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NWN Miscellany EE 2023
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Submitted by Pstemarie on 2023-04-13 11:34.
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2023-04-14 09:53
Newly revised for 2023.
General Game Issues .................................................................................................................................... 6
Cannot Connect to LAN Server ................................................................................................................. 6
DM Palette Not Updating ......................................................................................................................... 6
Performance Issues ................................................................................................................................... 6
Working with the Toolset ............................................................................................................................. 8
Do Not Use F5 ........................................................................................................................................... 8
Do Not Use F9 to Test Modules ................................................................................................................ 8
Area Tabs .................................................................................................................................................. 8
Common Toolset Errors ............................................................................................................................ 8
Revert Your Module to an Earlier Version of the Toolset ......................................................................... 9
Scaling Objects ........................................................................................................................................ 10
Script Debugging ..................................................................................................................................... 10
Custom Content Tools ................................................................................................................................. 11
Essentials ................................................................................................................................................. 11
Other Tools ............................................................................................................................................. 11
Custom Content .......................................................................................................................................... 15
Content Limits ......................................................................................................................................... 15
Colors: Decimal Value Calculation .......................................................................................................... 15
Icons: Overriding Base Game Content .................................................................................................... 15
Models: Compiled vs. Decompiled ......................................................................................................... 16
Models: Keyholing ................................................................................................................................... 16
Models: Selfillumcolor and Setfillumcolor - RESOLVED .......................................................................... 16
SET Files: Adding a Terrain Type to a SET file.......................................................................................... 16
SET Files: Padding a SET File .................................................................................................................... 17
SET Files: Tile Path Nodes ....................................................................................................................... 18
SET Files: Tile Visibility Nodes ................................................................................................................. 19
Tiles: Creatures Facing Doors After Using an Area Transition ................................................................ 19
Tiles: Edge Tile Rotation .......................................................................................................................... 19
Tiles: Optimizing Meshes ........................................................................................................................ 20
Tiles: Shiny Water Doesn’t Work ............................................................................................................ 21
Tiles: SourceLights Remain “On” In Toolset When “Off” ........................................................................ 21
Tiles: Window Nighttime Illumination (TNO) .......................................................................................... 22
Shaders ........................................................................................................................................................ 23
MTR File Format ...................................................................................................................................... 23
PBR Maps ................................................................................................................................................ 25
Appendix A: Common Toolset Errors .......................................................................................................... 26
External Exception EEFFACE.................................................................................................................... 26
Pure virtual function called ..................................................................................................................... 26
Access Violations ..................................................................................................................................... 27
List Index Out of Bounds (##) .................................................................................................................. 28
Camera Speed is too Fast (AMD) ............................................................................................................ 28
Crash after Deleting the Starting Area .................................................................................................... 29
Crash when Loading an Area (Nvidia). .................................................................................................... 29
Door Appearance Missing when Editing a Door Object ......................................................................... 29
Modified Blueprints in HAKs Appear on Both Palettes ........................................................................... 29
Script Editor Weird Characters Appearing .............................................................................................. 29
Sourcelights Remain “On” When Set to “Off” in Tile Properties ............................................................ 30
Texture Coloring Doesn’t Update when Editing an Item ........................................................................ 30
Tile Grid is Beneath Tiles ......................................................................................................................... 30
Tile Group Will Not Paint ........................................................................................................................ 30
Tile Selector Not Visible .......................................................................................................................... 31
Appendix B: Clean Models (CM3) ............................................................................................................... 32
Read the Documentation ........................................................................................................................ 32
CM3 Is Not a Substitute for Bad Modeling ............................................................................................. 32
CM3 Works best when it’s doing One Thing ........................................................................................... 32
Using CM3 to Decompile Binary Models ................................................................................................ 34
Using CM3 to Fix Shadows ...................................................................................................................... 34
Appendix C: Gmax (NwGmax) ..................................................................................................................... 35
Setting the GPU Driver ............................................................................................................................ 35
Units Setup .............................................................................................................................................. 36
Defining the Texture Library ................................................................................................................... 37
Installing NwGmax .................................................................................................................................. 37
GMAX Hot Keys ....................................................................................................................................... 37
Common Gmax Errors and How to Resolve Them.................................................................................. 38
Appendix D: ShaderMap 4 .......................................................................................................................... 39
Settings.................................................................................................................................................... 39
Fixing Map Alignment ............................................................................................................................. 39
Correct vs. Incorrect Green Channel ....................................................................................................... 40
Appendix E: NASHER / NIM Tools ............................................................................................................... 42
Installation .............................................................................................................................................. 42
Setup (For Packing / Installing HAK Files) ............................................................................................... 42
Appendix F: TXI Settings .............................................................................................................................. 44
Material Specific Fields ........................................................................................................................... 44
Texture Specific Fields ............................................................................................................................. 45
General Texture Controller Specific Fields .............................................................................................. 46
Appendix G: Console Commands ................................................................................................................ 47
General Commands ................................................................................................................................ 47
Dungeon Master Commands .................................................................................................................. 48
Appendix H: Miscellaneous References ...................................................................................................... 51
Color Charts (SetColor NSS command) ................................................................................................... 51
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Thanks. This is just GREAT.
Well met.
As always, you are at the top of your game.
Amazing stuff. A digital life long summary of your high experience here.
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thank you for this
Brilliant, thank you so much
Great! It's so good, that you keep this updated!