_sk files used or ignored?

[junkacc]

I'm pretty sure they're ignored. I tried changing them from black to white and drew lines across them but no in-game effect I can discern. But just to be sure... maybe enb uses it or something?

Thanks.

[Risewild]

sk.dds files are an extra "visual" layer added to the characters skin. They are what makes the game know how light deals with different parts of the body/skin. The darker the sk, the lower light emittance is.

[junkacc]

_sk is subsurface scattering. If it works as advertized changing the color from black to white should make a discernable difference, but I can't see anything. Therefore I think the feature is one of those things disabled by the engine. Would like to make sure though.

[RoyBatty]

They are not subsurface scattering, they are tint maps. You can look this up on the facegen wiki.

[junkacc]

Hmmmm Interdastinggg...

[junkacc]

I have a new question.

Is there a function that returns the textures loaded on a character?
I've tried "DumpTexturePalette" which gives me all the textures currently loaded in the gameworld but it gives me unexpected results.

[junkacc]

did some tests:



anyone knows anything? Seems that so far, the tinting only applies in chargen and under the porch of doc mitchell's

[RoyBatty]

the _sk files in the armors and stuff are replaced usually at runtime by the generated tint maps mixed with the base textures.