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How to Extract Textures Manually Using ME3 Explorer The texture will still be logged in the TexMod.log file, but it will NOT save a copy of the file to your computer.

If you want to capture the norm file, you’ll notice that Texmod doesn’t capture it in the same way as it does diff and spec files.

Diff will be bright green, spec will be shiny white, and norm will be black-ish.

As you scroll through logging mode, you’ll see that the target texture will change colors as you select them.

Usually, you won’t have to mess with the norm file.

You’ll want to extract the diff and the spec files for sure.Most people save the textures as DDS or TGA – I personally prefer TGA because you don’t need an extra plugin for it to work in Photoshop, and you don’t need to worry about what format of DDS to save it in.Your keyboard needs a numpad! Maybe I’m an idiot, but I kept wondering why it wasn’t working with the + or – keys on my numpad-less keyboard.I set it to log the texture when I hit “enter” but you can set it up to use whatever key you want.

In logging mode, use + or – to select the desired texture. Run logging mode with Texmod – your setup should look like this: Tips for Extracting Textures with Texmod: There are already detailed instructions out there that deal with Texmod, so consider my Texmod information a supplement to this tutorial. Norm – Controls bumpiness of the texture … a lot of times, you won’t need to edit this file.Įxtracting can be done with Texmod or manually. Spec – Controls how much light reflects off the texture Replace the old texture with the new oneĮxtracting is the easiest step! There are 3 different files you’ll want to extract for each texture – the “diff”, “spec”, and “norm” files.ĭiff – The actual texture that shows up in the game

In general, here are the steps you take to edit textures – I will go over each one in detail:ģ. Pros – you don’t need to use Texmod to run your gameĬons – if you mess up, it’s harder to fix (but just be careful, you should be fine) Pros – it’s temporary so you can’t mess up your gameĬons – it makes your game take longer to load (just at startup, not throughout the whole game) You can use Texmod to create a temporary texture replacer (.tpf) or you can go into the program files and mess around with the base files (using ME3 Explorer, in this case). There are actually two different ways to go about modding textures in Mass Effect (and any other video game, really).