Modding user createed armor

[analturtle]

Hi,

 

I like to use pieces of armor from different users mods to make my own in game armor but lately i have been coming across CTDs upon equiping said armor.

 

I thought maybe it was because what i was doing - I have a set of armor that has the whole armor as one piece (eg, shoulders, body and legs are one piece) so i delete everything in 3DSMax that i dont want (eg everything but the shoulders) and use cherries FAQ to export the piece of armor but it always CTDs when equiping.

 

I am also using the CHSBHC body and skeleton - if the armor is not using this can I still do the above?

 

What am i doing wrong?

[FastestDogInTheDistrict]

If it's CHSBHC, you might be missing the "BBP" skeleton. Others here will be able to direct you to that if you are unable to obtain it, as I have never used it.

[Vioxsis]

Not enough info can you post the nif.

[analturtle]

No problem,

 

With cherries FAQ i import her skeleton - then the body i use then the armor and remove the original body then resize.

 

Below is the latest and is only the dwarven shoulders of the UNP skimpy armor mod:

 

http://www.mediafire.com/?5tz3zncnbbsu1e7'>http://www.mediafire.com/?5tz3zncnbbsu1e7

 

Below is steel armor from Edilhils skimpyy armor mod - got alot furtheer with this one cos i thought it would work:

 

http://www.mediafire.com/?5tz3zncnbbsu1e7

 

please let me know if links dont work as i hardly ever link from cloud storage

 

and cheers in advance for any help you can provide - its driving me crazy because I dont know if its something i am doing wrong or if what i want to do is not possible.

[Vioxsis]

ok so BSLightingShaderProperty was to blame,

you need to take a working skyrim armours BSLightingShaderProperty

and just point it to the textures you want.

 

 

The body needed the same treatment but you should get the BSLightingShaderProperty from a working body not armour.

But you did export it without weights so i removed it.

 

http://www.mediafire.com/?5a8a8pp1de4qv5j

 

 

And your links are both for dwarven.

[analturtle]

Okay that worked perfectly but I am still alittle unsure of what you did because I was sure I did all that when I finally put it into the data folder directory - except the weights i missed

 

the other armor is below - with updated shaders :

 

http://www.mediafire.com/?54kdw8r4j5hm5u2

 

Also, how do you tell if the shader is wrong?

[analturtle]

Okay I am now stumped - I put your working shoulders into 3DSMax - moved them so they fit properly - exported - pasted new shader details via NIFskope and it crashes my game again......

 

So all you did was remove the body from the dwarven shoulders?

 

Vioxsis - the one you sent back to me works everytime but if i put it in 3DSMax and export it crashes my game everytime - what exactly did you do to the shoulders?

[Vioxsis]

http://www.mediafire.com/?lyfyvd0d9b9d83q

 

To fix this i needed to re export them from max, you have some weighting to fix.

 

 

can you tell me what version your nif exporter and nifskope are, also post a screenshot of your export settings.

[analturtle]

No Problem - and thankyou so much for helping me with this. Other stuff worked fine following cherries FAQ http://www.loverslab.com/showthread.php?tid=4514

 

Maybe I am applying the smooth modifier wrong?

 

Export Settings from 3DSMax

 

 

Versions

 

[Vioxsis]

Update your exporter http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/5622

 

That should hopefully fix your issues.

[analturtle]

OMG!!!!!!!!! YOU ARE A GENIUS!!!!

 

And i am apparently a genius in the sarcastic sense....

 

Goddamn out of date exporter.....i have been wearing armor i didnt like for so long cos i couldnt get this to work.....

 

un-freaking-believable!

 

Problem solved!