Arkngt Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 (edited) This is a bit annoying as I did almost exactly what I want to do now a year ago, when I combined nifs to make my Chess Set, but now I've forgot how I did it and I can't find any tutorial that seems fitting (well, I can find tutorials, but none that seems to work for what I want to do. (For instance, the NifSkope/Working With Nifs 101 : Copy and Paste part of the tutorials on SourceForge doesn't exist.) Basically, I want to rebuild this tower of Metro Tickets with an 8-Ball on the top, so combining a bunch of metro tickets plus an 8-ball and then mash them together into a single nif. Anyone who can recommend a tutorial for this? Edited May 10, 2015 by Arkngt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elianora Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 http://tesalliance.org/forums/index.php?/tutorials/article/98-static-mashups-in-nifskope/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkngt Posted May 10, 2015 Author Share Posted May 10, 2015 (edited) Thanks. I saw that, but it mentions NiTriShape, which I don't have in my version of NifSkope. The closest I come is NiTriStrips. I'll try following it, but using NiTriStrips rather than NiTriShape. EDIT: Yes, that seems to be it. Thanks! Edited May 10, 2015 by Arkngt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted1205226User Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 NiTriStrips are mostly common in Objects, you'll find NiTriShapes in weapons, for exampleThe principles described in the tutorial are applicable. Understanding the NiTriStrips structure will help greatly for this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jokerine Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 Can't wait to see that card tower! I actually had thought about making one myself with the playing cards in NV but couldn't bother :laugh: Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkngt Posted May 10, 2015 Author Share Posted May 10, 2015 (edited) NiTriStrips are mostly common in Objects, you'll find NiTriShapes in weapons, for exampleThe principles described in the tutorial are applicable. Understanding the NiTriStrips structure will help greatly for this... Right, thanks! I guess my main issue is that I use NifSkope a couple of hours with years apart - so I basically never learn anything. The same with the GECK. I start over from scratch each time I do anything. Can't wait to see that card tower! I actually had thought about making one myself with the playing cards in NV but couldn't bother :laugh: Good luck! I had actually never noticed the metro ticket tower in the Olney Powerworks during my earlier playthroughs. It will make for a nice little souvenir in the player home. I also noticed a smoking Garden Gnome there - might mash it as well. Edited May 10, 2015 by Arkngt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkngt Posted May 10, 2015 Author Share Posted May 10, 2015 (edited) OK, so far so good, although I'll have to tweak the entire tower a bit. My current issue is that the havok for the resulting tower is still connected to the first metro ticket I started out with, so the tower sinks through the table a bit (until it connects with the havok for that card I guess) - and it also behaves oddly when moved, sinking almost completely through surfaces when upside down etc: Here's how it looks in NifSkope Can I redraw the havok so it's like the actual form of my tower? Edited May 10, 2015 by Arkngt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted1205226User Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 You should switch to tree view in NifSkope, it'll help to understand the different connections. You will have to delete the old Collision and build a new one. To delete: select the collision Obj, right click -> remove branch. To create a new one: http://www.mediafire.com/view/6q1x3y41b7w33i5/Bits_of_NifSkopery_-_Collision.pdf (A pdf with notes about Collision) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkngt Posted May 10, 2015 Author Share Posted May 10, 2015 Thanks for the info and the link. Seems a bit complex, but I'll give it a shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted1205226User Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 Yes, not really a step by step tutorial. More notes I've put together. Try to find your way in.You can always PM if you're stucked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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