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[Help] How do I create skins?
jei3
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This discussion can be used for asking for help about creating skins. Please check the wiki category for skins before posting as your questions may already be answered:
http://wiki.yiffalicious.com/index.php/Category:Skinning
http://wiki.yiffalicious.com/index.php/Category:Skinning
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So like in Roaming\yiffalicious\custom\textures\character_cat\Body\2\CatBody
There is no file of any whatsoever. Is it just, empty?
As noted on the Skin Authoring wiki article "To make skin authoring easier, static models and a default skin are provided via the patron download page."
To save on space, not every default skin for every character was included.
Each of the folders has the corresponding _MainTex.png inside.
Thanks! Glad you enjoy the skinning.
The skinning system is a bit confusing right now, since Yiffalicious wasn't made with it in mind from scratch. Each folder corresponds to a slider inside the game.
If you want to skin the dong of the horse, you need to put a texture in this penis slider folder:
character_horse\Penis\0\HorseDickLow
Same goes for other parts of the character. So basically:
<character>/<slider>/<slider index>/<mesh target>
You cannot have one slider affect an unassociated mesh target.
describing the folder structure properly on the wiki has been harder than i thought it would be, if there's a better way to explain it, please let me know.
in leu of that, here's a screenshot of an upcoming app to hopefully help you understand how the horse's textures are laid out
I'm having difficulty getting the proper folder and file structure for Ilinir. The zip is named character_dragoness.zip. The Folder structure inside is as Follows: ...\Body\0\_MainTex.png
Inside, I have an icon png, so I can see if it works in the manager.
Have also tried various mapping structure, but just can't get it to work
a few things:
1: Name your zip something unique
2: The folder "character_dragoness" needs to be the first level in the ZIP file
3: Don't include the index id. as the end user can place the skin in whatever slot they want the zipped skin does not include the index
More info on the wiki page for Jei3's SkinManager Skin Format
i made a slight tweak to the examples, hopefully this makes more sense now.
Wohoo! Got it working
PS: It's Dragoness
you can call the zip whatever you want, but the character_name needs to match what it's called in game, there's a list here
Still having an issue with the eyes, because ingame he shows up with heterochromia instead of steely blues.
I'm guessing it could be related to the colored specular you seem to be using in the shader but I'm a bit confused that the second eye seems to have the default color?
I've packed up the skin and set up the folders as advised in the wiki, the icon shows up but I'm not able to drag and drop the icon on any skin slot.
I've made a quick charlotte skin to test if I made a mistake setting up the folders but that one worked fine so it seems to be unique to the horse.
Posting the resolution here in case someone else has this problem:
Bodyparts need to be seperate zip files so they can be dragged onto the corresponding slots.
So if you have a skin that includes a modified hair texture and a modified body texture you'll have to make them two seperate zip files.
Here's how I get a new project in Substance Painter set up
http://wiki.yiffalicious.com/index.php/Getting_Started_With_SubstancePainter
Im using substance painter, and sliding across her teeth makes the brush also paint across her cheek, her chin and etc. Ive tried all sorts of methods and even being carefull but it is impossible to paint the front of her teeth without spoiling her cheeks and whatnot.