[MW] First Person Hands

[Tigersong]

Might someone tell me how to go about making a first-person hand .nif for Morrowind? As always, thank you in advance.

[Jac]

Just copy your current hands to hands.1st and make sure it points to the hand mesh for whatever race you're creating/modifying. Note that you need a hand mesh, you can't use a whole body mesh like you can with the non first person hands.

[Tigersong]

Okay... can I change the mesh assigned to a body part in the CS?

Also, where do I find the 'texture source' in Nifskope? Is it different for Morrowind, or just because I'm messing with character meshes?

Edited June 21, 2012 by Tigersong

[Jac]

If you load up Better Bodies in the CS and go to the body part tab, you should see two entries for hands: one is just hands, and the other is hands.1st. An example is for Breton females:

The regular hands that you see in third person or on an NPC are called "b_n_breton_f_hands". The first person hands are called "b_n_breton_f_hands.1st". The former points to meshes\bb\bb_skinf_br.nif, while the later points to meshes\bb\bb_handf_br.nif. To change a mesh, click on the Add Art File for that body part. If you're creating a new race, you'll need to create the race first (Character->Race->New), then create all of the different body parts for it and assign each to the new race.

As for the textures, they're usually under NiNode->NiTextureingProperty->NiSourceProperty->NiSourceTexture. If you double-click on the part you're looking for a texture for, it should take you right to it.

[Tigersong]

Does the hand mesh need to be separate from the rest of the body? If so, I'll need a new one made.

[Jac]

I believe so. To do so should be pretty easy with Blender - it's just a matter of copying the hands from the mesh and making a new one I'd guess. You don't need 1st person hands for NPCs, though, only for playable races. If it's a humanoid race, I'd use one of the BB hands and slap whatever texture on it I need.

[Tigersong]

Thanks again, Jac.