Ryu Posted September 5, 2012 Posted September 5, 2012 When looking at the HGEC and CBBE meshes in Blender I noticed a slight resemblance. Hence, I decided I'm going to combine both of them to get the best of those two wonderful mods . For now I managed to combine the cbbe arms and cbbe legs with the torso of HGEC. The reason I did that was the orientation of arms in the original Oblivion positioning of the body. In the future I might try and rework the leg issue so that the body will use HGEC legs, but in the position the CBBE legs should be. I might sound confusing so here's the picture Also, I need somebody to help me texture that body. I tried using HGEC textures earlier, but the Skyrim engine handles textures differently (different position of the body within the .dds file). Therefore the textures have to prepared from scratch or the HGEC textures modified in a way to fit the skyrim engine handling. Who would help me in restoring the glory of HGEC?
tonicwalter Posted September 5, 2012 Posted September 5, 2012 I'm pretty sure the original author of HGEC asked the Skyrim community to let it rest (= no HGEC for Skyrim) If it wasn't for that, I'd appreciate your effort. :/
caperpp Posted September 5, 2012 Posted September 5, 2012 Adec is as close as you'll get to HGEC for skyrim
Ryu Posted September 6, 2012 Author Posted September 6, 2012 Adec is as close as you'll get to HGEC for skyrim Probably, but I tested ADEC and the weight of the whole seems a bit too big for me . I'm working on something slimmer. However, if HG himself said that he doesn't want to see HGEC for Skyrim then it seems there's no hope for me releasing my work anyway .
Etc Posted September 6, 2012 Posted September 6, 2012 Just so you know, it's no coincidence. CBBE is based on HGEC. I believe ADEC is as well. Check out the thanks section on CBBE'S main mod page. "Raiar for the original HGEC body, and Exnem before him :)" I also believe there was a gentleman over on TESAdventures who was porting the body. I don't know how far he got though. Personally I think it's best to leave HGEC back in Oblivion. CBBE and UNP are much better looking.
Ryu Posted September 6, 2012 Author Posted September 6, 2012 Just so you know' date=' it's no coincidence. CBBE is based on HGEC. I believe ADEC is as well. Check out the thanks section on CBBE'S main mod page. "Raiar for the original HGEC body, and Exnem before him :)" I also believe there was a gentleman over on TESAdventures who was porting the body. I don't know how far he got though. Personally I think it's best to leave HGEC back in Oblivion. CBBE and UNP are much better looking. [/quote'] I agree on CBBE, however I really loved the feel that HGEC had. Yes, CBBE is greatly based on the HGEC architecture, while ADEC being a apparently a conversion attempt. As for my progress I managed to get the shape of the body finished. All I need to do now is try to UV map it so that the HGEC texture match again and load it into Skyrim. I tried porting HGEC body without changes and although it has a UV map already the textures aren't showing properly. Hence, my attempt for a mix. I know there's a lot of competition and CBBE is already perfect, but I hope there is at least 1 person other than myself who misses the old look of HGEC :D. Of course before releasing anything I'll discuss the matter with the master, HG himself if possible .
Xanshio Posted September 6, 2012 Posted September 6, 2012 Have you checked the BodySlide Extra Presets v1_2 ? I'm almost sure there's a HGEC body preset based on CBBE.
Ryu Posted September 7, 2012 Author Posted September 7, 2012 Have you checked the BodySlide Extra Presets v1_2 ? I'm almost sure there's a HGEC body preset based on CBBE. Thank you kind sir! I'll look into that preset, looks promising. Although, when you look at the architecture of the original HGEC body you'll notice how the hip bones were perfectly molded. Too bad the preset can't express it fully :D. EDIT: I tested the HGEC body preset for CBBE and I have to say the resemblance is more than satisfactory :D. I hail the successes of Caliente & his/her friends in giving birth to CBBE as a body mod and hereby suspend my further Blender struggles in creating something 'better'. As a contribution on my behalf I shall continue to work on CBBE armors and clothing :D.
Xanshio Posted September 7, 2012 Posted September 7, 2012 Have you checked the BodySlide Extra Presets v1_2 ? I'm almost sure there's a HGEC body preset based on CBBE. Thank you kind sir! I'll look into that preset' date=' looks promising. Although, when you look at the architecture of the original HGEC body you'll notice how the hip bones were perfectly molded. Too bad the preset can't express it fully :D. EDIT: I tested the HGEC body preset for CBBE and I have to say the resemblance is more than satisfactory :D. I hail the successes of Caliente & his/her friends in giving birth to CBBE as a body mod and hereby suspend my further Blender struggles in creating something 'better'. As a contribution on my behalf I shall continue to work on CBBE armors and clothing :D. [/quote'] You are welcome, sir. I loved the creation of BodySlide. I made a body mod for myself, and I have plans to make armor conversions as well.
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