Blender Tools | KN5/KSANIM Exporter

Blender KN5/KSANIM Exporter

features:
- file format version 5
- export blender car -> kn5
- export blender track -> kn5
- export blender anim -> ksanim
- process ksEditor Persistence on export
- blender mesh objects as kn5 geometry
- blender image textures as kn5 textures
- set material and object settings with json
- texture mapping with uv maps or flat mapping
- multiple materials per object
- bundle texture folder

technical:
- automatically search for textures defined in settings.json, even when they are not bound to the node in blender
- hardcoded texture slots to ensure proper mapping
- tangent space calculations ensures cars have proper reflections

guides:
- mixamo character export: https://github.com/jwl-7/blender-assetto-corsa-tools/wiki/Mixamo-Character-Export-Guide
- ac pipeline: assettocorsa/sdk/dev/car_pipeline_2.0rev/AC_Pipeline_PUB_Rev2.0.pdf
- modding manual (download): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1590gGpCgDGy1FdcQlKdkJC1UAnEieI54/view?usp=sharing
- modding manual (post): https://www.overtake.gg/threads/ac-modding-manual-3-0.252064/
- making colliders (download): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1c48EYcy0o2pb8Yuhk2QAoNsENq14Vbug/view?usp=sharing
- making colliders (post): https://www.overtake.gg/threads/making-new-and-correct-colliders-is-easy-pdf-tutorial.208067/

dev note:
- this plugin is free and open source: https://github.com/jwl-7/blender-assetto-corsa-tools
- it is a fork of: https://github.com/moppius/blender-assetto-corsa-tools
- original kn5 exporter: https://site.hagn.io/assettocorsa/blender-kn5-exporter
- original ksanim exporter: https://www.overtake.gg/downloads/blender-ksanim-knh-exporter.30388/
- I built and tested this to work with exporting traffic cars and pedestrians with mixamo bone rigs