Converting Oblivion mesh to FNV

[DaWrecka]

As topic; but there's one particular Oblivion mesh I want to convert. Located here: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/14267/?

 

I extracted the Meshes and Textures directories into my NV directory. I then import the mesh into Blender, and everything seems fine so far; skeleton and texture both appear without issue. (at least, once I switch Blender to display the mesh textured) I then export the mesh, using the Fallout 3 presets. The exported mesh shows up fine in NifSkope, with no apparent issues. However, when I try and load the model in the GECK, it either shows up as a green/blue streak of splooge, or the model shows up fine but the texture... not so much. I've got no idea where to go from here; can anyone point me in the right direction?

[VileTouch]

hmm.. try nifskope. that dog looks like it's missing a texture. and the other....thing has obviously invalid or missing tris that you might need to re export from 3dsmax/blender

[DaWrecka]

 

hmm.. try nifskope. that dog looks like it's missing a texture.

As I already said, the meshes look fine in NifSkope, no errors at all. It's only when I load them into GECK that they screw up.

and the other....thing has obviously invalid or missing tris that you might need to re export from 3dsmax/blender

I've tried re-exporting several times, but I can't seem to nail the right settings to actually get both the mesh and the texture in without issue.

[Fallout2AM]

During the export, if it's not checked I would try to check ShadowMap on top right.

It wouldn't be bad to check if in game appears exactly like in geck

[nivea]

Pretty sure Oblivion uses different skeleton type then FO3/FNV/any other game, which means it will not work by just putting it in FNV. You need to rerig the fox to the FNV dog skeleton.

[DaWrecka]

Pretty sure Oblivion uses different skeleton type then FO3/FNV/any other game, which means it will not work by just putting it in FNV. You need to rerig the fox to the FNV dog skeleton.

I really hope you're wrong, because if you're not I'm totally screwed - I have no idea how I'd do such a thing.

[Fallout2AM]

I thought that, but the black fox picture seems just too much perfect to be a wrong rigged beast. Well I guess you can easily check it, preview your black fox inside the GECK like in your screenshot, but go inside the animation tab and pick a random animation, see if it moves correctly

 

EDIT: Nivea's right.

The bright side of this is that their structure is very similar, it shouldn't be a big pain to port it over a NV dog skeleton

Edited February 5, 2015 by Fallout2AM

[DaWrecka]

I thought that, but the black fox picture seems just too much perfect to be a wrong rigged beast. Well I guess you can easily check it, preview your black fox inside the GECK like in your screenshot, but go inside the animation tab and pick a random animation, see if it moves correctly

 

EDIT: Nivea's right.

The bright side of this is that their structure is very similar, it shouldn't be a big pain to port it over a NV dog skeleton

I have no idea how to do such a thing though... are there any idiot's guides on the subject?

[Fallout2AM]

Sorry but I don't really know about guides to do that.
Unrelated note maybe, but I'm serious: I don't know if you really want specifically a fox for your playthrough, but if you can use another beast there's RJ Helms' cat and other retextures / companions of that.

 

Here's one: http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/47416/?

Edited February 5, 2015 by Fallout2AM

[DaWrecka]

Sorry but I don't really know about guides to do that.

Unrelated note maybe, but I'm serious: I don't know if you really want specifically a fox for your playthrough, but if you can use another beast there's RJ Helms' cat and other retextures / companions of that.

 

Here's one: http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/47416/?

Unfortunately, I DO specifically need a fox for what I'm doing.