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  1. Jude Carpathian

    Custom Shield Nif Problems

    For my SSE mod I'm attempting to make a custom shield nif out of the WRJovaskrBanner02. I have made weapon mashups before in nifskope before but not with something as complex as a banner. So I tried the normal way of opening an existing shield, copying the banner into the shield file, saving it out, and placing it in game. Through this method the item shows up fine in my inventory and when dropped on the floor, but in my hand the banner/shield does not appear. I imagine there are more steps to take in nifskope, but I have no idea what. Can anyone please please help?
  2. alt3rn1ty

    SSE NIF Optimizer

    SSE NIF Optimizer by ousnius at Nexus https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/4089/? - a tool to optimize Skyrim NIFs for SSE - Description: This is a tool for mod authors to optimize old Skyrim meshes into the new SSE format and fix issues with them on the way. Make sure to create backups of your NIFs beforehand! Don't run it on your entire meshes folder at once either.Use the head parts option on ONLY head parts, without exception!So it's better to temporarily copy/paste all those heads, eyes, hairs to a separate folder for optimization. Things like helmets are regular meshes, not head parts.If a NIF is already in the SSE format, the tool optimizes them as well.Note that SSE-formatted NIF files do NOT work in the old Skyrim any longer.To view the new NIF format in NifSkope, you will need the very latest version currently found here:NifSkope releases by jonwd7Please let me know if there are any problems with a NIF and if possible, provide the files before and after optimization.If this tool helped you with your mod, it would be cool if you could give it credits, but that's not required of course. For the source code, you can check out the BodySlide and Outfit Studio repository on GitHub instead.They share the same functionality with the exception of the UI. What it does: Optimizes NIFs to the new SSE format (BSTriShape, changes to NiSkinPartition). Optimizes head parts to BSDynamicTriShape (separate checkbox). Triangulates the geometry and skin partitions. Cleans up the NiSkinData (source for vertex weights that are unused in-game). Calculates new bounding spheres for geometry and all of the bones. Adds tangents to all meshes that need them. Removes normals and tangents from all meshes that don't need them, such as body meshes. Removes all-white vertex colors from meshes. Renames all meshes that have the same name, since they need to be unique. Cleans up the header strings. Deletes all blocks that aren't referenced somewhere within the root node tree. All of this results in a hopefully working NIF that's cleaned up and smaller in file size. Works on NIFs that already are in the SSE format as well. Installation: This can't and doesn't need to be installed with a mod manager, as it is a utility for modders. Simply download the archive, extract the executable and run it, then follow on-screen instructions. Uninstallation: There's no uninstallation process, simply delete the executable from your computer. Credits: jonwd7 - For assistance with the format and general help.
  3. From the album: Insane Fallout 4

    Preliminary Fallout 4 NIF support for 3ds max 2015-2016
  4. Blender Basics; Add Materials and Textures to nifs ========================================================== Pertains to: Blender 2.49b This tutorial will explain the process of adding a material and texture to an existing .nif mesh that has been imported into Blender for the purpose of editing. This is just one step in the modding process, but a very important one. If these steps are not performed, the mesh will not have a UV map on export, will not contain normals, and will not be able to have textures assigned to it. There are 3 examples in this tutorial that should cover all scenarios; Example #1 is a mesh with a single NiTriShape and a single texture file. Example #2 is a mesh with multiple NiTriShapes, but still a single texture file. Example #3 is a mesh with multiple NiTriShapes and multiple texture files. Most of the steps are the same, the differences will be pointed out. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Example mesh #1: Drum01.nif -- One NiTriShape, one texture. 1. Prepare mesh for import. See this tutorial. 2. Import mesh into Blender. You should be looking at a grey mass, outlined in pink (means it's highlighted). Press A to deselect everything. 3. In Object mode, right-click select the drum object. This will bring up the normal Editing panel. 4. Press F5 to bring up the Material panel. In the Links and Pipeline tab, you'll see a box with ME: followed by the name of the object (You can change the object name here to something meaningful if you want). Just above that, click on the box that says Add New. 5. Some new tabs will show up and where it said Add New will now be filled in with MA: Material. We've now assigned the material. 6. Beside ME is a box named OB. Click on that. The panel will switch back to the single tab again. (If you changed the name in ME, change the OB name now to be the exact same.) Do not click on Add New, instead, click on the arrows beside it. You'll see a list of any materials you've already assigned to things. Select the same material (so Material) as you assigned in ME. What we've done is assigned the same material to the two related pieces of the same object - the ME or mesh, and the OB or object. These should always be the same or things will get confused. 7. The multi-tabs will now re-appear. Move over to the right and the Texture tab. Click on Add New. It should now say TE: Tex.001 (for the first texture we're assigning). 8. In that same tab, switch to Map Input. You'll see the word Orco is pressed by default. Click on UV instead. THIS IS IMPORTANT. 9. Press F6 to switch to the Textures panels. There's a box named Texture Type that should say None in it. Using the arrows, change that to Image. 10. On the far right is a new Image tab. Click on Load and you can browse to whatever texture image you want to use (It's best to keep a copy of the .nif open in NifSkope so you can look up the texture file name here or keep a generic texture file handy to use. Once it's exported this information is lost anyway). We've now assigned the texture to the object. 11. Switch to Edit mode, make sure everything in your object is selected. Then switch your screen to UV/Image Editor (this is where using a split screen comes in handy and you can change one side). In the editor, click on the arrows to find the texture file we just added so that it shows up in the render window. You should now be seeing the UV map of your (existing) object in the window over the texture file. (if it's not an existing object that hasn't been UV mapped yet, that's a different story) 12. Switch the Draw Type to Textured and you should see your object with the proper texture assigned on it. If not, go through the steps again to see where it went wrong. And that's it. The important thing to remember is that each object has two related sub-names - ME (mesh) and OB (object) that need the same material assigned, plus one texture assigned. Once that is done, that material is linked to that texture. This needs to be done for anything you model in Blender, so try to make it a habit to do this as soon as you import a model then continue on to editing. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Example mesh #2: Armor\Glass\M\Cuirass_0.nif -- Multiple NiTriShapes, one texture. This is a rare example. The only reason for this is if you want different shader options on sections of your mesh. Otherwise your mesh should be optimized as Example #1. 1. Follow steps 1 and 2 above. 2. At Step 3 - In Object mode, right-click select one of the objects of the mesh. This will bring up the normal Editing panel. 3. Follow through all the rest of the steps above. This takes care of the first object in the mesh. 4. Deselect the first object and right-click select the second object. This will bring up the normal Editing panel. 5. Press F5 to bring up the Materials panel. Do not click on Add New, instead, click on the arrows beside it. You'll see a list of any materials you've already assigned to things. Select the same material (so Material) as you assigned to the first object. We need it to be the same. 6. Click the OB button and do the same. Assign it to the same existing material. 7. You should notice the texture shows up without having to go through the steps of assigning a texture. This is because we've already linked Material to Tex:001, so you only need to assign the material to your object. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Example mesh #3: Butterscotchcreams01.nif -- Multiple NiTriShapes, multiple textures. 1. Follow steps 1 and 2 above. 2. At Step 3 - In Object mode, right-click select one of the objects of the mesh. This will bring up the normal Editing panel. 3. Follow through all the rest of the steps above. This takes care of the first object in the mesh. 4. Deselect the first object and right-click select the second object. This will bring up the normal Editing panel. (This object may look textured already but it's not, that's just the vertex colouring.) 5. Press F5 to bring up the Materials panel. This time you want to click on Add New. We need to distinguish this object as different than the first object. Our new material is now called Material.001. 6. Click the OB button. Using the arrows, assign it to the same Material.001 we just created. 7. The multi-tabs will now re-appear. Move over to the right and the Texture tab. Click on Add New. It should now say TE: Tex.002 (for the second texture we're assigning). 8. Follow through steps 8-12 above to finish this object. Repeat if there are more objects. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What you should take away from this; * One NiTriShape = one object in Blender * One object has two sub-names - ME (mesh) and OB (object) * One object requires one material assigned, to both sub-names * One material = one texture * Re-using a material will automatically re-use the linked texture * Materials and textures can be used on multiple objects Also of note, you can rename a Material by clicking in the material name box if you'd like it to have better meaning, however, once exported out of Blender, it has no meaning as those blocks are deleted. ****
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