Some advice where to start?

[playerdark]

Hey all,

 

I am new to the whole Skyrim modding thing. Never played Skyrim before so I am probably greener than most who come here, but I have a fairly good grasp of 3DS and programming.

 

I learned only recently about Skyrim and that many models made by the community are free to use, which is why I am interested in having a closer look on those. I don't want to play or Mod Skyrim, I am merely interested in the bodies, clothes and animations to use them in Unreal Engine.

 

that said, I found some tutorials on youtube that show how to import NIF files and link to the respective plugin, but I wonder if somebody knows of some resources or tutorials where the real basics are taught, you know, how is a Skyrim body constructed, what do I need to know to use them, what type of bodies are there (I know there are different models), which one is better and why, what are best practices when importing stuff into 3DS and so on, really a rundown of the stuff that everybody else here seem to know and thus is never spoke about because people simply assume, you know it

 

So any help in that regard would be very much appreciated

 

Thanks

 

 

[gregathit]

Please see the general tutorials section and the pinned threads:  

http://www.loverslab.com/topic/47360-anatriaxs-guide-to-an-immersive-skyrim/

http://www.loverslab.com/topic/2482-mod-repositories-blogs-showcases-images-turorials-etc/

http://www.loverslab.com/forum/29-tutorials-guides/