Feral Heart

Help & Guidance => Game Help => Topic started by: ~Myrr~ on October 05, 2014, 03:25:54 am

Title: Help with Manes please. -FIXED-
Post by: ~Myrr~ on October 05, 2014, 03:25:54 am

Hello, I seem to be having trouble with making a mane for my preset. I tried to look at the member tutorials but they didn't help me much at all. I know fully well about the coding, but I want to know how to make the Main look not as blocky as it looks now. I am also trying to get the side mane if that helps with you guys much.

I would also like you to be descriptive when you are telling me how to do this, it would help my understand it allot if you do. XD

Hopefully one of you will be able to help me through this!

Title: Re: Help with Manes please.
Post by: Vespian on October 05, 2014, 03:50:43 am

Quote from: Myrr on October 05, 2014, 03:25:54 am

I want to know how to make the Main look not as blocky as it looks now.

Methinks in order for one to preform this, one will have to edit and change the actual model itself. Doin' that involves messin' with the game's codes (which we sadly do not have- thanks Kov); thus, if I'm not mistaken, one cannot really succeed in this.

Title: Re: Help with Manes please.
Post by: S. Italy/Romano on October 05, 2014, 03:56:56 am

Mk, well if you know about the coding to make your mane "solid" then I'll try to guide you through the rest.

First, when making the mane, you need to open the "fmanemask" png, which looks like this:
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/5lcARu40RLi-zhDHbR4vSd0CXhXy5wz2grCgubkOUsM=s512)
You'll probably have to right click and select "View Image" to see it.

Then, open the "fmaneshade" png as well. It looks like this:
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/qrRNRrPiGaZn414hK_0xt8Yt79DCo43vQIyub7YVe-g=s867-no)
IF YOU ALREADY MADE A MANE, OPEN THAT INSTEAD OF THIS FILE.

Now, on your fmanemask (the black one) you will want to use the Colour Select tool in GIMP (or Magic Wand tool in PS) to click on the transparent area (the grey checkerboard).

Then, under the "Select" tab, choose "Invert Selection".

Now go to your fmaneshade (the white, hair like image) and copy it.

Return to the fmanemask (black one) and click "Paste Into".

Now, under the "Layer" tab, you can select "Anchor Layer"

Back under "Select" tab, you can click "Select None"

Save the final image (it should look like the white hair image, but with transparent triangles on the bottom, like the black one) as "preset_(Number)mane.png"

Note: This isn't for the model, I'm assuming that you want to know how to get rid of this:
(http://oi44BannedImageSite/30upnqc.jpg)

And make it into this:

(http://oi41BannedImageSite/24osr5d.jpg)

Pictures aren't mine.

Title: Re: Help with Manes please.
Post by: S. Italy/Romano on October 05, 2014, 04:01:00 am

Ack, my computer messed up.

Title: Re: Help with Manes please.
Post by: SnappleApple on October 05, 2014, 04:45:21 am

Open up your material file, called preset#.mat
Once opened, replace the mane mat (should be at the bottom) with this:

Code: [Select]

material preset_#_maneMat
{
        technique
        {
                pass
                {
                        cull_hardware none
                        cull_software none
                        alpha_rejection greater_equal 128
                        texture_unit
                        {
                                texture preset_#mane.png
                        }
                }
        }
}

Title: Re: Help with Manes please.
Post by: ~Myrr~ on October 05, 2014, 02:50:59 pm

Ah! Thanks everyone. I understand now! Now I can finish my preset for the Holloween event. I shall give you all 1+ Floof once I reach 25 posts. ^.^