NIF TEXTURES EXPORTER

[alex2avs]

It's finally here : http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=26021

Requirements : Windows OS
Release Thread : NTE
Version : 1.9.5
Date : 24 July 2009
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Credits
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picaxe ,bill88 , billthecreator, Authenticity , Thanubis - from AutoIT Forums for helping me with some functions(nif texture path search and ShellExecute) .

vicICE - TesNexus Member - BETA Tester -

Purpose
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I created NTE to simplify and speed boost the retexturing process.
Ever wanted to retexture an interior ?
You had to look for every texture path in the nif , find each texture ,copy them into a folder and finally retexture them , a process that can take lots of time (20 meshes, lets say ?).
NTE will do this for you.
Just copy the nifs you want in the same folder as NTE.exe and start the program.
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Installation
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if you only have the NTE.exe , just create a folder and copy it there
Run NTE.exe and press RUN NTE.
This will create the ini and guide you setting the application.
As long as a NTE.ini exists , RUN NTE will only start the search/create/copy process



Application
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A quite user-friendly interface will be shown , allowing you to :

-Run NTE-

start the search process

-Export Folder-

will open the folder where the textures will be copied ;
if it\'s not there , it will be created automatically
Delete Nifs
this one will delete all nifs found in the folder containing NTE.exe

-Repair ini-

- repair the .ini file , in case you deleted it.
the GUI background will be set to black

-Edit Ini-

- manually configure the .ini
-texture path
- number of textures to look after , for each nif
background color

-Edit Ini - Guided-

- guided ini configuration
- texture path
- number of textures path to search after
- tips included -

-Read Me-
will show the readme,if available

-Background -

here\'s a new one . Are you bored of the pitch black color ?
There are 20 other colors to choose from. your choice will be saved
in the .ini file , so next time when you\'ll start the application , your favorite
background will be used.Or you can manually alter the ini ,
and pick your favorite color (see HEX colors)

-Close-

it will close the application as long it's not busy.
However you can force it to close from task manager.


Tool tips will be shown when :

-the NTE search is running
(\"NTE is busy\")
-Nifs are deleted
(\"@path of the nif\" was deleted


Message boxes will appear when :

-NTE search is done \"Job Done:
-Nif Deletion is done \"x nifs were deleted

New features
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Added in version 1.9.5 (that above is 1.9.0)
- GUI revamped
- Enhanced Ini Repair
- In case the INI is missing and run NTE ,
the ini will be created , and the Guided ini configuration will start.
- Export all in one folder - you can now chose to export all the textures into one folder or separate folders .


License
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You are not allowed by any means not edit,alter,redistribute,sell NTE.exe . This is a free utility , that took me some time to create and it wouldn't be nice to do what I mentioned above.
However , if you think you can improve this program , feel free to PM me , or post into the NTE Thread.



Missed something ?

Edited October 5, 2014 by alex2avs

[alex2avs]

here is an userbar :

 

http://i453.photobucket.com/albums/qq254/alex2avs/Others/NTEUSER.png

 

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[Pronam]

Got it. Before you banned me because of the lack of it :P !!

[dezdimona]

an excellent piece of work Alex. Both you and Vic deserve major kudo's.

[alex2avs]

Thank you , Dezi :)

[alex2avs]

version 1.9.6 uploaded

 

- New feature : export normal maps - made at request of Khet

[Khet]

You're amazing alex, that was heck of a lot faster than I even dreamed of!

[alex2avs]

New version under work :

First I want to thanks LHammonds for reviewing NTE and pointing out some - (minuses).

 

Done\working on :

 

normal maps are now automatically imported if available

 

to do list :

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1. The included readme filename is "ReadMe.txt" but the "Read Me" button on the app is looking for a file with the name of "NTE-Readme.txt" You might want to modify the action of the button to look for a series of possible filenames before giving up and displaying an error. Example: Look for "NTE-Readme.txt" then "NTE Readme.txt" and finally "Readme.txt"

 

2. If the .ini file does not exist when the application is opened, I'd suggest having the application automatically create it each time.

 

 

c. Exclude "Black" as one of your background color choices since it completely hides your text...unless you update the text to be coordinated with the background color.

 

 

5. While NTE is "busy" processing NIF files, I'd also suggest disabling all buttons (except close) until the process is complete which will also be another indicator that it is processing in the background. Maybe even include a simple little progress bar that just bounces back-n-forth like a Cylon to show activity.

 

 

8a. Clicking on the "Export normal maps" displays a popup box that reads "Textures will be exported in the same folder"

 

8b. Clicking on the "Export in same folder" displays a popup box that reads "Normal will be exported with the textures" - Either these two messages are displaying the wrong message or functions are actually linked to the incorrect selections.

 

 

9. It would be nice if the two checkbox selections at the bottom were "remembered" in the .INI file as preferences.

 

 

7. When clicking the "Edit Ini - Guided" button, I would expect that clicking the Cancel button would not actually change the existing entry. I canceled both windows that popped up and upon inspecting the INI file, the values were blanked out. DoH!

 

 

3. When the .ini file is created, I'd suggest trying to determine a best-guess for the texture path such as the following:

 

a. If any NIF files exist in the folder, pick one and determine the path to the 1st texture. Then start traversing the current directory to each parent folder until you read a "Meshes" folder and see if you can navigate the "Textures" folder to the path you found in the NIF file. If successful, get the full path to that folder and use it to populate the textures path as the default.

 

-I will not use the method because it will fail if you run NTE for nifs that are not used in Oblivion , because the texture path will always start with "textures"

 

b. If the above does not yield a valid path, obtain the path to the Oblivion folder and point it to Oblivion's main texture path. The path can be found in the registry under HKLM\Software\Bethesda Softworks\Oblivion and the key is called "Installed Path"...then test to see if there is a "BSACMD\Out" folder somewhere under that folder path. If not found, just add "Data\Textures" to that path and place it in your INI as the default value.

 

Done. If Oblivion\bsacmd\out\textures is not found then Oblivion\Data\Textures\ will be picked.

 

4. I'd suggest adding an MDI frame to your GUI window and sending the tooltip messages to the bottom of your app window rather than directly on the top-left corner of the desktop. In my test, it apparently did not like my choice of texture path and it just sat there doing nothing until I closed it (which also closed the tooltip).

 

Also done. Progress bar added and working. The only tooltip that remained is used for deleting nifs

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What's left :

6. Since this process can take a LARGE amount of time, you might want to give a warning that it will take some time to process. Maybe even try to give a rough guesstimate based on how many NIF files you see in the folder that it would process. Example: 20 NIF files found, this process can take 2 minutes per NIF file which means it might take 40 minutes to process these 20 files.

 

 

 

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your comments are welcomed both here and on the release link :

http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=26021

[alex2avs]

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