Feral Heart
Help & Guidance => Member Made Tutorials => Presets & Markings Tutorials => Topic started by: EvilSock on March 17, 2012, 04:20:58 pm
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Not sure on how to create a mane for your preset?
Don't know where to start?
Suffering from semi-transparent manes of doom?
Well, you've came to the right place!
As far as I'm aware there are zilt tutorials for manes on the forums, and if there are then, my apologies. But I've had many questions about this ingame so I decided to just create a topic to shut you all up. Take into account that this tutorial does not include how to make a 'fluffy' mane although keep checking back, because it'll be added soon!
This tutorial works for both felines and canines.
First of all, go into gimp or whatever program you use for your presets.
Then, go into 'My Computer' > FeralHeart > Media > Textures
There you should scroll down until you see the file 'fmaneMask' it should look something like this
(http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg714/scaled.php?server=714&filename=fmanemask.png&res=medium)
Now, BEFORE YOU START COLOURING you must LOCK the transparency as we can see here:
(http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg59/scaled.php?server=59&filename=lockso.png&res=medium)
After doing this colour your mane in whatever colour you want, adding lighter/darker highlights if you want. The colour should not go over the transparency lines. It should look something like this, (But obviously yours will be better)
(http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg837/scaled.php?server=837&filename=colouredmane.png&res=medium)
Looks a bit boring, doesn't it? Lets add some texture!
Once again, go into 'My Computer' > FeralHeart > Media > Textures and scroll down until you see a file named 'fmaneShade' Open up the file, right click and select copy. Go back onto your mane and paste the texture as 'new layer'
Next, you should alter the mode to 'multiply' or 'overlay' as seen here.
(http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg10/scaled.php?server=10&filename=modej.png&res=medium)
And the turn out should look like this!
(http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg716/scaled.php?server=716&filename=preset4mane.png&res=medium)
Continue to colour as you see fit before saving the file as a .PNG as preset_'NUMBER'mane.
Most people that get to this stage automatically think that they've finished and it's a common mistake. Leaving out the following step can lead to glitchy, semi-transparent manes. If you've opened up FH and your mane looks something like this:
(http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg337/scaled.php?server=337&filename=nomane.png&res=medium)
Then that means you haven't fixed the code.
Go into your preset folder via My Computer, and open up the material in notepad. You should see this:
(http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg26/scaled.php?server=26&filename=codelk.png&res=medium)
The highlighted section of code is to be replaced with this:
material preset_1_maneMat
{
technique
{
pass
{
cull_hardware none
cull_software none
alpha_rejection greater_equal 128
texture_unit
{
texture preset_1mane.png
}
}
}
}This was coded for 'preset 1'. If you have a different file, no worries! Just overwrite the number with your own and it'll work the same. Make sure you save it!
Go into FH and your mane will now look something like this:
(http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg191/scaled.php?server=191&filename=yaymane.png&res=medium)
Congratulations! You now have a maneeeeccbhbchmc.
If you have any further issues, please post below.
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Great tutorial EvilSock :)
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Thank you! (:
Although, as soon as I posted it I realized it wasn't the only one afterall LOL. Ohwell. xd
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Okay, when I get to the point of the post "And the turn out should look like this!",
it doesn't. :C The colour, say, brown appears where it should be transparent, I did the multiply thing and such with the mane shading, also lock alpha with the mane mask. But, the triangles where it should be transparent appear with colour. D:
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Did you lock the transparency or the alpha? You need to lock the transparency.
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Oh, this helps me so much. xD
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I did, Cloud. I did. :T
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Thanks. I didnt have to dig around forever to fix mine <3
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Hello Dubstep,
I spotted your mistake straight away. You haven't locked your background layer which is the little checkbox on the righthand side and the picture of the eyes below it. You'll need to reread the steps very closely, it's easy to miss a few things.
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Did you save the material file? & If you're sure you've followed the steps and made the mane file a .png file, sometimes the mane glitches and you'll need to select the mane on default before switching the preset on. PM me if the errors continue with screen shots and stuff. Good luck.
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Um, exuse me, but mine doesn't work. I can't even go INTO FeralHeart anymore. It says "Feralheart.exe Has stopped working." GUURRRRR.
The presets hate me.
Also, I can't use transparency. I use SAI, which has no Transparency... I think... I think it DOES but I don't know how yet.
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When ever I pull up FeralHeart it isn't the same color as it is in the .png. It's pitch black... What do I do?
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Very Nice tutorial :D It will come in hand for me one day.
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I'm having a slight problem with this. It won't load into FH! When i Goto Preset Maker and look for my preset( preset 4) the name doesn't appear!
EDIT: I used another preset and it worked, but preset 4 will still not show up.
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Thanks a lot! This has really helped me with my Presets when I put manes on them.
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hola! porfavor necesito algo de ayuda con tema de la melena de la parte trasera de la espalda y es que esta se encuentra totalmente en blanco, intente cambiar las texturas de la melena como las des cuerpo pero estas siguen igual en su totalmente blancos :(