Posted June 7, 2015 Posted June 7, 2015 For anyone wondering, this is how you get your character glossy in Skyrim. It's super easy. You don't need Glosstech to get the gloss effect, just do this. EDIT: I apologize, for some fucking reason the image won't load anymore. Reuploaded a different one. glossiness.jpg Still whenever i do that change glossiness to 600-1000 and specular strenght to 6-30 it looks more like plastic not the wet effect
storm_surge8080 Posted December 20, 2015 Posted December 20, 2015 I'm pretty sure I'm missing something, but where the hell are the head meshes. I can't find them anywhere. This topic is probably long dead, but I'm hoping someone can help me here.
Guest Posted December 22, 2015 Posted December 22, 2015 I'm pretty sure I'm missing something, but where the hell are the head meshes. I can't find them anywhere. This topic is probably long dead, but I'm hoping someone can help me here. You will probably need to have a mod that provides the head NIF, if you do not have one. If you do have one, I would recommend to try and perform a search for femalehead.nif where you have been installing mods. Or perhaps, you have a follower mod that is using an exported head? The head nif is probably in it's own FaceGeom folder if that is the case. The technique used that is mentioned by Jerb works for me for all the meshes I use in my mods if I apply them, even the head.
tantuu Posted January 7, 2016 Posted January 7, 2016 I'm pretty sure I'm missing something, but where the hell are the head meshes. I can't find them anywhere. This topic is probably long dead, but I'm hoping someone can help me here. Any file not edited by mods is compiled by the creationkit.
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