Yes so i wanted to learn modding, and i'm one of those crazy workaholic people that when they plan to learn something they want to learn everything about it from every perspective. i don't wanna learn only the scripting, i want to learn modeling, texturing, everything. but to do things like these i've gotta get started somewhere right? So i wanted to ask modders from novices to experts what tools they are using. and what plugins for those tools, for example, i've looked around a lot and the closest thing i got to making textures in the .dds format was with a nvidia plugin for adobe photoshop. as for .nif (model) files and .kf (animation) files... i'm clueless. I am a bit surprised there wasn't a sticky thread like this here already. but thanks for your replies in advance, and i hope this topic will prove useful to more people than myself.