Simple Tutorial?

[UnrealStinger]

MMm i search and i search but nowhere can i find a simple tut to making UT2k4 skins, can someone direct me towards one as im getting in to the skin making and need a sitefor it, thnx

 

[UnrealStinger]

bump

 

[Radiosity]

Good luck finding one - there don't actually appear to be any skinning tuts on the net anywhere.

 

[klasnic]

Nope

Good luck finding one - there don't actually appear to be any skinning tuts on the net anywhere.

Nope, if you look on the SkinCity forums you'll see a few ppl were talking about making one (be about time someone did). I'd do it myself but I'm only at it six months and I still don't understand masks, alpha channels and a whole lot else. Hopefully someone 'experienced' will do one

 

[UnrealStinger]

i know that but just need to know the accesing the actual skins part, im a vet skinner from mohaa and stuff.

also accesing the loading screen files would be helpful...

 

[klasnic]

Well, the textures for all the skins are in PNG format on CD6 or the CD6 folder on the DVD. Install Upaint on the same CD/same folder - that's what you'll use to see the models/put your textures onto

The loading screen is a map called NvidiaLogo.ut2 - Which references a few different texture files, etc - You can take a proper look at that using UnrealEd in the UT2004\System folder :tup:

 

[UnrealStinger]

i cant find a CD6 folder, i have a 1 DVD version.

 

[klasnic]

Yup on the DVD version there should be 6 folders CD1-CD6;

The character textures and meshes are under a folder inside CD6\Extras\ called SkinArt and under that same folder CD6\Extras you'll find Upaint... If CD6 is not there it's the first I heard of it Unless there's a diff version in your country(?)

 

[UnrealStinger]

England..., is it in C:my Computer or on the CD?

 

[UnrealStinger]

k found that stuff now but when i open the uPaint program which files do i open cos when i go to the extras, the skin files then the stuff in there where all the skins are and click nothing appears...

 

[klasnic]

Copy over the SkinArt folder from the CD/DVD into your Upaint folder on your hard drive then goto file-open and browse to the characters folder inside the skinart folder that'll open the whole character for you. The textures themselves are in the textures folder

 

[UnrealStinger]

yer i know that but when i save them, do i overwrite or what?

 

[klasnic]

You save the character first calling it a name of your choice (you don't overwrite anything) then click on file-export to unreal in Upaint... You'll then be able to use your new character in game... Just look through the other forum threads - All these questions have been answered 100 times over

 

[Pope]

I'm trying to get the hang of modelling/skinning and have also been looking around for about a week now. I haven't found any A to Z on the topic and I have a huge number of questions myself. I think the best link I've stumbled on is this thread: http://www.ina-community.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=188876. It's old so some of the links are dead but you should find some helpful information in there.

 

[graboid]

So the files are in PNG format? If this is so then making skins will be faster than trying to change a dds to another picture type. But like I said its in PNG format?

 

[Stigmata]

So the files are in PNG format? If this is so then making skins will be faster than trying to change a dds to another picture type. But like I said its in PNG format?

there is a photoshop plugin that reads/writes dds format, btw.
http://developer.nvidia.com/object/nv_texture_tools.html