Fallout 4 Add Material Swaps To Outfit Mod

I have been talking to an experienced modder who recommends using material swaps to create a variety of npc outfits. One particularly memorable use is changing the numbers on vault suits. My material swaps were set up so that one mod swapped the body, and the other swapped the hands.

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For armor this is probably already done but i know a lot of weapon mods use their own keywords and attach points for material swaps.

Bgsm and bgem files should be within the data/material folder.

I always disliked how the creation club faction paint jobs aren't used in the game. Adding the outfit mashup to your mod in the ck. In this case when i apply the body mod, the body materials are swapped, then when i apply the hand mod, the hand material is swapped but the body material reverts back to its original material. A form must actually use them.

Download the example file here: Edit the material path in the corresponding bstrishape node. You'll need a material swap, a misc mod, an object mod, and a constructable object for each. Rather simple once you figure it out.

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For my mod though, a lot of the body meshes are custom shapes so the clothing will only fit that one body.

How can i make my outfit support material or texture swap through fo4? To access the material editor in the ck click on the icon with coloured bubbles in the menu bar (as shown in picture material editor menu icon). Vanilla body and cbbe (with bodyslide) versions. There's mutliple ways to apply a different material to the mesh.

Likewise, put the dds texture file in data/textures/yourmod. I would recommend using with classic holstered weapons system . A not so short tutorial on creating material swaps using the fallout 4 creation kit. Under mnam add in ma_ keywords as filters.

In a first of its kind for fallout 4, this mod lets you save your entire outfit set, including armor pieces!

Use the material editor to create new bgsm materials or edit existing ones. Material swaps can be used to retexture and recolor armor, scenery, and other forms. Once you make material files, load them in outfit studio. In this tutorial i demonstrate how to use material swaps to create a new texture for an object.

Note that material swaps don't do anything just by existing; This video will try to explain how to create a new armor item in game to be used for retextures using the material swaps. If your textures have jpg and png format, convert them to dds using the paint.net program. Create omod (object modification) using an ap_ style keyword for the category.

What armor are you trying to edit?

A not so short tutorial on creating material swaps using the fallout 4 creation kit. Create mswp (material swap) referencing the base bgsm (from the nif) and point to the new (swap) bgsm. You can choose a material swap to apply when choosing a nif for the armor addon. Several new textures and meshes that, combined, adds tons (literally) of new clothing variations to the game.

Then you need to create an omod to apply the material swap to the item. One of the things the ck is worse at actually. You'll also need the appropriate attach points on the base item you're editing. Basically you will need to create a material swap that will tells the game to swap from the default bgsm to the new one.