need mesh help(don't have 3ds max 2016)

[jsnider193]

Have you tried using Blender to edit .. not an expert there, but it is free and can import and export nif's. My forte is gimp so as to meshes can't really help but have been playing with OS in body slide and it has some capability also. Would think blender can do what you want and on their forums a lot more folks open to helping.

[SalesKital]

Have you tried using Blender to edit .. not an expert there, but it is free and can import and export nif's. My forte is gimp so as to meshes can't really help but have been playing with OS in body slide and it has some capability also. Would think blender can do what you want and on their forums a lot more folks open to helping.

last i knew, blender does not support fallout 4 nif files, and I doubt I would have the patience for a complex workaround and the un-user friendly way Blender works(unless that changed since I last used it). otherwise I would have already tried that. I don't want to make an item to be held by a player or npc, I'm basically trying to have the book act like a door that doesn't have an open animation.

Edited April 17, 2016 by SalesKital

[EmissaryOfWind]

You can use Outfit Studio to open a nif and export as fbx or obj, then the other way around.

[SalesKital]

You can use Outfit Studio to open a nif and export as fbx or obj, then the other way around.

how does that program make anything other than outfits? it's in the name. As I said before, I don't want this mesh attatching to the player or any npc, it's supposed to be in world, not on the body.

Edited April 17, 2016 by SalesKital

[EmissaryOfWind]

It was made for that purpose initially, but it's really a lightweight nif editor. Lots of people use it for the nif import/export features, and to make mesh mash-ups.

[jsnider193]

there is a tutorial on OS in the files section that shows how to bring a weapon into the game (think if search on word tutorial it and a lot more will show) .. have used it the same way myself. I use it as above then take the mesh into blender and make minor tweaks .. don't grasp blender enuf to do more .. and then use obj export and OS to redo a nif.

[SalesKital]

there is a tutorial on OS in the files section that shows how to bring a weapon into the game (think if search on word tutorial it and a lot more will show) .. have used it the same way myself. I use it as above then take the mesh into blender and make minor tweaks .. don't grasp blender enuf to do more .. and then use obj export and OS to redo a nif.

good thing editing this nif file would be a minor tweak, just change how open the book is is all i gotta do.

 

I can't figure out what the install stuff means on the bodyslide page... it's a program right? not a mod.

Edited April 18, 2016 by SalesKital

[jsnider193]

when open BS .. go down to bottom right and find the OS button that is the part of the program that lets you import and export other then bodies into/out of the game. Here can take a nif and export as an obj file to use in another program or bring a obj in and save as a nif. Mike's tutorial on this goes into a lot of detail on how the import side works. If want the cover/pages retext'd that I can do.

[SalesKital]

when open BS .. go down to bottom right and find the OS button that is the part of the program that lets you import and export other then bodies into/out of the game. Here can take a nif and export as an obj file to use in another program or bring a obj in and save as a nif. Mike's tutorial on this goes into a lot of detail on how the import side works. If want the cover/pages retext'd that I can do.

that makes sense, what doesn't make sense is how to "INSTALL" the thing in the first place. if it's a program I don't need to put it in my Fallout 4 folder right? Only mods need to go there.

[jsnider193]

I do not have it installed in the FO4 folder and works fine for me .. so nope does not need to be there. If remember had to point it to where my FO4 was installed but after that it worked fine.