Charleston-class Retexturing

[Flux Capacitor]

Hey guys, I'd like to try my hand at retexturing the Charleston class but when I open its folder in the BC directory all I find are NIF files, with no TGAs. Am I missing something here?

[tiqhud]

No , your not missing something, it seems as though the original author, converted even the tga texture file to Nif

[Flux Capacitor]

Damn. Is there a way to extract the textures?

[tiqhud]

I am afraid, I am not sure

[Darkthunder]

Textures converted and ready for use. Enjoy!

Hope to see a more "SNS Galaxy"-style texturing, cause the design is pretty cool ;)

[Flux Capacitor]

Awesome, thanks! Now how would I reincorporate the textures back into the game?

[Darkthunder]

If you place the .tga textures in the same folder where all the .nif textures are (and remove the existing .nif textures), I believe the game should be able to find the .tga ones automatically.

[Rob Archer]

I am afraid, I am not sure

import the model into milkshape 1.7.10
When you next check the Directory you will find the application has converted them for you...

*I know its been answered but this is for future reference*

[Darkthunder]

import the model into milkshape 1.7.10
When you next check the Directory you will find the application has converted them for you...

*I know its been answered but this is for future reference*

That's partially accurate. You also need the fixed .NIF importer, or else it will auto-convert the .nif textures improperly as it will screw up the hue values on the textures.

[Flux Capacitor]

And if I don't have Milkshape...?

[cordanilus]

That's partially accurate. You also need the fixed .NIF importer, or else it will auto-convert the .nif textures improperly as it will screw up the hue values on the textures.

Lol, I found that out the hard way.  You'll see the blue bussards and red warp coil grill on the sovvie tribute video (Re-Edit), fleet movement scene.

Where can I get this fixed .nif importer, if I may ask?

[Rob Archer]

yeah same question from me too i had to manually change the colors when i did the Norway and the Nova...

[Darkthunder]

Signed, sealed and delivered. Enjoy!

[Flux Capacitor]

I apologize because I have never done any mods whatsoever for this game, so I'm pretty clueless...what does the NIF importer do?

Also, how could I get the SNS Galaxy texture maps in TGA format?

[Adonis]

I apologize because I have never done any mods whatsoever for this game, so I'm pretty clueless...what does the NIF importer do?

Also, how could I get the SNS Galaxy texture maps in TGA format?

The nif importer imports a nif to milkshape. The SNS Galaxy's textures come as tga's by default.

[Flux Capacitor]

Hey guys, I just reloaded some ships I hadn't tried in a while and found the Charleston again. I was never able to finish the retexturing I had planned but I'd like to get back at it. Problem is, even after having the .nif files converted to .tga, I can't just toss the .tgas back into the ship's folder after deleting the nifs. Apparently the model will only register the nif's as texture. Is there any way I can get it to recognize the tgas like just about every other ship does?

[Kirk]

If you can, catch me on WLM, and I can re-export the nif so that it calls the tgas directly.

[Starforce2]

http://www.battleclinic.com/docks/dock.php?id=519#519

I believe this is the SFC version of lord biles charelston. Lord Bile is still arround, not sure what his permission is, I will try and find out that for you. Be sure to bug me as I'll probably forget.

[Kirk]

Sorted.