razorpony Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Hello folks. I've finally decided to resume work on a new Dwemer themed horse mount that I began months ago but shelved due to frustration over Skyrim modding. I got a little farther this time but have hit another wall. I've created race, bodypart data, and an actor, but the preview window is blank. If I create an armor set out of the nif then it does show up so I'm thinking maybe it's a problem with the skeleton? I'm using vanilla horse assets copied to a new directory under the actors directory. If anyone has a tutorial or an idea about what noob mistake I've made please let me know. Thanks in advance. RP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SephDragoon Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 Hello folks. I've finally decided to resume work on a new Dwemer themed horse mount that I began months ago but shelved due to frustration over Skyrim modding. I got a little farther this time but have hit another wall. I've created race, bodypart data, and an actor, but the preview window is blank. If I create an armor set out of the nif then it does show up so I'm thinking maybe it's a problem with the skeleton? I'm using vanilla horse assets copied to a new directory under the actors directory. If anyone has a tutorial or an idea about what noob mistake I've made please let me know. Thanks in advance. RP Most likely, this is because the skin you are using only shows up on the horse race. I had the same problem copying over data from the dwemer sphere to make a companion that could have dialog (because you can't have dialog with dwarven sphere's normally). The skin is an object, like armor, and can only be worn by specific races. I hope that's the issue, cus it's an easy fix once you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razorpony Posted October 20, 2012 Author Share Posted October 20, 2012 Thanks for the reply. The problem was actually several issues in the .nif file itself. Once I turned on vertex coloring, updated the skin partitions, and set them to the correct body parts it now shows up fine in the CK. My NEW problem is that once placed in game the horse does not move at all. It's like a statue. The player can mount and unmount it but nothing else. This is for a new race as well as replacing an existing horse, neither one works. I'm assuming this means the nif is still messed up possibly regarding the skeleton. Everything is rigged properly so I'm at a loss. If anyone else has run into this please let me know. RP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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