Creating a custom faction armor, but have no idea where to begin.

[Razablanco]

Hello!

So i am working on a custom faction in Fallout: New Vegas, but don't know where to start in the manner of models and textures.

The armor is basically built up of pieces from other armors, so i hope that lets the modeling process go a little more smoothly. I know my way around the G.E.C.K's basics so when i have the models, the rest should be easy enough.

So my question is: How do i piece this armor together and slap my own textures on it? What programs do i use? Where can i get these? Or at least a trail?

Your help would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance! : )

[WastelandAssassin]

well, if you plan on making the armor out of already made pieces, than you will need NifSkope

 

this page has a rather good tutorial on how to piece up an armor from existing pieces

even though it is for Oblivion, it should be the same thing, but with New Vegas files

 

this page might also contain some help with the process

 

good luck :)

[Razablanco]

Thank you very much for the info! :D

[WastelandAssassin]

don't mention it :)

 

just hope you can get it done :thumbsup:

[Razablanco]

Seems the little trick with NifSkope worked out fine. There are still some problems i haven't figured out tho.

Any help given would be appreciated. So far, this is where I'm stuck. If anyone knows how this can be done, I'd be grateful if you shared :)

- I'm trying to get some custom textures on my armor. Can i use NifSkope for that, or do i need another program?

- I'm trying to use parts for some purposes they might not have been thought for. As an example: Using the T-45b's shoulder pads as Thieguards, Enclave MKII shoulders as braces.

- I'm having a little trouble getting the pieces out of the armor. I can only copy-branch the entire armor and sometimes gibs. Not take just the pads.

- Haven't done any other mods for New Vegas yet, is there a G.E.C.K for New Vegas, or is the Fallout 3 version usable?

- The BSA extractor keeps telling me it has a memory exception each time i try to extract the textures from them.

 

I realize this is a lot to ask. But again, i would be mighty grateful if someone would share their knowledge on these subjects :D

[WastelandAssassin]

well, i'm afraid i know very little of what you ask

 

i can tell you for sure that you need the New Vegas version of the GECK, in order to make New Vegas mods

 

about the textures, you can't really create them with NifSkope (you can create very basic ones, but nothing too good) but as far as i know, you can apply them using NifSkope (setting the path to them)

 

other than that, i really don't know....