Newb - making a new race

[V4Vigilante]

So im trying to create a race that has an argonian tail, however the construction set says that the NIF file is uncompaitable "Invalid Directory" whenever i try adding it into the Tail model/texture slot. I extracted using OBMM, I can find the meshes just fine its just that i can't use them. Help please?

[DrakeTheDragon]

Are you trying to assign them from 'outside' of the data folder? The game is sometimes picky with folder locations. I can't remember exactly anymore which types of files were folder-restricted, but some of them were.

I for one would never put a NIF file anywhere else but under "meshes", or a DDS file anywhere outside of "textures", as I expect the CS to complain when I try to reference them from there then.

 

For the sake of sticking to the pattern, I'd place the tail's NIF file only inside "meshes/characters/YourRaceFolder/tail.nif" (or however it's called), and nowhere else. This is the usual place for tails, as it was so in the past for just about every tailed race in existance.

[Nephenee13]

Meshes must be in Data\Meshes and Textures must be in Data\Textures. The specific subfolders within those isn't important, but you should try to group things logically. Also race-specific meshes and textures are usually placed in Data\Meshes(Textures)\characters\<insertyourdirectoryhere>

Edited April 29, 2013 by Nephenee13