How do i use a NIF to make a new item?

[ObLars]

Hey there. Im working on a little project, and i need to access some NIF and DDS files.. I'v got no experience on how to do this, so im asking on these forums. I'v made a new Ingestible, food item on the creation kit, trying to use the milkbottle01.nif file, but i cant seem to access it. I did put the nif file on my desktop, in hopes of the geck recognizing it there, with no luck. Where do i need to put it? Thanks.

[Interfer0]

So it seems like you have figured out how to extract the nifs and ddss.

 

Move the nif to the game folder, then data\meshes. Then in GECK create a new static item, or activator or something of that sort. Then in the model field just browse to the nif. For it to show up correctly you will need the ddss the nif points to in the correct location. They should be somewhere in the data\textures.