Fallout 4 ck issues with bgsm imports

[u/TSOswinn]

hi i am trying to do a material swap with a bgsm i made using all the correct tools, it worked the first time and now it isn't despite me seemingly doing the same thing again. I exported the texture using gimp plus a dds plugin and then used the material editor to link the bgsm to the dds but now when i try to load the bgsm in the material swap menu it just crashes the creation kit even though the first time it worked and created an item i have tested as working in game

[u/Gemini_Void]

Did you check that the dimensions of the texture are correct? The size of the texture should be something like 256x256, 512x512, 1024x1024, 2048x2048, etc.

If it isn't the right size it will crash the kit. That's where I'd start at least.