Custom Content Tools

[Legacy_B_Harrison]

               This is intended to be a comprehensive list of custom content tools, complete with links, brief explanations of their application, and any relevant alternatives and other notes.

Please post any corrections and additions below; they'll be edited into the original post.


MODELING & ANIMATION

3ds Max
A powerful modeling and animation tool; commercial software.

GMax
A free alternative to 3ds Max; allows for the creation and modification of models and animations.

NWmax
An import/export and utility script set for GMax and 3ds Max; allows models and animations to be imported/exported from/into a format recognised by NWN.

GMax Import/Export
An import/export script for GMax; an alternative to NWmax.

VelTools
A set of scripts for GMax and 3ds Max; features various tools, primarily useful for tileset creation.

Blender
A free modeling and animation tool. Warning: limited NWN support.

NeverBlender
NWN import/export scripts for Blender.

CleanModels
Model error reporting and correction.

NWN Armory
Bulk creation and conversion of character anatomy models.

NWN Carottes
Bulk compiling of models from/into ASCII/MDL formats.

NWNMdlComp
Bulk compiling of models from/into ASCII/MDL formats. A more up-to-date alternative to NWN Carottes.


TEXTURE CREATION & EDITING

Photoshop
A powerful industry-standard image editing tool; commercial software.

Photoshop PLT Exporter
A Photoshop plugin allowing textures to be saved in PLT format.

The GIMP
A free alternative to Photoshop.

GIMP PLT Plugin
A GIMP plugin allowing PLT format textures to be opened and saved.

DDS Compression Tool
An application allowing bulk conversion of uncompressed TGA textures to DDS format.

TGA Flipper
An application allowing bulk flipping/re-saving of uncompressed TGA format textures.

PLT Editor
An application allowing PLT format textures to be modified and re-saved.

LOK Texture Reference
Generation of all used/missing textures on model files in a directory.

Paint.NET
A free alternative to Photoshop and GIMP.


TILESET CREATION

Set Editor
An application for the creation and editing of tileset SET files.

Tileset Duplicator
An application for the easy duplication of existing tilesets.

Tileset Creator
A script set for 3ds Max (and partially, GMax); allows for the handling of SET files and minimaps within 3ds Max.


2DA, TLK & DATA

BioWare Hak Editor
An application for the creation and editing of HAK files. Found in NWN\\utils\\nwhak.exe.

NWN Explorer
An application allowing all NWN game resources to be viewed and extracted.

TLKEdit
A Java application for the creation and editing of 2da, TLK, GFF, and ERF format files. Requires Java.

Killer TLK Editor
An alternative to TLKEdit; allows for the creation and editing of TLK files.

GFF Editor
An application for viewing and editing NWN data files.

CODI Custom Content Helper
A wizard-based application for the creation and editing of 2da and TLK files.

2da Combinulator
An application for the automatic merging of 2da files.

Tabular Framework
An application for the creation and editing of 2da and TLK files.

Notepad++
A powerful text/code editor useful for working with 2da and ASCII model files. Also has limited support for nwscript.

WinMerge
A tool for differencing and merging files; can be used to merge 2das.


MUSIC & SOUND

MP3toBMU
An application allowing bulk conversion from/into MP3/BMU format music files.

SSF Editor
An application for the creation and editing of NWN soundset files.

Audacity
An application for editing and recording sound in various formats.


RESOURCES

Custom Content Guide
An online reference for custom content, including NWmax documentation.

CG Textures
A free site for photography/texture resources.

Mayang Textures
A free site for photography/texture resources.

FileBoss
File management tools.

Useful File Utilities
File management tools.

Custom Content Essentials
A collection of several tools and resources in a single package.


Contributors
Bannor Bloodfist
Calvinthesneak
ThriKreen
_six
Inayity
ShadowM
Tarot Redhand
Jez_fr
               
               

               

                     Modifié par B_Harrison, 17 août 2010 - 12:37 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_chico400]

               thanks for the list B_Harrison,



sure it will be usefull '>
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Jez_fr]

               Excellent post Ben, thanks!
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Bannor Bloodfist]

               Add Velmar's Tileset Creator to your tileset creation tools.  
It  is a set of scripts for 3dsmax and somewhat limited fools (same set of scripts) for gmax.  It allows you to directly edit  the .SET file from within 3dsmax, adding tiles to the set, editing the entries for those tiles.  
It allows you to directly load groups from within 3dsmax.
It also allows you greater control in creation of minimaps for your tiles.
               
               

               

                     Modifié par Bannor Bloodfist, 14 juillet 2010 - 03:11 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_B_Harrison]

               Added. Thanks Bannor.
               
               

               

                     Modifié par B_Harrison, 14 juillet 2010 - 04:29 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy__six]

               Excellent.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Calvinthesneak]

               Ummm what about Tabular Framework?

http://nwvault.ign.c....Detail&id=1243
               
               

               

                     Modifié par Calvinthesneak, 14 juillet 2010 - 10:35 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_Estelindis]

               Excellent list.  Thumbs up!  I nearly thought you didn't get NWN Carottes, but then I followed the link labelled MDL Compiler...  You haven't missed anything I have in my utils folder.  :-)

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_B_Harrison]

               Added the Tabular Framework tool. Thanks Calvin.

And thanks Este; much of the list is conspicuously present on my desktop too...
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Calvinthesneak]

               Tabular Framework is very useful for large tlk tables I find.  I prefer tlkEdit for most anything else.  Still just putting worthwhile options out there is good.



A couple tools I use in mass model conversion. Editing filenames and internal references. Useful File Utilities.  



Mass file copying/creation.  Fileboss.  I can provide links later if needed.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_ThriKreen]

               *cough*

http://ccg.animecafe.net/
               
               

               

                     Modifié par ThriKreen, 15 juillet 2010 - 12:07 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_B_Harrison]

               Thanks Thri, updated the post again (with a new "resources" category).

Calvin, links to those other tools would be good.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy__six]

               Resource-wise you might want to throw up a link to cgtextures.com which is invaluable for photo sourcing when you don't feel like going out with a camera yourself (and even has a bunch of handily pre-tiled photos to work with).

Oh, and thumbplug tga is a useful tool that lets you see thumbnails of textures in Windows
               
               

               

                     Modifié par _six, 15 juillet 2010 - 06:50 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_ThriKreen]

               The chances of this one going down again is very low - using the free hosting from my DNS host, but they give a lot of space (10gb storage, 300gb transfer?!). Did some CSS mucking to remove the banner ad they inject at the top though. '>

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Calvinthesneak]

               Sorry Ben.





Fileboss v2 - http://www.theutilit...ad/download.htm



Useful File Utilities 3.5 - http://www.replsoft.com/ufudnload.html