How to make Glow in the Dark Markings on your Presets/Etc

[HowlStar]

Uh...sort of xD But thanks anyway. I'll figure it out eventually.

[Ingredient]

Uh...sort of xD But thanks anyway. I'll figure it out eventually.

Well thats ok, if you want me to explain it a bit clearer im happy to do that

[HowlStar]

Well thats ok, if you want me to explain it a bit clearer im happy to do that

Actually...can you do that? xD -is now a MAJOR coding n00b-

[Ingredient]

Well do you understand how to make markings and change the material code?

[HowlStar]

I've changed the codes of presets before to make them transparent or to have different patterns on each side/two different eyes, but never anything like this. I've never made markings, though.

When I tried making the markings for the preset I'm attempting to make, I made a separate layer from the base I made earlier. After I finished the marks, I switched to the base layer and erased, but instead of it turning to the grey checkered thing (meaning a transparent background) it turned black where I erased it.

[Spirit3]

how do you make a transperent background on gimp?

[Spirit3]

Oh yea, also another question, I don't get the second step when you make your glow makrkings >.>

[Ingredient]

how do you make a transperent background on gimp?

To make a transparent background you go to "Layers" (CTRL L) then "New Layer" and choose "Transparency".

Oh yea, also another question, I don't get the second step when you make your glow makrkings >.>

I havent made glow in the dark markings for a while so my information might be a little confusing and slightly false, still its worth a try. You open up one of the base pictures (you know the c/f body UV or something eles) in GIMP then make a new transparent layer. Draw on your markings doesnt matter how you do that but i tend to put a soft edge around the markings. Then delete the background layer the UV one. Save it as a .png and then add it to the material file.

[SilentMuse]

Meep! I hate to be a noob about this but I double checked my coding, and I think I did it right, I only wanted glowing textures on the one side so that's all I did.I did the both sides on a different preset but the preset file dissappears completely in Preset Maker. D: Can you tell me what I did wrong?


My coding looks like this for the body mats right and left...:

material preset_4_bodyMatL
{
   technique
   {
      pass
      {
         ambient 0.5 0.5 0.5
         texture_unit
         {
            texture preset_4bodyL.png
         }
      }
      pass
      {
         emissive 1.0 0.0 0.0
         scene_blend alpha_blend
         texture_unit
         {
            texture glows.png
         }
      }
   }
material preset_4_bodyMatR
{
   technique
   {
      pass
      {
         texture_unit
         {
            texture preset_4body.jpg
         }
      }
   }
}
material preset_4_headMatL
{
   technique
   {
      pass
      {
         texture_unit
         {
            texture preset_4headR.jpg
         }
      }
   }
}







Edit: I got it to work! xD I ended up having to use the code in the one where you had ALL the code... I don't know what I did but it worked that time. ._.; ANWAY thank you for this. xDDD

[sunny232]

solved my problem