Nicalis3D-Importer

With this WIP plugin, you can view and export Cave Story 3D .n3d___ model files with Noesis

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Getting Started

• Download Noesis and place fmt_n3d.py in \noesis___\plugins\python\
• Dump romfs from your copy of Cave Story 3D with your 3DS emulator of choice
• Navigate to \romfs\______________\data\stage3d\ and open any of the files with Noesis

Reverse Engineering

ImHex patterns for segments of the file spec and notes can be found here

Roadmap

• Rewrite script to load all segments by ID
• Implement material & texture flags
• Implement bounding boxes
• Implement animations
  • Actor Animations \anim\_.n3d__
  • Prop Animations prop animation segment
  • Animated Textures .mat
• Implement scene objects

Tools used

• Noesis
• ImHex
• Azahar
• Cheat Engine

Many Thanks To:

Joschka (@s0me0neelse.)

Wrote the first version of this script and has been an immense help answering all of my Noesis & reverse engineering questions.

Annie (@annie.bot)

Iterated on that first version of the script and is the reason this even exists at all.

The XeNTaX Discord Community & Rich Whitehouse

Motivating me to put the work in myself and for providing the resources for learning Noesis.