Gundammit

Thanks for the link, that guide seems much more straight forward, just a quick question though. I have already gone through the process of optimizing the .dds files (as part of the other guides instruction) but I didn't do it the way it is shown in the guide you linked, I just located the .dds files and clicked 'process' so I missed out these steps; Check the "Show Recursive" box below the center text-box. Click the red [X] to deselect all files. In the center text box, type "*.dds" and then click [Apply]. Click the green checkmark to select all filtered files. Clear the center text box and click [Apply]. Do you think it would be ok to still use the already processed files? It would save the tedium of running the program through all of them again.

Argh, I ran the up to date pre-optimization in admin and it STILL hasn't created the proper folder directory! There is nothing in the Vanilla Normal Maps folder, it should have dawngaurd, all the texture packs and STD. It's also missing the DLC and STD folders from the Vanilla ordinary textures folder. I'm starting to think this is more trouble than it's worth.

Ah I think that's the problem, it's last modified date was August. I downloaded the latest one and ran the HRDLC_Clean start.bat and it came up with a load of errors for missing files: Could Not Find C:\Users\--\Saved Games\Working\Vanilla Extracted\HRDLC1\textures\armor\elven\elven - psd.lnk Could Not Find C:\Users\--\Saved Games\Working\Vanilla Extracted\HRDLC1\textures\armor\glass\f\fworking psd.lnk Could Not Find C:\Users\--\Saved Games\Working\Vanilla Extracted\HRDLC1\textures\armor\glass\f\glassf dds.lnk Could Not Find C:\Users\--\Saved Games\Working\Vanilla Extracted\HRDLC1\textures\armor\glass\glass tga.lnk Could Not Find C:\Users\--\Saved Games\Working\Vanilla Extracted\HRDLC1\textures\armor\glass\glassdds.lnk Could Not Find C:\Users\--\Saved Games\Working\Vanilla Extracted\HRDLC1\textures\armor\glass\glasspsd.lnk Could Not Find C:\Users\--\Saved Games\Working\Vanilla Extracted\HRDLC1\textures\armor\glass\shield\shield dds.lnk Could Not Find C:\Users\--\Saved Games\Working\Vanilla Extracted\HRDLC1\textures\armor\glass\shield\shield psd.lnk Could Not Find C:\Users\--\Saved Games\Working\Vanilla Extracted\HRDLC1\textures\armor\glass\shield\shield tga.lnk Could Not Find C:\Users\--\Saved Games\Working\Vanilla Extracted\HRDLC1\textures\armor\steel\steel dds.lnk Could Not Find C:\Users\--\Saved Games\Working\Vanilla Extracted\HRDLC1\textures\armor\steel\steel psd.lnk Could Not Find C:\Users\--\Saved Games\Working\Vanilla Extracted\HRDLC1\textures\armor\steel\steel tga.lnk Could Not Find C:\Users\--\Saved Games\Working\Vanilla Extracted\HRDLC1\textures\armor\thievesguild\m\thievesguildarmorshoesm.dds Could Not Find C:\Users\--\Saved Games\Working\Vanilla Extracted\HRDLC1\textures\clothes\barkeeper\barkeeper - max.lnk Could Not Find C:\Users\--\Saved Games\Working\Vanilla Extracted\HRDLC1\textures\clothes\barkeeper\barkeeper - nif.lnk Could Not Find C:\Users\--\Saved Games\Working\Vanilla Extracted\HRDLC1\textures\clothes\barkeeper\barkeeper - psd.lnk Could Not Find C:\Users\--\Saved Games\Working\Vanilla Extracted\HRDLC1\textures\clothes\barkeeper\barkeeper - tga.lnk Could Not Find C:\Users\--\Saved Games\Working\Vanilla Extracted\HRDLC1\textures\clothes\blacksmith\blacksmithfemalebody.dds Could Not Find C:\Users\--\Saved Games\Working\Vanilla Extracted\HRDLC1\textures\clothes\blacksmith\blacksmithfemalebody_n.dds Could Not Find C:\Users\--\Saved Games\Working\Vanilla Extracted\HRDLC1\textures\clothes\blacksmith\blacksmithfemalebodyvariant.dds Could Not Find C:\Users\--\Saved Games\Working\Vanilla Extracted\HRDLC1\textures\clothes\blacksmith\blacksmithmalebody.dds Could Not Find C:\Users\--\Saved Games\Working\Vanilla Extracted\HRDLC1\textures\clothes\blacksmith\blacksmithmalebody_n.dds Could Not Find C:\Users\--\Saved Games\Working\Vanilla Extracted\HRDLC1\textures\clothes\blacksmith\blacksmithmalebodyvariant.dds Could Not Find C:\Users\--\Saved Games\Working\Vanilla Extracted\HRDLC1\textures\clothes\farmclothes02\farmcloth02body1024.dds

Yep, it was run as admin. Does it matter if I just creat the folders myself? Will it affect it in any way?

My Vanilla Extracted folder is identical to the given example in the guide. The folders created by the pre-optimization batch aren't identical however.

I ran the "2_Pre-optimization.bat2" file and it created the new directory files in /working, but folders don't match the guides. In "Vanilla Normal Maps" it doesn't have anything, in "Vanilla Textures" it's missing the STD file and so forth. Also, the .log file after it ran was just blank with nothing in it. I'm sorry if this is some simple problem or it's meant to do that, but these kind of things are so damn complex to me.