Help with TES3CS.

Sezarus · Post by **Sezarus** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 7:00 pm

Hi.

I haven't been on here for quite a while, mainly because of my connection to the internet. At one point when my connection is more secure I would like to try and become a TR modder.
Anyway, I can't find the files we use to change skins and models, - that is, the files of the skins and models themselves. I have looked inside the Construction Set Disc, and theyre not there.
Can anyone help me please?

angelus6 · Post by **angelus6** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 8:42 pm

um, i believe they are in .bsa files or something. theres an unpacker (i think) in the downloads section. i have mine on 3 cd's so im not sure. try the downloads section for an 'unpacker# and then have a look in the Bethesda/Morrowind/data folder on ure harddrive

Sezarus · Post by **Sezarus** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 11:39 am

Ok. Thanks Ill try that.

Sezarus · Post by **Sezarus** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 5:07 pm

I can't find an 'unpacker' in the Downloads section. TR_Data.bsa ?? Should I download that? If so; where should I save it?
how do I make it so I can see my meshes amd textures?
I have a good connection now so any help will be useful thank you.

CleverClothe · Post by **CleverClothe** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 5:17 pm

We don't have one listed in our tools section (I ran into the same problem).

Get BSAPack from here: http://www.morrowind-mod.com/Modders%20Resources%20Utilities.htm

Sezarus · Post by **Sezarus** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 5:18 pm

Thank you for that. just so I dont run into any more problems; Where should I save it to?

CleverClothe · Post by **CleverClothe** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 5:25 pm

Anywhere. But make sure you put it in its own directory so you have a clean place to work.

I keep all my mods and TR work in a H:\files\TES directory. Then I have a "TR" folder and a "Tools" folder, also a "Tools\bsapack" for extracting BSAs.

I have other tools like:
TESAME
TESDTK
TES4Plugin
TES IV Save Manager

The first three are very useful to moding. I use the fourth with OBMM to manage my characters and plugins.

Sezarus · Post by **Sezarus** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 5:31 pm

Thank you. Hopefully with this help I'll be able to start modding.
Once Ive done that do I just follow the instructions in the readme file??

Sezarus · Post by **Sezarus** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 1:54 pm

Is there something further I need to do? I ask becuase in my 'meshes' folder there is still nothing there, and in my 'textures' folder there is only land_default.

Sezarus · Post by **Sezarus** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 6:13 pm

Never mind! Thanks to Eraser, I (well, he) have sorted it all out!

TheImperialDragon · Post by **TheImperialDragon** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 6:22 pm

You'll probably want some other tools that help with manipulating the sort of files Morrowind uses, such as DDS files (for textures) and NIF files (for models/meshes).

I only did CS work for TES3. But you might try these links, NIFSkope I find particularly useful, not sure if it works for TES3 unfortunately...:

http://cs.elderscrolls.com/constwiki/index.php/NifSkope

http://cs.elderscrolls.com/constwiki/index.php/DDS_Tools

There shouldn't be much of a problem, at least I don't think so anyway, because both games seem to use the same formats. If you use GIMP, there is also a DDS plugin [url=http://nifelheim.dyndns.org/~cocidius/dds/]here[/url].

Sezarus · Post by **Sezarus** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 7:37 pm

Hey thanks.
How do you use NifSkope?
Does anyone know where to download 3D Studio max?

Post by **Haplo** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 9:02 pm

You can find 30-day trials of Max 7 and 8 on the web, I think Autodesk has a trial for 9 (if it's been released yet, if not, the trial is still for 8) on their website. Or you can buy it retail for about $3,200. Or get a student discount if you can and pay only about $300-$900.

While you can just continually download the 30 day trials, it's much better/easier to simply buy it (or an older version; 5, 6, or 7.), or stick with Maya/Blender. Blender and 3DS Max are the two most common/popular/supported modelling programs for TES.

Sezarus · Post by **Sezarus** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 10:07 pm

Ok

Ill look for Blender. Or Maya.

angelus6 · Post by **angelus6** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 11:21 pm

hmm. your best bet would be blender (if you fancy a real challenge that is!) otherwise, maya is gonna cost you upwards of Ã‚Â£3000 to buy. yes, i did say Three Thousand

skittles · Post by **skittles** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 11:36 pm

there is a way to somehow bug a copy of 3dsmax 8 from this one website

though it was my friend who did it, and he just gave me a copy. ^-^

though this probably is an illegal action.

i didnt steal it though.

Post by **Haplo** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 11:39 pm

Let's not talk about illegal activities, since they are illegal, and we do not tolerate the use, mention, or further discussion of warez or pirated software on the forums or IRC channel.

Thanks.