So, whenever I dl someone's graphics (leaderheads, units, etc...) they are all nif and dds files and when I open them, all I see is a bunch of jumbled gobbly . .. .. .. .. In other words, I don't see the unit or the person. Is there a viewer that can permit me to actually see what that axeman will look like without having to go into the game to see them?
How to see units without game?
- Thread starter The Snug
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achilleszero
Emperor
Use nifskope or sceneviewer. Nifskope is better program overall. Sceneviewer though renders the textures and shaders better.
The Capo
godless Heathen
LOL, . .. .. .. . gets censored out, that's funny.
achilleszero
Emperor
So all your seeing is the bones? You might need to adjust the presets, maybe. There are different settings that control what you see (axis, bones, etc) but I didnt think you had to set the meshes to be visible
SceneViewer would be worth getting as well if all your doing is viewing the unit, as it renders it with the same shaders as the game. Except that team color will be green or pink, and glossy things like armor will appear pinkish if the fx file is not in the folder.
SceneViewer would be worth getting as well if all your doing is viewing the unit, as it renders it with the same shaders as the game. Except that team color will be green or pink, and glossy things like armor will appear pinkish if the fx file is not in the folder.
achilleszero
Emperor
I dont have a link, but it is part of 3dsMax. I think all you need is a free trial of 3dsMax(any version will do), and then you will have scene viewer in Max's program files. It is a seperate .exe so it will still work after trial is up for Max.
No luck getting nifskope to display right?
No luck getting nifskope to display right?
No. I have too much to learn, I think. But I think, when people are making units, they aren't including all of the necessary files to view it. That is, they change one or two files, but don't include the vanilla files that they didnt need to change.
achilleszero
Emperor
That is possible but unlikely to be your problem. The only thing that most of the unit makers dont include is the Boundshape.nif and .tga, which probably means they were using nifskope as it doesnt need those (sceneviewer needs those two files to even open the nif). Occasionally a model maker will forget a texture in the folder but some one will very immediately call him out on it.
If they didnt have all the necessary files in the folder than they themselves would be having problems, such as they wouldnt even be able to view thier work.
Could you post a screenshot of what you are seeing in nifskope? I cant really determine what youre decribing. You say "stick figure movement" but that doesnt really make sense except if all your viewing is the bones and there isnt a mesh/body.
achilleszero
Emperor
Its got to be the settings in nifskope some how. The nif file contains entire body/mesh and the bones. I didnt know you could just view the bones in nifskope. It cant be that the unit folder is actually missing anything.
Is this happening with all units you try to view or just one of them?
Is this happening with all units you try to view or just one of them?
achilleszero
Emperor
Well I didnt know that you could hide the meshes in nifskop but I think I just figured it out. Go to Render then settings. Then check auto detect game paths unless you want to have a custom texture folder. Then in the bottom left make sure in the Render box that atleast the texture and shaders boxes are checked. Then in the bottom right under Culling make sure the "cull non textured" box is not checked. I think that one is your whole problem. Thats the only setting that I can find that would do what you describe.
achilleszero
Emperor
Wow. I cant even tell what it is Im looking at. That doesnt look like a normal skeleton structure of a unit at all. It does look like some part of a units body is in there but I cant tell because your zoomed so far out(almost like a leaderhead instaed of a unit). YOu should also turn of Draw Nodes in render window. But beyond that Im at a loss. SceneViewer is looking like a better and better option for you atleast.
