my mesh in game

[cavalars]

HI EVERYBODY!
i m a newbye of  :ff: I alwais play videogames and I m a great fun of marvel heroes,but until today I miss this game,and I dont know how!
well, luckly i am a character designer,and  for firt I want to create and put my own model in this great game.
so i m looking for a guide to export but I dont find a lot,i m sure that i was me lost in a lot of stuff...
the thing is,how extention the mesh file needs?and for the animation?can I put my model and use the anim file of another character?...yeah,ok i m going too fast,but i m getting stressed. :banghead:...i dont speek english well so it s a little bit hard read a lot of infos... :doh:
here there are some my old mesh done for half life.

I hope to read replies soon....thank u guys.

[Lunarman]

the extension is .nif and I don't think you can use an already in-game anim file, although you may be able to rig the character so it works.

There are people who know more about this than me, sorry.

[cavalars]

the extension is .nif and I don't think you can use an already in-game anim file, although you may be able to rig the character so it works.

There are people who know more about this than me, sorry.

ok the rig doesn t scare me,but what about the animation? i ve found on the web this site http://niftools.sourceforge.net/wiki/Freedom_Force but the tutorials are offline...
if there someone who wants to give me some help i ll appreciate it.

thank u guys
:lol:

[tommyboy]

Hi.
Download the modtools, either for FF or FFV3R from here:
http://www.freedomfans.com/modforce/index.php
Read the Art Processes Documentation that comes with them.
If you need the FF exporters for Max, you can find them here:
http://uk.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/freedomforce/download_2865155.html
Its also worth reading some of the threads here for tips.

[ow_tiobe_sb]

Just a quick word of advice: you'll want to reduce the number of triangles in that Spartan mesh before you export to NIF.  A 6000 polygon count for a single character without elaborate accoutrement (I am reminded of that high-poly Ghost Rider mesh with motorcycle made years ago) will really tax the Freedom Force game engine and slow down gameplay.

ow_tiobe_sb
Phantom Bunburyist and The Prat in the Hat

[Revenant]

Hi cavalars, welcome to the FF boards!

Nice work on those meshes, they look great.  The textures are awesome too!

[yell0w_lantern]

Isn't a poly equal to 2 tris? Still that would be 3000 polys...

Anyway, a good place to start is where Tommyboy suggested.
Also, examining someone else's Max file will be helpful. Start with Nocapeman if using Max 5.1 or male_basic if using an earlier version.
FF1 exporting works on Max 3,4 and 5.0
FF2 exporting is Max 5.1 only

The exporters from NifTools can export a model but not animations for FF1.

[cavalars]

i m not using max but maya,i ve downloaded the nif skope and nif mayaplugin importer...but both dont work.
so have u any suggestion?why the netskope says that i should install the MICROSOFT VISUAL C++ 2005 RUNTIME LIBRARIES if I ve installed aleready?what i ve done wrong?thank u again ^_^

[cavalars]

no ideas?how to start running nifskope?i m sure that i should move manually some .dll files but I dont know which one....
meantime,i ve understood how to skin and edit custom characters...now the only thing i need is exoport my model in .nif :-(

help me please :banghead:

[tommyboy]

no ideas?how to start running nifskope?i m sure that i should move manually some .dll files but I dont know which one....
meantime,i ve understood how to skin and edit custom characters...now the only thing i need is exoport my model in .nif :-(

help me please :banghead:

Unless you have 3dstudio max, I dont think that you can make animated (ie human) characters for the game. Inert objects, yes. But not people. Unless I've missed something.
As far as I know, nobody has made a human model in Maya and exported it to FF.

[yell0w_lantern]

Symon might be able to help. I only know 3DS Max and it sounds like you need a NifSkoper. In that case, Symon is your man.

[cavalars]

Symon might be able to help. I only know 3DS Max and it sounds like you need a NifSkoper. In that case, Symon is your man.

sorry man,who is Symon?
anyway i mean,the problem is not wich software I use for modelling,but ho to view the nif file!i ve read in this forum that for watch models .nif i need the NifSkope,but it doesnt work... :doh:

maybe it need a new post in an other Forum section.... ;)

[Lunarman]

Yes, if you don't have 3DS max then you can't mesh for FF. It's not maya compatible, sorry.

[cavalars]

Yes, if you don't have 3DS max then you can't mesh for FF. It's not maya compatible, sorry.

guys...here the problem is NOT maya or 3ds...my problem is NIFSKOPE!!! :banghead:
I recently downloaded the Nifscope 1.0.2. I had to download the C++
package for XP. the installation took me to the webpage and I downloaded
and install it :thumbup:. Nifscope, however still continues to give me the
"application is not configured correctly" and when I re-install it, it
still activates the window that it cannot find the C++ package :angry:Have I
missed something along the way?this is the help I need....thank u again :(

[Tomato]

try installing previous versions. I know for me, only every other version worked. Regardless though, I don't think you're really looking at nifskope... at least, not completely. Nifskope is a program to modify meshes already exported to the proper format, and you seem to be looking for exporters

[cavalars]

try installing previous versions. I know for me, only every other version worked. Regardless though, I don't think you're really looking at nifskope... at least, not completely. Nifskope is a program to modify meshes already exported to the proper format, and you seem to be looking for exporters

done!
after a deep search on the web, i found a forum where somebody explain me how to install the soft....now the nifskope and the plugin import export work!
now i need to understand how to set up before import.
...take a look,and gimme an advise if u know