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Added several tools, downloadable and web-based. Hopefully they are useful to others.
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This page will include official, community made, and third party software projects. | This page will include official, community made, and third party software projects. | ||
* '''Material Editor''': | == Armor and Clothing Design == | ||
* '''Marvelous Designer''': A 3D digital painting and sculpting software for [[Model File]]s, specifically for clothing and armor. | |||
** [https://marvelousdesigner.com/product/pricing Marvelous Designer] | |||
** As of this writing, offers perpetual licensing as well as monthly subscriptions. | |||
* '''Outfit Studio''': A 3D digital sculpting tool for [[Model File]]s, specifically clothing, armor, and body creation/conversion. | |||
** [https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/25 BodySlide and Outfit Studio] | |||
** Used for bodies, outfits, armors, and static [[Model File]]s. | |||
== Audio and Dialogue == | |||
* '''Audacity''': Open source, multi-track audio editor and recorder for [[Sound File]]s. | |||
** [https://audacityteam.org Audacity] | |||
** Exports into XWM format. | |||
* '''Creation Kit ESM Version Check Patch''': A patch to remove the ESM version check from 32-bit Creation Kit so that lip files can be generated after patch 1.10.162. | |||
**[https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/42397 Creation Kit ESM Version Check Patch] | |||
== Character Design and Animation == | |||
* '''F4Biped Animation Rig''': An animation kit for first person, third person, and vanilla animation import for [[Actor]] [[Model File]]s. | |||
**[https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/16691 F4Bipid Animation Rig] | |||
* '''Face Ripper''': A tool to transfer the player character face from one plugin to another. | |||
**[https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/3878 Face Ripper] | |||
** Used for the creation of companion mods or unique NPC mods. | |||
* '''Fallout 4 Animation Kit''': A detailed guide with tools and plugins for importing and exporting animations for [[Actor]] [[Model File]]s. | |||
**[https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/16694 Fallout 4 Animation Kit] | |||
== Documentation, Planning, and Promotion == | |||
* '''Canva''': A web-based multimedia design tool with which one can generate visual content for websites and social media. | |||
** [https://canva.com Canva] | |||
* '''Google docs''': A web-based word processor. | |||
** [https://docs.google.com Google docs] | |||
* '''LibreOffice''': An open-source office productivity software suite. | |||
** [https://libreoffice.org LibreOffice] | |||
* '''OBS - Open Broadcaster Software''': Open source software for video recording and live streaming. | |||
** [https://obsproject.com OBS] | |||
* '''Pastebin''': A web-based text editor. | |||
** [https://pastebin.com Pastebin] | |||
* '''Scrivener''': A word processing, metadata, note-taking, and outlining management software suite. | |||
** [https://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener/overview Scrivener] | |||
* '''Trello''': A web-based list-making application for projects. | |||
** [https://trello.com Trello] | |||
** Project boards are set up similarly to [https://github.com GitHub] projects. | |||
* '''WordPress.org''': Free, open-source website management software. | |||
** [https://www.wordpress.org WordPress.org] | |||
* '''WordPress.com''': Free and paid website hosting service using WordPress.org open-source code. | |||
** [https://www.wordpress.com WordPress.com] | |||
== HUD Elements == | |||
* '''SoThink SWF Decompiler''': A Flash decompiler to convert SWF to FLA and extract SWF resources. Windows and Mac versions. | |||
**[https://sothink.com/product.htm Sothink SWF Decompiler] | |||
** There's a 30-day free trial. | |||
== Plugin Management == | |||
* '''Stupid Simple Plugin Manager''': A plugin management software. | |||
**[https://github.com/tim-timman/fo4-plugin-manager Stupid Simple Plugin Manager] | |||
** Used for quickly enabling/disabling plugins during testing and debugging. | |||
* '''Wrye Bash''': A plugin management software. | |||
**[https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/20032 Wrye Bash] | |||
== Textures and Models == | |||
* '''GIMP''': An open source image manipulation software for [[Texture File]]s. | |||
**[https://gimp.org GIMP] | |||
* '''Inkscape''': A free vector graphics program for Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows. | |||
** [https://inkscape.org Inkscape] | |||
** Used for complex paintings, illustrations, logos, poster art, HUD elements, etc. Adobe Illustrator's free competition. | |||
* '''Material Editor''': An editor for [[Material File]]s, both .bgsm and .bgem extensions. | |||
** [http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/3635/? Material Editor] | ** [http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/3635/? Material Editor] | ||
** There is also a Material Editor that came with the Creation Kit in the tools folder. | ** There is also a Material Editor that came with the Creation Kit in the tools folder. | ||
* '''Mudbox''': A 3D digital painting & sculpting software for [[Model File]]s and [[Texture File]]s. | * '''Mudbox''': A 3D digital painting & sculpting software for [[Model File]]s and [[Texture File]]s. | ||
**[http://www.autodesk.com/store/products/mudbox?src=OMSE&mktvar002=655627&gclid=CNS6yeaGr88CFYqPfgodFTEL_w&term=1month&support=basic Mudbox Subscription] | **[http://www.autodesk.com/store/products/mudbox?src=OMSE&mktvar002=655627&gclid=CNS6yeaGr88CFYqPfgodFTEL_w&term=1month&support=basic Mudbox Subscription] | ||
** [http://www.autodesk.com/education/free-software/mudbox Mudbox Student] | ** [http://www.autodesk.com/education/free-software/mudbox Mudbox Student] | ||
** Used for texturing, re-texturing, creating or editing diffuse(.d), normals(.n) and spectacular(.s) textures. | ** Used for texturing, re-texturing, creating or editing diffuse(.d), normals(.n) and spectacular(.s) textures. | ||
* '''Quixel Mixer''': A PBR texture generation tool for creating custom [[Texture File]]s. | |||
** [https://quixel.com/mixer Quixel Mixer] | |||
** Integrated into [https://quixel.com/megascans MegaScans], but you can import your own for generating new ones. | |||
* '''Substance Painter''': A 3D digital painting software for [[Texture File]]s. | |||
** [https://www.substance3d.com/subscribe/ Substance Painter Subscription] | |||
** [https://store.steampowered.com/app/1194110/Substance_Painter_2020/ Substance Painter Perpetual] | |||
* '''Texconv.exe''': A command-line texture compression and mip-map generation utility. | |||
** Texconv.exe is found in the [[Elric]] folder under Tools in the Fallout 4 folder after installing the Creation Kit. | |||
** Microsoft Texconv [https://github.com/Microsoft/DirectXTex/wiki/Texconv documentation] | |||
* '''TexconvGUI''': A simple GUI for Microsoft's Texconv and can be used for grayscale heightmaps among other things if one does not have access to Adobe Photoshop. | |||
** [https://vvvv.org/contribution/texconvgui TexConvGUI] | |||
* '''XboxDDSTextureLoader''': For use by qualified [https://www.xbox.com/en-US/Developers/id Xbox One XDK developers], allows you to see Xbox textures ("XBOX" FourCC pixel format) on your PC. | |||
** [https://github.com/Microsoft/DirectXTK/wiki/XboxDDSTextureLoader XboxDDSTextureLoader] | |||
== Utilities == | |||
* '''7zip''': A free data compression tool for Windows and Linux. It supports RAR 2, 3, 4, and 5 formats as well as ZIP format. | |||
**[https://7-zip.org 7-Zip] | |||
* '''Champollion Pex to Papyrus Decompiler''': A command line tool to decompile PEX binary files into human-readable PSC files. | |||
**[https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/3742 Champollion] | |||
* '''HxD''': A binary file editing software for raw data manipulation. | |||
** [https://mh-nexus.de/hxd HxD] | |||
** Notepad++ and Visual Studio Code have plugins for viewing raw data. | |||
* '''Inspiration Pad Pro''': A random data generation program. | |||
**[https://www.nbos.com/products/inspiration-pad-pro Inspiration Pad Pro] | |||
* '''StringBuilder''': A utility for building incremental strings upon copy and pasting. | |||
**[https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/27962 StringBuilder] | |||
* '''WinRAR''': A Windows data compression tool that focuses on the RAR and ZIP data compression formats for all Windows users. | |||
**[http://www.win-rar.com/start.html?&L=0 WinRAR] | |||
== Version Control and Bug Tracking == | |||
* '''AFKTrack''': A bug tracking application designed for mod authors. | |||
** [https://github.com/Arthmoor/AFKTrack AFKTrack] | |||
* '''GitHub''': A web-based GUI for Git that provides hosting for software development version control. | |||
** [https://github.com GitHub] | |||
** You can also make static websites and have a wiki for your mod project. | |||
* '''Perforce''': Free version control for up to 5 users and 20 workspaces. | |||
** [https://www.perforce.com/products/helix-core/free-version-control Perforce Helix Core] | |||
== Worldspaces == | |||
* '''terrain.party''': A web-based tool for real-world height map data. | |||
**[https://terrain.party terrain.party] | |||
* '''Wilbur''': A fractal map generator for terrain data height maps. | |||
** [https://fracterra.com/software.html Wilbur] | |||
* '''WorldMachine''': A procedural painting and sculpting tool for generating terrain height maps for import into the Creation Kit. | |||
**[https://world-machine.com WorldMachine] | |||
** Free version produces height maps that are 512 x 512. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == |