what do i need to make a char

[crosspotts1.0]

what do i need to make a char?
what tools do i need?
where can i get them?
r the tools free to make meshes and key frames?
and how do i make skins?
all help is very appreciated thank u

[detourne_me]

To make some char you really just need a roaring fire and somethin to burn just kidding.

There are a few different things you can do if you want to contribute and be creative:

Meshes are the 3d models. To make a new one from scratch you would need 3D Studio Max and some exporter plug-ins.
You can modify existing meshes or import other ones using Blender (which is free).

Keyframes are made through Max as well. But you can skope them with Nifskope, just not create them.

Skopes are a sort of mesh, they are cut and pasted from different meshes through a free program called Nifskope. It's a great place to start cause the program is pretty intuitive.

Skins are the texture files that cover the meshes. If your are artistic and good with Photoshop you could try this. GIMP is a free program that you can use for skinning, too. But its not as full featured.

There are other aspects to the game, too. Making FX is like a mix of skoping and skinning. Making maps is done through the FFEdit program, and Modding (making full stories or FFX attributes) is done with the Python programming language.

[Incredible Bulk]

What the freak is a char?

[Cyber Burn]

Just a suggestion, but try going through the information that I've gathered here: https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Freedom_Force_Resources/info

Download the Files, and go through the Links, and if you need a guide as to what is actually in the Yahoo Group, go here: http://freedomreborn.net/forums/index.php?topic=56869.0

Most of your questions should be answered, but if not, then ask away.

[spydermann93]

What the freak is a char?

CHARacter

[crosspotts1.0]

ok where can i get nifskope cause i want to add a sword and pistol to baron zemo and i cant aford 3d max is ther another program like that but free

[daglob]

This is the wikipage with a download link : http://niftools.sourceforge.net/wiki/NifSkope 

One thing, in order to add a weapon to a figure it needs to be capable of handing the weapons. I can't do it, and I've been playing with Nifscope for years. If you really want your Zemo to have weapons, you might need to use Tommyboy's Zemo at  http://tommyboymeshes.freedomforceforever.com/index.html. Actually, if you haven't downloaded everything at Tommy's site yet, it would be time well spent.

[crosspotts1.0]

im getting errors when i try to load a char nif

[detourne_me]

You could also get Podmark's Zemo's here: https://sites.google.com/site/podmark1/index222
and use the keyframes from Tommyboy here: https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/tommyboysFreedomForceMeshes3/files

[crosspotts1.0]

now dose the pistol come in the key frames or dose it come in the mesh

[Cyber Burn]

The Pistol will be part of the Mesh, it's the Keyframes that tell it when to come out.

As for Nifskope, here is a Link to an older version (Personally; I still use it), would recommend getting used to this before going higher:

https://github.com/niftools/nifskope/releases/tag/nifskope-1.1.3

[crosspotts1.0]

do i down load every thing there or just a the one file

[Cyber Burn]

It's been a while since I installed NifSkope, but I'm pretty sure that NifSkope is all you need, but just in case:

Download Version 1.1.3   (https://github.com/niftools/nifskope/releases/tag/nifskope-1.1.3)

You "Might" need the:

Nifxml

pyffi

And maybe, eventually, the Blender_Nif_Plugin

[crosspotts1.0]

ok got it