How do I combine multiple SlaveTats into one tattoo/file? [SOLVED]

[MissRoseanna]

I'm using Collygon's Battle Wounds, and I'd like to combine multiple bruises into one as the number of overlays is limited. I tried searching but I haven't found anything so far. Would anyone know how to do it? I have the .dds files, I assume it's as simple as merging them/putting one on top of another? There's also a .json file, not sure if I need to do something to that too

 

Sorry if it's a stupid question, but any help would be appreciated, even a basic method, or which program to use. Thanks

Edited December 27, 2022 by MissRoseanna

[Miauzi]

Vor 37 Minuten sagte tssxr:

Ich verwende Collygon's Battle Wounds und möchte mehrere Blutergüsse zu einem kombinieren, da die Anzahl der Überlagerungen begrenzt ist. Ich habe versucht zu suchen, aber ich habe bisher nichts gefunden. Wüsste jemand wie man das macht? Ich habe die .dds-Dateien, ich nehme an, es ist so einfach wie sie zusammenzuführen/übereinander zu legen? Es gibt auch eine .json-Datei, nicht sicher, ob ich auch etwas dafür tun muss

 

Tut mir leid, wenn es eine dumme Frage ist, aber jede Hilfe wäre willkommen, auch eine grundlegende Methode oder welches Programm zu verwenden ist. Danke

what game is it anyway?

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[CaptainJ03]

1 hour ago, tssxr said:

I'm using Collygon's Battle Wounds, and I'd like to combine multiple bruises into one as the number of overlays is limited.

Assuming that you're talking about Skyrim - do you really need to combine overlays, or would assigning more slots help?

In the latter case, I quote what I found somewhere on LL and copied in my diary w/o making a note where I found it (sigh)

 

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You probably have too few slots assigned to overlays in data\SKSE\plugins\nioverride.ini (LE) or skee64.ini (SE). Make sure you change those settings in the file:

    section [Overlays] bEnableFaceOverlays to 1 instead of 0
    section [Overlays/Body] iNumOverlays to 30 instead of 6
    section [Overlays/Hands] iNumOverlays to 20 instead of 3
    section [Overlays/Feet] iNumOverlays to 20 instead of 3
    section [Overlays/Face] iNumOverlays to 20 instead of 3

 

[MissRoseanna]

24 minutes ago, CaptainJ03 said:

Assuming that you're talking about Skyrim - do you really need to combine overlays, or would assigning more slots help?

In the latter case, I quote what I found somewhere on LL and copied in my diary w/o making a note where I found it (sigh)

 

 

Yep it's Skyrim, sorry, I should've mentioned it beforehand. The LE version

 

I'd need to combine overlays, because for some reason the max number of body overlays is 12 in SlaveTats. In the Race Menu it shows up as 12, but it doesn't show any textures in the list, only SlaveTats does.

 

Edited December 27, 2022 by tssxr

[bnub345]

10 hours ago, tssxr said:

Yep it's Skyrim, sorry, I should've mentioned it beforehand. The LE version

 

I'd need to combine overlays, because for some reason the max number of body overlays is 12 in SlaveTats. In the Race Menu it shows up as 12, but it doesn't show any textures in the list, only SlaveTats does.

 

 

If you're familiar with photo editing software this is fairly simple. You need a program that can edit .dds files which Skyrim uses for textures. Paint.net is probably the simplest to use, although GIMP or Photoshop would also work. 

 

Open the overlay texture you want to use as the combined one, then copy and paste each of the other overlays into a new layer. When you have all of them, merge the layers into a single layer and then save it. You should now be able to use this one texture with all of the different overlays merged together. 

[MissRoseanna]

1 hour ago, bnub345 said:

 

If you're familiar with photo editing software this is fairly simple. You need a program that can edit .dds files which Skyrim uses for textures. Paint.net is probably the simplest to use, although GIMP or Photoshop would also work. 

 

Open the overlay texture you want to use as the combined one, then copy and paste each of the other overlays into a new layer. When you have all of them, merge the layers into a single layer and then save it. You should now be able to use this one texture with all of the different overlays merged together. 

I downloaded that app and after like 15 minutes of trial and error, I managed to do it! I just have to keep it as the same name as one of the original tats though. Thank you so much!