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The Lone Badger
Sep 24, 2007

Has anyone done an armour that is the vanilla Metal Armour without the spiky shoulderpads? I think it looks pretty cool, apart from the shoulders, and I'd like to put a shoulderpadless unique version in my game.

The Lone Badger fucked around with this message at 09:31 on May 6, 2011

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rope kid
Feb 3, 2001

Warte nur! Balde
Ruhest du auch.

That's pretty much what the Lightweight Metal Armor (pre-order item) is.

http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Lightweight_metal_armor

The Lone Badger
Sep 24, 2007

Neat, thanks.

Cerebulon
Mar 29, 2010

Destroyer of Worlds*
(*No worlds were harmed in the making of this title.)

Cerebulon posted:

I generated LOD and now the land turned into a flat plain way above everything.



What the gently caress.

Oh wow am I glad I'd accidentally tripped over the backup folder a few months back. The save I'd done before generating LOD is intact.
Anybody know what caused this almighty screwup? Hell, the worldspace is mostly paved and enclosed by buildings and rubble so would only generating 'objects' achieve the same distant static effect?

Edit mere minutes later: Once again I prove myself to be an idiot. The LOD meshes/textures work for all .esp files using a worldspace with that name.

Cerebulon fucked around with this message at 12:36 on May 6, 2011

meme
Oct 7, 2009

But it's a pretty good way to get someone to spend money on buying you an av and sig. Maybe I should be really obnoxious and get an upgrade myself

Moral of the story: be careful what you wish for.

You are welcome.
Hey Naky, any chance you've added an SA80 to the latest version of the Armory? I used to love playing with that gun in S.T.A.L.K.E.R, felt like just the right mix of low-tech and effectiveness you'd find in the wasteland. Bullpup too, so another use of that reload animation!

BrainGlitch
Jan 14, 2007

Good sir, you can't pay me enough to go to France while our countries are at war!

meme posted:

Hey Naky, any chance you've added an SA80 to the latest version of the Armory? I used to love playing with that gun in S.T.A.L.K.E.R, felt like just the right mix of low-tech and effectiveness you'd find in the wasteland. Bullpup too, so another use of that reload animation!

Nah, and if he tries I'll tie him up and torture him until the idea escapes him. gently caress the SA80. Earlier models could have their function impeded simply by squeezing the receiver by hand.

Mr. Crow
May 22, 2008

Snap City mayor for life

Cerebulon posted:

Oh wow am I glad I'd accidentally tripped over the backup folder a few months back. The save I'd done before generating LOD is intact.
Anybody know what caused this almighty screwup? Hell, the worldspace is mostly paved and enclosed by buildings and rubble so would only generating 'objects' achieve the same distant static effect?

Edit mere minutes later: Once again I prove myself to be an idiot. The LOD meshes/textures work for all .esp files using a worldspace with that name.

I'm not sure how you're generating LOD's but if its for FO3 (presumably NV too) you have to do a really combersome and time consuming process to generate them, its not easy like Oblivion.

You'll have to hunt down tutorials and figure out on your own whats different, if anything, for NV.

http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=13676

Someone put that together for FO3 but I'm not sure if anything similar was done for NV, but it gives you a general idea of how to make LODs too at least.

Psion
Dec 13, 2002

eVeN I KnOw wHaT CoRnEr gAs iS

BrainGlitch posted:

Nah, and if he tries I'll tie him up and torture him until the idea escapes him. gently caress the SA80. Earlier models could have their function impeded simply by squeezing the receiver by hand.

I hear they eventually got that fixed. Naky can just add the L85A2 :v:

There's a proper SUSAT for NV, right? I mean that's half the point of adding the SA80 series.

Cerebulon
Mar 29, 2010

Destroyer of Worlds*
(*No worlds were harmed in the making of this title.)

Mr. Crow posted:

I'm not sure how you're generating LOD's but if its for FO3 (presumably NV too) you have to do a really combersome and time consuming process to generate them, its not easy like Oblivion.

You'll have to hunt down tutorials and figure out on your own whats different, if anything, for NV.

http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=13676

Someone put that together for FO3 but I'm not sure if anything similar was done for NV, but it gives you a general idea of how to make LODs too at least.

I was using that when the problem happened. The mod is for Fallout 3 anyway so there was no problem. It's all fine now though, I just had to revert to a pre-LOD generation .esp for some reason. The LOD works perfectly.
Decided to make a Bethesda Forums thread on the mod, more encouraging if more than four people know about it:
http://forums.bethsoft.com/index.php?/topic/1186046-wip-the-disgrace-of-liberty/

lordfrikk
Mar 11, 2010

Oh, say it ain't fuckin' so,
you stupid fuck!
While randomly reading a thread on Bay12 forums I stumblued upon link to tesnexus.com, so I was wondering what mods are in top 25 (I think) nowadays. Good to know that the modding scene is still thriving!

Both are :nws: and I daresay even :nms:...

http://i.imgur.com/5ixlX.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/MpYqD.jpg

On the other hand, there are things like this which look really nice (apart from the water, which looks great IMO, the city overhaul is drat fine as well).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCBT36IclNg

lordfrikk fucked around with this message at 23:54 on May 6, 2011

Red Mundus
Oct 22, 2010
Ok, so I stupidly decided to take the "Cataracted eyes" perk that comes with the Nevada Skies mod.

Does anyone know what the formID is to get rid of it? or at least how I would go about finding it? I know next to nothing about modding or the geck but man this perk is annoying as hell.


Ok, I found the FormID for the perk but it still wouldn't come our using the console so I just deleted the whole perk using the Geck. Nothing broke and the perk is gone so if anyone wants to kill the perk this seems to work.

Red Mundus fucked around with this message at 00:36 on May 7, 2011

The Cheshire Cat
Jun 10, 2008

Fun Shoe

lordfrikk posted:

While randomly reading a thread on Bay12 forums I stumblued upon link to tesnexus.com, so I was wondering what mods are in top 25 (I think) nowadays. Good to know that the modding scene is still thriving!

Both are :nws: and I daresay even :nms:...

http://i.imgur.com/5ixlX.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/MpYqD.jpg

On the other hand, there are things like this which look really nice (apart from the water, which looks great IMO, the city overhaul is drat fine as well).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCBT36IclNg

Yeah those are pretty tame compared to some of them. There was a series of front page articles with some of the more insane ones a few years ago.

Ace Oliveira
Dec 27, 2009

"I wonder if there is beer on the sun."

meme posted:

Hey Naky, any chance you've added an SA80 to the latest version of the Armory? I used to love playing with that gun in S.T.A.L.K.E.R, felt like just the right mix of low-tech and effectiveness you'd find in the wasteland. Bullpup too, so another use of that reload animation!

To add to that: Naky, is there any chance you could add an Galil AR with wooden handguards to The Armory? I would love to make the Galil an Legion weapon.

Mister Bung
Jun 7, 2004

What about the children foo'?

The Lone Badger posted:

Neat, thanks.

This mod rebuilds alternatives to the pre-order DLC and adds them into the game. There's no images and I haven't used it so I'm not sure how accurate they are.

Naky
May 30, 2001

Resident Crackhead

Ace Oliveira posted:

To add to that: Naky, is there any chance you could add an Galil AR with wooden handguards to The Armory? I would love to make the Galil an Legion weapon.

In my hunt for this, I came across a motherlode of awesome meshes + textures. So I kind of hate you right now since I feel like they should be added now :sigh:

So yeah, I'll probably add it and the others I like. As for the SA80, we'll see.

Arenovalis
Dec 8, 2010

Oh, no, I said, "steamed hams." That's what I call hamburgers.


herpa derp

Talkie Toaster
Jan 23, 2006
May contain carcinogens

Naky posted:

In my hunt for this, I came across a motherlode of awesome meshes + textures. So I kind of hate you right now since I feel like they should be added now :sigh:

So yeah, I'll probably add it and the others I like. As for the SA80, we'll see.
You know where to find modern models, right? You know anywhere that might have a riot shield? Wanted to try scripting some stuff for one, but there's no models up on any the Nexuses (Nexii?).

Arenovalis posted:

Now that's going the extra mile.

Naky
May 30, 2001

Resident Crackhead

Talkie Toaster posted:

You know where to find modern models, right? You know anywhere that might have a riot shield? Wanted to try scripting some stuff for one, but there's no models up on any the Nexuses (Nexii?).

I found one, but the conversion process killed half the polygons. I'm currently modeling a replacement mesh to use its texture though. How do you want it when I'm done?

Beeb
Jun 29, 2003
Probation
Can't post for 19 days!

Arenovalis posted:



herpa derp

It looks like it should shoot lasers :pcgaming:

(Could you have a go at the trail carbine and brush gun sometime? :shobon:)

Talkie Toaster
Jan 23, 2006
May contain carcinogens

Naky posted:

I found one, but the conversion process killed half the polygons. I'm currently modeling a replacement mesh to use its texture though. How do you want it when I'm done?
Ah, thanks. Just a nif & texture'd be great, I've got a few different ideas to try out, so I'll be playing around with the rigging.

Naky
May 30, 2001

Resident Crackhead

Talkie Toaster posted:

Ah, thanks. Just a nif & texture'd be great, I've got a few different ideas to try out, so I'll be playing around with the rigging.




http://dl.dropbox.com/u/21453599/shield.7z

Just a rough mesh/texture for you to work with. If you need the handles for the shield adjusted, send me back a nif with the arm/hand where you would put it on the mesh and I'll adjust it. I made the opening a little wide too so you would have room to explore firing a sidearm through it or something.

late edit: I know you're more of a legit modder than I care to be TT, so if you end up releasing it you can credit me for the mesh if you want to (I don't care) but note that I think the texture is Valve's? But if it's not, credit some dude named _Glue. I got it off FPSBanana either way.

Naky fucked around with this message at 04:57 on May 8, 2011

AgentJotun
Nov 1, 2007
Hey guys, not strictly a modding question - but I am playing through New Vegas for the first time and I would like to know if there are any quests (or if not, mods) that allow you to escort caravans like you could in Fallout 1 and 2? I snuck past all the deathclaws to get to New Vegas at about level 5 just so I could become a caravan guard with the Crimson Caravan - but I was left disappointed after finishing the available quests. I'd visit the Fallout wiki but I am afraid of spoilers.

Sole.Sushi
Feb 19, 2008

Seaweed!? Get the fuck out!

AgentJotun posted:

Hey guys, not strictly a modding question - but I am playing through New Vegas for the first time and I would like to know if there are any quests (or if not, mods) that allow you to escort caravans like you could in Fallout 1 and 2? I snuck past all the deathclaws to get to New Vegas at about level 5 just so I could become a caravan guard with the Crimson Caravan - but I was left disappointed after finishing the available quests. I'd visit the Fallout wiki but I am afraid of spoilers.

I believe there is a mod someplace that allows you to do caravan escorts, but as far as being in the default game, it's not an option as far as I am aware.

Naky
May 30, 2001

Resident Crackhead
While I was adding the new weapons, I realized I didn't really like how one of them looked considering that I actually really like how it looks in real life, except the mesh was using the short barreled version of it. Wimpy. So I decided to modify the mesh and edit the texture so it would look fine.



There's the results. Definitely a far better looking gun now IMO. I'll keep both in the game, but one of the mods for it will be a long barrel/modified receiver type mod I think.

Syrant
Jun 28, 2006
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Arenovalis posted:



herpa derp

You tease. :smith:

Cardboard Box
Jul 14, 2009

Arenovalis posted:



Released the Riot Shotgun. That Gun will be up next :D

http://www.newvegasnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=41660

Nexus posted:

Note: This will NOT work with any mods that alter the Riot Shotgun mesh without a compatibility patch, due to a layout change! In practice, this means it will look wrong with WMX/WME until appropriate patches are made by the authors.

Oi. At this rate I might end up switching from WMX to WME. They have a compatibility patch out already.

Can't wait for That Gun. :D

lite_sleepr
Jun 3, 2003
Something keeps making my game crash. These are the following mods I just installed, and the load order they're in.

code:
FalloutNV.esm
ELECTRO-CITY - CompletedWorkorders.esm
rePopulated Wasteland.esm
Western Sky.esp
Western Sky - Darker Nights.esp
DarNifiedUINV.esp
BetterGamePerformanceV4.esp
Purge Cell Buffers.esp
Comp_Idles_NV.esp

Total active plugins: 9
Total plugins: 9
I'm using FOMM to sort the load order and apply the archive invalidation. I load up FOMM and hit launch Fallout, I get to the Bethesda title screen and it stops responding. One of these loving mods has done this :mad:

I wonder, can I just delete my .ini file, launch Fallout with no mods and it will create a new .ini file? Maybe it was something I edited in the .ini file to get DarNUI to work. Ugh this sucks why does it crash? Is there a debug dump somewhere I can paste?

lite_sleepr fucked around with this message at 11:23 on May 8, 2011

Offkorn
Jan 16, 2008

Borderline Anti-Social Schizoid

Packard Goose posted:

I get to the Bethesda title screen and it stops responding. One of these loving mods has done this :mad:

There's only 8 of them....

Just disable them all and activate them one/two at a time until you find the culprit.

The Lone Badger
Sep 24, 2007

Packard Goose posted:


I'm using FOMM to sort the load order and apply the archive invalidation. I load up FOMM and hit launch Fallout, I get to the Bethesda title screen and it stops responding. One of these loving mods has done this :mad:

You're missing an ESM. Get FNVEdit and load it up, then use it to examine each mod in question to see what dependencies it has.

I'm not sure if you should have both versions of Western Sky activated.

Wiseblood
Dec 31, 2000

Cardboard Box posted:

Oi. At this rate I might end up switching from WMX to WME. They have a compatibility patch out already.

Can't wait for That Gun. :D

There's someone doing temporary patches for WMX until the original author is able to start updating again. He just released a riot shotgun patch.

http://newvegasnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=41524

Arenovalis
Dec 8, 2010

Oh, no, I said, "steamed hams." That's what I call hamburgers.

Cardboard Box posted:

Oi. At this rate I might end up switching from WMX to WME. They have a compatibility patch out already.

Can't wait for That Gun. :D

Yeah, the WME author is also a FOOK team member so we work a lot more closely than I do with Antistar. I don't know why people seem to prefer WMX, I know Antistar originally made the FO3 mod back in the day but WME has been around almost since day one of New Vegas and it is generally much more compatible with mods, since it's built in a less-breaking way.

Arenovalis fucked around with this message at 16:05 on May 8, 2011

Naky
May 30, 2001

Resident Crackhead
Out of curiosity, does anyone here truly know how to fix the shiny textures/DDS issue? I swear, I've tried every combination of exportation options in Photoshop and I've altogether removed the normal map, I've applied a 50% opacity black overlay to the texture and it's STILL stupid shiny. I know it's not any sort of model setting since the entire mesh has the exact same specularity, etc settings as but it's only the parts using this one texture that are shiny.

Cardboard Box
Jul 14, 2009

Wiseblood posted:

There's someone doing temporary patches for WMX until the original author is able to start updating again. He just released a riot shotgun patch.

http://newvegasnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=41524

Oh, I wasn't aware. Thanks, dude.

Diogines
Dec 22, 2007

Beaky the Tortoise says, click here to join our choose Your Own Adventure Game!

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Nebulous question time!

I played through New Vegas once, vanilla, no mods. That was when it first came out, i'm going to give it another shot, what mods would you recommend, if you care to recommend any? Yes, I know the OP has a bunch listed but sorting through which are actually worth while is tough, I also don't know how up to date it is.

Arenovalis
Dec 8, 2010

Oh, no, I said, "steamed hams." That's what I call hamburgers.

Naky posted:

Out of curiosity, does anyone here truly know how to fix the shiny textures/DDS issue? I swear, I've tried every combination of exportation options in Photoshop and I've altogether removed the normal map, I've applied a 50% opacity black overlay to the texture and it's STILL stupid shiny. I know it's not any sort of model setting since the entire mesh has the exact same specularity, etc settings as but it's only the parts using this one texture that are shiny.

Try changing Unknown Int 2 to 32769, that should fix it. If it's set to 1, it makes the part self-illuminated, changing that should fix it.

Arenovalis fucked around with this message at 17:32 on May 8, 2011

Naky
May 30, 2001

Resident Crackhead
^^^ I've got one other really shiny texture issue, so I'll try that too. Otherwise, I'll try reexporting the texture again and hope it works like the voodoo I mentioned below did.

Hmmm, I think I fixed the shiny texture issue. I just didn't export it with the exact, right settings which I had to find by trial and error because who documents stuff these days? HOARD YOUR KNOWLEDGE.

Make sure your alpha channel is active in your channels, export it as a DXT5, in the image options make sure that alpha channel is 1 not 0 and save it. Assuming you exported your normal map right, it shouldn't be shiny any more. I was exporting it as a DX1 with the 1 bit alpha since there really wasn't any alpha channel data, but I guess I was wrong.

Naky fucked around with this message at 17:34 on May 8, 2011

Talkie Toaster
Jan 23, 2006
May contain carcinogens

Naky posted:



http://dl.dropbox.com/u/21453599/shield.7z

Just a rough mesh/texture for you to work with. If you need the handles for the shield adjusted, send me back a nif with the arm/hand where you would put it on the mesh and I'll adjust it. I made the opening a little wide too so you would have room to explore firing a sidearm through it or something.

late edit: I know you're more of a legit modder than I care to be TT, so if you end up releasing it you can credit me for the mesh if you want to (I don't care) but note that I think the texture is Valve's? But if it's not, credit some dude named _Glue. I got it off FPSBanana either way.
Thanks, looks great.
I don't think valve textures technically fly, so I'll just attribute you and call it a day. No point being more 'legit' than is entirely necessary.

turgon
Aug 18, 2003

I think I'm lost

Diogines posted:

Nebulous question time!

I played through New Vegas once, vanilla, no mods. That was when it first came out, i'm going to give it another shot, what mods would you recommend, if you care to recommend any? Yes, I know the OP has a bunch listed but sorting through which are actually worth while is tough, I also don't know how up to date it is.

Yea is there some kind of mod pack that you guys have thrown together?

Diogines
Dec 22, 2007

Beaky the Tortoise says, click here to join our choose Your Own Adventure Game!

Paradise Lost: Clash of the Heavens!

Most mods for morrowind/oblivion/fallout etc are terrible and not worth trying. There are some good ones, but finding out which ones are truly worth while is a major pain in the rear end. Oblivion is actually two games. "Oblivion" and "Oblivion Super Mod Fun Time Search And Configuration Quest". Oblivion was okay, it's mod-sequel sucked, I am not going to try that again for New Vegas.

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Naky
May 30, 2001

Resident Crackhead

Diogines posted:

Most mods for morrowind/oblivion/fallout etc are terrible and not worth trying. There are some good ones, but finding out which ones are truly worth while is a major pain in the rear end. Oblivion is actually two games. "Oblivion" and "Oblivion Super Mod Fun Time Search And Configuration Quest". Oblivion was okay, it's mod-sequel sucked, I am not going to try that again for New Vegas.

The OP in this thread lists most of the better/top notch stuff, to be honest. If you aren't happy with even that much, then yeah I guess you wouldn't be happy with mods in general.

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