The-Mercenary Posted October 31, 2003 Share Posted October 31, 2003 Alright, I am completely new to this (the construction set) and I would like to know how to design (make a new design) for weapons or armor (what they look like)? I know how to change the stats of it and all but, i want to make it look different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peregrine Posted October 31, 2003 Share Posted October 31, 2003 Do you mean a completely new model? Or just changing the color of existing armor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefunky1 Posted November 1, 2003 Share Posted November 1, 2003 Well theres 2 ways to change the look of armor/weapons, Method 1 : use 3DS Max to make a new 3D mesh then export the mesh into morrowind. This method is the most expensive as 3DS Max costs around $3000 to buy...also it takes a fair amount of time to learn how to use it. Method 2 : Get a reskining program and change the way the textures look. This basicly replaces a texture (textures are the images wraped over 3d meshes) and is easy to do...just about any decent paint editing program can edit textures...and often you can make a mesh look competely different by this simple technique... of all the skining programs i have used i quite like NifText as i find it simple to use and very effective (it even provides a handy texture preview funtion) You can get NifText here ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peregrine Posted November 1, 2003 Share Posted November 1, 2003 Well, not quite correct... you can get a student version (same exact program, just can't sell your work) for around $700. Or of course, you could always make it with one of the free/cheap programs (blender, gmax, wings3d, etc) and give it to someone like me who does have 3dsmax for the final export/conversion. If your program can save in a common file format, it should be pretty easy to convert it. The only problem with reskinning is that you're limited to the shape of the original model. Sure, you can do a lot with it, but all the reskinning in the world isn't going to make that shoulder piece curved instead of square. And for weapons, a reskin is almost impossible. Stuff like blade shape/length/etc can only be done with a new model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefunky1 Posted November 1, 2003 Share Posted November 1, 2003 I guess i forgot to mention G-max and other 3D editing programs... And as for the reskinning armor thing...you may not be able to turn a square into a curve...but you can take a curved armor mesh and texture it to match the rest of the armor..... And for weapons...it is easy to reskin weapons, i've made tons of reskined weapons....but to change the shape / length you are right about the new mesh thing ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The-Mercenary Posted November 1, 2003 Author Share Posted November 1, 2003 hmmm. I definatly dont think I am going to buy a 700 dollar program (I am only 11 after all) but too answer Peregrine, I guess I will ask, how do you change the color of an existing model? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xionith Posted November 1, 2003 Share Posted November 1, 2003 I just changed my name to Xionith. Just so you dont get confused :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rynos Posted November 2, 2003 Share Posted November 2, 2003 huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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