Skyrim .nif

Elodin

I know this question was most probably asked before me but still I can't find any info in the internet regarding it.

I created a custom mesh with custom everything (texture, colission, etc).

I keep finding tutorials which suggest I take existing mesh from skyrim, change the path to my model and that's it. Annoying. Is there anyway to create absolutely your own model, say a rubble pile or rocks as a static mesh.

I just don't get it, how this .nif file format works. Totally weird, comparing to simple .fbx or .obj I'm used to.

Thanks for your reply.

Justin Meisse

.nif is just the Gamebryo model format - I'm not familiar with modding Skyrim but it could just be you don't have the ability to add new content, just replace existing models but I could be wrong.

Ark

Millenia has a tutorial on importing weapon models into Fallout: New Vegas (same engine.)

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npPI72o9Tm0"]Weapon creation tutorial - Optional 3 (Fallout: New Vegas conversion) - YouTube[/ame]

I'm sure you'll find more on Youtube.

Elodin

It's not replacing, it's using old models to create new ones, the catch is, you can't add something completely new, like say, cave piece.

Elodin

Ah, right, thanks for the tutorial, I'll check it out.

sargentcrunch

n/a

Elodin

Aye, thank you. I was thinking about it too, actually.

Elodin

All right, I've done everything, my mesh is in the game but the textures are black for some reason. I don't get it. I searched the net for the answer and found that vertexcolo option should be changed to fix this. But this doesn't work with my mesh, can anyone help?