Import failure on particular Fallout 3 mesh

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Although most definitely a Blender beginner, I have been successfully importing, editing and exporting Oblivion/Fallout 3 meshes for a while now. Until today... The mesh 'Fallout3\Data\meshes\dungeons\metro\tunnel\mettunytrack01.nif' fails to import correctly with the following console output:

 

 

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Blender NIF Scripts 2.5.8 (running on Blender 249, PyFFI 2.1.11)

pyffi.toaster:INFO:--- fix_mergeskeletonroots ---

pyffi.toaster:INFO:--- fix_sendgeometriestobindposition ---

pyffi.toaster:INFO:--- fix_senddetachedgeometriestonodeposition ---

pyffi.toaster:INFO:--- fix_sendbonestobindposition ---

pyffi.toaster:INFO:--- fix_scale ---

pyffi.toaster:INFO: scaling by factor 0.100000

pyffi.toaster:INFO: ~~~ BSFadeNode [MetTunYTrack01] ~~~

pyffi.toaster:INFO: ~~~ BSXFlags [bSX] ~~~

pyffi.toaster:INFO: ~~~ NiStringExtraData [uPB] ~~~

pyffi.toaster:INFO: ~~~ bhkCollisionObject [] ~~~

pyffi.toaster:INFO: ~~~ bhkRigidBody [] ~~~

pyffi.toaster:INFO: ~~~ bhkMoppBvTreeShape [] ~~~

pyffi.toaster:INFO: ~~~ bhkPackedNiTriStripsShape [] ~~~

pyffi.toaster:INFO: ~~~ hkPackedNiTriStripsData [] ~~~

pyffi.toaster:INFO: ~~~ NiTriStrips [MetTunYTrack01:0] ~~~

pyffi.toaster:INFO: ~~~ NiAlphaProperty [] ~~~

pyffi.toaster:INFO: ~~~ NiMaterialProperty [] ~~~

pyffi.toaster:INFO: ~~~ BSShaderPPLightingProperty [] ~~~

pyffi.toaster:INFO: ~~~ BSShaderTextureSet [] ~~~

pyffi.toaster:INFO: ~~~ NiTriStripsData [] ~~~

pyffi.toaster:INFO: ~~~ NiTriStrips [MetTunYTrack01:1] ~~~

pyffi.toaster:INFO: ~~~ NiMaterialProperty [] ~~~

pyffi.toaster:INFO: ~~~ BSShaderPPLightingProperty [] ~~~

pyffi.toaster:INFO: ~~~ BSShaderTextureSet [] ~~~

pyffi.toaster:INFO: ~~~ NiTriStripsData [] ~~~

pyffi.toaster:INFO: ~~~ NiTriStrips [MetTunYTrack01:2] ~~~

pyffi.toaster:INFO: ~~~ BSShaderPPLightingProperty [] ~~~

pyffi.toaster:INFO: ~~~ BSShaderTextureSet [] ~~~

pyffi.toaster:INFO: ~~~ NiTriStripsData [] ~~~

pyffi.toaster:INFO: ~~~ NiTriStrips [MetTunYTrack01:3] ~~~

pyffi.toaster:INFO: ~~~ NiMaterialProperty [] ~~~

pyffi.toaster:INFO: ~~~ BSShaderPPLightingProperty [] ~~~

pyffi.toaster:INFO: ~~~ BSShaderTextureSet [] ~~~

pyffi.toaster:INFO: ~~~ NiTriStripsData [] ~~~

pyffi.toaster:INFO: ~~~ NiTriStrips [MetTunYTrack01:4] ~~~

pyffi.toaster:INFO: ~~~ NiAlphaProperty [] ~~~

pyffi.toaster:INFO: ~~~ NiMaterialProperty [] ~~~

pyffi.toaster:INFO: ~~~ BSShaderPPLightingProperty [] ~~~

pyffi.toaster:INFO: ~~~ BSShaderTextureSet [] ~~~

pyffi.toaster:INFO: ~~~ NiTriStripsData [] ~~~

pyffi.toaster:INFO: ~~~ NiTriStrips [MetTunYTrack01:5] ~~~

pyffi.toaster:INFO: ~~~ BSShaderPPLightingProperty [] ~~~

pyffi.toaster:INFO: ~~~ BSShaderTextureSet [] ~~~

pyffi.toaster:INFO: ~~~ NiTriStripsData [] ~~~

pyffi.toaster:INFO: ~~~ NiTriStrips [MetTunYTrack01:6] ~~~

pyffi.toaster:INFO: ~~~ BSShaderPPLightingProperty [] ~~~

pyffi.toaster:INFO: ~~~ BSShaderTextureSet [] ~~~

pyffi.toaster:INFO: ~~~ NiTriStripsData [] ~~~

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "h:\Blender\.blender\scripts\bpymodules\nif_common.py", line 1229, in gui

_button_event

self.gui_exit()

File "h:\Blender\.blender\scripts\bpymodules\nif_common.py", line 1589, in gui

_exit

self.callback(**self.config)

File "h:\Blender\.blender\scripts\import\import_nif.py", line 3769, in config_

callback

importer = NifImport(**config)

File "h:\Blender\.blender\scripts\import\import_nif.py", line 274, in __init__

 

self.import_root(root)

File "h:\Blender\.blender\scripts\import\import_nif.py", line 360, in import_r

oot

b_obj = self.import_branch(root_block)

File "h:\Blender\.blender\scripts\import\import_nif.py", line 568, in import_b

ranch

collision_objs = self.import_bhk_shape(bhk_body)

File "h:\Blender\.blender\scripts\import\import_nif.py", line 3044, in import_

bhk_shape

collision_objs = self.import_bhk_shape(bhkshape.shape)

File "h:\Blender\.blender\scripts\import\import_nif.py", line 3297, in import_

bhk_shape

return self.import_bhk_shape(bhkshape.shape)

File "h:\Blender\.blender\scripts\import\import_nif.py", line 3243, in import_

bhk_shape

ob.addProperty("HavokMaterial", self.HAVOK_MATERIAL[subshape.material], "STR

ING")

IndexError: list index out of range

 

 

 

I still get the objects but they are missing collision and texture data.

 

Any ideas?

 

I'm using:

 

Blender 2.49b

Python 2.6.6

PyFFI 2.1.11

Blender Nif Scripts 2.5.8

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I obviously did something wrong because the textures are there and most of the collision (still get the error output in the console).

 

I rebuilt the missing collision for the tracks and all is good, at least until the next time.

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I've hit upon a solution of sorts. In the 'hkPackedNiTriStripsData' block, two of the SubShapes had numbers (64 and 69) assigned as materials. Changing these both to 'HAV_MAT_METAL' in NifSkope allows a successful Blender import.

 

Whether this special assignment is there for a good reason I am too ignorant to say but this is preferable to rebuilding the collision!