The capitalization shouldn't matter here.
BTW, you may have to restart the game after you have installed a new mesh or made changes to how a mesh is installed.
So, to double check, the aquaman_classic mesh was available as a mesh, but all that appeared in the in-game hero editor was a pink block there, right? That generally means that the game didn't find the file
C:\Program Files\Irrational Games\Freedom Force vs The 3rd Reich\Custom\Art\library\characters\aquaman_classic\character.nif. Check for that file. If it's not there, we still aren't connecting on the install instructions.
Do the following to get us some baseline info on what's installed where for your meshes:
1) Open a command prompt. (Go to the Start Menu and click on Run. In the box that opens, type
cmd.exe and click OK.)
2) At the command prompt, enter the following
c:
cd "\Program Files\Irrational Games\Freedom Force vs The 3rd Reich"
cd Custom\Art\library\characters
dir > test.log
tree /f /a >> test.log
dir aquaman_classic >> test.log
(If you don't have the game installed at
c:\Program Files\Irrational Games\Freedom Force vs The 3rd Reich then change the first and second lines to reflect the drive and folder where your game is installed.)
3) Now open the file
test.log that should be in the
c:\Program Files\Irrational Games\Freedom Force vs The 3rd Reich\Custom\Art\library\characters folder and paste it's contents here using the code tags. If you got any errors, post them, too.
(To use the code tags, open the file in, for example,
Notepad. Select everything and copy its contents to the clipboard using Ctrl-C. Then, in your reply here, click the

button and Ctrl-V paste the clipboard in between the [co
de] and
[/code] tags that appear.)
What you have should be fairly short since you haven't installed many meshes yet. It will look something like the following.
Volume in drive C is OS
Volume Serial Number is D2C1-E475
Directory of C:\Program Files\Irrational Games\Freedom Force vs The 3rd Reich\Custom\Art\library\characters
07/06/2009 08:44 PM <DIR> .
07/06/2009 08:44 PM <DIR> ..
06/14/2009 05:50 AM <DIR> AccessoryGirl
06/14/2009 11:18 PM <DIR> ActionGirl
07/06/2009 06:12 AM <DIR> aquaman_classic
07/06/2009 09:03 PM 0 test.log
1 File(s) 0 bytes
5 Dir(s) 460,377,899,008 bytes free
Folder PATH listing for volume OS
Volume serial number is D2C1-E475
C:.
| test.log
|
+---AccessoryGirl
| | AccessoryGirl.max
| | character.kf
| | character.kfm
| | character.nif
| |
| \---skins
| \---standard
| AccessoryGirl.tga
| armour01_cuff.tga
| armour01_cuffref.tga
| armour01_greave.tga
| armour01_greaveref.tga
| armour01_helmet.tga
| armour01_helmetref.tga
| armour01_refmap.tga
| armour01_shield1.tga
| armour01_shieldref.tga
| armour01_shpad.tga
| armour01_shpadref.tga
| armour01_skirt.tga
| armour01_skirtref.tga
| hair_band.tga
| hair_bob01.tga
| hair_ponytail01.tga
| hero01_armfin.tga
| hero01_cape.tga
| hero01_collar1.tga
| hero01_legfin.tga
| hero01_shincuff1.tga
| hero01_shouldercuff.tga
| hero01_thighcuff1.tga
| hero01_tiara1.tga
| hero01_wristcuff1.tga
| horns.tga
| lightmap.tga
| modern01_belt.tga
| modern01_boot.tga
| modern01_cap.tga
| modern01_glasses.tga
| modern01_glassesref.tga
| portrait.tga
| weapon_axe.tga
| weapon_gun.tga
| weapon_nightstick01.tga
| weapon_pistol.tga
| weapon_sword01.tga
| weapon_sword01_ref.tga
| weapon_wakizashi.tga
|
+---ActionGirl
| | ActionGirl.max
| | character.kf
| | character.kfm
| | character.nif
| | character.nif.bak2
| |
| \---skins
| \---standard
| ActionGirl-light.tga
| ActionGirl-spec.tga
| ActionGirl.tga
| portrait.tga
|
|
+---aquaman_classic
| | Aquaman classic Read Me.txt
| | character.NIF
| | keyframes.kf
| |
| \---skins
| +---Aquaman classic
| | AquamanII.txt
| | Deathstroke_extras.tga
| | Deathstroke_extras_glow.tga
| | Deathstroke_extras_refl.tga
| | male_basic.tga
| | male_basic_glow.tga
| | male_basic_lightmap.tga
| | male_basic_refl.tga
| | portrait.tga
| |
| \---standard
| Deathstroke_extras.tga
| Deathstroke_extras_glow.tga
| Deathstroke_extras_refl.tga
| male_basic.tga
| male_basic_glow.tga
| male_basic_lightmap.tga
| male_basic_refl.tga
| portrait.tga
Volume in drive C is OS
Volume Serial Number is D2C1-E475
Directory of C:\Program Files\Irrational Games\Freedom Force vs The 3rd Reich\Custom
\Art\library\characters\aquaman_classic
07/06/2009 06:12 AM <DIR> .
07/06/2009 06:12 AM <DIR> ..
07/10/2004 11:09 AM 1,997 Aquaman classic Read Me.txt
05/10/2003 05:44 PM 183,941 character.NIF
01/23/2002 08:10 PM 751,451 keyframes.kf
07/06/2009 06:10 AM <DIR> skins
3 File(s) 937,389 bytes
3 Dir(s) 460,377,686,016 bytes free
That should at least give us a clear picture of where your files are getting installed and we can go from there.
Regarding HERO files, I don't know where Alex has them now, but at one point he had a giant zip file of all his HERO files on his site. You would have to install the HERO file elsewhere.
This thread has some tips on that. Let's get the mesh installed properly first, though.
