MaxPlugins 0.1.2
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  	This releases simply introduces an importer to make a unified release.
  
	This plugin set currently consists of an exporter, importer and a utility 
 	plugin. This is a early release, so expect it to be buggy. 
	
	Report problems and ask questions here:
	
		http://niftools.sourceforge.net/forum/viewforum.php?f=6
		
	A tutorial on how to use the exporter and utility plugins can be found here:
	
		http://www.silgrad.com/wbb2/thread.php?threadid=2477	
		
	Enjoy!

	
	Changes since 0.1
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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.
	
	Requirements
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  	Exporter and Utility:
    	3D Studio Max 6+, tested with version 8.
	
  	Importer
    	3d Studio Max 8, untested with previous releases

	Installation
	------------
	
	Copy NifExport.dle, NifProps.dlu, MaxNifImport.dli to your 3dsmax\plugins 
  	directory.
  
  	Copy MaxNifTools.ini to your 3dsmax\plugcfg directory.
		
	Usage
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  	Exporter and Utility:
  	Use the NifProps utility plugin to mark objects as collision shapes and
  	set their Havok material and layer properties. Export files using
  	"File->Export->Gambryo File (*.nif)".

  	Importer:
    	Import files using "File->Import->Netimmerse/Gamebryo(*.NIF)"
  
    	Its highly 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 
        Applications for your machine.

       - The ini file has a substitution mechanism to make it easier to just 
         change one location and refer to that path in other areas.
       
       - RootPaths is used to determine if the imported nif is in one of 
         those directories if so it assumes the nif is from that app and uses
         those settings for import.
         
       - TexturePaths is used to test if the relative path in the nif is 
         relative to that directory.
       
       - TextureSearchPaths will be recursively scanned for file names that 
         match the extensions (this can be time consuming so keep it to only 
         relevant directories to you).
 
	Copyright
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	Copyright (c) 2006, NIF File Format Library and Tools. All rights reserved.
	
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