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User:Qazaaq/NIF Format Notes (edit)
Revision as of 08:21, 21 December 2008
, 08:21, 21 December 2008some minor changes
imported>Qazaaq (other collision shapes) |
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== General == | == General == | ||
* | *All NIFs start with a BSFadeNode block, very similar to NiNodes. Exceptions: | ||
**cameras | |||
**master particle systems | |||
**lod meshes | |||
*All block Values strings (Value column in Block List view) are stored in a Strings array in the header and are referred to with an integer. | *All block Values strings (Value column in Block List view) are stored in a Strings array in the header and are referred to with an integer. | ||
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== Collision == | == Collision == | ||
=== All collision === | === All collision === | ||
*'''Layer''' and '''Response'''(?) is controlled by bhkRigidBody. | *'''Layer''' and '''Response'''(always(?) set to RESPONSE_SIMPLE_CONTACT) is controlled by bhkRigidBody. | ||
*Use bhkRigidBodyT instead of bhkRididBody to apply | *Use bhkRigidBodyT instead of bhkRididBody to apply a transformation to a collision object. | ||
*Use bhkTransformShape to apply a transformation to a collision shape | |||
=== Primitive collision shapes === | === Primitive collision shapes === | ||
*Hardly ever used. Convex and Mopp shapes are much more common even for shapes like boxes. | *Hardly ever used. Convex and Mopp shapes are much more common even for shapes like boxes. | ||
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+- bhkXXXShape | +- bhkXXXShape | ||
==== Notes ==== | ==== Notes ==== | ||
*Used shapes: | *Used shapes (should be possible to use it with all shapes): | ||
**Box | **Box | ||
*Shape contains shape and '''material''' data. | *Shape contains shape and '''material''' data. | ||
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*'''Material''' is controlled by the bhkMoppBvTreeShape block. | *'''Material''' is controlled by the bhkMoppBvTreeShape block. | ||
*bhkPackedNiTriStripsShape and bhkPackedNiTriStripsData only contain data about the collision shape. | *bhkPackedNiTriStripsShape and bhkPackedNiTriStripsData only contain data about the collision shape. | ||
*bhkPackedNiTriStripsData contains '''layer'' and '''material''' of subshapes. | |||
=== Uncompressed collision shapes === | === Uncompressed collision shapes === | ||
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+- bhkSPCollisionObject | +- bhkSPCollisionObject | ||
+- bhkSimpleShapePhantom | +- bhkSimpleShapePhantom | ||
+- bhkXXXShape | +- [bhkXXXShape, bhkConvexVerticesShape] | ||
==== Notes ==== | ==== Notes ==== | ||
*bhkSimpleShapePhantom controls the '''layer''': | *bhkSimpleShapePhantom controls the '''layer''': | ||