Romulus skin

[whelkgod]

I made a skin and now im wondering how to use it.

 

[Maxx]

Where did you make the skin? In Upaint? Simply press "Export To Unreal" and you should be fine.

 

[whelkgod]

Um i did it in photoshop, now I just need to make it into those files like *.upl and *.utx i think.

 

[Maxx]

open UEdit.
create a new package and import your texture files. then save it. thats the utx-file.

Check out the upl-tut for hints in writing the upl-file

good luck and happy skinning

 

[whelkgod]

okay thanks, so umm this is the right way to get skins in the game?

What mesh is romulus? example, Mesh=Hellions.Hellion_Kane

 

[Maxx]

I suggest you copy Romulus` values out of the xplayers.upl file and enter your values.

uhm, moment I have the upl here

*copy*

*paste*

*minorchanges*


Player=(DefaultName="YourSkinsName",Race="Mercenary",Mesh=HumanMaleA.MercMaleB,
species=xGame.SPECIES_Merc,BodySkin=YourUTX.TextureName,FaceSkin=YourUTX.TextureName,
Portrait=YourUTX.TextureName,Text=YourTextFile.Text,Sex=Male,Menu="SP",Accuracy=-0.3,Aggressiveness=+0.25,
CombatStyle=+0.2,Tactics=+0.5,StrafingAbility=+0.7,FavoriteWeapon=xWeapons.FlakCannon)


Hope this helps

 

[whelkgod]

Thanks Maxx youve helped alot.

Well ive made the upl file and the utx file that is referenced by the upl, but the character isnt showing up.

 

[Maxx]

can U paste your upl-text here?
Make sure all is written in "a row" with no spaces between lines (sometimes notepad does such things

 

[whelkgod]

Player=DefaultName="Harry",Race="Mercenary",Mesh=HumanMaleA.MercMaleB,
species=xGame.SPECIES_Merc,BodySkin=Whelk.Body,FaceSkin=Whelk.Head,Portrait=Whelk.Portrait,Sex=Male,FavoriteWeapon=xWeapons.SniperRifle,Jumpiness=0.2,CombatStyle=0.1,Tactics=1,Aggressiveness=0.3,Accuracy=1,StrafingAbility=0.5,ReactionTime=1,BotUse=1,Menu="",Text="Name: Harry|Age: 21|Race: Human||Data:||Harry likes to snipe his victims from a safe distance.||")

 

[whelkgod]

I think its to do with the texture package, i never done it before.

 

[Maxx]

There should be a utx-file called Whelk.utx with the textures called "Body" "Head" and "Portrait". Looks like UT can`t load one of the 3.

Ah wait a second, I got it

Player=(DefaultName...

 

[whelkgod]

lol, thanks.

hmmm that didnt work either....

 

[Maxx]

small cause big effect

EDIT:
That`s strange, looks like one of the textures can`t be loaded

Try to copy that text into your upl (is public tag there??):

[Public]
Player=(DefaultName="Harry",Race="Mercenary",Mesh=HumanMaleA.MercMaleB,species=xGame.SPECIES_Merc,BodySkin=Whelk.Body,FaceSkin=Whelk.Head,Portrait=Whelk.Portrait,Sex=Male, FavoriteWeapon=xWeapons.SniperRifle,Jumpiness=0.2,CombatStyle=0.1,Tactics=1,Aggressiveness=0.3,Accuracy=1,StrafingAbility=0.5,ReactionTime=1,BotUse=1,Menu="",Text="Name: Harry|Age: 21|Race: Human||Data:||Harry likes to snipe his victims from a safe distance.||")

 

[whelkgod]

What are the shaders, diffuse, opacity, specular, specularly mask, and self illumination for? Is this the cause?

 

[Maxx]

What are the shaders, diffuse, opacity, specular, specularly mask, and self illumination for? Is this the cause?

If the settings remain unchanged they shouldn`t cause bad effects

 

[whelkgod]

okay, hmmm.

 

[Maxx]

okay, hmmm.

sorry forgot the Player=(DefaultName="Harry", ..... in the code,
EDITed it

 

[whelkgod]

Yeah ive tried that, lol.

 

[Maxx]

Still no positive results?

 

[whelkgod]

Nope. Sorry to be a bother.

[Public]
Trying this at top of code
also i think a + is needed in front of stats

Well that at least let it be shown in the player list but the graphics werent there or the description....