HOw can i make custom skins?

Equally Obi1 · 04-14-2011, 07:00 AM

hello,does anyone know how to make custom skins here(if needed ive got the whole adobe cs4 suit including photoshop and in design) ive given up trying to make mod maps but would like to fuel the battlefront community with skins.plz help

Bokken · 04-14-2011, 12:20 PM

I assume that you have your ModTools installed. How experienced are you with them? Have you, for example, created a custom side?

Most importantly, have you read "Getting Started.doc" in the documentation folder?

Equally Obi1 · 04-15-2011, 08:44 AM

nope and nope ,im an amuture.lol your gonna laugth at this ,whats a side?

Bokken · 04-15-2011, 06:12 PM

Some people might read side as "Team." CIS, Republic, Rebels, and Empire are all sides. The units in them are what comprise the sides. You can make custom sides out of custom units (with custom skins).

I recommend that you read Getting Started.doc. If you have any trouble, you can either ask here or at GameToast. I can usually help out with simple issues.

Equally Obi1 · 04-16-2011, 05:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Bokken

Some people might read side as "Team." CIS, Republic, Rebels, and Empire are all sides. The units in them are what comprise the sides. You can make custom sides out of custom units (with custom skins).

I recommend that you read Getting Started.doc. If you have any trouble, you can either ask here or at GameToast. I can usually help out with simple issues.

Oh i knew that i thought it might meen somthing else alot more tecnical.By the way ive not got mod tools installed, diddnt think id need it

Equally Obi1 · 04-16-2011, 05:53 AM

i know haw to skin now but how do you change stuff like guns and micro binoculars and how do u put the skin on a 3d template?

Bokken · 04-16-2011, 08:39 PM

Again, I have to emphasize that you read that Getting Started document. It explains all of the basics. Changing guns is done in the Object Definition Files, or ODF's. If you only change the appearance of the gun, such as the model used, it won't affect online compatibility. However, if you change values that would affect other people, like the damage, it would break online compatibility.

You can see your skin the way it would look on the 3D model by using The SWBF MSH Viewer. MSH files are just the model used.

Equally Obi1 · 04-17-2011, 10:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bokken

Again, I have to emphasize that you read that Getting Started document. It explains all of the basics. Changing guns is done in the Object Definition Files, or ODF's. If you only change the appearance of the gun, such as the model used, it won't affect online compatibility. However, if you change values that would affect other people, like the damage, it would break online compatibility.

You can see your skin the way it would look on the 3D model by using The SWBF MSH Viewer. MSH files are just the model used.

soz i forgot to say i uninstalled mod tools (if yr gonna say i should install it again i only have 1.9gb left on the drive i have to use

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Bokken · 04-17-2011, 02:34 PM

You can't mod without the ModTools. If you intend to actually change the skins, you have to use them. You can actually install the tools onto a flash drive if you have to.

Equally Obi1 · 04-19-2011, 12:22 PM

as i have said in my other threads zero editor doesnt work will i need it?

Bokken · 04-19-2011, 01:30 PM

Nah. ZeroEditor is only used for making the maps themselves. You're just dealing with the sides.

Equally Obi1 · 04-22-2011, 06:44 AM

i've got another problem only 1gb download left to the end of the month

Bokken · 04-22-2011, 01:07 PM

I don't think that the ModTools installation file would put you over that, but it'd take up a good half of it. That's really up to you.