external: NPVs (V as NPC) - custom NPCs

A subpage dedicated to custom NPCs

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

How to create an NPV (Google Docs) - resources on Google Drive - utility script for glb shapekeys on gist	How to manually swap V over an NPC, by NoraLee (Google Docs/Drive)
WolvenKit: Create an NPV (Google Docs) Contains a section on facial animations	How to implement part 4+ of NoraLee's guide in WolvenKit (by nx#3390)
How to customize an NPV via Tweak XL	how to add custom behaviour, equipment, and translation strings (by xbaebsae)
Adding/editing appearances to Custom NPV/NPC on the custom framework in WolvenKit	YouTube video by Vesna [CyberVesna/Vesn4_]

Resources and Utilities

Website: NoraLee's NPV picker	A (WIP) mapping between the character creator and appearance keys in the app/ent files
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.