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It seems Autodesk has ceased offering to students versions of 3DS Max which are lower than 3DS Max 2014. So I guess I'm just screwed if I want to use the official tool which should, as others have suggested, be superior to third-party tools. :/

Just a quick question I can't seem to find an answer to on Google. I'm fairly certain this isn't possible, but just in case someone knows something I don't, I'll ask here. Is there a way to reload models' textures/materials while the game is running? It's getting very tiresome having to relaunch the game over and over while I troubleshoot the textures for my mod. What I'm looking for is possibly a console command that will reload textures, or something of the sort. Or maybe there's a certain process of exiting to the main menu, loading a save, etc. that will refresh textures?

Currently, we can't create and use custom meshes, to my knowledge. I've been searching around for about half an hour myself and stumbled upon this thread. All we can do right now, that I'm aware of, is export an OBJ model from NifSkope to use as a reference, modify, etc. in a given 3D graphics program such as Maya or 3DS Max. We can't get the model back into the game once it's exported, though. So for example we can't make a new melee weapon, firearm, armor piece, etc. and create a new NIF with our custom mesh. If there is a way, and someone knows how, I'd love to be told otherwise. :D

Oh trust me, I know... It's always the stupid, simple mistakes that trip us up. I'm a programmer... Mistakes like this get me all the time, and I often spend hours debugging until I realize I misspelled something important somewhere... :laugh:

Oh, ffs. Are you serious? See if you can spot my error. http://i.imgur.com/BYL5iEB.png Facepalming so damn hard right now...

Drop-down menu? What drop-down menu? Can you be more specific? I don't know of any drop-down menus in FO4Edit. :confused: I can only right-click and choose "Edit" on Material Swap entries on the armor item, same for the paths to .BGSM materials for the Material Swap I'm trying to apply. There are no drop-down menus to my knowledge. EDIT: Just went through and checked out existing items in detail. I've never worked with armor addons before, but I noticed everything has an armor addon that helps assign male/female models, etc. Each armor addon has its own MSWP record so I copied the vanilla ones into new records and changed them as needed, then applied them to my new hats. About to test them out. EDIT 2: For some reason, one of my hats works and the other still looks vanilla. But hey, PROGRESS! Thanks for coming along and mentioning that thing about armor addons. <3

Nope, not using new NIFs. My goal is to add different colors of some items. We shouldn't need new NIF models to do that. Examining existing items with MSWP records, none of them use different NIFs. For example, Institute coats all use the same model. They just use MSWP to apply a new texture. That's what I can tell from existing items in FO4Edit, anyway.

Having the same problem, can't seem to figure this out. Trying to compare existing items that have material swaps, not having much luck.

Alrighty, thanks. I wasn't sure (failed to read ToS, guilty as charged) if it was allowed, so I took the safe route and didn't bother uploading/posting any ripped content. The references I've posted are from other sites, and should not infringe upon this point in the ToS. However, if even recreating content from other games without the use of ripped/pirated assets is not allowed, then it should be specified in the ToS, and many mods should be taken off of the Nexus. I did not see anywhere in the ToS where this is not allowed, so I'll leave my post here as-is with reference materials.

WARNING: Long post is long. This is a large request, and I don't expect it all to be handled by one person. :3 NOTE: Everything requested below, I don't expect in final mod form. I would like to take care of that myself, actually. Simply a working model with collision that I can import with the Creation Kit, and then do with as I wish to make into a mod will do. To clarify further, I'm not expecting a finished mod ready to download and install. Instead, it would be great if I could just get Creation Kit-ready models that I can import without any extra steps with NifSkope, Maya, 3DS Max, Photoshop, etc. EDITED: Thanks to FavoredSoul for pointing out that providing ripped material is against the ToS. I apologize. However, the ToS does not seem to specify that recreations of content from other games is not allowed. If it is not, then this thread should be closed, and the ToS modified to reflect this specification. If it is allowed, then my post will remain, and whoever wants to help out can do so using the references I've provided below. Hey guys. I would do this myself, but every single attempt I've ever made at importing a weapon model to Skyrim has failed miserably. So I've come here as a last resort. As the title suggests, I want more Legend of Zelda content. Shields, swords, collectibles, armor, clothing... the works. I have the tools and resources to obtain direct model rips from the games, so if these would be of any help, just let me know, and I can supply them. It might take a while for me to get them out of the proper file(s), but I can do it, nonetheless. From here on out, I'm categorizing the content I would like to see converted. Weapons Skyward Sword Goddess Sword Info: http://zeldawiki.org/Goddess_Sword Icon from Skyward Sword: http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20111211195909/zelda/images/f/f0/Goddess_Sword_Icon.png Actual sword, reference: http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120122033711/zelda/images/6/64/Goddess_Sword.png Goddess Longsword Info: http://zeldawiki.org/Goddess_Sword Icon from Skyward Sword: http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20111211200437/zelda/images/7/73/Goddess_Longsword_Icon.png Actual sword, reference: http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120122033750/zelda/images/7/74/Goddess_Longsword.png Goddess Whitesword Info: http://zeldawiki.org/Goddess_Sword Icon from Skyward Sword: http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20111211200443/zelda/images/e/e3/Goddess_Whitesword_Icon.png Actual sword, reference: http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120122033829/zelda/images/c/c1/Goddess_Whitesword.png Master Sword Icon from Skyward Sword: http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20111211200447/zelda/images/3/36/Master_Sword_Icon_%28Skyward_Sword%29.png Actual sword, reference: http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120122034059/zelda/images/3/3e/Master_Sword_%28Skyward_Sword%29.png True Master Sword Icon from Skyward Sword: http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20111211200449/zelda/images/b/b5/True_Master_Sword_Icon.png Actual sword, reference: http://images.wikia.com/zelda/images/f/fa/Master_Sword_Artwork_%28Skyward_Sword%29.png Demise's Sword Information: http://zeldawiki.org/Demise's_Sword Demise & Sword, reference: http://www.zeldadungeon.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/zelda_skyward_sword_art-33.jpg Concept: http://zeldawiki.org/images/1/17/SSDemiseSwordConcept.jpg More: http://zeldawiki.org/images/d/d8/Antimastersword.png Bow Actual bow, reference: http://www.zeldadungeon.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/zelda_skyward_sword_art-20.jpg Iron Bow Actual bow, reference: http://www.zeldadungeon.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/zelda_skyward_sword_art-17.jpg Sacred Bow Actual bow, reference: http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120517183104/zelda/images/3/3a/Sacred_Bow.png Wind Waker Master Sword (Fully Awakened) Actual sword, reference: http://images.wikia.com/zelda/images/a/ac/Master_Sword_%28The_Wind_Waker%29.png http://zeldawiki.org/images/c/ca/Master_Sword_WW.png Skull Hammer Actual hammer, reference: http://images.wikia.com/zelda/images/1/1b/Skull_Hammer.png Stalfos Club Actual club, reference: http://zeldawiki.org/images/0/02/Stalfos_club.png Asura Sword Actual sword, reference: http://zeldawiki.org/images/8/81/AsuraSword.png Wind Waker Baton Actual baton, reference: http://images.wikia.com/zelda/images/0/06/Wind_Waker.png Would make a neat sword, I guess. Twilight Princess Dominion Rod Information: http://zeldawiki.org/Dominion_Rod Acrual rod, reference, would make a nice mace: http://zeldawiki.org/images/e/e5/Dominionrod.png Armor Skyward Sword Wooden Shield Real shield, reference: http://zeldawiki.org/images/a/ac/Wooden_Shield_SS.png Banded Shield Real shield, reference: http://zeldawiki.org/File:Banded_Shield.png Braced shield, icon: http://zeldawiki.org/images/4/41/Braced_Shield_%28Skyward_Sword%29.png Iron Shield Iron Shield, icon: http://zeldawiki.org/images/1/1f/Iron_Shield_Icon_SS.png Reinforced Shield Reinforced shield, icon: http://zeldawiki.org/images/6/6c/Reinforced-Shield-Icon.png Fortified shield Fortified shield, icon: http://zeldawiki.org/images/5/56/Fortified_Shield_Icon.png Sacred Shield Sacred shield, icon: http://zeldawiki.org/images/e/e8/Sacred_Shield_Logo.png Divine Shield Real shield, reference: http://zeldawiki.org/images/a/a5/SS_Shield.png Divine shield, icon: http://zeldawiki.org/images/c/c2/Divine_Shield_%28Skyward_Sword%29.png Goddess Shield Goddess shield, icon: http://zeldawiki.org/images/e/eb/Goddess_Shield_%28Skyward_Sword%29.png Wind Waker Hero's Shield Various Images: http://zeldawiki.org/images/c/cf/Shield.png http://zeldawiki.org/images/archive/c/cf/20110517042155%21Shield.png http://zeldawiki.org/images/d/de/Grandma_shield.jpg Mirror Shield http://zeldawiki.org/images/f/f7/Mirror_Shield_TWW.png Iron Boots Real boots, reference: http://zeldawiki.org/images/c/c8/Wwironboots.png Twilight Princess Ordon Shield Actual shield, reference: http://zeldawiki.org/File:Ordonshield.png Wooden Shield Actual shield, reference: http://zeldawiki.org/images/6/61/Wooden_Shield.png Zora Armor Link wearing armor: http://zeldawiki.org/images/0/04/Link_Zora_Armor.png Bundled in-game: http://zeldawiki.org/images/4/46/Zoraarmour.png Concept art from Hyrule Historia: http://zeldawiki.org/images/7/7d/Zora_Armor_concept.jpg Magic Armor Actual armor in-game: http://zeldawiki.org/images/b/bc/Magicarmour.png Link in armor (with Rupees): http://zeldawiki.org/images/0/05/Link_Magic_Armor.png Link in armor (without Rupees): http://zeldawiki.org/images/f/fe/Link_Magic_Armor_2.png Miscellaneous These are all items that could be useful for crafting recipes for the above items and various other purposes in a mod Skyward Sword Hornet Larvae Sprite: http://zeldawiki.org/images/6/65/Hornet_Larvae_%28Skyward_Sword%29.png Bird Feather Sprite: http://zeldawiki.org/images/d/d3/Bird_Feather_%28Skyward_Sword%29.png Lizard Tail Sprite: http://zeldawiki.org/images/1/1f/Lizard_Tail_%28Skyward_Sword%29.png Tumbleweed Sprite: http://zeldawiki.org/images/a/a3/Tumbleweed_%28Skyward_Sword%29.png Eldin Ore Sprite: http://zeldawiki.org/images/8/8d/Eldin_Ore_%28Skyward_Sword%29.png Ancient Flower Sprite: http://zeldawiki.org/images/c/c9/Ancient_Flower_%28Skyward_Sword%29.png Amber Relic Sprite: http://zeldawiki.org/images/8/89/Amber_Relic_%28Skyward_Sword%29.png Larger: http://zeldawiki.org/images/6/60/Amber_Relic.png Dusk Relic Sprite: http://zeldawiki.org/images/1/15/Dusk_Relic_%28Skyward_Sword%29.png Jelly Blob Sprite: http://zeldawiki.org/images/c/ca/Jelly_Blob_%28Skyward_Sword%29.png Monster Claw Icon: http://zeldawiki.org/images/1/16/Monster_Claw_%28Skyward_Sword%29.png Monster Horn Icon: http://zeldawiki.org/images/d/d5/Monster_Horn_%28Skyward_Sword%29.png Ornamental Skull Icon: http://zeldawiki.org/images/1/1b/Ornamental_Skull_%28Skyward_Sword%29.png Evil Crystal Icon: http://zeldawiki.org/images/f/f7/Evil_Crystal_%28Skyward_Sword%29.png Blue Bird Feather Icon: http://zeldawiki.org/images/3/36/Blue_Bird_Feather_%28Skyward_Sword%29.png Golden Skull Icon: http://zeldawiki.org/images/9/92/Golden_Skull_%28Skyward_Sword%29.png Goddess Plume Icon: http://zeldawiki.org/images/5/54/Goddess_Plume_%28Skyward_Sword%29.png Gratitude Crystal Icon: http://zeldawiki.org/images/e/e1/GratitudeCrystal.png Heart Container http://zeldawiki.org/images/e/e1/Heart_container_SS.png Piece of Heart http://zeldawiki.org/images/4/41/PieceOfHeartSS.png Small Key http://zeldawiki.org/images/d/d0/SmallKeySS.png Twilight Princess Small Key http://zeldawiki.org/images/f/fe/KeyTP.png Boss/Big Key http://zeldawiki.org/images/b/b0/Boss_Key_TP.png