I call it stupid because i know i had posted a question about it a while back, and now i can't find it.
anyway: a while back in one of the threads i mentioned that i had recoloured one of the fx to use it as a gl energy blast. no problem, it even worked in my old install (vath sarn was grateful for it), but basically, i've tried adding it to my new install, but no luck.
i do what the readme's say:
1) put the tga files in to the textures folder.
2) put the nif files in the generic folder.
3) open ffedit, make a new one, and input the following:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v655/pr1983/ffedit.jpg)
hit save, and closed ffedit. went in to the game, but no luck.
its probably something silly, but for the life of me i cant spot the problem.
edit: i actually fixed the problem. i wasnt merging dats. stupid me.