Requesting a SporeModder Skinpaint Tutorial

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Requesting a SporeModder Skinpaint Tutorial

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I am very confused with the structure of Skinpaints in a spore package.

I managed to find a folder controlling the effects of the skinpaints. It's the "gameEffects_pfx~" Folder. I also found the skinpaint Icons folder.
The major thing that I need to find is the folder that actually contains the skinpaint textures. The folder that contains the actual images that will go on to the skin of the creature... I don't know where to find that one..


So I am just really confused here, and I really would love to add skinpaints to StrangeAndBeautiful. (especially a Ball Python skinpaint set)


A tutorial is greatly needed and appreciated. Thanks.


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Re: Requesting a SporeModder Skinpaint Tutorial

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"gameEffects_pfx~" has nothing do with it. You should be looking in "gameEffects_1~" through "gameEffects_3~" for Core Spore skinpaint effects, and your new effects should be stored in "ep1_effects_1~" through "ep1_effects_3~". The textures don't have to be in any particular folder, you can store them anywhere you want.
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Re: Requesting a SporeModder Skinpaint Tutorial

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For skinpaints in specific the textures must be in the 'part_skin_textures~' folder. In the SporeModder thread there's a link to some example projects, one of them adds new skinpaints; you might want to take a look at that to see how it works.
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Re: Requesting a SporeModder Skinpaint Tutorial

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thanks you two.

I'm looking forward to making some extra shiny skinpains (literally)
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GladDragon wrote:I'm looking forward to making some extra shiny skinpains (literally)
Wonderful...shiny skin pains...
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Re: Requesting a SporeModder Skinpaint Tutorial

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Emd4600 [ASR] wrote:For skinpaints in specific the textures must be in the 'part_skin_textures~' folder. In the SporeModder thread there's a link to some example projects, one of them adds new skinpaints; you might want to take a look at that to see how it works.
I was testing those examples, it works fine but when you change the graphics to low do not work
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Diegox64 wrote:
Emd4600 [ASR] wrote:For skinpaints in specific the textures must be in the 'part_skin_textures~' folder. In the SporeModder thread there's a link to some example projects, one of them adds new skinpaints; you might want to take a look at that to see how it works.
I was testing those examples, it works fine but when you change the graphics to low do not work
You must have forgotten to add the PFX file to the "ep1_effects_1~" folder.
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Re: Requesting a SporeModder Skinpaint Tutorial

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rob55rod wrote:
Diegox64 wrote:
Emd4600 [ASR] wrote:For skinpaints in specific the textures must be in the 'part_skin_textures~' folder. In the SporeModder thread there's a link to some example projects, one of them adds new skinpaints; you might want to take a look at that to see how it works.
I was testing those examples, it works fine but when you change the graphics to low do not work
You must have forgotten to add the PFX file to the "ep1_effects_1~" folder.
thanks m8 :lol:
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