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| + | This is the main page of the Beyond Skyrim Arcane University Nif tutorials. It serves as hub for the standard workflow and pointers to detailed specific tutorials for Nif Implementation. The [[Arcane University: Implementation]] department is structured in three sub-departments: | ||
| + | * [[Quest Implementation]] | ||
| + | * Nif Implementation | ||
| + | * [[Mechanics Implementation]] | ||
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| + | ==Workflow & general tutorials== | ||
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| + | What is important/relevant to learn for implementing (complex) meshes in Skyrim. Within Beyond Skyrim, 3D artists are expected to be able to export their own meshes to nifs, if they are simple enough. However, for some complex to implement meshes, like animated meshes or meshes with particle effects, it may fall on an implementer to bring this into Skyrim. Other partner projects of the AU may have the entire responsibility of bringing a mesh from fbx to in-game fall on the implementer's shoulder. Therefore, the first thing you should know is how to [[AU:Mesh_Export_to_NIF|export to nif]] from a 3D program or from a predefined format like fbx. | ||
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* special effect nodes | * special effect nodes | ||
| − | + | ==Basics== | |
| − | + | Nif properties are the leverage to modify meshes in certain aspects as intended. Take your time to have a look at the specifics of the NIF data format used for meshes, check [[Arcane_University:NIF_Data_Format|Nif Data Format]]. Topics of interest are especially | |
| − | + | * weight center | |
| − | + | * collision | |
| − | + | * physical havoc material | |
| − | * | + | * Effect properties (See shaders) |
| − | * | + | * animations |
| − | * | + | * BSFX flags |
| − | * | + | * inventory marker |
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* UV map fixes | * UV map fixes | ||
| − | * | + | * Changes in rendering the Mesh (Smooth or blocky, shader type, texture sets, flip faces, ...) |
| + | * the common sanitize spells | ||
** update tangent spaces | ** update tangent spaces | ||
| − | ** renumber | + | ** renumber nitrishape objects |
** fix incorrect names | ** fix incorrect names | ||
* Change structure of nodes (add / remove nif nitrishapes to have additional effects or only parts of an existing mesh available) | * Change structure of nodes (add / remove nif nitrishapes to have additional effects or only parts of an existing mesh available) | ||
* Change scale | * Change scale | ||
| − | == | + | ==specific topics tutorials== |
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| − | * Nif data | + | ===volume physics=== |
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| + | * Nif data formate and its structure: https://wiki.beyondskyrim.org/wiki/Arcane_University:NIF_Data_Format | ||
| + | * making a simple mesh rotation animation with Nifskope https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmGVknCC_a8 | ||
| + | * adjusting size, scale and position of nitrishapes in nifskope: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9rlBDrfSP8 | ||
* Animate Static Objects: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lkrX3HYSDc | * Animate Static Objects: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lkrX3HYSDc | ||
| − | * | + | * copy animations to custom nif: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SodgAvvEjwQ |
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| − | === | + | ===surface rendering=== |
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| − | + | * DDS texture formate https://wiki.beyondskyrim.org/wiki/Arcane_University:DDS_Data_Format | |
| + | * editing the UV map https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u51yDEGzmQ | ||
| + | * making a simple rotation animation with a texture via UV map in Nifskope https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBlaY5keZRg | ||
| + | * placing textures on a nitrishape via nifskope including UV map adjustments: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbnE5MZhdOE | ||
