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Tileset Overview

A tileset is a selection of tile models all referenced from a single tileset file (.SET).

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Using this naming convention can get you into trouble if you have a name that might overlap with existing tilesets in original content, or custom content on the vault. Original tilesets include standard prefixes such as those on the following table. However, custom content tilesets can and do have almost any prefix, and reasoning does not always follow this standard.

PrefixTileset
TCN01City Neverwinter
TTR01Terrain Rural
TDC01Dungeon Crypt
TIC01Interior Castle

Later versions of revamped original tilesets included with the NWN:EE versions have "02" in their prefix. This allows them to be used as optional versions, rather than forced overrides. You can do similar with sets you create.

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Tiles can be animated using the following animation names.

Name

Expected Frame Length (at 30 FPS)

Purpose

animloop1

50

A looping animation which animates a subset of the parts of a tile.
animloop250
animloop350
Day50The animation state during daytime. Ex. when night lamps are out.
Night50The animation state during nighttime Ex. when night lamps are on.
Night2Day50

Just like it sounds: this (and the below Day2Night) runs at the transition of night/day. Used for e.g. turning on night-time torches or lanterns, and for fading-in night time illuminated window meshes over ordinary daytime window meshes, using keying of alpha values on the night-time window mesh.

Day2Night50See above
tiledefault50The default animation of a tile. Will be assumed when not specified. Not required.

Animloops

Animloops control a subset of the tile parts. Some parts can be bound to animloop 1, 2 and 3 separately, and then can be enabled/disabled separately. This allows one tile to have many uses.

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