Hi fellow modders

I'm facing a strange problem but I must admit I'm no ace at blender and nifskope. I'm trying to make a very simple armor and the workflow was:

- http://wiki.tesnexus.com/index.php/Creating_an_armour_for_Skyrim._Part_1 (and part 2)
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IE9hY5Kl6fg (German)

After some tries I've been able to create the armor, problem is it doesn't has movement. The armor just follows the npc but remains static (like a statue). I've used static meshes/nifs from SKYRIM to create this armor, do you think this might be causing the problem? But this would be strange because I can simulate the movements in Blender:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0IMNSD285E&feature=youtu.be

This is the export report I get from Blender (some things don't look good):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVNPW-x4rio&feature=youtu.be

Any advice ideas?

That's a good tutorial but it looks like you may have missed some steps, particularly weight painting and importing/rigging to a skeleton.

The blender output also mentions animations, which you should not have, so make sure all the pieces you're using to create the armour are not animated. It could have also been caused by being in Pose mode. There's really no need to do that.

Thanks for the answer.

I've refined weights by hand and I've exported in object mode but no progress.

What do you mean "not animated"? I'm using static meshes from SKYRIM, but where can I see if I have animated pieces and how can I remove the animations? Thanks.

More info, when I do this:


From: http://wiki.tesnexus.com/index.php/Creating_an_armour_for_Skyrim._Part_2

All my armor parts go "nuts", they assume the original size and position of the static mesh I'm using.

Ok, maybe a little more detail is necessary.

1. Which static meshes are you using? How are you importing them?
2. Can you post a pic of your armor in Nifskope? (hard to troubleshoot without seeing the issue)

I can do that and even more, I just can't make it produce movement! ^^

Here's everything:

The problem ingame:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VB8YFqZfQcM

The files: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/24183755/Blender%20Files.rar (Blender file before bone parent, blender file after, nif file after export, nif file converted to SKYRIM)

Thanks for trying to help me.

EDIT: the statics are nordic pieces, for example norrubblepiece02.nif

Aww, he's very cute.

I haven't looked in detail but did notice one issue immediately. In your final version ACHGolomArmor.nif in the BSLightingShaderProperty for EACH NiTriShape, add _Skinned to Shader Flag 1. Give it another test.

Gonna try that ASAP! Thanks.

Sorry, it's me again, where?

http://www.mediafire.com/i/?tb6qzzpqvkd64ht

Because "strange" things happen, if:

2185233153_Skinned -> the _Skinned disappears (accepts but disappears)
_Skinned2185233153 -> same problem
_Skinned -> doesnt let me put this away

I can put it like 2185233153_Skinned then remove the numbers but everything disappears, video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoQ_ZFEkfOU&feature=youtu.be

Many thanks again!

Uhm, what version of Nifskope are you using? That makes no sense to me.... not what I see in RC6 so it's totally confusing me. It should end up http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn174/Wren823/nifskope.jpg. Also don't need
Vertex Colours under Shader Flag 2.

However, just noticed also you have ninodes under ninodes under ninodes .... so it's not rigged properly. I'll have to look at it more closely in Blender, but you can try that for now.

Mmmm, maybe we are getting somewhere, I'm using version 1.1.1, gonna check that version now.

Thanks again for your effort.

OMG!!!!!!!!!!! MY GOLEM IS WORKING!!!!!!!!! GONNA SEND YOU A VIDEO ASAP!

THANKS!!!!!!!!

Changes (not sure if ALL or just a few did the work):

-In your final version ACHGolomArmor.nif in the BSLightingShaderProperty for EACH NiTriShape, add _Skinned to Shader Flag 1
-Also don't need Vertex Colours under Shader Flag 2.
-Changed nifskope version to 1.1.0-RC7

Video of my Golem!!!!!!! ^^

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSlesRYn1Rs&feature=youtu.be

Many thanks again Hanaisse! Thanks!

He is awesome.

Thanks!

And thanks for your effort, I really appreciate it, may the good energies flow to you.

For future reference

I was getting this error: http://www.mediafire.com/imageview.php?quickkey=kwigcd5jea637dd

And the quality of the texture wasn't as good as vanilla ones, I've redone everything step by step so I could identify the problem (if possible), gladly it was, final solution is:

-In your final version ACHGolomArmor.nif in the BSLightingShaderProperty for EACH NiTriShape, add _Skinned to Shader Flag 1
-Also don't need Vertex Colours under Shader Flag 2
-Changed nifskope version to 1.1.0-RC7

Second line was causing problems.

Thanks.