Preset making noob questions and concerns....

[One True Tame]

Okay for one thing, in character creator my preset box is completly empty and void of any "preset_1,Preset_2..." ect. I can download the fhm.s of friend's presets and still view them but the box there is blank. Secondly, when I make a preset myself and use the preset_1 as a giude....do I need to put in all of that paint styled detail??? Its difficult to fallow, any tips?                     


Also....if my preset box being blank means im screwed into never having a preset.... please tell me how to fix it...

[Definition]

Your preset box is blank because you haven't exported any presets yet. To fix it just go to the "Tools" option when you first start the game, then "Preset Maker". Look at the list and you will see a whole list of presets. First one is"Preset 1", then "Preset 2", ect.

Choose the preset you want, then click "Export". When you're at the character selection after you've logged in, click "Edit", then the last tab, and you will see "Use preset". Your exported preset should be there.

As for the preset design, you can make it whatever you want it to be. No need to be detailed with all those fancy brushes, just do whatever the heck you want.

You can find a picture UV guide to the presets in:

C:\FeralHeart\my_presets\reference

[One True Tame]

Yeah I found that ^^ very helpfull! and I got a map maker who was online in game to explain that to me. Then I went in and colored in my pretty clouded leopard preset....and it wont connect to preset maker... What I did was drew over the files in "preset_1" as a base and then saves each files as Coldstar_1(body,eye,tail,ect) into FH folder preset_6 when that didnt work I changed the file names to preset_6body preset_6head and ect. and it still shows up blank and white when I go into preset maker D: what did I miss?

[Definition]

When you go in to the "Preset 6" folder, there should be a material file. Open it with notepad and you should get this:

material preset_6_bodyMatL
{
   technique
   {
      pass
      {
         texture_unit
         {
            texture preset_6body.jpg
         }
      }
   }
}
material preset_6_bodyMatR
{
   technique
   {
      pass
      {
         texture_unit
         {
            texture preset_6body.jpg
         }
      }
   }
}
material preset_6_headMatL
{
   technique
   {
      pass
      {
         texture_unit
         {
            texture preset_6head.jpg
         }
      }
   }
}
material preset_6_headMatR
{
   technique
   {
      pass
      {
         texture_unit
         {
            texture preset_6head.jpg
         }
      }
   }
}
material preset_6_eyeMatL
{
   technique
   {
      pass
      {
         cull_hardware none
         cull_software none
         texture_unit
         {
            texture preset_6eye.jpg
         }
      }
   }
}
material preset_6_eyeMatR
{
   technique
   {
      pass
      {
         cull_hardware none
         cull_software none
         texture_unit
         {
            texture preset_6eye.jpg
         }
      }
   }
}
material preset_6_tailMat
{
   technique
   {
      pass
      {
         texture_unit
         {
            texture preset_6tail.jpg
         }
      }
   }
}
material preset_6_maneMat
{
   technique
   {
      pass
      {
         lighting off
         cull_hardware none
         cull_software none
         scene_blend alpha_blend
         depth_write off
         texture_unit
         {
            texture preset_6mane.png
         }
      }
   }
}

See where the red is? You have to edit the material file to what ever the name of your texture is. For example, if your texture is named preset_6body.png, it will not work because in the material file you have preset_6body.jpg.

[One True Tame]

Right -got help from a friend on D.a- I actually got my preset made ^^ makes me very happy! Thanks for all your help! its not as good as I hoped...but it was my first try ^^ im dound to get better at it!

[mapless]

Hello im new..sorta [/sub][/sup] XD