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ATTENTION:
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This is not the officially maintained edition of the NifTools plugin
This plugin currently consists of an exporter, importer and a utility
plugin for 3ds max and gmax for read and writing Gamebryo/Netimmerse
related files.
Report problems and ask questions here:
http://www.niftools.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=6
A wiki for the 3ds Max plugins is available at:
http://www.niftools.org/wiki/index.php/3ds_Max
Enjoy!
Requirements
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Plugins:
Installer:
The installer will configure the plugins for whichever releases
you have available on your machine. It will also optionally configure
texture paths for various games that we know there settings for.
Copy NifPlugins.dlu, to your 3dsmax\plugins directory.
Copy MaxNifTools.ini to the correct plugcfg directory:
For 2013 and later:
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Autodesk\3dsMax\<version>\enu\en-US\plugcfg
For 2012 and less:
Windows Vista and Greater:
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Autodesk\3dsMax\<version>\enu\plugcfg
Windows XP:
%APPDATA%\Autodesk\3dsMax\<version>\enu\plugcfg
You can copy MaxNifTools.ini to your 3dsmax\plugcfg directory but the
folder may be readonly so is discouraged but might still work.
The plugin will search the AppData folder first though as that is the
recommended location from Autodesk and Microsoft.
gmax notes:
NifPlugins.dlu goes in gmax\plugin folder
MaxNifTools.ini goes in gmax\plugCFG folder
winmm.dll goes in gmax folder where gmax.exe is located.
Do not place it in the windows system folder.
Collision:
Add bhkRigidBody from Create | Helpers | Niftools to represent
a rigid body in havok.
Add bhkCollProxy or bhkRigidBody Modifier to represent shapes
and then link them to the bhkRigidBody.
Exporter:
Export files using "File | Export | Netimmerse/Gamebryo (*.NIF, *.KF)".
Import files using "File | Import | Netimmerse/Gamebryo (*.NIF, *.KF)"
Settings:
Its recommended that you edit the MaxNifTools.ini file to adjust
paths and other settings to your machine to make it easier to work with.
1. Remove irrelevant applications from the KnownApplications list
2. Fix the RootPaths, TexturePaths and TextureSearchPaths in the