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About this mod
No more muddy and washed out Radroach Textures. Radroaches were supposed to have transparent wings like other bugs in the game. Now they do! Edited base game Vanilla Textures to give Radroaches a "new" look, properly distinguishing the Vanilla Texture variants. Edited to NIFs and Materials to bring it up to par with creatures like the Bloatfly.
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No More Muddy Radroaches - A Radroach "Retexture" + Fixes
WIP - 2k "Retexture", NIF fixes, Material edits, and a Material Swap fix.
Note: This mod may not be for you, but will give Radroaches an updated look with some needed fixes.
Description:
Similar to my Dogmeat "Retexture", I dislike the washed out and muddy approach to how the Radroaches look. This doesn't match Bethesda's quality control they have with other insects. This mod attempts to distinguish the existing Radroach variants, using personally edited Vanilla Textures as well as correcting NIF files, Material files, and applying a Material Swap fixes.
What exactly was wrong with Vanilla Radroaches anyway?
For whatever reason, it looks like Bethesda crapped the bed with Radroaches, and focused heavily on all of their other insect creatures. Radroaches have a very rudimentary approach to how they are set up via their NIF, Materials, and Textures. Whereas something like Bloatflies, are set up in a way more technical approach that gives them a lot of control on how the different variants work.
List of fixes;
- New Material files and swaps have been set up for the wings to now have transparency, and be unique, as they were meant to be, as seen in the unused Vanilla files.
- NIF files have been edited to properly receive the fixed Material files and Material Swaps for transparent wings (Originally intended in Vanilla).
- Addtional NIF created to separate the Glowing Radroach from the base, so that it can make use of FX and Gradients for glow, similar to Bloatflies.
WIP - 2k "Retexture", NIF fixes, Material edits, and a Material Swap fix.
Note: This mod may not be for you, but will give Radroaches an updated look with some needed fixes.
Description:
Similar to my Dogmeat "Retexture", I dislike the washed out and muddy approach to how the Radroaches look. This doesn't match Bethesda's quality control they have with other insects. This mod attempts to distinguish the existing Radroach variants, using personally edited Vanilla Textures as well as correcting NIF files, Material files, and applying a Material Swap fixes.
What exactly was wrong with Vanilla Radroaches anyway?
For whatever reason, it looks like Bethesda crapped the bed with Radroaches, and focused heavily on all of their other insect creatures. Radroaches have a very rudimentary approach to how they are set up via their NIF, Materials, and Textures. Whereas something like Bloatflies, are set up in a way more technical approach that gives them a lot of control on how the different variants work.
List of fixes;
- New Material files and swaps have been set up for the wings to now have transparency, and be unique, as they were meant to be, as seen in the unused Vanilla files.
- NIF files have been edited to properly receive the fixed Material files and Material Swaps for transparent wings (Originally intended in Vanilla).
- Addtional NIF created to separate the Glowing Radroach from the base, so that it can make use of FX and Gradients for glow, similar to Bloatflies.
Install:
1. Just do the thing. Preferably with a Mod Manager like Vortex or MO2.
2. Download and install the Main File v04.0
Known Issues:
Changelog:
- v04.0 - New Main File - Includes some new edits in order to bring the radroaches up to par with the way other creatures are set up. (i.e. Bloatfly uses Glowing FX and Gradients, not just 1 Glow Map)
- v03.0 - Initial Release
Future:
- Currently doing a "Quality Control" run through the other insects to look for inconsistencies, and to bring the textures/materials into the same art direction.
- Never happening, but it would be nice to actually distinguish the Radroach variants more in the mesh and with in game name changes, to again match the way the other insects are set up.
My Other Mods:
Glowing Tesla Nodes and Effects
No More Muddy Dog - A Dogmeat Retexture