Which program do you use to render objects such as .nif's?..... I have Adobe CS5 will this work? I want to draw textures and meshes for armor and weapons...Also, how do you place the object in the play environment? bear with me I am a self-taught noob...all trial and error

blender and 3dsmax both have a renderer and are used to design 3d models, if I were you I would download Blender 3dsmax is like 3000$(no I did not put in an extra 0), and to place an object in the environment open up the geck create a new object and use the nif file as the object and just drag it in

$3000 for the software...well I guess I will stick to downloading other peoples mods

Blender is free and has many tutorials to help new users get the hang of things (including specific Fallout tutorials).

Miax

Downloading now thanks Miaximus