Modelling Issue

[Demeggy]

Lo all,

 

I spent most of last night following various tutorials, on the wiki and on here, on importing custom weapon models.

 

To sum it up, all I'm trying to do is import a very simple one mesh weapon model to replace that of the knife. I understand the mechanics behind copying over block data, but before I can even get to that step, once Ive exported my model from Max 9 as a .nif and loaded it up into nifskope, I'm getting a completely squashed down version of the original mesh.

 

It basically appears to have been pushed from both ends and squashed down to a tenth its length.

 

Any ideas what i could be doing wrong (or not doing at all :S)?

 

Thanks

[SpeedyB64]

You could try to reset the X form of the object, go to the tools list on the side panel and hit reset X form then collapse the mesh.

[Demeggy]

You could try to reset the X form of the object, go to the tools list on the side panel and hit reset X form then collapse the mesh.

 

Thanks man, I'll have a go. Even though the mesh appears perfectly scaled in Max, and only appears abnormal in Nifskope, could this be the issue?

 

edit: wonderful! Thanks a lot Speedy, I actually tried X-Forming a different way last night and had no joy, but alas, it's upto crack :) Cheers once again.

[SpeedyB64]

Your welcome :thumbsup:

[Skree000]

in the nif export window there are two checkboxes, Collapse Transforms and Zero Transforms.

Check those off and export again, rename the export 'Collapsed&zeroed'

 

Export again, this time only with Collapse Transforms enabled, Zerotransforms disabled. Export as 'Collapsed'

Then, export a third time with only ZeroTransforms checked, Collapse Transforms disabled. Export as 'Zerod'

 

 

now, in nifskope, have a look, and if one of those three works, thats the option you should do from then on. Typically for me, Collapse/Zero both on usually works. Sometimes for certain nodes it will do bad things, so the odd time i have to export geometry seperate with one or the other disabled, then copy/paste over from that seperate nif into the main one im working on.