Help with changing weapon model

[Azrael00]

as far as I'm aware i didn't use any file from anywhere and I'm supposed to remove every weapon in the file except for my new one, correct?

[SpeedyB64]

Yes make sure you only have your weapon in your mod's WEAP record. Most of the weapon mods out now use a blank esp file available on the nexus. The blank plug in file is useful because it is already formated for Fallout 3 and has all the nessisary records in it. I am thinking that is your problem. All you need to do is go to the downloads section and It is in the utilities catagory and is called "Empty plugin file". Download it, open it and copy your weapon into it's WEAP record (if it doesn't have one just copy the one from the Fallout3.esm and remove all the weapons and then past yours in). This would explain why FOMM is not displaying the weapon stats, it can't tell what game the esp is for.

 

Once you have that done and if all the weapon info shows up in the right panel then you can edit the stats by going to the bottom panel and double clicking on the DATA entry and the one below it.

 

P.S. It is a good idea to back up your plug in before you edit it and to NEVER edit or resave the Fallout3.esm (just a reminder) ;)

[Azrael00]

I got the empty one, pasted my weapon in and then saved it over my old version of the mod but everything is still the same

[SpeedyB64]

There is a big issue here, I think you tried to open the Fallout.esm in the same editor window as your esp. Your esp should have the name of the esp at the top then when that is expanded it should have the WEAP record (and a couple others that the blank esp comes with). You need to open the blank esp again then hit the plugin editor button in the FOMM main menu to bring up another editor window. Open the blank esp in one window then open the Fallout3.esm in the separate window. (when you open another file in the same window as one that is already open it jumbles them together)

Once you have them both open then you copy the stuff you need from one to the other. Your setup would be fine if the fallout3.esm block and the 308combatrifle block above it where not there (try deleting them). You should have 308combatrifle then in there is the WEAP record and the other records that come with the esp.

 

 

308combatrifle

--->GRUP (WEAP)

-------------->(weapon)

--->GRUP (ARMO)

--->GRUP (STAT)

--->GRUP (TXST)

--->GRUP (CONT)

 

308combatrifle should be the top WEAP, ARMO, STAT, TXST, CONT should be subrecords of 308combatrifle and your weapon should be a subreacord of WEAP (like it is) I will try to upload a picture later (I can't right now because The proxy site I am using to get past the school webfilter doesn't support fancy scripts like attachments).

 

But everything there looks good so far if you remove the top 2 lines.

[Azrael00]

I'm not exactly sure if i did this right but if i did then there are still no areas for me to simply fill in

[SpeedyB64]

It looks like it is structured fine, what do you have selected? (select only the weapon in the WEAP record)

(technically you don't need to see all the information in the right panel, this panel simply displays the data in the record entries in the bottom panel)

Try double clicking on the DATA entry if a bunch of hex code appears there is an issue with FOMM.

[Azrael00]

yeah, all i get is a bunch of hex code when i double click

[SpeedyB64]

This is a FOMM issue. your version of fomm is either out of date, or there is an issue with the XML that decodes the hex for you. Try reinstalling it (try unpacking it into a folder on the desktop then opening it right there)

[Azrael00]

HUZZAH!! unzipping it to my desktop made it work but i still don't know how to edit its damage,magazine size,sounds,etc.

[SpeedyB64]

Does it give you the data now? If it does go to your weapon and double click the DATA and DNAM these have most of the settings in them. Sounds are a bit more complicated you have to find there Form ID in the fallout3.esm and change the numbers in yours to match the sounds you want in the fallout esm.