Nif To Dts And/or Dif
by Smith Andersen · in Game Design and Creative Issues · 05/22/2006 (9:01 am) · 3 replies
Is it possible to convert .nif files to .dts or .dif files?
#2
TES-series (Morrowind and Oblivion for example).
You would need to import the .nif-files to milkshape or other program and export them to .dts or .dif
05/22/2006 (3:56 pm)
Its a model format used by Bethesda,TES-series (Morrowind and Oblivion for example).
You would need to import the .nif-files to milkshape or other program and export them to .dts or .dif
#3
The NIF format is complex and can contain all sorts of data. It can be a polysoup, a bsp, it can have a scene graph or not... it can even just contain embedded textures. So it's not clear cut if a NIF can convert to DIF or DTS.
A poly soup NIF with some hierarchy and special nodes could probably be converted to DTS.
A NIF with BSP nodes could maybe be converted to DIF.
Still you need a way to read the NIF format first. As far as i know the NIF format isn't public or has any available importers. So i don't think it would be possible short of owning a Gamebryo licence. Still Bethesda could have implemented some customized nodes which would have to be reverse engineered.
So it is not possible without alot of reverse engineering work or access to a Gamebryo SDK.
IMO it's a waste of time.
05/22/2006 (4:59 pm)
Ahhh... good old NIF. I used to work with NDL/Gamebryo.The NIF format is complex and can contain all sorts of data. It can be a polysoup, a bsp, it can have a scene graph or not... it can even just contain embedded textures. So it's not clear cut if a NIF can convert to DIF or DTS.
A poly soup NIF with some hierarchy and special nodes could probably be converted to DTS.
A NIF with BSP nodes could maybe be converted to DIF.
Still you need a way to read the NIF format first. As far as i know the NIF format isn't public or has any available importers. So i don't think it would be possible short of owning a Gamebryo licence. Still Bethesda could have implemented some customized nodes which would have to be reverse engineered.
So it is not possible without alot of reverse engineering work or access to a Gamebryo SDK.
IMO it's a waste of time.
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