Custom eyes texture (Need help!)

[Elaneith]

Hello!

I decided to make my own eyes texture recently, with ningheim's eyes textures. But I have some issues and I don't know how to fix it because it's the first time I tried to do that. I would like some help, I already post a topic on "technical support" but no replies, may be I didn't choose the right categorie for that.

 

So! This is what I have whith my own textures... No lashes just big black bands:

 

 

 

Thanks!

[TSS5062]

Hello!

I decided to make my own eyes texture recently, with ningheim's eyes textures. But I have some issues and I don't know how to fix it because it's the first time I tried to do that. I would like some help, I already post a topic on "technical support" but no replies, may be I didn't choose the right categorie for that.

 

So! This is what I have whith my own textures... No lashes just big black bands:

 

 

 

Thanks!

 

What does your alpha channel look like?

 

[Elaneith]

Hum... Well... Hum... I think... it's that... sorry, i'm really really newbie! (first time I try!) So if it's what I link with this reply, it's good and if it's not, I go put me in foetal position...

 

Hum... I don't know why there is now a strange purple/pink filtre, that wasn't there when I saved it yesterday... Maybe it's saving options I didn't check right? (I have many option when I save things in ".dds" but I don't know what is what or which one does what!)

 

Sorry to be so a newbie!

[TSS5062]

Hum... Well... Hum... I think... it's that... sorry, i'm really really newbie! (first time I try!) So if it's what I link with this reply, it's good and if it's not, I go put me in foetal position...

 

Hum... I don't know why there is now a strange purple/pink filtre, that wasn't there when I saved it yesterday... Maybe it's saving options I didn't check right? (I have many option when I save things in ".dds" but I don't know what is what or which one does what!)

 

Sorry to be so a newbie!

 

That's OK I'm new too.

Are you using an eyelash mod? "New eyes and eyelashes" or something like that?

I have never used one before, so I don't know where the files go.

 

On the Nexus there is an eyelash alpha file mod that you could unpack and look at to get an idea of what to do.

The eye color is strange I can't figure that out.

 

Could you upload the dds texture file as an attachment?

 

[TSS5062]

OK, forget my previous post.

 

I have uploaded two JPEGS. They are from one eye texture file.

The first one should look like your RGB channels.

The second should look like your Alpha channel.

 

Note: the white "lashes" part "selects" the black part from the black bar in the RGB channel

 

The white bar at the bottom of the alpha channel "selects" the entire eye texture par of the RGB channel.

 

My guess is that you have an all white Alpha channel.

It is not masking out all the individual lashes, so you get a solid black bar instead.

 

Note: when you save the DDS file, make it DXT5 interpolated alpha.

[TSS5062]

Hum... Well... Hum... I think... it's that... sorry, i'm really really newbie! (first time I try!) So if it's what I link with this reply, it's good and if it's not, I go put me in foetal position...

 

Hum... I don't know why there is now a strange purple/pink filtre, that wasn't there when I saved it yesterday... Maybe it's saving options I didn't check right? (I have many option when I save things in ".dds" but I don't know what is what or which one does what!)

 

Sorry to be so a newbie!

 

The color almost looks like a normal map background color.

Maybe you combined them somehow?

 

One more thing:

If your files are upside down in your texture files (mine are flipped 180 from yours) don't try to rotate them.

Your mod may need them like you have them.

[Elaneith]

OK! Thank you!! I understand better! I really did nonsenses! Bu now, I think I can do something! Thanks again! All of you! (I'm trying today and say if it's good or if I am really a big big drag!

[Elaneith]

Ok! I'm definitively a drag!

 

I have this now.

 

I did what you said but maybe I missed a step.

 

 

[TSS5062]

Try this,

Open up an existing eye file from skyrim- it might be best to copy it from your eye folder.

Then open up your modified file. Compare them side by side and look for differences.

The only change should be the color of the eye (unless you changed the lash)

[TSS5062]

EDIT: In Photoshop go to Image, Rotate, Flip canvas vertically (not rotate).

The eye part is on the lash, and the lash on the eye.

[winny257]

Hello!
maybe you can use it for your mod!

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/27783

[Shaydow]

IIRC, this is caused when you don't assign textures to eye overlays properly in the CK.

 

I could be wrong.

[TSS5062]

IIRC, this is caused when you don't assign textures to eye overlays properly in the CK.

 

I could be wrong.

 

It appears like there is a double pupil on the texture.

I've seen this before somewhere. I really want to see that texture flipped, to see if it fixed it.

 

If it was an existing texture, that was modified, and replaced with the same name, same format, I can't see how it would fail.

 

EDIT: The eyes from the ningheim race are very different than vanilla style eyes, It will be a bit of a job to make them work.

I would look for alternatives.

 

Read this:

http://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/topic/983022-the-ningheim-race-bug-report-topic/

[Elaneith]

Thanks, I check all this, sorry for late answer, I wasn't at home. I think I'll try on eyes texture for vanilla race first, see if it's just ningheim eyes which give me issues. Thanks again for your help all of you, I really appreciate it.

[Elaneith]

I tried on vanilla eyes textures. I tooke screen of what I have when I save, how I save, what I have in game (eye ball texture and eyelashes texture reversed) and what I have when I close the file and open it after (it's upside down). I don't know why it does that. It's really strange!

 

[TSS5062]

OK, now I'm in the fetal position.

I thought this might be an easy fix, but there is more going on here.

 

If your character is based on the ningheim race, it has special eye mesh files that change during the game.

The textures are setup to do special things, but I don't think your textures are the problem.

Something may not be assigning the textures in the right places.

 

I'm stumped. Sorry that I couldn't be more helpful. Someone else must have a better idea.

I hope you are keeping backups of your vanilla textures.

 

I think Shaydow might have the right idea.

[TSS5062]

In a previous post winny257 mentioned a mod that replaces the eyelash mesh with a bigger one.

It's possible that installing that mod on your game might do something.

 

That's a stretch.

[Elaneith]

Ok, I have this mod, maybe I shoiuld try with out it?