Re: Skinning tutorial

[Fynbos]

Well, I edited the SD texture to red hue and then changed the hex'ing.

 

Could you start all over, so we make sure, we dont use a fracked one from my tries?

:-[

[1upD]

I meant I could help by telling you what the problem was, not do it myself. Trust me, you need to know how. Before skinning, all I could do was renable and borrow, once you start skinning you'll feel like you rule the world. I wonder what modeling feels like....

 

Why won't it work? What's the problem exactly?

[Fynbos]

After editing I loaded it into the alo viewer and it is missing a texture at all.

Just that Petroglyph wrapping around it.

 

So I went back to basic and only renamed the blue Thrawn texture and changed the reference in the alo.

Same result, no texture at all showing up.

 

My idea is that when I can change the units and the textures name, the other skin itself is a piece of cake.

 

I attach a zip with what I did.

Edited March 14, 2007 by Fynbos

[1upD]

Did you put it into \data\art\textures?

 

The ALO viewer will only read textures from there.

[Fynbos]

Aha...

That works.

 

Thank you very much.

[Fynbos]

Ok, in case someone else finds himself in the situation:

 

http://img48.imageshack.us/img48/7346/ueawerrantventurefw3.th.jpg

 

You also have to edit the model-files for the hardpoints, and when you did that, you need rename them and change the reference in the hardpoint-file.

 

  <Model_To_Attach>YOURMODEL_HP00_E.alo</Model_To_Attach>

Edited March 18, 2007 by Fynbos

[agentanorexia]

This will be a tutorial on how to change the player colors on a stormtrooper,

 

Will this change only the player colors, or change the entire color of the unit?

[1upD]

It says only player colors!? I should fix that... But I really think player colors are necassary.

 

It's for reskinning.

[agentanorexia]

In the tutorial, it says to fill the alpha channel in white...but I can't do anything to the alpha channel because 'the target channels are hidden'. How do I fill it in with white?

[1upD]

...

It doesn't say to fill it with white.

 

I need to edit this...

 

Click "add new channel", and look for my changes to the tutorial. From what people are saying, it's current version really sucks.

 

EDIT: DON'T! Click on the little box next to 'alpha 1'. In the other channels there will be a little eye there. Once you click, there will be an eye there too, and everything black in the alpha will appear as a red overlay. Sorry about the confusion.

[agentanorexia]

I don't know what I'm doing....

 

The way I have it now, I don't think my stormtrooper has a head. I can't tell though.

I'm pretty sure I'm doing something wrong, so tell me what it is.

Let's say I want to make a stormtrooper head green. What I did is:

 

1.Dragged a selection square around the part with the head in it. 

2.Click to view the alpha channel. Everything now appears with a red tint.

3.Right click, fill with white. The selected square previously containing the head is now white.

4.Right click, select inverse. I now have a selection box around everything except the box the head was previously in.

5.I can edit anything except the head.

Why can't I edit the head (now white square), which is what I was aiming for? What do I do with the thing in the bottom left - color it, leave it? What should I do with it when doing the whole alpha thing?

 

Not sure how to put pictures here, so I can't show you what I have.

[1upD]

You can't edit the head because you aren't supposed to. :

 

Do you want the head green everywhere, and something else player colors? Because the alpha is player colors, except in GC, where the code defines the color. In short, if you want a stormy with a green helmet, color it green, if you want a stormy with a colored helmet, alpha it. If you made the helm green and alphaed it, it would be player colors+green, in short, crap.

[agentanorexia]

that was just an example, what I am looking for is to get a different colored stormtrooper for GC. Player colors do not apply for GC, correct? So all I need to do is just color the stormtrooper green, correct? Or is that code?

[1upD]

Player colors DO apply to GC. That all-important line of code defines what color the player color is in GC(Didn't you read the tutorial!?) If it's not set, the unit will turn out his factions color. So, as I said, if you want him green in GC, use the alpha+all important code, if you NEED him green EVERYWHERE, color it green, DON'T ALPHA IT. Make sure the alphaed part is still white! That's why I said select the alpha, then go to select>inverse.

[1upD]

I just uploaded a video tutorial on reskinning, it's not that great but I hope it helps somebody. I'm probably going to make a part two about hexediting.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqM4i5tVMao