NifTools MaxPlugin
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Change log
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0.2.17
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o Importer
- Add initial support for Freedom Force animation import
o Exporter
- Fix Binormal and Tangent export calculations
0.2.16
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o All
- Add support for Loki, Pro Cycling Manager (version 10.2.0.0)
- Add support for Megami Tensei: Imagine (version 20.1.0.3)
- Add support for Emerge Demo (versions 20.3.0.3 and 20.3.0.6)
o Importer
- Add Weld Vertices option
o Exporter
- Remove veryrxv change because it breaks Oblivion export
o Props
- Add Clone Mesh button on Collision Modifier and bhk Proxy Object
0.2.15
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o Props
- Resolve issue with bhkRigidBody object not saving and restoring data
o Exporter/Importer
- Resolve many issues with transforms and bhk shapes.
o Exporter
- Fix crash when exporting animations.
- Fix issue with exporting Skin data causing missing vertexes in nifskope
- Fix issue with exporting textkeys for morrowind and geomorph faces
(Requires import to not ignore root node and selected export of that node)
- Add animation export support for accumulate transforms (translation only)
- Fix some issues with geometry Morpher exporter with bad UV data.
o Importer
- Fixed issue with not ignoring root node when option unchecked
- Fixed issue of bhkRigidBody object not importing data properly
- Set Accumulate Transforms to accumulate y-data by default
0.2.14
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o Exporter
- Fix issues with bhkConvexShape and bhkRigidBody
o Exporter/Importer
- Introduce Morpher animation support
0.2.13.1
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o Properties
- Add Optimize option to proxy and modifier
0.2.13
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o Importer/Exporter
- Improved Bridge Commander support.
- Added more Collision support
+ Modifiers
* bhkRigidBody - Modifier
This is a modifier which converts a mesh into a collision mesh
and is a replacement for the Utility.
+ Helper Objects (Find under Create | Helper | NifTools)
* bhkRigidBody
Rigid Body reference object. Place all havok objects in this object.
* bhkBox
Primitive for a Havok Box
* bhkSphere
Primitive for a Havok Sphere
* bhkCapsule
Primitive for a Havok Capsule
* bhkCollProxy
Makes a collision object from an existing set of objects but does not make the root
objects collision objects.
0.2.12
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o Installer
- Add nifgmax shortcut on desktop option
o Props
- Add bhkListObject utility to hold collision objects
o Exporter
- Controller parentage change in Animation export
- Fix bug where child node has parent set twice resulting in error.
o Importer
- Add limited Collision import support
0.2.11 (Experimental Release)
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o All
- Please note that this is most an experimental release!
- Update to latest version of Niflib
- Introduce gmax importer/exporter
- Introduce build for max 4.2
o Exporter
- Fix bhkRigidBody export for Box
0.2.10
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o All
- Compile with Max9
o Exporter
- Fix naming bug when spliting multi-material meshes
0.2.9
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o Exporter
- Add BSX flags for NIF exports when animation is involved for Oblivion.
- Worked around what appears to be a bug in the Bezier Scale controller.
- Change time intervals when exporting MW style animation.
- Fixed bug with missing reference in Footer in MW exported .KF files.
- Call routine to apply skin offsets to Skin data (required for MW?)
o Importer
- Invoke Max Script in Max 5 so that we can import Note Tracks
0.2.8
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o Exporter
- Fix Collapse Transforms on dialog so that it actually triggers collapse
- Change defaults for textures so Morrowind does not crash in CS
- Fix export of animation for Morrowind
- Introduce mechanism in Collapse Transforms so that poorly scaled
models export better
o Importer
- Fix import of animation for Morrowind
0.2.7
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o All
- Add options to disable certain parts of plug via INI
o Added so people who only want importer can disable exporter.
- Enhancements from NifLib including support for Freedom Force
- Max 5 build is available but untested.
o Exporter
- Fix bug with NiTriShape export which created corrupted files.
- Add option to Update Tangent Space (for Oblivion)
- Add option to Collapse Transforms on meshes (mostly a debug aide)
0.2.6
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o All
- Consolidate code to single plugin: NifPlugins.dlu
- Started Wiki Documentation Project:
o http://www.niftools.org/wiki/index.php/3ds_Max
o Exporter
- Fix bug in Skin Partitioning that would cause max to hang
- Add links to website and wiki to dialog
- Tag NIF files with Plugin version in first comment field.
- Fix export of selected nodes.
- Support Prn strings for Oblivion and Morrowind when selected
mesh is bound to bone bug does not have skin modifier.
- Change export to place all data in NonAccum nodes when available
Plan to do proper support for NonAccum nodes in the future.
- Add progress bar updates while exporting
o Importer
- Add links to website and wiki to dialog
- Add support for Prn string imports for Oblivion and Morrowind
0.2.5
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o Exporter
- Rewrote animation export dialogs and procedures to write files
similar to Civilation exporter.
- Removed seperate *.kf and merged with *.nif like Civ4
- Fixed issues with NiStencilProperty (via niflib) for Morrowind
- Add option to optionally export accum nodes
- Add options for exporting skin partition in different ways
- Expose the Auto detect parameter to allow game to be saved
o Importer
- Add option to ignore root
- Expose the Time Tag and Key Note params on nif dialog
- Expose the Auto detect parameter to allow game to be saved
0.2.4
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o Exporter
- Add animation export.
o Importer
- Add option to ignore UPB buffers.
* Useful in preventing LOD Bone warnings from the Civ4 Exporter
- Fixed problem with Animation Note Tracks not being cleared
- Fixed issue with BSpline animation when too much data was present
* Specifically the Civ4 Leaderheads now import animation very well
- Import Animation Priority into user prop buffer
o NifProps Utility
- Added Animation Priority
- Removed unused Globals
0.2.3
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o Exporter
- Fix issue when exporting a mesh with a skin modifier that had bones
that were not used.
- Fix bug with normals introduced in 0.2.2 when fixing previous problem
- Changed code to scale the mesh so that Reset XForm is not required
- Added support for Bone LOD code. Works with Civ4 Bone LOD Manager.
- Added support for Lights and Cameras
o Importer
- Alter code to create Camera nodes when name begins with Camera.
- Initial pass at Lights
- Fixed issues with skin modifier on Civ4 Units and Leaderheads
- Added support for Bone LOD code. Works with Civ4 Bone LOD Manager.
- Added support for Lights and Cameras
- Fixed issues with Textures with muliple UV Sets
0.2.2
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o Exporter
- Fix Export of Normal values
o Importer
- Fix Import of Normal values
- Change Import of Bones to merge NonAccum nodes with parent
- Change Import of Animation to merge NonAccum nodes with parent node
- Add Option to Clear Animation on Import
0.2.1
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o Exporter
- Replace the Tri Stripper with a new version.
o The old version had some bugs which came when compiled with VS 2005.
- Fix issues with transforms on exporting with extra nodes and for
collision meshes
0.2
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o Importer
- Added Vertex Color modifier support
- Fixed issue with static animation import
- Fixed issue with skin vertex weight count import
- Added support for more material/texture properties
- Added support for Civilization IV Shader, if installed
o holds much of the material data in nif compatible form
o Exporter
- Upgraded to Visual Studio 2005
- Dropped registry support in favor of INI file.
- Fixed issue with importing glossiness setting on textures.
- Fixed issues with export of vertex color. Alpha map is now exported
as part of the normal color map.
- No longer exports meshes associated with bone or biped nodes.
- No longer exports extra NiNode when exporting NiTriGeom-based objects
(can be reset in ini file)
- Mass, Restitution(Ellasticity), and Friction now share values with
Reactor(Havok)
- Modified UPB export to actually export the values in the UserPropBuffer
not just a fixed list.
- Added Skin Modifier export
- Added support for more material/texture properties
- Added support for Civilization IV Shader, if installed
o holds much of the material data in nif compatible form
- Fixed issue with UV map needing to be flipped
o NifProps Utility
- Mass, Restitution(Ellasticity), and Friction now share values with Reactor(Havok)
0.1.5
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o Importer
- Updated with latest version NifLib
+ Fixes stray empty triangles when importing NiTriStrip meshes
0.1.4
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o Importer
- Fixed UV values when flipping so they align properly in UVW window
- Fixed issues with DAoC mesh import (in NifLib)
- Fixed rotation issue with animation import
0.1.3
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o Importer
- Fixed alignment issues when importing Morrowind Armor nifs
- Added initial animation support (only for animations internal to nif,
no kf file support yet)
- Fixed numerous issues with bone system (biped is still broken)
- Fixed issues with skin and doac nifs
0.1.2
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- Introduced the importer
- Fixed collision generation, turned out that Oblivion
doesn't like NvTriStrip's strips. Thanks to Razorwing
for discovering the bug and Tanguy Fautr� for his
stripper (http://users.telenet.be/tfautre/softdev/tristripper).
- Fixed materials with transforms, flipped UV coords and
objects without mapping.