# NifSkope 2.0.dev8

NifSkope is a tool for opening and editing the NetImmerse file format (NIF). NIF is used by video games such as Morrowind, Oblivion, Skyrim, Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas, Civilization IV, and more. 

### Download

You can download the latest official release from [GitHub](https://github.com/niftools/nifskope/releases). More frequent development builds are posted in the [NifTools Discord](https://discord.gg/ZFjdN4x), pinned to #software.


### Discussion & Help

- Visit the [NifTools Discord](https://discord.gg/ZFjdN4x). To receive support use the #software channel.
- Visit the [NifTools.org](https://forum.niftools.org/) forum. To receive support for NifSkope please use the [Support subforum](https://forum.niftools.org/24-nifskope/).

### Issues

Anyone can [report issues at GitHub](https://github.com/niftools/nifskope/issues) or in the NifTools.org [Support subforum](https://forum.niftools.org/24-nifskope/).


### Contribute

You can fork the latest source from [GitHub](https://github.com/niftools/nifskope). See [Fork A Repo](https://help.github.com/articles/fork-a-repo) on how to send your contributions upstream. To grab all submodules, make sure to use `--recursive` like so:

```
git clone --recursive git://github.com/<YOUR_USERNAME>/nifskope.git
```

For information about development:

- Visit our [Discord #dev channel](https://discord.gg/zvWZrrJ).
- Visit the NifTools.org [development subforum](https://forum.niftools.org/6-nifskope-development/).
- Refer to our [GitHub wiki](https://github.com/niftools/nifskope/wiki#wiki-development) for information on compilation.  


### Miscellaneous

Refer to these other documents in your installation folder or at the links provided:

## [TROUBLESHOOTING](https://github.com/niftools/nifskope/blob/develop/TROUBLESHOOTING.md)

## [CHANGELOG](https://github.com/niftools/nifskope/blob/develop/CHANGELOG.md)

## [CONTRIBUTORS](https://github.com/niftools/nifskope/blob/develop/CONTRIBUTORS.md)
 
## [LICENSE](https://github.com/niftools/nifskope/blob/develop/LICENSE.md)

