[SOLVED]Texplorer not applying changes

[kinkojiro]

It is easy. Use package editor in v3.0+

Go into the name list. Scroll down the name list (or search in the bar at the top).

Find the name you want to change
Right click and edit.
Then done.

I probably happened because Kaidan and Vega, like shepard are human so share a lot of base meshes and textures, that is where the duplication is happening.  With EDI it is extremely unlikely more than one copy of her resources are loaded.

[giftfish]

Mar 5, 2017 23:36:27 GMT kinkojiro said:

Ok. Test worked perfectly. Eliminated a lot of the possibilities.

This generally is caused by the game loading 2 files with the same textures/meshes in them. Unreal works to eliminate wasted memory like this:

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So it is most likely it is not showing in mission because the armor textures are already in another file (most like Shepards armor file).

The fix is simple. Go to the name table and rename Vega's armor textures (e.g. VEGa_Diff to VEGz_Diff), and try again. If that doesn't work try renaming the material instance (not the underlying master material that can cause problems for the shaders) and the MDL.

Mar 2, 2017 23:51:34 GMT giftfish said:

1. Are you selecting your custom TFC as far as where the texture should be stored?
2. Are you certain the file is being modded and is pointing to the new texture?

The only time I've had this happen seemed to be the result of the game already having the vanilla texture in memory and retaining it rather than using the alternate version the modded file pointed to.

You can probably fixing by renaming the textures and pointing the material in the mesh to that new texture.

Lol.

Great minds, Kinko. You've taught me most of what I know about this stuff

Let us know if it works, Real.

[realsurvivor686]

kinkojiro and @gitfish

It worked! You just saved my modding project!

In the interests of a post-morten here is what I found worked:

Steps Involved
1. Open up Marine_00_Explore via the Package Editor Suite
2. Click the "Names" Tab
3. Select "BIOG_HMM_SAN_R" and right click on it
4. Select the "Edit" button on the dialog box
5. Change "BIOG_HMM_SAN_R" to "BIOG_HMM_SAN_Z" (This is the "mother folder" for James' body textures. Not altering the name for this folder will generate the bug)
4. Change "HMM_ARM_SANa_Diff" to "HMM_ARM_SANz_Diff"
5. Change "HMM_ARM_SANa_Norm" to "HMM_ARM_SANz_Norm"
6. Change "HMM_ARM_SANa_Spec" to "HMM_ARM_SANz_Spec"
7. Change "SANa" to "SANz"
8. Save Changes
9. Repeat Steps 1 to 8 for Marine_00 as well
10. Run Texplorer. Tell Texplorer to scan only DLC_CON_AshWar folder and set Textures_DLC_CON_AshWar as the designated TFC. Change the textures
11. Change the meshes via the Mesheditor suite
12. Run AutoTOC
13. Run the game
14. Success! Jame's mesh and textures reflect their intended state, before and after the beginning cutscenes

Results (with helmet now included):



Remaining steps:
1. Ensure that this method is transferable for Kaidan as well.

[kinkojiro]

Love that armor.  Nice realsurvivor686

[realsurvivor686]

Thank you, am glad that you approve. It wouldn't have been possible without your help

Also:
- Have confirmed that method is transferable. Have tested it with Kaidan, utilising the same user-created TFC. Success!

Next step:
- Need to confirm that method works for PCCs in the same family (i.e. Kaidan_00 and Kaidan_01).

[ottemis]

realsurvivor686 -- Good to see you sorted it out, shame you didn't take giftfish advice on the matter straight off the bat, would have saved everyone 3 days of troubleshooting =P

[realsurvivor686]

Quick update: Method has been confirmed to work for PCCs within the same 'family' (i.e. Kaidan_00 and Kaidan_01).

ottemis : In hindsight, I should have started the 'testing' earlier. My fault was that I was frustrated and impatient, which is never a good combination. I ended up misreading it, as stating I should rename the raw DDS texture itself.

@gitfish :
@kinkjiro :
Thank you both for you assistance in this matter. You saved my project from shutting down.

[giftfish]

Closing the thread and marking solved