appearance.2da

Resref model name

If this is for a custom, dynamic character (i.e., a real PC model), this needs to be a single character corresponding to the race identifier (e.g., h for human, ‘e’ for elf, etc.).

Named environment map file. The filename without .tga at the end.

default

evmap_irrid

evmap_azer

Note: This is ignored if a TXI file is used by the given model.

default can be used to add some additional "shiny" to metals and other materials on creatures if they don't have it already (according to the doc, "use the default environment map for the current
area's tileset, as specified in the .SET file's [General] EnvMap property")

For custom ones see Environment Maps and Cubemaps for some further information. Some examples are in the column to the left and can be extracted from the game bifs. They refer to a texture file to use as an environment map.

If blanked (****) then no environment map will be used.

BLOODCOLR

"R" (red)

"G" (green)

"W" (white)

"Y" (yellow)

"N" (none)

P - Player

S - Simple

F - Full

L - Large

See also: Animations

P = player animation type (Has all the options) - creature model is composed of multiple body parts each with their own MDL and textured with PLTs. Model changes when armor is worn, and colors are selectable.

S = simple animations; creature model is a single MDL and textured with a single TGA or DDS texture file. Colors are not selectable. Model does not change when wearing armor. Weapons do not appear when equipped. Most animals have this, meaning they really only have their taunt animation plus attacks. These models use only creature animations like 'crun' and 'cwalk'. Example: Wolf

F = full animation (humanoid models, generally). They use the same animations as PCs like 'run' and 'walk'. Same as simple in regards to model, but weapon items do appear when equipped in right or left hand inventory slots. They have a supermodel that's an a_ba variant just like PCs. Example: Succubus

L = large creature animations (Balor, Giants, etc.). They use the same animations as 'S' models (crun and cwalk, etc.) but they only show the right hand weapon. These are for 'humanoid monsters' but are not necessarily any large creatures. Dragons for example are "S" type because they don't wield weapons.

Amount to scale weapons so that they are appropriately sized for use by this model.

Size scaling factor to apply to weapon models equipped by creatures having this appearance. Only meaningful if MODELTYPE is not S

Amount to scale wings and tail so that they are appropriately sized for this model.

Size scaling to apply to helms equipped by male creatures. Only meaningful if MODELTYPE=P

Size scaling to apply to helms equipped by female creatures. Only meaningful if MODELTYPE=P

creaturespeed.2da "2DAName" column values:

PLAYER

NOMOVE

VSLOW

SLOW

NORM

FAST

VFAST

DFAST

This sets the creatures speed if "Default" is used in the toolset. It can be overridden on a per-CRE file basis.

Note players get he PLAYER speed by default on character creation.

The value "DEFAULT" actually refers to the toolset / CRE settable value that uses this to look it up, so it'd get confusing if you used DEFAULT here!

Distance in metres travelled by creature from the beginning of its walk animation to the end of its walk animation

Distance in metres travelled by creature from the beginning of its run animation to the end of its run animation

Camera height when the PC is of this appearance. You'll find polymorph creature entries tend to have this set to something other than 1. The camera height is altered when a PC is polymorphed.

It also affects pathfinding as well...but not sure in what respects. The game docs say "Used for pathfinding under obstacles". See Creature Size.

When this creature is attacking another creature, subtract the HITDIST from the actual distance between attacker and target before comparing the distance to the PREFATCKDIST.

Preferred distance from which to attack a target. Creature will use short-range, normal-range, or long-range versions of its melee animations depending on distance of the target.

H = High

L = Low

Target height when hitting creatures having this appearance

H = normal height, used by most appearances

L = low, used by short appearances, such as badgers

Animation related. Which attacks - by default - do other creatures use on this targeted creature. IE: closeh is used if "H" is here, while closel is used is "L" is here.

Note: If the creature is knocked down, it uses the L animations regardless (ie; this column presumes L).

Abort On Parry. 1 if attack animation aborts when the attacked creature plays the parry animation

If it has legs, then Called Shot: Legs sub feat can work against this appearance.

If it has arms, then Called Shot: Arms sub feat can work against this appearance.

Note this does not affect if a creature can, say, use a potion or something. In any case Bears for instance have arms.

Portrait file name used by default when the toolset uses this appearance. I think it's also used with SetAppearance on a creature.

Base ResRef of the default portrait for creatures having this appearance. Example: if PORTRAIT is po_badger, then use the portraits po_badger_h.tga, po_badger_l.tga, po_badger_m.tga, etc.

This value should not exceed 14 characters in length.

creaturesize.2da line reference, but essentially hardcoded numbers:

• 1 - Tiny
• 2 - Small
• 3 - Medium
• 4 - Large
• 5 - Huge

Integer reference to creaturesize.2da although the 2da is essentially unused - see 2da page for more information, and also Creature Size.

Don't use other integers in this column - they are invalid and will likely cause weird things.

This is strictly a ranges.2da entry when the creatures Perception Range is set to "Default" in the toolset / creature file.

Most are 9 "PercepRngMed" - 20 meters sight and 20 meters (shorter than players).

Bosses (like Dragons) are 10 "PercepRngHigh" - 35 meters sight and 20 meters listen (same as players).

Players get a special line regardless of this setting (even when polymorphed), which is line 12 (35 meters sight, 20 meters listen).

See more at Creature Line of Sight and Perception for more information

1 for head tracking

0 for no head tracking

Does the head follow the current speaker.

0 doesn't necessarily mean "No animations available" (such as for the Chicken for instance, which has no real head node). It can also be for creatures that simply don't care to look - Golems for instance.

1 introduces head tracking - which unlocks the next two columns.

The name of the head node used in the model, both for us looking at someone else (if HEADTRACK is 1) but also for other things looking at us. Defaults to head_g since most entries use this.

See bodybag.2da. What gets left on the ground after the creature dies and the corpse is set to fade out.

1 - Targetable

0 - Not targetable

1 if the creature can be targetted, such as by mousing over it.

Line 298 "Invisible_Human_Male" sets this to 0. It affects if tab shows up the creature in any way as a highlightable object. If the model is not there and this is 0 then it should mean the PC can never click on it. Useful for narrator appearances and other things.