blender_niftools_addon VS Halo-Asset-Blender-Development-Toolset

I used this plugin to import to blender (also export from blender) https://github.com/niftools/blender_niftools_addon

Use blender and https://github.com/niftools/blender_niftools_addon/releases/tag/v0.0.14

I wish you the best of luck with your ideas, the character meshes are an absolute pain to work with because they're in .nif files, which are a proprietary format. I still haven't quite figured out how to wrangle them myself. But definitely grab Nifskope which can view models. There's also a plugin for Blender that loads in NIF files but it doesn't work with NIF files from Special Edition. So you gotta downgrade them with SSE NIF Optimizer if you want to import them into Blender. I hope this saves you the hours of research I had to do to figure all that out!

Googling the issue only gives me this github page of someone running into a similar issue but has no useful replies. https://github.com/niftools/blender_niftools_addon/issues/496

Basically, I'm trying to use this niftool plugin to make myself a cool Fallout: New Vegas hat. But uhh... it's not working. Error messages below, I cannot parse this and it's clearly an issue with the code of the plugin itself.

however when I tried to import it into Blender 3.4.1 with the Blender Niftools Addon v0.0.14 I get the error log in this image, stating "String Too Long" The few old forums citing this exact issue either offer no solution, or just involve using Blender Niftools Addon v0.0.14 which I already have.

I'm using the blender niftools addon, and when I try to export it says "Some polygons of helmetK not assigned to any body part.The unassigned polygons have been selected in the mesh so they can be easily identified."

(https://github.com/niftools/blender_niftools_addon/releases/tag/v0.0.14) This is the plugin I just found.

Blender is a good choice.Fairly easy to start. You'll need an addon for .NIF importing/exporting,here's the link:https://github.com/niftools/blender_niftools_addon it also supports Oblivion and Skyrim.

Thanks! Initially I was eyeballing it based on ghost and warthog lengths but that quickly proved to be difficult and cumbersome. I got some tips thanks to UneeQ in exporting the BSP (map structure data) from Reclaimer and importing it into Blender using the Halo Asset Blender Development Toolset

First off, I'll assume you're using Blender, so download the Halo Blender Toolset addon (https://github.com/General-101/Halo-Asset-Blender-Development-Toolset) and get it setup in Blender. You will then need to download the Halo Editing Kit from Steam. Once you have all the tags (models, sounds, AI data etc) unzipped, you can use the Blender tools to import models. Use these models and their armatures as a basis to work from.

You can use Blender with the Halo Asset exporter/importer tool to create maps, however it is still in development and Halo 3 is only partially supported. Additionally can visit the Reclaimers Library website for tutorials and other helpful information on the Halo engine (including tutorials on creating maps from scratch)

I'm using Halo-Asset-Blender-Development-Toolset to import the BSP into Blender

There's a lot of resources out there now actually! https://c20.reclaimers.net/ is a great hub for all kinds of documentation. fryingpanproductions made a playlist of various tutorials for Halo 3, although it seems like they've been on hiatus. TheChunkierBean also has tutorials, including getting custom assets into Halo 3. Plus the Halo Mods discord is very active and very helpful.

The easiest way to get models is to extract them from the games yourself, since openly sharing them is generally taken down by Microsoft depending on the platform. The current mod tools plus the Halo Blender addon will allow you to pull whatever you'd like straight from MCC. That addon is here: https://github.com/General-101/Halo-Asset-Blender-Development-Toolset Make sure you have at least Blender 3.1.0 if you've already played around with it in the past.

A great resource is The Reclaimers Library website; it's a guide for modding, for beginners, and also covers more advanced topics. It's guide for H1 is the most in-depth, but they also have MCC related guides as well. Since the engines all have very similar "cores", the workflow basics are very similar across games.