So, nifskope, textures, and the hierarchy...?

[Villain]

One of the major hangups I've always had in the whole modding phase was (apart from textures) not having a way to convert to BC's native .NIF. I've as of now got a bunch of things ready to convert over (The Halo stuff, for one), and am preparing myself to test it out and see what I'm able to do.

Now, some have well made textures that I typically see when exploring game assets and mods, while some others I have are simply a set of the textures broken up into (usually) about 10 separate images. These ones are always far, far smaller, so I'm assuming they shouldn't have much if any impact on performance, right? (I'm talking sizes of 128, 256, etc. quite small, but these are just experiments).

The problem is, Nifskope doesn't seem to show textures... So, is the only way see whether that all worked to finish the conversion process and load up BC? Or am I just missing something blindingly obvious?

The other question is hierarchy setup, it seems somewhat straightforward, looking at other mods, but I just want to be positive, rather than jumping straight in, frustrating myself and giving up for a while.

I know it's usually quite annoying to be asked such simple questions, but programs like nifskope can be very daunting when first approached (Especially for somebody like myself)! Any help at all is greatly, greatly appreciated.

[StarkillerTFU2]

well, for NifSkope not showing textures problem just put the textures in the same folder as the model.

[tiqhud]

If your registered at bc-scripters see
Ive got some jb06 edinstructions somewhere to make a hiearchry, if  you need em?

[Bones]

One of the major hangups I've always had in the whole modding phase was (apart from textures) not having a way to convert to BC's native .NIF. I've as of now got a bunch of things ready to convert over (The Halo stuff, for one), and am preparing myself to test it out and see what I'm able to do.

Now, some have well made textures that I typically see when exploring game assets and mods, while some others I have are simply a set of the textures broken up into (usually) about 10 separate images. These ones are always far, far smaller, so I'm assuming they shouldn't have much if any impact on performance, right? (I'm talking sizes of 128, 256, etc. quite small, but these are just experiments).

The problem is, Nifskope doesn't seem to show textures... So, is the only way see whether that all worked to finish the conversion process and load up BC? Or am I just missing something blindingly obvious?

The other question is hierarchy setup, it seems somewhat straightforward, looking at other mods, but I just want to be positive, rather than jumping straight in, frustrating myself and giving up for a while.

I know it's usually quite annoying to be asked such simple questions, but programs like nifskope can be very daunting when first approached (Especially for somebody like myself)! Any help at all is greatly, greatly appreciated.

Lol whenever I try to convert OBJ to NIF I loose textures coords as well as overall model mapping ... dunno what I'm doing wrong, even when I open .obj in nifskope I can't view it textured  (It's your Halo and Covenant Carrier)

[Villain]

I get the same when I import them into lightwave, Bones mate.

If your registered at bc-scripters see
Ive got some jb06 edinstructions somewhere to make a hiearchry, if  you need em?

This I would be very grateful for, if you can find them!

well, for NifSkope not showing textures problem just put the textures in the same folder as the model.

I've done this but I think I potentially have to rename the textures, 3DS conversion constantly complains about using a max of 12 characters (Including the filetype characters)

Apparently nifskope just doesn't like .png... But the TGA versions of the textures warp when displayed... Very odd as they show up perfectly in LW9.

[Bones]

what about DDS ?