Setting Up CreativeStudio

This section describes how to set up CreativeStudio to use content- creation environments.

This is only a simple setup guide for tool users, and cannot be used to build programs.

Before setting up CreativeStudio check that you have the proper PC operating environment.

CreativeStudio may not work properly if this operating environment is not fully satisfied.

Installing CreativeStudio

(1) Download the NintendoWare package and extract it to install in a convenient location on your system.

The package does not include an installer, so it is installed to the location to which it is extracted.

(2) Set environment variables.

CreativeStudio has a WSF file for the setting the environment variable.

NintendoWare/CTR/setup.wsf

Double-click on setup.wsf to automatically create the NW4C_ROOT environment variable and configure the path to the CTR folder.

Note: If you are manually configuring the environment variable, set the NW4C_ROOT variable to the path to the CTR folder where NintendoWare was installed.

Setting Up the Maya Plug-in

The Maya plug-in is actually a group of plug-ins provided by NintendoWare to export the data created with Maya as 3D intermediate files.

This section describes how to set up the Maya plug-in.

For more information about the plug-in, see the Maya Plug-In Manual, which can be found at the following location. %NW4C_ROOT%/documents/DccPlugin/Maya

Setting the Environment Variables

You must configure certain environment variables to use the Maya plug-in.

Exit Maya if it is currently running, and then configure the variables.

Which variables to configure depends on which version of Maya you have installed.

Microsoft Windows XP Professional 32-bit version (SP3 or later)

Version Environment Variable Name Environment Variable Value
Maya 2008 NW4C_MAYA2008_APP_ROOT Maya installation folder
(Example: C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2008)
Maya 2009 NW4C_MAYA2009_APP_ROOT Maya installation folder
(Example: C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2009)
Maya 2010 NW4C_MAYA2010_APP_ROOT Maya installation folder
(Example: C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2010)

Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit version

Version Environment Variable Name Environment Variable Value
Maya 2008 64bit NW4C_MAYA2008_X64_APP_ROOT Maya installation folder
(Example: C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2008)
Maya 2009 64bit NW4C_MAYA2009_X64_APP_ROOT Maya installation folder
(Example: C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2009)
Maya 2010 64bit NW4C_MAYA2010_X64_APP_ROOT Maya installation folder
(Example: C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2010)

Launching Maya

You must launch Maya from a special batch file to use the Maya plug-in.

Launch Maya from the following batch file.

The back file differs depending on which version of Maya you have installed.

Microsoft Windows XP Professional 32-bit version (SP3 or later)

Version Batch File
Maya 2008 %NW4C_ROOT%/tools/DccPlugin/Maya/NW4C_Maya2008.bat
Maya 2009 %NW4C_ROOT%/tools/DccPlugin/Maya/NW4C_Maya2009.bat
Maya 2010 %NW4C_ROOT%/tools/DccPlugin/Maya/NW4C_Maya2010.bat

Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit version

Version Batch File
Maya 2008 64bit " %NW4C_ROOT%/tools\DccPlugin/Maya/NW4C_Maya2008_64bit.bat "
Maya 2009 64bit " %NW4C_ROOT%/tools/DccPlugin/Maya/NW4C_Maya2009_64bit.bat "
Maya 2010 64bit " %NW4C_ROOT%/tools\DccPlugin/Maya/NW4C_Maya2010_64bit.bat "

Once the Maya plug-in is correctly installed, a new NW4C item is added to the main menu in Maya.

If the batch file does not work properly, check your environment variable settings.

Setting Up the Photoshop Plug-in

The Photoshop plug-in is actually a group of plug-ins provided by NintendoWare for the creation of NW4C texture files.

This section describes how to set up the Photoshop plug-in.

For more information about the plug-in, see the Photoshop Plug-In Manual, which can be found at the following location. %NW4C_ROOT%/documents/DccPlugin/Photoshop

Installing the Photoshop Plug-in

To install the Photoshop plug-in, first confirm that Photoshop and Adobe Bridge are not running.

If Photoshop and Adobe Bridge are currently running, first quit them and then install the plug-in.

Copy Files

Copy the whole NW4C_Photoshop_Plugin folder located in %NW4C_ROOT%/tools/DccPlugin/Photoshop to one of the following locations.

Which copy destination depends on which version of Photoshop you have installed.

Version The copy destination
Photoshop CS2 <Photoshop installation folder>/Plug-ins/Adobe Photoshop Only/
Photoshop CS3 <Photoshop installation folder>/Plug-ins/
Photoshop CS4 <Photoshop installation folder>/Plug-ins/

Once the Photoshop plug-in is correctly installed, a new NintendoWare for CTR item is added to the Filter main menu in Photoshop.


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