Are there any updated, functional .nif import/export plugins for Blender?

[hoodoo456]

I tried the old ones for Blender 2.54, but those just plain don't appear in the import or export tabs despite Blender saying they're installed. I did use the .bat to install them, too.

 

If there's any other way to import/export .nif's without using a program I have to pay hundreds of dollars for, I'd like to hear that, too.

[RustyXXL]

Use outfit studio to export nifs as obj or fbx, and then back to nif

[radiumskull]

AFAIK you can build things in Blender, and then import to NifSkope, which can do everything you'll need to prepare files for FO4 plugins. The Blender plugins were just a way to cut out the NifSkope middleman.

[hoodoo456]

AFAIK you can build things in Blender, and then import to NifSkope, which can do everything you'll need to prepare files for FO4 plugins. The Blender plugins were just a way to cut out the NifSkope middleman.

my problem is that I have no idea how to prepare a file in nifskope. I followed a tutorial online that helped me get a melee weapon I modelled in game, but it has no collision model despite the .nif file having the collision model in it, and anything with more than one part like a gun is totally out of my league

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppTXCJ0SZ88 is the video I used.

Edited April 28, 2016 by hoodoo456

[seekingthesun]

Personally, I never got exporting from blender to really work well. It's better to download the free 3ds max for students and install the .nif plugins for it. It can also nicely export materials all bundled together.

[ShenmueScrolls]

I like to know what functions the creation kit has in regards to NIFs & Materials

[mazakala]

I like to know what functions the creation kit has in regards to NIFs & Materials

It can export FBX. Other than that, none that I've found so far. You can't even make material files with the CK, but I already did a few material swaps (retextures) with it.

[seekingthesun]

There's a material editor built in