Black textures when editing landscape? : V

» Wed Jun 20, 2012 11:10 am

Been getting this problem since installing the Creation Kit.

http://www.walagata.com/w/uprc/blacktexture.png

As you can see, in the landscape editing window (which is mostly cut off in this picture), the selected texture box is blank. It is like this for every texture. I figured it was probably just something minor and decided to go ahead with painting the ground anyway. The result? Black ground with every texture I try. It's not just in the Creation Kit either, it looks like this ingame as well.

Anyone know what causes this?

» Wed Jun 20, 2012 11:49 am

Hi UPRC,

This explains the black parts very well, and shows you how to fix it, but I have never seen no landscapes loading at all.

In Skyrim, each exterior cell is made up of four quadrants and each quadrant can have no more than six unique texture types painted in it. If you try to add a seventh, the texture will simply paint as a matte black color; it will turn black in game as well. Not to fear, this isn’t like the black texture bug of Oblivion infamy, this black paint can be undone, or painted over, just like every other landscape texture. If this happens you’ll need to consolidate your textures.

http://tesalliance.org/forums/index.php?/topic/4663-ck-basics-lesson-3/