DudeitzChronic Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 I'd like to be able to make my own custom meshes and textures, and eventually make my own skeletons for custom npcs. I have nifscope, cinema 4d r12, and gimp. Could anyone point me to tutorials on how to use these? From what I'm getting you can work in nifscope, but other programs are more suitable for 3d modeling, and nifscope is used for importing/exporting as a nif for use in skyrim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntsman2310 Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 Depending on what you want to model, the best ones are either Blender, a free program. Or 3DS Max, a program free only if you have a Student license online. Blender is best suited for making weapons or armour. Buildings too if you are good at it. 3DS Max is better suited for things that require a bit more precise detail, it is very technical though. GIMP is fine for most texturing. NIFskope is mainly for getting the model ready for usage in-game, its not designed to make models from scratch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GomuGomu64 Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 Everyone only recommends MAX or Blender >_> I say get Maya (Free with a student liscense or other methods that are wrong and I should not speak about because that'd be wrong), Blender for the import/export options, and NIFSkope. Maya is much easier to pick-up-and-go with than MAX, and it's more powerful, but it does lack one or two plugins (Which blender has). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiGiTALZOMBiE Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 Maya and 3DS Max, industry standard software and what i use for everything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziegslavric Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 I have tons of weapons I created in 3ds max but have no idea how to get them in the game. Can someone point me to a place I can learn how to import into the game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatalmasterpiece Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 Sure Maya is great but we are talking about importing into Skyrim so Max or Blender is much easier to do this with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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