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Neverblender 2.8
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Submitted by Symmetric on 2019-05-05 12:11.
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2021-07-29 13:51
This Blender add-on enables support for the MDL file format used by NWN. Neverblender requires Blender 2.83 or 2.93.
Installation instructions and documentation on the wiki.
Neverblender for other Blender Versions
Minimap tool
The minimap tool is a script that uses Blender+NeverBlender to import models and then renders them with the camera above. It requires Blender with NeverBlender installed.
In order for it to function it need to know the path to the blender installation by edting the settings.ini (Windows only). It takes input files from the "in" directory and saves the rendered minimaps in "out". Start it with running runme.bat.
You may want to download and set up decompiler to load compiled models: See here for Instructions
Files:
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
 neverblender_28-030.zip (3) | 117.52 KB |
| neverblender_minimap_tool_07.zip (3) | 19.56 KB |
 changelog_28.txt | 7.8 KB |
Thank you so much for this "Symmetric"
The best plugin ever created for nwn, this is great!
At some point in some unforeseeable future I have to play around with this.
I have so many ideas and thing I'd like to build. Especially armors and ELF HEADS!!
There is a dire lack of elven heads in this game.
Really cool plugin and the heart and core of NWNs custom content!
It's so freaking easy to skinmesh with Blender and this tools makes it easier...!
... Sadly i jUsT pLAin sUcK aT It
(still 10/10, this tool keeps me from giving up)
Thanks
Great, that you you support the jump to Blender 2.8! 2.8 looks very promising! Thanks you!
Hopfully all those "older" tutorials will still be usable...
The main difference is that in 2.8 one has to use Shader Nodes to define Materials. If it's only a single diffuse texture like in 1.69 then that can be done easily in the properties (side) panel - although the settings themself will be different. Once normal and specular texture are required however one has to resort to the node editor. When using mutliple texture maps it's actually easier to set up than clicking through what felt like 100s of options in 2.7
I'll provide some documentation in the future. Until then the EE Aribeth model could be imported to see diffuse, normal and specular map setup.
Thanks a ton for this, awesome plugin.
Nevermind this post.
Please include installation instructions. Ideally both on this page and in the download (in *.txt format). I've no idea where these python files are supposed to go.
TR
Meanwhile you can figure out following the instructions from previous versions:
https://nwn.wiki/display/NWN1/NeverBlender#NeverBlender-Installation
Be that as it may, installation instructions are still not included neither of this page nor in the package itself and it has been nearly a year and a half since I asked.
TR
I'm VERY grateful that you've updated to 2.8.
However, without proper documentation, I have no idea how to even get started with it!Nevermind, I figured out how to get started. For those not in the know, you have to not be an idiot like me and remember to re-start Blender. From there, you will have the option to import .mdl files. My point still stands that the UI changes mean things will be a bit trickier in some respects, however.Reliable tool - thank you for the 2.8 update and fixes!
Very cool! Thank you!
Hey, not sure if I've installed the addon incorrectly or not, but none of the MDL files I've extracted from the game will show up when I try to import them in. I'm using Blender 2.83 and the latest version of the addon.
Thank you for this! I am using Blender 2.91.0, it installed perfectly. But how is the minimap tool supposed to be installed? I installed it the same way as I did NeverBlender (through Addons). But I don't see any place to enable that addon.
I'll try to go few Blender versions back and see if it changes anything
The minimap tool is not an add-on. It's a script that uses Blender+NeverBlender to import models and then renders them with the camera above.
You need to edit the settings.ini and change the path to your Blender installation. After that the tiles need to placed in "in" (uncompiled mdl + tga textures, optionally the tilesets set file) and start runme.bat. The created minimaps will be written to "out".
Hey there, just wondering, can this plugin be updated somehow to automatically convert MDL files to ASCII by any chance? It's a pretty frustrating process to try and manually convert them so Blender can recognize and import them properly.
My best option ist to call the external model model compiler from here: https://github.com/virusman/nwnexplorer/releases. It doesn't get the normals and tangetns out, but the mtaerial and texture names that and shouldbe sufficient. I just need to figure out how to call it from within blender/python and redirect the output.
These tools are super!!!! Thank you very much!!! 10+