No single tool has allowed so many 3D talentless people to easily create Freedom Force add-ons as NifSkope has. Originally created for Elder Scroll, NifSkope is an all-purpose nif viewer and editor. Its simple interface requires no programming or 3D knowledge but allows the user complete control over any available nif. With Nifskope, the average FF gamer can skope and release a skope in less time than a mesh takes to be modelled. Despite what the What've you skoped lately? thread would lead you to believe, the power of NifSkope is not limited to meshes. FXers finally have a chance to create new FXs that have been in demands for years. While mappers could recreate any location with the help of existing nifs. Such places as the Fortress of Solitude or the inside of Cerebro can be realized with just a little time, patience, and imagination.
Since being adopted by the FF community, NifSkope has generated some truly original meshes but there has also been lot of repetitive ones. I often wonder how meshers feel about skopers? It is their geometry being skoped after all. Do they ever question why skoping was so warmly welcomed and kitbashing is still seen as the ultimate taboo among the FF community?
Bottomline, Nifskope is a powerful and useful program for the Freedom Force commuity. It is probably the most revitalizing tool we have had in the last year and like everyone, I look forward to seeing what our talented skopers will do next.
For more information on Nifskope and its capabilities, visit FR World >> Nifskope
Spitting through the wire,
- Spectre Lad
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