Introduction

This manual explains how to use NintendoWare for CTR CreativeStudio (henceforth referred to simply as CreativeStudio).

Please refer to this manual when using CreativeStudio.

In addition, we recommend you use the separate Introduction to CTR Graphics in conjunction with this manual.

NintendoWare for CTR is the collective name for the tools and libraries used to develop CTR game software.
The purpose of NintendoWare is to provide the developer with the basic tools and libraries for game development.

These abbreviations will be used for the remainder of the manual.

Abbreviation Description
NW4C NintendoWare for CTR
CreativeStudio NintendoWare for CTR CreativeStudio
%NW4C_ROOT% The folder to which the environment variable NW4C_ROOT is set.

Operating Environment

CreativeStudio has been confirmed to run in the following operating environment:

To run CreativeStudio, you must have .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 or later.

Run support for CreativeStudio is guaranteed only for Japanese and English environments.

If using the Japanese language version, use Japanese (ja_jp) for the OS locale setting. If using the English version, use English (en_US) for the OS locale setting.

Even if using the English version of software under a German or French environment, software will not operate correctly unless the locale setting is changed to en_US.

Note: These specifications are tentative and are scheduled to be improved in the future.

Only 32-bit color is supported for monitor color settings.

if the monitor color setting is set to 16-bit color, CreativeStudio will not run correctly.

OS

Note: CreativeStudio will run even if the Meiryo font has not been installed under Windows XP, but layouts may lose their integrity.

Hardware Operating Environment

CreativeStudio has been confirmed to operate normally given the following specifications:

Item Operating Environment
CPU CPU that supports SSE3 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSE3)
Memory 2 Gigabytes
Video card nVIDIA GeForce7000 series or later

Note: Operations have been confirmed on the above environment, which differs from the actual game development environment.

Supported versions of related software

CreativeStudio can run using data created with certain related software.

Here are the software versions for which operation has been confirmed:

Note: Operations have not been confirmed under Windows 7 (64-bit). Windows 7 (64-bit) is not guaranteed as a manufacturer operating environment.

Autodesk Maya

Autodesk 3ds Max

Autodesk Softimage

Adobe Photoshop


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