External Community Guides: NPVs (V as NPC) - Custom NPCs

A subpage dedicated to custom NPCs

Summary

Last documented edit: February 23 2025 by LadyLea

This page is dedicated to the process of creating custom NPCs via community guides and resources.

For the wiki version of this guide, see here.

Guides

Now to Create an NPV	Creators
NPV Tutorial Series	Youtube playlist by Sh00kspeared
How to create an NPV (Google Docs) - resources on Google Drive - utility script for glb shapekeys on gist	Google Drive & Google Document by NoraLee (How to manually swap V over an NPC)
WolvenKit: Create an NPV Contains a section on facial animations	Google Document by Silverlags (How to implement part 4+ of NoraLee's guide in WolvenKit)
How to customize an NPV via Tweak XL + Photomode	Guide on Personal Website + Nexus Mods by xbaebsae (How to add custom behaviour, equipment, and translation strings + Photomode List)
Adding/editing appearances to Custom NPV/NPC on the custom framework in WolvenKit	YouTube Video by CyberVesna

Resources and Utilities

Now to Create an NPV	Creators
Website: NoraLee's NPV picker A (WIP) mapping between the character creator and appearance keys in the app/ent files	Resources on Personal Website by NoraLee
Blender: Python script to apply shapekeys	Set up for use with NoraLee's glb files (needs adjusting otherwise)

Other relevant guides on this wiki

• How to find items in the game files

• Changing NPC appearances: How to swap out components in an .app file

Other information

The base head that's used for NPV can be found under

base\characters\head\player_base_heads\player_female_average\h0_000_pwa_c__basehead\
base\characters\head\player_base_heads\player_male_average\h0_000_pma_c__basehead\

To export a head mesh with shape keys, you have to export the corresponding .morphtarget, e.g.

base\characters\head\player_base_heads\player_female_average\h0_000_pwa__morphs.morphtarget

As these are not named in a human-readable way, you'll want to apply them via Blender script.