What is Neverwinter Nights model format?

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What is Neverwinter Nights model format?

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What is the format for the Neverwinter Nights models?
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I'm pretty sure that milkshape 3d can handle those too.
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GameStudio A5 MDL & Serious Sam MDL are the supported MDLs in MilkShape 3D 1.8.0.

Does anyone knows which editor "handles" NWN's MDL?
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I'd almost swear I've seen neverwinter nights on the list in Milkshape. What are you trying to do exactly? Maybe we can give a different solution.
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Use NWN models in my game. Well, not the official ones, the free ones.
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I think NWN MDL is also supported by Milkshape, just as several others. BTW: When I talked about mdl files elsewhere I meant Quake MDL.
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NWN .mdl doesn't seem to be supported in my version of milkshape, just gamestudio and serious sam as mentioned before.
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Yes, you're right. there are also some other formats, but not NWN:
http://chumbalum.swissquake.ch/ms3d/index.html
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(So hoping I'll get the answer here without creating another thread cause it's still bout the subject) How can I load the NWN .mdl models in my game?
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You need a tool to handle this format. There's also a small amount of information on NWN mdl files on the net. So you could also try to make your own loader.
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hybrid wrote:You need a tool to handle this format. There's also a small amount of information on NWN mdl files on the net.
Ok, I'll search the net for it!:wink:
hybrid wrote:So you could also try to make your own loader.
I don't have a clue on making loaders to formats like those but just for the fun of learning, can someone shed a light on the subject?

Thank you all!
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Im surprised hybrid didnt mention this: http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net/phpBB2/ ... hp?t=19815 project... (Posting full url for visibility, yeah I know it lacks style.)

Infact, taken right out of that thread:
hybrid wrote:Hmm, MDL is not really an important format anymore. Moreover, the md2 code seems to be very similar. I guess it would be quite simple to add the mdl loader based on the MD2 code. Maybe I'll add it with the new animation system...
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Yeah, but that post of mine was regarding the quake mdl, which seems to be somewhat different to NWN mdl. And GameMaker's mdl7 seems to be a completely different story. Sounds like bsp levels to me. Every game comes with its own flavor. And most of them are only documented by reverse engineers.
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BlindSide wrote:Im surprised hybrid didnt mention this: http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net/phpBB2/ ... hp?t=19815 project...
I see he wrote there that everything about the NWN MDL is in the MDL folder. I tried to understand what he has done there but without success.
I know its a real long shot but..
Hybrid, or anyone else who's up for it, can you look at it and maybe take this project of making a NWN's MDL loader to irrlicht?

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Maybe I should ask this in the Irrlicht Challenge forum?..
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