Armor Problem Please Help

[MattWith2Ts]

Hello fellow Modders, I'm currently working on creating my own mod for Fallout NV but I've run into a problem. I'm trying to bring my armor from 3ds max through nifScope to the geck and to the game. I've followed this tutorial http://wiki.tesnexus.com/index.php/3ds_Max_armor_to_Fallout_New_Vegas but I noticed there is a lack of information regarding the nifscope steps and the geck setup steps that I really need an explanation for.

 

My Armor is already created and Textured. I've skinned it to the Vanilla Skeleton and I've exported it with these

 

When I';m in NifScope my model is just plane white even after I make sure the texture paths are correct and checked on. so when I bring up the geck and load my mesh it shows up without a texture... so i place the armor in the game and equip it but my characters entire body except for his head disappears so I'm a bit stuck at the moment.

 

Could someone please help me out with my issue so I can save some valuable time in this process because I really want to move on with my mod and get it up on the Fallout Nexus asap. I plan on working with a mod team soon to create larger mods but for now I need help with this armor issue.

 

Can someone maybe link me to a detailed easy step by step video tutorial on the steps I mentioned please? I would greatly appreciate it. Remember I'm not using blender, I've exporting from 3ds max 2011 using niftools.

 

Thanks again.

[DizzasterJuice]

First off on your export settings --

Under "Mesh" check Flatten Hierarchy, Update Tangent Space, Collapse and Zero Transforms.

Under "Skin Modifier" leave the top 2 checked and also check "Remove Extra Bones". UN-CHECK "Generate Partition Strips". If you want NiTriStrips instead of NiTriShapes then check both strips but I think you want shapes for this model so uncheck strips.

Under "Misc." check "Sort Nodes" only. (you only need accum nodes if it has animations, etc.)

If the game can't find a texture it usually shows up pink so if you can't see it all it may be something else. Did you re-make the BSDismemberment? You can't copy and paste these, you have to re-make it every time you change something. The Skin modifier can be copied before changes then pasted back after the changes and un-check "Always Deforms" under advanced.