This looked pretty good! Came out pretty nice in game. Heads up, if you use Better Vampires or Better Vampires NPC this will cause the Vampire Blood gems to be no more. All you will see are red spots instead.
Loot, reverse the load order manually, or go into the files of better vampires, grab a copy of the textures, and install them as their own mod through vortex mod manager after both mods.
Sorry to tell this, but unfortunately the result is not so good as I expected. I have tried both ULTRA and HIGH versions, and looks like if the gems have holes instead of transparent parts :
This is the first I am seeing of this issue and sorry about you not enjoying the mod as intended. But this most certainly is a conflict issue with some other mod in your load order as I have added my own pictures to the gallery apart from the few old ones.
In fact, almost all my pictures are new. Maybe if you share what clutter retexture mods are there in your load order, then maybe I can help
Same issues as these guys. Too bad. Would be cool if it could be fixed, some pics here also show that they look like they got holes in them, sometimes the gems are like transparent flat glass and depending on how you rotate them by holding E, they disappear entirely. The part which is on my end, I'm not sure how to fix.
Would be very nice if there was an optional glowing/pulsating effect.
I'm not using any other texture mods or ENBs, and I'm having the same problem no matter what version I use. I thought maybe using the High Res version was the issue at first, but after testing both Medium and Low Res versions it remained the same.
I'm having holey soulgems too. This is just a WAG, but since it seems to happen with some ENBs and not others, the conflict might be the ENB particle patch. http://enbseries.enbdev.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1499. Which is included in some ENBs but not others.
The particle patch fixes a lot of solid-looking particles, like fog and fire, etc, and makes them properly transparent. Thus, holey soulgems...
This mod is probably taking advantage of the particle glitch (solid-looking particles) and uses particles as the soulgem surface, and doesn't compensate for the corrected particles. The ENB version will need an more consistant underlying texture with the particle overlying the surface. There may be another way to achieve this effect. I suggest downloading the particle patch and maybe making an ENB version of this mod. Anyone who isn't using the particle patch should probably go download it. It makes a huge difference for the better.
Thank you for making the mod, but if it doesn't get corrected I'll probably have to go back to Soul gems are different. Which would be a shame.
I'll try to confirm this later when I have time, but this seems the most likely cause.
I just started to learn how ENB's work but with a previous one I had going, the gems were almost invisible (or disappeared if I was looking at them from a certain angle). But after switching to another ENB I suddenly beheld glorious soul gems.
I'm using Ultra. I switched Rustic Soul Gems for this one and I had no filled ones show up in my inventory preview or when dropped. Empty is fine though.
This happen to me too! Only Grand Soul Gem Filled, and I used Rustic Soul Gem either. How strange it's just mesh and texture, and only change a little when look in SseEdit.
Yeah apparently there is a minor issue with the appearance of the Filled Grand Soul Gem Only. Looking into a potential fix. However, you can continue to use this mod as every other gem looks stunningly beautiful
and, no. this isn't compatibility with another mod. I turned off other mods and still can't see soulgems. I think this problem same with comment above this.
You don't need to optimize the meshes. It should work with the old ones; NifScan reports no issues with them.
There are no incompatible shapes and they may be used as-is.
Opening the older filled grand meshes in NifSkope, you can actually see a slight difference between them.
Nif Optimizer is a brute sometimes, and I've had it make things go invisible, turn armor into flying pixels, and even crash the game when approaching NPCs. I couldn't tell you why, other than that it is likely erasing something that needs to be there before it re-saves them.
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this is odd but still acceptable
this one absolutely not...
In fact, almost all my pictures are new. Maybe if you share what clutter retexture mods are there in your load order, then maybe I can help
load order:
Skyrim.esm
Update.esm
Dawnguard.esm
HearthFires.esm
Dragonborn.esm
Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition Patch.esp
BSAssets.esm
BSHeartland.esm
BS_DLC_patch.esp
LegacyoftheDragonborn.esm
arnima.esm
Falskaar.esm
Vigilant.esm
Apachii_DivineEleganceStore.esm
Unslaad.esm
SMIM-SE-Merged-All.esp
SkyUI_SE.esp
Cutting Room Floor.esp
AnotherSortingMod_2017-SSE.esp
Hothtrooper44_ArmorCompilation.esp
Hothtrooper44_Armor_Ecksstra.esp
NAT.esp
Summermyst - Enchantments of Skyrim.esp
art_StarsightEyes.esp
BarenziahQuestMarkers.esp
Extended Character Creation Options.esp
PlantableNirnrootv03.esp
SummonShadowMERCHANT.esp
WetandCold.esp
northern_encounters2.esp
CollegeOfWinterholdImmersive.esp
MoreColorfulCritters.esp
TechnicolorAlchemy.esp
Immersive Jewelry.esp
ImmersiveJewelryXSummermyst - Unrestricted.esp
Enchanting Freedom.esp
Enchanting Freedom - Infinite Arrows Enchantment Patch.esp
Enchanting Freedom - Build Your Own Unique Patch.esp
Enchanting Freedom - Standing Stone Enchantments SE Patch.esp
Enchanting Freedom - Wintermyst Patch.esp
Enchanting Freedom - Armor Rating Enchantment Patch.esp
Enchanting Freedom - Boots of Speed Patch.esp
Enchanting Freedom - Dragonborn Disenchanting Patch.esp
Enchanting Freedom - Summermyst Patch.esp
UnreadBooksGlow.esp
ShowRaceMenuAlternative.esp
UIExtensions.esp
AddItemMenuSE.esp
AcquisitiveSoulGemMultithreaded.esp
CustomDifficultyUI.esp
GalX_SoulGemMod.esp
GalX_SoulGemMod - Forge Crafting Recipes.esp
ShadowSpellPackage.esp
Beasts of Tamriel.esp
Helgen Reborn.esp
Thief In The Night.esp
WICO - Immersive People.esp
Skoomatologist.esp
Potions.esp
Potions Patch.esp
AmazingFollowerTweaks.esp
meadery.esp
Harvestable Hanging Taproot.esp
Immersive Patrols II.esp
moonpath.esp
Moonpath Navmesh Fix.esp
mihailsuthaypahmaralliancecamp.esp
SkoomDealersDen.esp
Skyrim Flora Overhaul.esp
Verdant - A Skyrim Grass Plugin SSE Version.esp
Verdant - Altered Forest Grass.esp
Apachii_DivineEleganceStore_Patch.esp
ajd_skoomaaddictbearcompanion_definitiveedition_sse_pc.esp
SL99Exchanger.esp
RLGWineBottleHouse.esp
hanging_gardens.esp
skoomaden.esp
The Paarthurnax Dilemma.esp
magic of the magna-ge.esp
JRMoonpathBrumaPatch.esp
East Eampire Shipping.esp
skoomadealer.esp
berserklagrie.esp
CW-Barrels.esp
CWICRFSEPatch.esp
DBM_CWIPatch.esp
DiverseDragonsCollectionSE.esp
Moonpath Music.esp
ClassicScythe_eng.esp
Blue Fire Magic SE.esp
Apachii DE Integration Patch.esp
Ero_CACOIngredientBook.esp
AutoHarvestSE.esp
BetterCraftedPotions.esp
IcePenguinWorldMap.esp
HavenBag.esp
WICO - Immersive Character.esp
WICO - Immersive Dawnguard.esp
WICO - Wild Hunt Gears.esp
Immersive Weapons.esp
THMeeko.esp
Complete Alchemy & Cooking Overhaul.esp
WeightLess Odds and Ends - CACO.esp
CACO_Beyond Skyrim Bruma_Patch.esp
PatronGodsOfSkyrim.esp
AwesomePotions_CACO_Patch.esp
CACO_Falskaar_Patch.esp
CACO_Moonpath_Patch.esp
CACO_USSEP_Patch.esp
Ordinator - Perks of Skyrim.esp
Soul Release - Ordinator.esp
CWIOrdinatorPatchSSE.esp
CACO_Ordinator_Patch.esp
Apocalypse - Magic of Skyrim.esp
Apocalypse - Ordinator Compatibility Patch.esp
HARODATH_ImmersiveSoulgems.esp
RealisticWaterTwo.esp
RealisticWaterTwo - Beyond Reach.esp
RealisticWaterTwo - Beyond Skyrim Bruma.esp
RealisticWaterTwo - Falskaar.esp
RealisticWaterTwo - Waves - Falskaar.esp
Bashed Patch, 0.esp
Would be very nice if there was an optional glowing/pulsating effect.
The particle patch fixes a lot of solid-looking particles, like fog and fire, etc, and makes them properly transparent. Thus, holey soulgems...
This mod is probably taking advantage of the particle glitch (solid-looking particles) and uses particles as the soulgem surface, and doesn't compensate for the corrected particles. The ENB version will need an more consistant underlying texture with the particle overlying the surface. There may be another way to achieve this effect. I suggest downloading the particle patch and maybe making an ENB version of this mod. Anyone who isn't using the particle patch should probably go download it. It makes a huge difference for the better.
Thank you for making the mod, but if it doesn't get corrected I'll probably have to go back to Soul gems are different. Which would be a shame.
I'll try to confirm this later when I have time, but this seems the most likely cause.
Which version are you using?
How strange it's just mesh and texture, and only change a little when look in SseEdit.
I turned off other mods and still can't see soulgems.
I think this problem same with comment above this.
There are no incompatible shapes and they may be used as-is.
Opening the older filled grand meshes in NifSkope, you can actually see a slight difference between them.
Nif Optimizer is a brute sometimes, and I've had it make things go invisible, turn armor into flying pixels, and even crash the game when approaching NPCs. I couldn't tell you why, other than that it is likely erasing something that needs to be there before it re-saves them.
We all need this.