Can someone point me in the right direction?

[hogwash247]

Hi, do you guys know where I can find some tutorials on how to make my own weapons and put them in the game? I already have made the mesh and I've tried just replacing the vanilla meshes with no success.

 

Before you ask, yes I have opened the G.E.C.K and did the vault tutorials with relative ease. And I have searched but just try searching "geck tutorials" in google and you get page after page of "GECK RELEASED!!!!111". Is there any Oblivion tutorials that aren't too different? I can't say I have much experience modeling but I'm a quick learner and rarely get frustrated. Any help is much appreciated, :thanks:

[thewaronandrew]

I would suggest learning by reverse engineering somebody else's weapon, then writing a tutorial on how you did it.

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[Vergeh]

The GECK site also has a few decent tutorials.

[dasqoot]

You'll need to take your lumps with nifskope, which can be a pain to import to from some programs (but has a fantastic wiki). I believe Blender is hands down the best for streamlining this part.

 

The hardest part is going to be setting up the animations for your weapon. I haven't a clue about this as I've only made armor, buildings and swords before.

 

If it's your first model you're going to be adding in to the game, I'd strongly suggest doing something static first, like a piece of architecture or an armor stand, etc. Guns are probably the most difficult thing to set up from start to finish.

 

edit: realized you already had the mesh. Just do some tutorials here: Nifskope oblivion tutorials

[hogwash247]

Thanks everybody, I've got my first weapon in game and working. There's still a few things I need to work on such as the _n texture (does anyone know an easy way to create this?) and the boundary box in the geck (don't even know what to call it) is huge compared to my gun but it works and it makes all that lack of sleep and procrastinating worth it!

 

I have another question though (I'm always so reluctant to start a new thread), how can I make a door open remotely from a switch or computer? Is there a heavy amount of scripting cause I tried scripting for another game and... :wallbash: yeah didn't work out so good. Does it have to be a specific door and activator? I suppose I could look at some in game but I don't really know where there is something like this.

 

This modding biz takes forever eh? Well, at least for me. Anyways, thanks!

[FrankManic]

I have another question though (I'm always so reluctant to start a new thread), how can I make a door open remotely from a switch or computer?

 

I think I saw an Article on the GECK wiki about how to do this. Good hunting.