Bodyslide-Outfit Studio-Mods-Modding-FO4Edit---NOTES

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Description & Intent

This will be an ongoing update of my notes as I learn to use Bodyslide, Outfit Studio, Mods, Modding, FO4Edit, and other tools.  This is being shared to provide other new people to modding (or modding with BS&OS & FO4Edit specifically) some extra help without having to redo all the research, trial&error, ... that I went through.

I will be trying to put detailed step-by-step instructions on how to perform certain types of uses for the tools.  It will also include Tutorial Links with extra notes/comments on those tutorials on how I personally felt they helped me learn something new.  And last, I will try to put tips&tricks that I did not at first find obvious on using the tools.

For now, I will be posting a LibreOffice Open Document Text (.odt) version of my notes and a "Save As" Microsoft Word Document (.docx).

This is not a Mod in the traditional sense.  It is a Utility Resource.

Comments and Feedback is welcome.  Requests are welcome.  Format for this Mod Description page is welcome. Suggestions and ideas on better format for the actual Notes are welcome.  Links to tutorials in comments are welcome.

To Be Added To Docs, for now, inline here...

#1:  Cleaning up and Fixing Meshes (NIF files)

I ran into a issue with some new outfit mash-ups (NIF(s) / meshes) that I had not encountered before.  Everything looked an worked fine in-game, in BS&OS, and in FO4Edit.  However, when the plugin for the new outfit was used in the CK, it would consistently crash the CK when the Cell was opened containing the NPC wearing the new outfit.

With great pointers from a fellow mod author, Berdusk (aka Flowerguy360) I was able to resolve a key problem that made the CK so cranky.  And I found some extra steps to perform to "clean-up" and not just fix my NIF(s).

Use Nifskope to double-check, clean-up, and fix Nif(s). []First, get a current copy of Nifskope.  Go Here = NifSkope Releases. []Here's a Helper-Video.  Demonstrates with an older version of NifSkope, but works just fine for newer versions too. [*]Loaded Outfit Mashup in Nifskope (loaded the Bodyslide & Outfit Studio Nif from the ShapeData).  Do not load the output file contained in the Data/Meshes/... directory.  You want to fix your ShapeData/... file so that all future Bodyslide will ge