Custom Race Body over ArmorAddon?

Post » Wed Jun 20, 2012 2:48 am

Well, before i try for days (already tried some hours without any success and now getting to a point where i don't know how i could fix it) i decided to try to ask here in the forum.

I noticed, that there seems to be the possibility to add some custom bodies by using them as ArmorAddon. That seems to be used as Naked... already. I tried now, to create also a custom body in the way i saw in the creator.

http://www.pictureupload.de/originals/pictures/050312013104_armoraddon.jpg
ok, one mistake i acutally noticed is, that i clicked highelf instead of halfelf. but after i tried to fix it, i noticed that i can't mark halfelf or halfelf vampire.

donno if i need a female and male version of it, or if simply one version will do it, because i only want to change the female body.

I tried it with the bodies from CBBE and there are also some different and i tought it would be nice to have the Vanilla version in and also the Slim edition for the Half Elf race (also some mod i downloaded).
Possible i forgot something besides the ArmorAddon, but donno what to do also.

So if somebody know how to fix it. Then thx. :biggrin:
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Lakyn Ellery
 
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Post » Wed Jun 20, 2012 1:55 am

is this a bare body you want to equip as an "armor"?

if so, you also need an ARMO record that points to this one

also set your priority to something like 5 or else equipping an amulet will override this body (render it invisible even if it's still equipped), since an amulet has a priority level of 3, your arma's priority value is currently at 0
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Post » Tue Jun 19, 2012 3:20 pm

Well, not directly as Armor i can equip. More as some sort of alternative mesh. I saw something similar in the Creation Kit (Everything with a Naked in front) and tought it could be possible to make something custom out of it. Some ppls already made a mod like this i was also looking in one of it. There wasn't even a armor file only armoraddons and i was only able to see this. Maybe i have overseen something what is necessarily for it to work. So i hope that somebody who has already worked on something like this or know how it could work, would know what i have to do to fix it. :D
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Post » Tue Jun 19, 2012 9:22 pm

There are a few more steps involved.
I found it easiest jus to use an existing form of each kind and just change what I needed, the names of hte ones I used are in ()

1. create your Class ie: CustomnvdeFemale1 Just create the form at this point, we will come back to it later. (NordRace)

2. create a Texture for your models skin in the Textures. (SkinBodyFemale_1)

3 create your ArmorAddon, link your nif and the above texture in the female section and select your custom race in the race window. Leave the male as is. (NakedTorso)

4. create an Armor, this will be your naked skin. Set it to your custom class, click show all in the models box and swap the current toso for your ArmorAddon. (SkinNaked)

5. Now go back to your Custon Race and change to female and on the Body Data tab change the skin to your above skin. Leave the male as is.

6. Lastly you need to go to the FormList and add your custom race to the Head Part lists of the other races you want to use it with. I am not 100% on this but, its working, I added my custom race to the HeadPartsAllRacesMinusBeasts, HeadPartsHuman and also to the HeadPartsNordAndVampire and the other variations of it ie: HeadPartsImperialandVampire.

I think thats got it all, any troubles give me a shout.
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Post » Wed Jun 20, 2012 1:36 am

Hi, thx for the help. Unfortunately it doesn't work for now, but i think its becasue of some problems by the points i tried.

1. The only Class i found for now is the Character Class. But i think this must be wrong, because there isn't even a way how i could connect the Armor with. At least i don't find one. And the only way i know how to use it, is by the Actor directly. So i think i am on the wrong line in this point.

2. Isn't it also possible to simply select one existing? At least i see the right body with textures in the preview window, after i tried.

3. Well, that point is clear and the preview is working.

4. Thats a point who is confusing me aswell. I made a body, i added it by Race the Custom Race and after this, i added by models the ArmorAddon what also worked. But i don't see any ways to add the class to it.
Another Question: there is also a Female World Model column. Isn't it simply possible to add the NIF inside this column. So at least i tried it only with this column, then only the Models column and with both of them. Nothing worked either.

5. Tried this and selected the Skin as the Armor i made. Even tried it after it didn't work for the Decapitate armor also. But the result from both is, that i only get a invisible body. :/

6. Yea, the FormList was already there from the one, who made the race. I also tried to add a specific Form for the custom race, but this didn't changed anything.


Sry, for so many question. But its the first time i try something like this and its much different and more complicated then in New Vegas. A shame that Bethesda hadn't taken over the easy way to change the mesh.


UPDATE:

Yay, i finally figured it out. But on another and simplier way.

1. First i copied the ArmorAddon "NakedTorso" with another name

2, Then i added the nif i wanted for the body.

3. I made also a copy with different name from the "SkinNaked"

4. Then I deleted the NakedTorso reference in the new Armor and added my custom copied ArmorAddon instead.

5. And i finally changed the Skin from the female Race from the custom race to the new Armor.

6. Then I tested it ingame and made YAY!

So thx for the help. Don't think i would have got it so fast without the tips about the Amor System. I was acutally angry about not having the mesh function from New Vegas. But this one seems to be even better. So great work, Beth :D
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Post » Wed Jun 20, 2012 12:21 am

Good to hear you got it working.

Sorry about the class, I meant Race, but you figured that out.
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