Need some help with replacing a particular armor model

[aek357]

Hello folks,i got literally lost while researching on this as i apparently have no idea about modding stuff,but since i want to do something that no one else will want to do,i have to do it myself :/ oh god,so here goes :]

 

I am trying to find a way to replace the male daedric boot model with the female one.Basically i have a male character and want to use the female boot model for the armor,like other people use the male chestguards for their female characters.

 

So in short,i want to replace the male model for the female one.

 

But the problem is,how do i do that?I'm a complete noob as far as modding goes,so i'll need to learn.The only thing i know so far(or at least i think),is that i'll need a program called Nifskope.

 

So,do you think you could shed some light?I got literally lost as i was searching the forums as well,since the language some times feels alien(for someone who doesn't know much about mods and the programs used).

 

Pwease? :S

 

Thanks in advance.

 

P.S.I apologise if this is the wrong forum for this,but my attempt at requesting a mod i think failed miserably :]

[raatorotta]

I use FOMM (fallout mod manager) to extract files from Skyrim bsa packs. So use it to extract female boot models ( daedricbootsf_0 and daedricbootsf_1)

Then put those in Skyrim data folder (data\meshes\armor\daedric) and rename them to daedricboot_0 and deadricboot_1 to replace male meshes.

So you dont accually need nifskope, i don't think so.

Edited January 3, 2012 by raatorotta

[aek357]

Oh,thanks,i will try that and see how it goes :] Edited January 3, 2012 by aek357

[aek357]

I am encountering a slight problem though.

 

When i install FOMM it asks for a fallout 3 (new vegas) directory.

 

And it can't find it.How do you bypass that one? :S

 

EDIT : Never mind,i worked around it :P

 

Actually i think it needs to be renamed to daedricboots_0 and _1 since the male is actually daedricboots_0 and _1

 

Oh well,i'll try anyway.

 

Is there anyone that can confirm that i need to do this specifically to replace them?

 

Anyway thanks for the help :]]

 

 

EDIT 2 (and final) : Confirmed it works,tried it now.It autoscales the boots also so they look exactly as big as they should be depending on size.Apparrently,replacing items with already existing ones is much easier than i thought.Cheers.

Edited January 3, 2012 by aek357