NPV - V as custom NPC

Summary

Created & Published: May 13 2023 by @manavortex

This guide will show you how to do the following things:

• Setting up a Wolvenkit project with the prepared example files (this section)

• Creating your V's head in Blender (NPV: Preparing the head in Blender)

• Customizing their appearance and clothes (NPV: Creating a custom NPC)

• Making sure that they are unique so that you can share them ( NPV: Cleanup and troubleshooting)

• Creating a Photomode NPV ( NPV: Photomode (formerly Nibbles Replacer))

Wait, this is not what I want!

• If you want to change the player head, see For V - Changing V's Head

• You can find more guides and resources for NPCs outside of the wiki. They are linked under External Community Guides: NPVs (V as NPC) - Custom NPCs.

Difficulty:

Easy, but not trivial: you don't need any prior knowledge, but the process is complex, and if you miss steps or deviate from the instructions, things will end up not working for you.

This guide uses the following versions:

• Cyberpunk 2077 game version >= 2.3

• Wolvenkit >= 8.15 (Nightly | Stable)

• The 3d editing tools ( see WKit Blender Plugin: Current version for the currently supported version):

  • Blender

  • Wolvenkit Blender IO Suite

• AppearanceMenuMod >= 2.1

Credit

None of this would have been possible without NoraLee, who pioneered the process and taught me everything that I needed to know to set up these tools. This guide doesn't use any of their resources, but a lot of their knowledge. For the full guide with all edge-cases, bells, whistles and context, see their Google Drive.

This is the speedrun version. If you want extra details and context, please check Nora's Google Doc.

Preparation: The character preset

Due to the complexity of V's head mesh, you have to do a little bit of prep work here.

Don't worry, I'll walk you through it step by step.

To create a face, we need to know your character's values. For that, you need to have AppearanceChangeUnlocker installed, or you won't see them:

• Eyes

• Eyebrows

• Nose

• Mouth

• Jaw

• Ears

Find the mirror in V's apartment and note down the numerical values.

Preparation: Setting up the project

1. Create a Wolvenkit project

2. Download the example files from Nexus

3. Merge the source folder in the download with the source folder in your Wolvenkit project directory

4. Switch to Wolvenkit and toggle the project explorer to the source tab.

5. We will have one NPC per Wolvenkit project (I mean this!), so we'll delete the files for the body gender that we won't be using (find a table after the image)

Check if it works

This is a working Wolvenkit project — let's make sure that it works.

1. On the Wolvenkit toolbar, you'll find a button to install the project

2. Click it

3. When the game starts, load a savegame

4. Open the CET overlay

5. Switch AMM to the "Spawn" tab

6. Search for Tutorial

7. Spawn Tutorial Woman or Tutorial Man

You should now see a person in front of you.

Get cracking

Now it's time to do the actual work.

• If you want to create your V's head for Cyberpunk, go to NPV: Creating a custom NPC

• If you just want to set up the file structure, go to NPV: Creating a custom NPC