Kimberlee Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 I have been trying for some time now to make my own body replacer for Fallout 3 and was looking for a way to get my CAD work into Fallout 3 - or starting fresh with a brand new model/texture. What I would like is a tutorial that would help me to do either. Can anyone direct me to info on this? Thank you in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prensa Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 Kimberlee - Hello! "or starting fresh with a brand new model/texture. What I would like is a tutorial that would help me to do either." Most custom body/meshes/.nif's for Fallout 3 are made with Blender, as it's free. Blender is however known to be quite tough to break into, though if you already have experience with 3D modeling you may have a head start. I can't offer any direct help with Blender, it didn't seem to like me last time I tried to use it. :) Nexus Wiki has this guide on where to get Blender & how to install: http://wiki.tesnexus.com/index.php/Installation_of_Blender On the forums there's this list of related Blender links: http://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/topic/234818-blender-read-this-1st/ There's an extensive guide to download on the Nexus: Fallout3 Training Manual on Blender GIMP NifSkope and GECK http://fallout3.nexusmods.com/mods/6107 Blender to Fallout 3 - Tutorial http://fallout3.nexusmods.com/mods/4941 There are lots of Youtube video guides for Blender too. This FO3 ready skeleton may be of use: Breezes Blender FO3 Biped Animation Kit http://fallout3.nexusmods.com/mods/8225 Nifskope is the tool used to set up the meshes once made in Blender: http://sourceforge.net/projects/niftools/files/nifskope/1.0.22/ I use 1.0.22, it's not the latest but it seems to be the most Fallout 3 friendly version. The later version seems more Skyrim orientated from what I can tell. Once you've made the model, there are several programs that can be used to make the tesxtures/.dds: I use Paint.net for my texture work, it's very user friendly & although simple to use it's very versatile: http://www.getpaint.net/download.html You can also get a lot of user made plugins for it to do a multitude of deifferent things. I've never used Gimp but it's popular as well & free: http://www.gimp.org/downloads/ A handy GIMP links page: http://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/topic/234822-gimp-read-this-1st/ & of course there's Photoshop but that's not free. Hope this helps! Prensa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimberlee Posted September 13, 2012 Author Share Posted September 13, 2012 (edited) Kimberlee - Hello! "or starting fresh with a brand new model/texture. What I would like is a tutorial that would help me to do either." Most custom body/meshes/.nif's for Fallout 3 are made with Blender, as it's free. Blender is however known to be quite tough to break into, though if you already have experience with 3D modeling you may have a head start. I can't offer any direct help with Blender, it didn't seem to like me last time I tried to use it. :) Nexus Wiki has this guide on where to get Blender & how to install: http://wiki.tesnexus.com/index.php/Installation_of_Blender On the forums there's this list of related Blender links: http://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/topic/234818-blender-read-this-1st/ There's an extensive guide to download on the Nexus: Fallout3 Training Manual on Blender GIMP NifSkope and GECK http://fallout3.nexusmods.com/mods/6107 Blender to Fallout 3 - Tutorial http://fallout3.nexusmods.com/mods/4941 There are lots of Youtube video guides for Blender too. This FO3 ready skeleton may be of use: Breezes Blender FO3 Biped Animation Kit http://fallout3.nexusmods.com/mods/8225 Nifskope is the tool used to set up the meshes once made in Blender: http://sourceforge.net/projects/niftools/files/nifskope/1.0.22/ I use 1.0.22, it's not the latest but it seems to be the most Fallout 3 friendly version. The later version seems more Skyrim orientated from what I can tell. Once you've made the model, there are several programs that can be used to make the tesxtures/.dds: I use Paint.net for my texture work, it's very user friendly & although simple to use it's very versatile: http://www.getpaint.net/download.html You can also get a lot of user made plugins for it to do a multitude of deifferent things. I've never used Gimp but it's popular as well & free: http://www.gimp.org/downloads/ A handy GIMP links page: http://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/topic/234822-gimp-read-this-1st/ & of course there's Photoshop but that's not free. Hope this helps! Prensa WOW! Thanks for the help! Now to get some reading done... This is all very helpful and I appreciate you making the effort to help me. Edited September 13, 2012 by Kimberlee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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