Misted Forest

[Valkrionn]

Alright, I'm trying to get some new art working for a new feature in Rise from Erebus. Basically, I need to add mist to various features (Could have the mist by itself, and that's the fallback plan, but then there is no variety... Far rather add it to existing features). I have it displaying correctly in nifskope, but it refuses to cooperate in game... Anyone mind taking a minute to tell me what I'm doing wrong?

I've attached an edited version of the 'New Forest' nif used by the mod... It's an easy one, just a single nif, unlike other features, so a good one to use here. Again, it is displaying correctly in nifskope:

In game, however, the mist is not there.

The xml:

		<FeatureArtInfo>
			<Type>ART_DEF_FEATURE_FOREST_NEW_MIST</Type>
			<bAnimated>1</bAnimated>
			<bRiverArt>0</bRiverArt>
			<TileArtType>TILE_ART_TYPE_NONE</TileArtType>
			<LightType>LIGHT_TYPE_SUN</LightType>
			<fScale>1.0</fScale>
			<fInterfaceScale>1.0</fInterfaceScale>
			<Button>Art/Interface/Buttons/TerrainFeatures/Forest.dds</Button>
			<FeatureVariety>
				<FeatureArtPieces>
					<FeatureArtPiece>
						<ModelFile>Art/Civs/Sidar/New Forest/new forest.nif</ModelFile>
						<Connections></Connections>
					</FeatureArtPiece>
				</FeatureArtPieces>
				<FeatureDummyNodes/>
				<bGenerateRotations>0</bGenerateRotations>
				<VarietyButton>Art/Interface/Buttons/TerrainFeatures/Forest.dds</VarietyButton>
			</FeatureVariety>
		</FeatureArtInfo>

 

[Valkrionn]

Got this working, thanks to help from Tesb.

 

[Deon]

Hmm, I can barely see the mist. Is it moving in the game so you could see it better?

 

[Valkrionn]

Yes, it is animated in game. Fairly easy to see, screenshots just don't work well for it.

 

[Afforess]

Out of curiosity, what was wrong?

 

[Valkrionn]

Out of curiosity, what was wrong?

I'm basically an idiot, that's what.

In looking at the original nif, there were nodes that were solitary, not hooked into the main node... So I just pasted the feature into the mist, didn't add it to the main node.

Looked at it again, saw that the solitary nodes are all effects, not actual structure, added the feature to the parent mist node, both showed up. But mist wasn't animated. So I switched the order, attached the mist to the forest, and boom. Both in game, mist animated, everything working.

We've pretty much decided that the mist on it's own looks awesome, though. Doubt we'll use it with other features.