concerning skinning

[:SOLO:[BW]Dexsius]

uhm. okay i am following dels tortial on this.



I got the files out, and so i open them in photoshop. oh boy wheer does the funs start.

for one i dont really understand how u map out the skin. I mena - what goes where?

everything is all jumbled up - is there any map somewhere that shows where each pat of the texture flat goes? I dont understant the flats at all. and what about color pallets? does Rune/UT use them? i dont know squat about them, and if they are necesary, how do i set one up or find the default rune pallete?

the places i have seen for skinning instructions only talk about the technical stuff - like how to import/export/apply textures... not edit them. i need to know how to edit them before i can do anytihng with them.

[Karigard]

Ok

If u know ur skin well then it shouldn't be that complicated to find out what is where

But I know a way to display what where is it's just a bit complicated just for seeing the mapping

If u wanna know how let me know

[=iNi=Deliverance]

I have been working on a step by step to see the skin right away tutorial. so u can only load 1 texture... make 1 change and see the outcome. I will dig it off of the CD-ROM I burnt it to and post a new piece to the skinning tutorial. I will try to post it tonight or tomarrow.
Pc
Deliverance

[:SOLO:[BW]Dexsius]

many a thanks del.


hope that gets put up - it'd be a great help.



so as far as what gets placed where from the flats to the model, do i just have to look at what the origional looks like on the model, and guess as to what parts (that i want to change) are the ones on teh flat?

[the riot barber]

i worked like this on my first skins:

i made screenshots from every direction of my skin to see what is where on the texture...
i compaired them in photoshop and repainted then part for part...
in some parts it had been a hard tryout but finally it worked..
even it took more then 3 or 4 days (8 hours each day) to get the first skin working...

but all you do in rune editor takes time

if you think you can make a skin or a complete map in 10 min you are wrong...

my smallest map took me 5 hours work and its just 1 room! on my largest map i worked more then 100 hours!!!