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Animating a Cabinet for NWN2

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Submitted by rjshae on 2018-01-08 18:02.
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2018-04-15 15:24
Author: 
rjshae
Version: 
1
Game: 
NwN2
Category: 
Tool
Requirements: 
OC
Language: 
English
Tags: 
rjshae, nwn2tutorials, animation, Placeable, Doors, Tutorial, NWN2
This PDF tutorial document describes a procedure for animating a Neverwinter Nights 2 placeable or a door using the nwn2mdk tool and Blender. The downloads include the tutorial, a set of FBX files generated while creating the placeable animation, and a copy of all files (models, textures, and Granny) needed to add the animated placeable into the game. All software needed to follow this process are available for free, but, be forewarned, there is a solid learning curve if you want to become proficient with the Blender 3D modeling tool.
 
This document was put together for my own use while I was learning how to animate a placeable model, so it includes steps to avoid the errors I made. If you spot a problem, please leave a note below. It's entirely possible that the process can be greatly improved, but at least I know this method works. Good enough for starters like me, at any rate.
 
Enjoy!
 
Revisions
  • r2 -- Added a brief appendix explaining how to animate doors using the same technique.
  • r1 -- Initial release
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PDF icon animation_tutorial.pdf (385)375.42 KB
File fbx_files.7z (249)89.39 KB
File override.7z (2660)442.98 KB
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Open - Free & open only if project also open
Mon, 2018-01-08 23:47
Trinital
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After all the Head banging you did against your desk, you've sorta become the expert now.

Thanks for writing these up - invaluable!.

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Tue, 2018-01-09 05:44
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Thanks. There's much more to learn, and I'm just a novice getting started. Once you get the hang of this though it's pretty easy to crank these out.

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Sat, 2018-01-20 07:45
Black Rider
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This is a really great tutorial! Thanks!

So, in theory, it would be possible to also edit creature animations via Blender?

 

And I have one more question: I may be too blind, but I can't manage to finde the exe of your mentioned tools:

nw2fbx.exe
fbx2nw.exe

I looked here:

https://github.com/Arbos/nwn2mdk

but no exe...

Could you point me into the right direction please?

 

And maybe you should link this up to other Blender tutorials here on the vault, e.g. "Basic Walk Mesh Editing for Neverwinter Nights 2 Using Blender" by R. Hall, the ones from DrA (though they are NWN1 related, they're very good to get into Blender).

 

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Sat, 2018-01-20 06:12
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rjshae
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Thanks Black Rider. Yes, I think it may be possible to edit the animations, node by node. I haven't tried that yet though. For the binaries, look under the Releases tab. There should be a nwn2mdk-04.zip download that includes the two binaries.

I'm not sure why there isn't a tutorial category where we could group these types of projects.

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Sat, 2018-01-20 07:45
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Black Rider
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Thanks! I finally found them! Sometimes I tend to be blind... cool

Yep, a central location, which, in this case, lead to all the Blender tutorials on this vault would be great.

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Wed, 2018-01-24 08:02
hippias
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Wahoo another great and usefull project.

Thank you rjshae

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Wed, 2018-01-31 22:02
krighaur
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Great tutorial, thanks!

I don't use Blender, but your tuto is understandable for 3DS Max users.

 

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