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I was wondering how one would get a custom lightsaber in game through XSI? I searched and I didnt find any tutorials on this topic. THX in advance

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Exact same way as any other weapon. The alignment is the same against the hand (although you'll note that this will move the position of the hp_fire). Your saber blade emits from the direction of the hp_fire. I would import a stock lightsaber to check your position against it.

Thank you

actually lightsaberblades dont point in the direction the firepoint does, they are rotated around -60 degrees on the x-axis if the hp points along the y-axis

DarthD.U.C.K. wrote:actually lightsaberblades dont point in the direction the firepoint does, they are rotated around -60 degrees on the x-axis if the hp points along the y-axis

Check again. Make sure you're looking at the arrow view and not the null view - I just checked against some of my saber models.

wait now you two are confusing me...
is this how it is supposed to me set up (I imported a stock model like you said and matched up the size and rotation) the selected null it hp fire and the other is dummyroot

That is a fine setup, although I can tell you from experience that your position is going to be a little off. The very top of your lightsaber hilt touches the dummyroot; you will want to move it a bit further up than that; for example (and I know this is somewhat of an awkward view):

The dummyroot is the green null in the upper-right-hand corner of the picture.

The way I always like to think of it is that the dummyroot is essentially where the largest knuckle on the pointer finger of the right hand is when that hand is holding a weapon.

thanks