Custom Body Creation/Install

[sicMisfit6]

I need two big things.

 

1. What programs I need to make a custom body for characters/npcs (similar to Roberts/Dimonized bodies)

I have blender 2.49b, nifskope and compatible scripts, do I need anything else? I have this problem with nifskope where the file loads but the 3d image is absent, (only happens occasionally, and its happened recently with a body that loaded succesfully at first, then I changed the neck in blender and suddenly it wouldnt appear in nifskope - maybe because the neck messed with the skeleton?..)

 

2. Along with confirmation of (1), I need the process and settings for each one to import/export properly between programs and into NV.

I can get as far as having a "white" rigged body in nifskope post blender but have no idea how to go about properly doing everything in order for it to work when I plug the nif into a character's mesh files for testing (I use the modded companion Willow as a guinea pig, the closest I've gotten to a successful install with her is having her body disappear except for her hands, feet and head.)

 

Thanks in advance, honestly even if you don't know any help would be appreciated.

[dubiousintent]

Please see the tutorials and Tips in the 'Custom NPCs' section of the wiki "Getting started creating mods using GECK" article. You will also need to look into a number of other sections such as 'NifSkope (Mesh Editor)', 'Blender (Mesh Editor)', and 'Conversions'.

 

(A recent update to the wiki software broke many of the links, so you will likely have to use your browser's "Edit | Find in this page" feature until that gets fixed.)

 

-Dubious-

[M48A5]

There are numerous tutorials and guides available here on the nexus in the various subforums. Any guide you get from Oblivion, FO3 or FNV will work in any of the three games.

 

However, you cannot use Oblivion assets in FO3 or FNV without doing some conversion work. Most textures and all meshes can be interchanged between FO3 and FNV.

Edited December 5, 2018 by M48A5