Bad UVs when creating a new weapon

[artiedee]

http://i.imgur.com/xrIcG.png

 

Hello,

 

For some reason my new weapon seems to have bad UVs for no reason. I've checked them in maya and they are alright, NIFscope however screws them up. Anyone knows how to fix this?

 

Thanks.

[ghosu]

Try an older version of Nifskope, newer ones tend to trash the UV map (especially when it come to .obj import) - rc04 works for sure, maybe newer ones as well.

[artiedee]

Thanks man, Ill do that.

[artiedee]

Now having done that I ran into another problem! This is amazing!

 

I've imported my .OBJ and replaced the old one, my texture node jumped out of the hierarchy and then I plugged it back in specifying the number on the left to the node. But now, get this, my MATERIAL NODE jumps out, preventing me from save]ing the .nif file.

 

WIsh it was as simple as plug and play.

 

-Artie

[ghosu]

Material?

[asdgora]

Do as ghosu said but delete the material (you mean the NiMaterialProperty, right ?). Attach a BSLightingShaderProperty with a BSShaderTextureSet and apply your textures. Save the file. Open it using the newest version of Nifskope then save it again. Edited December 15, 2012 by asdgora

[artiedee]

Right! THanks for the replies, this forum feels active!

 

Using the older version really helped.

 

From what I understand the NiMaterialProperty(the material node) can be deleted and is replaced by BSLightingShaderProperty? So the original material from .obj is neglected...

 

Now this way I got the mesh in-game with textures, however I really wanna ask how to change the string name, so its not so confusing in the Creation Kit which model to pick. So I can have blood, edgeblood, <model>.

 

I tried renaming the string, but it creates a new one. Images:

http://i.imgur.com/jHujt.png

 

And that gives me this error:

http://i.imgur.com/ubYqd.png

 

I tried resaving with the newer NIFSkope and the error disappeared but I cannot seem to preview my model. Weird.

 

Now I'll go and watch tutorials all over again, damn. I am not getting it how you work with this.

 

 

Also how do I remove some of the texture I dont need, like these:

 

http://i.imgur.com/ddYXI.png

Edited December 15, 2012 by artiedee

[ghosu]

Sometimes you have to rename twice to make it stick...though i never had a problem in CK to pick the right one, the nif files is important since you change the paths to it.

 

Double click on the texture path you dont want and simply delete.

[throttlekitty]

Which version of NifSkope and Maya are you using? I'm on NS 1.1.3, there is a current issue with obj import breaking UVs.

[Slaythought]

NifSkope 1.1.0 -rc6 works fine with no .obj import issues. Anything above 1.1.0 -rc6 seems to cause issues, sadly. Hope this helps