[LE] [Modding Help] Porting models meant for New Vegas into Skyrim

[MrZampano]

I don't want to use models taken from New Vegas itself, I only intend to use some meshes from three existing New Vegas mods.

 

I don't plan on uploading it without the original author's permissions, of course. It's for my own use.

I've been working on making a tiered collection of handguns, balanced by rarity of materials. I've succeeded at making one Desert Eagle, it works exactly how I want it to, but I know nothing about making my own models so I have to rely on already existing ones. The only pistol models I have are reclaimed Prodigy's Pistols models, all of which were broken in one way or another, so I'm looking to convert some of my favorite models by Millenia over to Skyrim (a Glock 17 model, an HK USP model and an AWP model specifically).

I figure, it's the same engine with the same model types, so this should at least be reasonably doable, right?

I'm willing to put in the work to do it, I'm really excited about starting, I just need to learn how to convert the meshes. When I try just renaming them, I get a big red stop sign instead of a gun in my hands.

Edited October 8, 2018 by MrZampano