Custom Running Animation For Custom Race?

[Pixie-K]

I'm hoping this is not a long process, and google turned up a bunch of crap about scripts that I couldn't possibly understand, But I am looking to add a custom running animation to a custom race. I don't want all player running animations changed, I just want the run for this one race only to be changed. So.... How do I go about doing such a thing, if it is possible?

[gregathit]

Open the esp of that custom race in the CS and choose the run animation that you want.  You'll need to put it in the animations folder (be careful not to overwrite the default animation) first of course.

[kickthecommie]

Can also do this to specific npcs!

[Pixie-K]

Alright, so how do I figure out which animation is the one I'm even trying to use? CS does not give file paths, and I have about 12 different walkfastforward.kf showing up in windows search

 

...meh

 

EDIT: Google tells me to load each of them into Blender... alright let's see how this goes.

 

EDIT 2: Blender loads the .kf but I see nothing but a square grid.

 

EDIT 3: Screw Blender. Nifscope works!

[gregathit]

The best way is to name the kf file something that is easy to find......

[Pixie-K]

Alright, found it. Now where do I put it? NPC Version of the custom race already uses the animations fine, Player using said custom race does not, yet.

I don't see an "animations" folder o.O

 

Sorry if I sound like an idiot, I'm new to modmaking...

 

EDIT: I GOT IT! I just gave up and started putting it wherever it fit (Pun intended) Until I found the right place x)

 

P.S.: I may have done something wrong.... My movement speed seems a lot slower with the new animation. May just be an illusion, or did I f*ck something up along the way?

[fejeena]

Each animation is different. I once tried walk/run Animations (don't remember the Name  ?prettywoman, sexy woman walk or ...? ) which has almost halved the speed.

Try other kf files.

[Pixie-K]

Unfortunately, this run animation is one-of-a-kind as far as I know, and it's specialized for the race I'm toying with

 

I wish I could just speed it up somehow...

[d4nt320]

if you want is make your char walk more faster this can help you http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/44164/?

 

 

[gregathit]

Post the animation here (in a 7z archive) and I will take a look at speeding it up.  How much faster are you wanting it?  Half again as fast, Double, Triple? 

[Pixie-K]

I was hoping there was a way of freeing it up from any certain speed restriction, but I'm assuming that's not possible. Like the way the vanilla run speeds up as your speed stat increases.

The major problem I have with it is that as it is, if you have a low speed stat, this run makes you much faster, while if you have a high speed stat, this run makes you much slower.

 

 

[gregathit]

That is a function of scripting and not the animation itself.

[Pixie-K]

Eew.... scripting. *hiss*

 

To me, learning to script is like trying to learn a lost language. I can't keep my focus long enough to learn anything, get frustrated, and give up too easily.

 

Thank you though for the answer to my problem.