Nifskope plugins?

[astor]

Longstory short, I found a plugin for nifskope, but i cannot find instructions on where to put the thing.

 

Here's what I'm trying to work on:

 

I installed the mod from here http://www.loverslab.com/topic/15783-3d-pubic-hair-for-t6m/?p=409928.  I'm trying to change the hair color.  An eventual search lead me to  a "gimp" program and a dds plugin for it; but dropping the .dds files into gimp is useless atm, all i see is a grid of little black and gray squares. 

[kingkong]

you need to install the plugin files into your GIMP plugins directory.
This directory is usually located at:
C:\Program Files\GIMP-2.0\lib\gimp\2.0\plug-ins$

or
C:\Program Files(x86)\GIMP-2.0\lib\gimp\2.0\plug-ins
or

where is your GIMP directory\GIMP-2.0\lib\gimp\2.0\plug-ins
 

 

[astor]

I have the gimp dds plugin there, so i can open the files i linked above, but it just displays them as a nice grid of gray and black squares.  I downloaded a nifskope plugin, but there is no indication of where in the nifskope install folder to put it.

 

The more i dig into this project the higher over my head it becomes.  I tried blender, but it won't open .nif or .dds files, so not sure why nifskope or gimp ( really can't recall which one) directed me to get it.

[kingkong]

you mean you have a plugin from niftools like 3dsmax-nif plugin should be :

C:\Program Files\3dsmax\include     and     C:\Program Files\3dsmax\lib  

  or 

 blender nifscripts   should be :

C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender\.blender
 

and it is normal for blender not to open nif files     you need to export with the nif file the meshe as .obj   meshe.obj   and open blender and import the meshe.obj   work on it with a plugin installed and export when finished (more reading !!!) http://www.loverslab.com/topic/17421-blender-263-tutorial-more-in-depth-uvmapping/

 

import / export with nif plugin                open / close  .obj 

[astor]

Thanks for the link and pointers.