nu-blender

A research-oriented Blender import add-on for scene files from the PC and Xbox versions of LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game (.nup and .nux, respectively).

If present, the following additional files will be loaded:

• .rtl contains lighting data, including ambient lighting for the scene as well as point/directional lights and their colors.

• .ter contains scene collision data, including terrain meshes and splines representing invisible walls of infinite height (imported at z = 0.0).

Scope

Goals

• Research-quality import of visible or visualizable aspects of scene files, including collision data, object placement, animations, etc.
• Best-effort rendering of scene geometry, materials, and lighting.

Non-goals

• High-fidelity material support to match in-game rendering.
• Scene interactivity.
• Editing and scene export.

Building

Before building the add-on, make sure Blender 4.2 or above is installed. Then follow the instructions located here.

Example: Map_E

Scene (animated)

Terrain

Example: Gungan_A

Scene (animated)

Terrain

Example: Vader_A

Scene (still)

Terrain