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Lucius

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Re: Fluffy Wolves (Tuft Replacements) - Interest Gauge
« Reply #10 on: September 03, 2018, 05:31:08 am »
It's cool, but is it an item?  Other mane replaces i've seen ...actually i'm too dumb to figure out what weight painting is, ignore me, i just think it's cool you did this.

That's the problem, manes don't move with more than one bone (aka, forehead). For a full-body model, you need to make it move with more than one bone, and the item maker doesn't allow for that. I'd have to split the model into one part for each bone, and that would come down to about 6+ items for the whole thing.

As a tuft replacement, it gets to keep the multiple bone assignments.

Weight painting is essentially painting bone weights onto the model, i.e., how much influence will a bone have over a specific part of a mesh (or, to what extent will the mesh deform to follow the bone).



Good news, figured out how to make the tufts change color with the pelt and underfur.

Bad news, in order for that to work, the tufts need to share an existing material with the body/head/whatever. And if they're sharing the same material, then they're going to have to use the same textures. For some reason, creating a new material, even if it's referencing the existing .CG and .PROGRAM files just doesn't work.

So I moved the UVs to conform to the space that the body uses. Now I have to figure out how to wrangle the material file of the canine body to allow for transparency without breaking anything.

Another interesting option could be to use the CmaneMat2 that's included in the material file despite the canines not using / having a "fluffy" mane like the lion does. I suppose that'd make it less risky to edit. It would make the tufts change color with the mane though.



Interest appears healthy, so I'll keep tinkering with this and see if I can work out a first demo tuft with transparency and color changing.
« Last Edit: September 03, 2018, 05:37:34 am by Lucius »

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Re: Fluffy Wolves (Tuft Replacements) - Interest Gauge
« Reply #11 on: September 03, 2018, 03:20:16 pm »
100% yes!~
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Re: Fluffy Wolves (Tuft Replacements) - Interest Gauge
« Reply #12 on: September 03, 2018, 06:07:37 pm »
Very high interest level

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Re: Fluffy Wolves (Tuft Replacements) - Interest Gauge
« Reply #13 on: September 03, 2018, 09:23:15 pm »
Looking at the amount of work done so far in this project, I'm definitely interested. Wishing you all the best with it! +floof


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Re: Fluffy Wolves (Tuft Replacements) - Interest Gauge
« Reply #14 on: September 08, 2018, 08:48:54 pm »
Very interested! o;
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Re: Fluffy Wolves (Tuft Replacements) - Interest Gauge
« Reply #15 on: September 08, 2018, 10:58:31 pm »
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Re: Fluffy Wolves (Tuft Replacements) - Interest Gauge
« Reply #16 on: September 08, 2018, 11:08:30 pm »
Fluffy full wolf tuft. Ah. yes plz.

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Re: Fluffy Wolves (Tuft Replacements) - Interest Gauge
« Reply #17 on: September 09, 2018, 07:28:15 pm »
i love me some fluffy wolves
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« Reply #18 on: September 09, 2018, 08:35:09 pm »
That's a cool concept, Lucius! I hope tinkering with the idea and testing it out is going well!

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Re: Fluffy Wolves (Tuft Replacements) - Interest Gauge
« Reply #19 on: September 22, 2018, 05:34:47 pm »
I love these, so beautiful! Would enjoy these in game!
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