How To: Make Leaderheads! Ekmek's Guide

[Ekmek]

I think I address that in the trouble shooting section of the guide. I don't have it with me now but can you check it and let me know if it addresses it?

Its been awhile but my other guess is that there is an alpha channel issue. which can be fixed by deleting it in nifskope

 

[Smpsh]

I got beyond the sword, finally, and i have blender and the other stuff, but when I try to import the existing leaderhead, nothing happens. I get the options, and I click ok, but there is nothing thereafter I import. Any suggestions?

 

[sun78945612]

I think I address that in the trouble shooting section of the guide. I don't have it with me now but can you check it and let me know if it addresses it?

Its been awhile but my other guess is that there is an alpha channel issue. which can be fixed by deleting it in nifskope

Thank you for your answer, there is a question to ask. Is to give a model to add a hat, there is this aspect of the tutorial? Hats should be no bones it, how this should be added?

 

[Ekmek]

I got beyond the sword, finally, and i have blender and the other stuff, but when I try to import the existing leaderhead, nothing happens. I get the options, and I click ok, but there is nothing thereafter I import. Any suggestions?

check the console (the black window) it will say your error. mostly like something went wrong with your install.

Thank you for your answer, there is a question to ask. Is to give a model to add a hat, there is this aspect of the tutorial? Hats should be no bones it, how this should be added?

All new meshes, parts etc work just like the uniform (body) that you did. But you have to join it to the head to get the head bone. then assign it to the head bone.

 

[Smpsh]

I am officially the stupidest person on this planet. I was trying to import a .kf file, not the .nif

 

[sun78945612]

check the console (the black window) it will say your error. mostly like something went wrong with your install.



All new meshes, parts etc work just like the uniform (body) that you did. But you have to join it to the head to get the head bone. then assign it to the head bone.

This hat seems to be no bones, he was with the body how to connect it, I ask?

 

[Ekmek]

This hat seems to be no bones, he was with the body how to connect it, I ask?

you have to join it to the head like you joined the suit to the body. Then assign the head bone to it like you assigned the toro or arms stuff before.

 

[Midnight-Blue766]

Okay, I've installed Blender 2.49 and Python, but the Blender NIFSkope files refuse to let me install!

 

[Ekmek]

Didvyou install ppfyi first?

 

[Midnight-Blue766]

No I didn't.

I'm also on my laptop now, and even though I downloaded Python FFI 2.0.1, the NIF script install STILL doesn't recognise it!

I think it may be because I have a newer version of Python installed; how do I uninstall that one?

 

[Ekmek]

I think its in the folder it came with. It may show up in programs too

 

[Midnight-Blue766]

No matter what, the Blender scripts simply refuse to install!

 

[Triver]

You're doing this wrong.

http://niftools.sourceforge.net/wiki/Blender

Istall blender. Install Python. Install Nifscope. Install PyFFi. Install scripts.

 

[hugojackson18]

I just found some awesome stuff from people who worked on Leaderheads on Civ5. It might not be useful but it's pretty damn awesome!
Here some portfolios of some artists at Firaxis. It's quite interesting to see all of this!

Ryan Murray, Character Artist
http://www.ryanmurraydigital.com/human-characters.html
(he did loads of concepts too http://www.ryanmurraydigital.com/concept-artists.html

David Jones, Character Artist
http://www.dmjstudios.com/portfolio/civilization-v/

and Jason Johnson, Environment Artist, doing all the backgrounds for the leaderscenes
http://mojojason.blogspot.co.uk/

 

[Ekmek]

very cool. thanks

 

[hugojackson18]

Ekmek, have you done a tutorial to get Civ5 leaderheads in the game somewhere? I can't find any. That would be amazing if you had one!

 

[Ekmek]

I've only gotten two in so far so I havent had time to do a tutorial yet. I will do one though. Unfortunately I don't have the free time like I used to in my hey day of civ4 leaderhead making

 

[hugojackson18]

Great stuff, I'm looking forward to see it! I totally understand the time constraint, I'll be looking out for it!

 

[Ekmek]

Bump for those still modding civ4

 

[MalayanGamer]

Ekmek, i was wondering if you could made a update the Civ4 Leaderhead tutorial based on a later version of Blender (doesn't have to be recent, just version 2.79) since i wanted to make one, but i'm not familiar with using the version 2.49.