Ghosting meshes

[abenavides]

Ran into ghosting problems on Ren's Hal mesh.

Found recommended fix in Archvies (using Nifskope)
Doesn't seem to work . Does that fix work?

Or do I need to do the PyFFI one (which involves a few downloads so I haven't tried yet).

[spydermann93]

The PyFFI Ghosting Fix is the one I use, and so far, I haven't had any issues with it.

I use Python 2.7, as that's the only one that seems to work for me.

Once you get it set up, it's pretty quick to fix meshes.  Literally Copy/Paste.

[abenavides]

OK I'll give it a shot.

BTW - I just realized I did the nifskope thing on a mesh that had already been converted (by eznif).

Should I do the fix and then convert or does the order matter?

[BentonGrey]

Alex, I always convert first, but I don't know that it makes any difference.  The Python method is the best way to do this, though.

[Murdock]

How do you set up the python fix?

[abenavides]

Installed everything and it worked great.
Just for kicks tried it both before and after converting - worked fine either way.

Murdock to set it up, you need to download and install 4 things - the info is here:
http://frp.unlimited2.net/ghosting-mesh-tutorial/

[Murdock]

Murdock to set it up, you need to download and install 4 things - the info is here:
http://frp.unlimited2.net/ghosting-mesh-tutorial/

Thanks. Just got a couple of questions.

Is there any order i should follow on when to run each application? One file was a read me that instructed me to where i can download pywin32. There were lots of files, but downloaded only pywin32 build 219 which was a zip file. Is the right file i should use? Is there a place in particular where i should extract these files?

And on the download page for Python release version 2.7.6, there was another zip file named "Windows x86 MSI program database (2.7.6) (sig)" . Is this file also needed and if so where do i extract these files?

[abenavides]

 I install these files in this order:
1 - python-2.7.7.msi
2 - pywin32-219.win32-py2.7.exe
3 - PyFFI-0.4.5.win32.exe
4 - ffvt3rskinpartition-1.0.win32.exe

[Murdock]

Thanks for clearing that up. I will try it that way then. Thanks again.

[Murdock]

Still encountered a bit of a problem though. When i ran the PyFFI-0.4.5.win32.exe, a message popped up and said it could not create the pyffi - py 2.7 file, nor set key value for the python 2.7 pyffi 0.45, "c:\python27\remove pyffi.exe "-u , "c:\python27\pyffiwininst.log". And the same thing happens when i ran the ffvt3rskinpartition-1.0.win32.exe file afterwards. "could not create ffvt3rskinpartition py 2.7" and so on.

[abenavides]

I got those too. I just clicked ok to all of them. Everything worked anyway .

[Murdock]

I see. That's good to know. I think it must have been because i was installing it earlier on Windows 7. I tried installing those files again on Windows XP and didn't get the error messages anymore. Anyway, it took a bit of trial and error but i found the ffvt3rskinpartition i was supposed to open, inside the scripts folder. ( C:\Python27\Scripts ) and right clicked on it (ffvt3rskinpartition...the python file) and selected "Edit with Pythonwin". From there, the tutorial was easy enough to follow. Haven't really tested it on meshes with ghosting issues but should i encounter one, at least i know how to go about it using Pythonwin now. Thanks.

[abenavides]

Glad you're all set.

Just FYI - Ren's Hal mesh required the fix - if you want to test it out.

Also, PyFFI-0.4.5.win32.exe, is a very old version (from 6 yrs ago or so?), there are newer ones , but I didn't try them. I assume they would work fine.

Also, another way to run the script: , Start PyWin (should be on your Start Menu after install) and click File-open and load the ffvt3rskinpartition file. Then just run it (I think it's Ctrl-R, but it's on the menu anyway)

[Murdock]

Thanks for the FYI as i do want to test it out sooner or later, and the other additional info. Should come in handy not only for me but for others wanting to try it out as well.