Exporting a player made character to 3ds max.

[justio314]

Hello,

 

I am trying to export some player characters from Skyrim to nifskope to 3dmax, I have a few mods, here is a list (in load order):

Dragonborn.esm
HearthFires.esm
Dawnguard.esm
HighResTexturePack01.esp
HighResTexturePack02.esp
HighResTexturePack03.esp
Unofficial Skyrim Legendary Edition Patch.esp
SkyUI.esp
RaceCompatibility.esm
RaceCompatibilityUSKPOverride.esp
FNIS.esp
XPMSE.esp
ApachiiHair.esm
ApachiiHelmetWigs.esp
ApachiiHairMales.esm
Alternate Start - Live Another Life.esp
calyps-animal-ears.esp
CharacterMakingExtender.esp
Cloaks - Dawnguard.esp
Cloaks.esp
dD - Realistic Ragdoll Force - Realistic.esp
EnhancedCharacterEdit.esp
HBR_OhmesRaht(Khajiit)_Standalone.esp
HDTTailsEquipable.esp
Hothtrooper44_ArmorCompilation.esp
Hothtrooper44_Armor_Ecksstra.esp
Kitsune of Akavir - One Tail.esp
RaceMenu.esp
RaceMenuMorphsCBBE.esp
RaceMenuPlugin.esp
TheEyesOfBeauty.esp
USKP Patcher for RaceCompatibility.esp
yurica_kimono.esp
SheogorathPreset.esp
ClassicScythe_eng.esp
Dr_Bandolier.esp

I am changing the skeletons, but I can get the faces out, I just cant seem to find the correct body path, I have tried 3d ripper dx, but to no avail. if any more information is needed please feel free to ask. Thank you very much for any help,

 

Justio314

[Di0nysys]

Download the import export plugin for 3dsmax, and it will allow u to handle Nif files in 3dsmax. There's a few here on Nexus.

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/5622
This is the one i use, but there's versions for 2018 on the site as well.

Edited February 17, 2018 by Di0nysys

[justio314]

i think you misunderstand, I can get some of the nif's to work just fine, however i cannot find or get my custom body skeleton and mesh to render in 3ds max, I can get the default bodys and cbbe bodys but I cannot get my character's body mesh. Is there a way to do that?

 

Thank you very much

 

Justio314

[crazylion]

Hi

as much as I understand the game engine its like that - every Human NPC and PC uses the same default mesh. The information on how the individual person looks are controlled by nodes(facial features are accessible inside CK) which are stored in the save game file(for the Player only/NPC are stored in the esp's)and not in the mesh so don't search for it - it does not exist.

This facial information can be extracted from the Save file but it is pretty much useless outside the game engine as their is no support for it in 3dsmax as far as I know.

 

CL

[justio314]

I use char-gen nif exporter, So i can get the entire head from skyrim to nifskope to 3ds max, however I have a character with elongated arms (as that is in their character description) and cannot seem to find a way to export the CUSTOM MADE body as either an nif or an obj. I have tried 3d ripper dx, but have had no progress, It hasn't worked at all for me, and even crashes if I try it more than once.

 

justio314

[crazylion]

I use char-gen nif exporter, So i can get the entire head from skyrim to nifskope to 3ds max, however I have a character with elongated arms (as that is in their character description) and cannot seem to find a way to export the CUSTOM MADE body as either an nif or an obj. I have tried 3d ripper dx, but have had no progress, It hasn't worked at all for me, and even crashes if I try it more than once.

 

justio314

 

Ah yes I forgot about the char-gen Exporter

So you can export your head but that does not work for your body, as CharGen only exports the head information based on RaceMenue settings.

How did you export the body(did you just use the default body mesh parts)? When you import the body into 3dsMax did you import it with an skeleton(did you use the XPMSE Skeleton - which is in your load order)? Is the skin of the body parts in 3dsmax weighted?

 

 

CL

Edited February 20, 2018 by crazylion