The following menus are available in NIFFeditor.
Following are explinations for each command.
Figure: Reading file dialog
This command saves (overwrites) the loaded file. When you are asked, "Overwrite OK," click OK to save (overwrite) the file. If you do not wish the existing file to be overwritten, click Cancel.
Figure: Overwrite and save warning dialog
When this is ON (when the ON mark is colored), it is possible to modify (add, delete) links, and change node names and node flag settings. This is a toggle setting.
When ON, the texture image is displayed on the Tex node. The default is "OFF."
If the node is presently displayed, the node view does not change, even if this Command is set to ON. Either reopen the file or hide and then show the text node again. To do this, right-click the Tex node top open the menu, then select Hide. Right-click the Parent node of the hidden Tex node and select Expand or Show Immediate Children.
Use the IS-Viewer 64 to perform a Quick Preview on the N64 Control Deck.
Use Emu-Board to perform a Quick Preview on the N64 Control Deck.
The options that have been set are reflected in the .niffcnvops file stored in the user's home directory, and are valid until the next conversion.
The options set here are also valid with the Preview commands.
For additional information, please refer to the "niff2gfx Converter" Manual.
These option settings are saved in the .niffcnvops file (stored in the user's /home directory) and are applied the next time the user does a conversion with this command or a preview with any of the NIFFeditor preview commands. The .niffcnvops file also stores the settings specified by the [N64 tool]-[Convert to N64 DL]-[Set Options and Go] command. The options stored in the file apply to both commands.
Please refer to "niff2nvf Converter" Manual. for details about these options.
By default, output is to /usr/local/n64kit/nvfview/model.niff, and the script file is /usr/local/n64kit/nvfview/nvfview.
Since anything can be specified as the script file as long as it is executable, it is possible to have an optional process performed other than previewing by specifying an appropriate script file.
This cancels the gload (for the Emulator Board) and nload (for the IS-Viewer64) process performed during preview.
Use IS-Viewer64 to perform a preview on the N64 Control Deck with nvfview.
Use Emu-Board to perform a preview on the N64 Control Deck with nvfview.
This command starts up the niff2nvf converter to output NVF data and allows you set up the conversion options.
Allows you to specify the directory where you want Nintendo 64 graphics data to be output. Select the directory from the displayed dialog box. The specified directory is saved in the .niffcnvops file.
Outputs NIFF data to the file specified by the [NIFF2 tool]-[Preview File] command and executes the script file specified by the [NIFF2 tool]-[PreviewScript] command.
Allows you to specify the script file that is executed by the [NIFF2 tool]-[Execute Script] command.
Allows you to specify the file that NIFF data is output to with the [NIFF2tool]-[Execute Script] command.
This command displays the NIFFeditor version information.