TheDoctor1300 Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 (edited) So I'm having an issue with a model I want to import into my GECK. Specifically this one: And whenever I try and export it as a NIF, it gives me this message: If anyone could help me understand this error a little bit more, so I can fix it, I would appreciate it. Here's the error I got after fixing my model with CTRL-A: Edited January 2, 2018 by TheDoctor1300 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmongo Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 The nif format can't handle certain types of scaling. The error message is telling you how to fix it. Select each object in your blend and press CTRL-A to apply scaling and rotation to the object. You might have to put the object in Edit mode first. Once you've done that to all of the objects in your blend, select all and export to nif. It looks to me on your screen shot like the top is transparent, or semi-transparent. You'll probably have to edit that in NifSkope and manually apply a NiAlphaProperty to it for the transparency to work properly in-game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EPDGaffney Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 (edited) Your problem probably lies in using a newer version of Blender, which is unfortunately only minimally compatible with modding Gamebryo games. You can save your mesh as a legacy mesh and open it in an older Blender. I like this package for its convenience:https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/42755 This one is more popular and comes with some nice stuff but is more work to set up:https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/12248 I use the newest version of NifSkope but the older ones are supposed to be better for this. One is in that second Blender package and one with an even better reputation is here:https://github.com/niftools/nifskope/releases/tag/nifskope-1.1.3 Edit: I wrote my post at the same time as mongo. He could be right, though when I had that error in a newer version of Blender, that unfortunately didn't fix it for me. Also, you should generally Ctrl-A everything before moving from Blender to another format, or rigging, or any big changes. It doesn't always matter, but it's a good practise. You can avoid that type of scaling in the first place by scaling in edit mode rather than object mode. Edited January 2, 2018 by EPDGaffney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDoctor1300 Posted January 2, 2018 Author Share Posted January 2, 2018 (edited) Ah, I see. It even says to CTRL-A in the message prompt. Thanks for pointing that out to me guys. I didn't think I had missed that part. Edited January 2, 2018 by TheDoctor1300 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EPDGaffney Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Did that fix it for you? Thinking about it, if your model has no collision or Havok data and isn't rigged, I think you actually can get models out of newer versions of Blender, but otherwise, I don't believe you can. At least for rigs, I was at it for weeks and never found a way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDoctor1300 Posted January 2, 2018 Author Share Posted January 2, 2018 No it didn't work. I'm getting a different error. I'll put it up above, so it can be seen. I'm guessing that's telling me to use an older version of blender? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EPDGaffney Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 (edited) I really would just do that. Or at least, that's what happened to me, haha. It's a bit rough to get used to at first, but in the end, it starts to feel almost as good as the new versions. Most of the missing stuff isn't crucial to this work. Edit: Hadn't realised the error was up. Completely unreadable to me but it's googlable. If you really want more information, you can try googling and you'll eventually hit on the documentation. But every error I solved led to another and another until I just gave up and switched to Blender Portable. (also, if you want a special icon to differentiate between Portable and the new Blender, I made one and you can have it if you like) Edited January 2, 2018 by EPDGaffney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDoctor1300 Posted January 2, 2018 Author Share Posted January 2, 2018 Well, guess I'll just have to redo the mesh. Sucks too, I just got it done for the most part. Oh well, Learning curbs. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EPDGaffney Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 (edited) No you don't. Remember what I said above? Save it as a legacy mesh and open it in the older Blender. Edit: I was accused of sounding 'aggressive' on-line recently, so let me just make it known that my sometimes terse phrasing is not intended that way. Edited January 2, 2018 by EPDGaffney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDoctor1300 Posted January 2, 2018 Author Share Posted January 2, 2018 oh, sorry. It's 2:00 AM at where I live. so I'm a bit drained at the moment. I'm gonna say thanks one more time too because you just saved me from doing another 5 hours of work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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