Nexus Buddy 2 - Granny Editor for Civ 5 2.5.3

Bangra 7 · Aug 3, 2020

@Deliverator. Yes, the model moves in Blender 2.79b. The character is parented to the rig therein as well.

Bangra 7 · Aug 3, 2020

The bones are named in Blender, MixamoRig:Hips, for instance. (I rigged the character in Mixamo.)
In NexusBuddy 2, they're renamed to: MixamoRig_Hips, for instance.

Bangra 7 · Aug 3, 2020

I figured out the problem, I had to rename each of the vertex groups and bones. To do this, I used a community plugin called Mixamo Converter, with blender 2.79b. It works! Now I just have to get the character in game...

Bangra 7 · Aug 4, 2020

Her hair didn't show up correctly, but I'm working on a fix for that.
Other than that, custom animations, custom rig and character... she works!

TPangolin · Aug 9, 2020

Hi all, our team is currently having an issue with getting a unit model to function in game. The Unit model itself is graphically a series of buildings, thus we need no animations for it.

The current issue we are facing is that when we try to get the model to load in-game it generally spasms. A screenshot of the issue can be found below, but if a video is preferred we can upload that shortly.

Spoiler :

The person handling implementation has wanted me to make note of the following points:

-The model loads in Granny Viewer, and has less than 32 Vertex Groups.
-The model does not load in Nexus. It says the .gr2 and .dds files are missing. NexusBuddy was then reinstalled, and they made sure that the asset path was correct.
-All the assets are in the same folder, and the only .gr2 file has no animation.
- The FXSXML can be found below:

Spoiler :

Any help regarding this would be very appreciated! Many thanks in advance.

Deliverator · Aug 29, 2020

TPangolin said:
Hi all, our team is currently having an issue with getting a unit model to function in game. The Unit model itself is graphically a series of buildings, thus we need no animations for it.

The current issue we are facing is that when we try to get the model to load in-game it generally spasms. A screenshot of the issue can be found below, but if a video is preferred we can upload that shortly.

I would need the project files and the Blender file to see what is wrong. It maybe that someone is using FBX -> GR2 in Nexus Buddy 2 which often corrupts the mesh data in which case BR2 -> GR2 the reliable method should be used instead.

ExplosiveWatermelon · Sep 2, 2020

Deliverator said:
I would need the project files and the Blender file to see what is wrong. It maybe that someone is using FBX -> GR2 in Nexus Buddy 2 which often corrupts the mesh data in which case BR2 -> GR2 the reliable method should be used instead.

Very late response, but I've got both links for you. I tried converting from FBX > GR2 then to BR2 > GR2, but it still gets messed up in-game. If you'd like anymore information, please let me know.

Blender file: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mAD8KII5WCMR129GhD8cQ64NLwyKvbD8/view?usp=sharing

Project file: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IdwMcwj04aKJc_PZm-g5-p4qmZmktzxs/view?usp=sharing

Deliverator · Sep 7, 2020

ExplosiveWatermelon said:
Very late response, but I've got both links for you. I tried converting from FBX > GR2 then to BR2 > GR2, but it still gets messed up in-game. If you'd like anymore information, please let me know.

Blender file: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mAD8KII5WCMR129GhD8cQ64NLwyKvbD8/view?usp=sharing

Might need the actual Blender session - the .blend save file.

ExplosiveWatermelon · Sep 9, 2020

Deliverator said:
Might need the actual Blender session - the .blend save file.

I've got you covered.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UokCvnkPbgkv8udDqzOR93mALsnWZRZU/view?usp=sharing

Deliverator · Oct 13, 2020

ExplosiveWatermelon said:
I've got you covered.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UokCvnkPbgkv8udDqzOR93mALsnWZRZU/view?usp=sharing

I've finally got around to looking at this barricade model. I've got it working as far as Nexus 3D Viewer so should work in game now.

Steps I performed:

Blender 2.79
1) Delete Cameras and Lamps - you can use the Outliner to see these and remove them.
2) Used Ctrl-A to apply scale, rotation.
3) Exported to BR2 format.

Nexus Buddy 2
1) Open BR2 file.
2) Add BuildingShader Material and assign it to Box001 mesh.
3) In the Material set Diffuse to point to the DDS texture - I renamed this grey_brick.dds and made sure it was DXT5 format DDS.
4) Set up simple fxsxml file:

Code:

<Asset>
    <Mesh file="barricade.gr2"/>
    <Texture file="grey_brick.dds"/>
</Asset>

Hope this helps!

Protok St · Feb 15, 2021

Using Nexus Buddy 2.5.3

I want to change an FX of projectile. Replace the one type of rockets to another, new.
Work with siege01.gr2, siege01.fxsxml

1. Made a model of FX rocket proj_siege_missile_big01a.fxsxml, proj_siege_missile_big01a.gr2
2. Made a new VisualEffects in apropriate XML database linked to new model.
3. Made a TimedTrigger file="FX_Triggers_Siege_01a.ftsxml" linked to new VisualEffects.

Now I need assign a new TimedTrigger to model. I think it's possible to do with "Reorder FTSXML Triggers" option on Additional Actions Tab.
But when I tap on it and choose a new ftsxml appeared window says next:

Spoiler Error Data :

What I should to do to work with this option properly?

Deliverator · Feb 18, 2021

@Protok St I think you have misunderstood what "Reorder FTSXML Triggers" is for. It is designed to be used on existing base game *.ftsxml to reorder them and make them more readable.

You should run it on the base game *.ftsxml for the unit that you uses the projectile you are basing your new projectile on.

Protok St · Feb 18, 2021

Deliverator said:
@Protok St I think you have misunderstood what "Reorder FTSXML Triggers" is for. It is designed to be used on existing base game *.ftsxml to reorder them and make them more readable.

You should run it on the base game *.ftsxml for the unit that you uses the projectile you are basing your new projectile on.

I can see some difference in reordered file and added XML tags. Ok.

1. Am I right that assigning TimedTrigger file in fxsxml model file is not enough?
2. How to make a connection between New FTSXML file and GR2 file?

Nutty · Feb 18, 2021

Protok St said:
1. Am I right that assigning TimedTrigger file in fxsxml model file is not enough?
2. How to make a connection between New FTSXML file and GR2 file?

Though changing the Mesh and Textures in the .fxsxml file doesn't do anything in-game, changing the TimedTrigger reference to your new .ftsxml does work.

Protok St · Feb 19, 2021

Protok St said:
I can see some difference in reordered file and added XML tags. Ok.

1. Am I right that assigning TimedTrigger file in fxsxml model file is not enough?
2. How to make a connection between New FTSXML file and GR2 file?

Nutty said:
Though changing the Mesh and Textures in the .fxsxml file doesn't do anything in-game, changing the TimedTrigger reference to your new .ftsxml does work.

How to change the TimedTrigger reference to new .ftsxml?

Nutty · Feb 20, 2021

Make a copy of the .ftsxml with a different name, add it to your mod (VFS=true), then edit your .fxsxml and change the TimedTrigger line to the new filename.

Protok St · Feb 21, 2021

Nutty said:
Make a copy of the .ftsxml with a different name, add it to your mod (VFS=true), then edit your .fxsxml and change the TimedTrigger line to the new filename.

So, that is enough in case of Civ 5.

Jaegerguy · Mar 7, 2021

So, I have a customised mounted unit (ibex rider), but I want to make only the mount smaller. If I do, it gets stretched back to the size of a regular horse. Because I don't want to scale the rider down, I can't use the adjustment bone feature, as the rider and the mount are hierarchically in the same model, just two different meshes. Is there any workaround in NexusBuddy for this?

EDIT: NVM, I got it solved, had to ctrl-A and apply location+rotation+scale

Tosyk · Aug 5, 2021

Hello. the tool is great!
I successfully converted model of George Washington. But when I try to 'Export Animation to NA2' the tool is just crashing all the time even with re-saved animation.
What I'm doing wrong?

p.s.: tried this: https://forums.civfanatics.com/thre...blender-and-re-import-to-civ-v-civ-be.564873/ with no luck :/

Tosyk · Aug 5, 2021

Also, can NB2 tool export materials?

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