Purple Firepit. Need Help

[Hyen《A》 ♧]

Apparently I followed the Amon Guide to Overhaul Skyrim and everything seems to be fine but one thing. The firepit is purple. The ones in Candlehearth Hall, Sleeping Giant Inn, and so on. Basically any firepit which is rectangle in shape. I suspected it may have been SLIM but after reinstalling the issue persists.

Link for said guide:
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/23826

[DPMR]

Honestly I would not start blaming other mods for the tweaks offered here. The intensity of the things you need to do with this are huge.

There is a lot of prep work to do as well, like did you clean your master files as he warned about.

The creator seems to be addressing issues people are asking about on the mods Posts page, I would think your question would be best asked there.

[Hyen《A》 ♧]

Originally posted by DPMR:

Honestly I would not start blaming other mods for the tweaks offered here. The intensity of the things you need to do with this are huge.

There is a lot of prep work to do as well, like did you clean your master files as he warned about.

The creator seems to be addressing issues people are asking about on the mods Posts page, I would think your question would be best asked there.

I'm not blaming the mods but trying to pinpoint the error. As SMIM was freshly installed, it was off the suspicion list. Also I did exactly like he asked except the optional category which changes the grass. As for the mod page itself, I have asked for help weeks ago and yet no replies. It doesn't help that the website doesn't notify you when someone comments on your post.

[DPMR]

Ya, true about the comments. I wonder if you checked the Nexus forums, perhaps the mod creator has a thread there. just a thought.

[alexander_dougherty]

Originally posted by Hyen《A》♧:

. It doesn't help that the website doesn't notify you when someone comments on your post.

For every person who wants notifications there are ten who are annoyed by them, even when there is an opt out option.

[Hyen《A》 ♧]

Originally posted by DPMR:

Ya, true about the comments. I wonder if you checked the Nexus forums, perhaps the mod creator has a thread there. just a thought.

Hmm good call. I'll try my luck there. Thank you.

[Hyen《A》 ♧]

Originally posted by alexander_dougherty:

For every person who wants notifications there are ten who are annoyed by them, even when there is an opt out option.

One of the main reason I want them is so that I can immediately start building my response towards the person who responded to my post. I also really hate to be that kind of person that asks for help and after someone offers it or actually solved my issue, I become radio silent like some rude ♥♥♥♥ without thanking him, which may be also why no one has responded to my post on the mod page itself.

[smr1957]

Well, purple indicates missing textures, so you would need to check which mod or mods are adding textures for those firepits and then try reinstalling. Though, if this is something that is occuring for other people using that guide, there might be something in the posts pages, as has already been suggested.

[Doom Sayer]

Hope you used MO2 and havent started playing yet. (for conext I am not gonna playthrough skyrim for a few months while I work out all issues with my setup.

[Hyen《A》 ♧]

Originally posted by smr1957:

Well, purple indicates missing textures, so you would need to check which mod or mods are adding textures for those firepits and then try reinstalling. Though, if this is something that is occuring for other people using that guide, there might be something in the posts pages, as has already been suggested.

Yes but it's just very hard to know which one does modify the firepit. And whether or not an overwite happened. Because LOOT wasn't very helpful either. Though I haven't seen anyone complaining about the same issue so I might be the only one on this.

Originally posted by Degeneracy:

Hope you used MO2 and havent started playing yet. (for conext I am not gonna playthrough skyrim for a few months while I work out all issues with my setup.

Yeah I use MO2. But since my issue is only a missing texture I have no need to worry about a fresh start.

[Hyen《A》 ♧]

Coincidentally though, does anyone know the file folder I should look for? And is it even called firepit or something else entirely?

[258789553873]

Things appearing purple means there's a missing texture. Anything can have this glitch. I've seen it on shields and some pieces of armor in the past. For fixing this, the only solution I ever found was to 'verify the game cache'. Sadly, you have to update your game to the latest version to do this.

And no, there's no way you can fix it manually. Its caused by a missing texture, so the only way for you to re-acquire it is to either re-install the game, or verify your cache. Though if you're using mod organizer, none of your files should have been altered. If you think its a mod issue, trying opening up a new profile in MO and play without any mods. If that fixes the issue, then its a mod issue. If it doesn't, that means a texture file is missing.

If you think a mod is what's responsible, I would guess its a texture mod, or a maybe a mod that has something to do with fire pits (frostfall comes to mind). As for what the object is called in the game files, who knows. Open up the console by clicking on the ~ button on your keyboard, then select a fire pit with your mouse. This will show a number. Find that number in xEdit and that will show you what that item is actually called in the files. Other than that, there's no way to know. And no, you can't search for that item in the console, because you can only search for things by finding their actual names (and sometimes, it isn't what you would expect).

[Sabaithal]

The fire appears as a rectangle? I've had a similar issue with that before, and I had to run said object through nifoptimizer. Though object in question was not purple, it was red.

[Hyen《A》 ♧]

Originally posted by IXBlackWolfXI:

Things appearing purple means there's a missing texture. Anything can have this glitch. I've seen it on shields and some pieces of armor in the past. For fixing this, the only solution I ever found was to 'verify the game cache'. Sadly, you have to update your game to the latest version to do this.

And no, there's no way you can fix it manually. Its caused by a missing texture, so the only way for you to re-acquire it is to either re-install the game, or verify your cache. Though if you're using mod organizer, none of your files should have been altered. If you think its a mod issue, trying opening up a new profile in MO and play without any mods. If that fixes the issue, then its a mod issue. If it doesn't, that means a texture file is missing.

If you think a mod is what's responsible, I would guess its a texture mod, or a maybe a mod that has something to do with fire pits (frostfall comes to mind). As for what the object is called in the game files, who knows. Open up the console by clicking on the ~ button on your keyboard, then select a fire pit with your mouse. This will show a number. Find that number in xEdit and that will show you what that item is actually called in the files. Other than that, there's no way to know. And no, you can't search for that item in the console, because you can only search for things by finding their actual names (and sometimes, it isn't what you would expect).

It's very likely a mod because I use MO2 which doesn't alter the game files. But your quote on Frostfall does raise questions. I'll need to double check on that mod since you mentioned it. Thanks for the input.

Originally posted by Sabaithal:

The fire appears as a rectangle? I've had a similar issue with that before, and I had to run said object through nifoptimizer. Though object in question was not purple, it was red.

No what I meant is that the firepits under the cooking pots at the inns doesn't have the stone textures. It's the stones that keep the fire in place not the fire itself that I'm having problems with.

[Candy Man]

This doesn’t really seem like a problem if you like purple

[Sabaithal]

Originally posted by ♥ Barney ♥:

You probably want to look at mods like Embers HD or Ultimate HD Fire Effects if you've installed those- both of those add new meshes to the firepits with new textures, and if its got its new mesh but is missing the texture then it appears purple.

Purple fire then. I suppose that means the Saints were here lol.