new race request

[cavilier210]

i've been looking all over for a race thats like the genomes in final fantasy nine. all i can find are the cat people that are 3 ft tall mods, so i was wondering if anyone would be able to possibly make a mod like them. all they are are normal humans with light brown/blond tails. idk how to mod at all, so if anyone could point me in the right direction, i'd be very grateful. thx anyone who reads this

[Sypron]

Right, I'll give you a walkthrough of how to do it, because if I do it you'll need shivering isles for it to run.

 

-Download The Elder Scrolls Construction Set for Oblivion Here.

 

-While thats downloading/installing, get BSA Unpacker

 

-Once both of those are downloaded and installed, boot up the construction set (CS).

 

-Go to "File" -> "Data" and doulbe click on "Oblivion.esm" (top one). Now click OK.

 

-This could take a few mins, depending on your rig. Just wait.

 

-Once its done, go to the "Character" -> "Race..." menu.

 

-Find Imperial (thats a human right? we'll base it off that and add a tail.

 

-Right Click on imperial and say "Duplicate"

 

-Now you have a new race "ImperialCOPY0000"

 

-You can now freely edit the sats to your desire. It should be pretty strait forward.

 

Now we need to add the tail. Gets a bit tricky here. See, the CS is a bit stupid. We want to tell it where the tail (file) is, but that tail (file) is inside the BSA file (a big compressed folder). We're going to use the BSA unpacker to get that tail out of their on its own, that way we can tell the CS were it is. Follow?

 

-Open up the BSA Unpacker (hopefully you have the lastest eddition, otherwise this wont make sense).

 

-Click "Open" then navigate to your oblivion folder (it may have already done this). Once you find the oblivion install folder, go into the "Data" folder. Open up the file "Oblivion - Meshes.bsa"

 

-A big list will show up. In the bottom right change the drop down menu to be "Folder Name" then hit "Sort"

 

-This will alphabetise the list. Very handy. Now find the file "meshes\characters\khajiit\khajiittail.nif"

 

-Hit "Extract" and put it IN THIS FOLDER: Oblivion\Data\Meshes\character\khajiit.nif (yes, thats the same folder its stored in in the bsa, and you will have to create this folder).

 

-Now that was the khajiit tail 3d model. You'll have to do it again for the tail texture. Do this by closing that bsa, and opening the "Oblivion - Textures - compressed.bsa" The texture you'll need to locate is called "Textures\Characters\Female\tail.dds" AND "Textures\Characters\Female\tail_n.dds"

I know it says female, but thats the one. Since you extracting 2 files at once this time, it automatically makes the file path the right one. Just find Oblivion\Data and extract it there.

 

Now close the BSA Unpacker, we're done with that.

 

Back in the CS, go back to your new race and click the "Body Data" tab.

 

-In the "Male Bodies" section, Click the "Add NIF file" near the bottom, under "Tail Model/Texture" and find the khajiittail.nif file.

 

-Likewise, in the "Add Image File" field add in the dds image.

 

-You can now do this for the female aswell (if you want).

 

-Last thing. Go to the "Text Data" tab and change the name from "Imperial" to "Genome" You can change the description too, but thasts optional.

 

-Click "OK" then "File" -> "Save" and save it as whatever_you_want, but make sure you save it in the folder it gives you.

 

 

Then turn on the mod and enjoy. Note that you will need to get the "Custom race fix" mod so this race works.

 

 

 

 

Hope that helped, my hands hurt, gimmie a Kudos.

[cavilier210]

ok, i downloaded the bsa unpacker, but the program seems to crash as soon as i open it up. is there something special i have to do to get it to run correctly? btw i do have shivering isles and knights of the nine installed in my game. i also have the newest version of the cs.

 

i followed the instructions above until the part where i have to unpach the file, and got stuck because of the problem i wrote above. thx to anyone that can help

[Sypron]

You need to run the program manually it seems, which indicates you got an older version. Doesn't matter. Any good with command prompt? Run it through that. Should work then.

[cavilier210]

thx sypron, u rule. i got it to wrk. but i'm havin issues adding the special abilities to it. i also don't seem to be able to add hair and eye styles to it (i have rens beauty pack) i'll keep trying to get those to wrk.

 

if anyone has any pointers, they'd be appreciated, thx