Making building part mods?

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Making building part mods?

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Hello! I am currently working on a mod called Sporefield! It edits creature abilities on some mouths and feet.
But I want to add building parts, that is, creature parts in the building editor! like creature heads mounted on the front door kind of thing.

although I don't know where to start, I know I need to copy a part and change the model and texture, but I'm not sure on how to make a parts page, or add the part to the details page, or even if the part will be animated (hopefully not).


so I already have the creature part modifications working, so now I need to add building stuff.

Hopefully someone knows how to do this!


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Re: Making building part mods?

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I'm sorry, but creature parts are differents to building parts and they cannot work in the building/vehicle editor. Why?
Because creature parts use skinpaints (the skinpaintDiffuseTexture, etc properties) . But the building parts (and the building editor itself) use material colors for each face and then they apply the texture of the paint. If you didn't understand this, maybe with images is better: http://imgur.com/a/moKbO
I never tried to put creature parts in building editor, but they can't work. Or at least, they can't be painted.
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Re: Making building part mods?

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Ok then, I will just model building parts that LOOK like creature parts!
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It's impossible too xD
Custom parts can't be painted and they look invisible in the editor.
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Emd4600 [ASR] wrote:It's impossible too xD
Custom parts can't be painted and they look invisible in the editor.
Wait...what about existing creature part MODELS in new building prop.xmls?
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That doesn't work either
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rob55rod wrote:
Emd4600 [ASR] wrote:It's impossible too xD
Custom parts can't be painted and they look invisible in the editor.
Wait...what about existing creature part MODELS in new building prop.xmls?
Emd4600 wrote:I'm sorry, but creature parts are differents to building parts and they cannot work in the building/vehicle editor. Why?
Because creature parts use skinpaints (the skinpaintDiffuseTexture, etc properties) . But the building parts (and the building editor itself) use material colors for each face and then they apply the texture of the paint. If you didn't understand this, maybe with images is better: http://imgur.com/a/moKbO
I never tried to put creature parts in building editor, but they can't work. Or at least, they can't be painted.
This xD
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Re: Making building part mods?

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lol

this was one of the first things i tried to do...
building/creature part swaps...

fun times...
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Davo wrote:lol

this was one of the first things i tried to do...
uilding/creature part swaps...

fun times...
I thought the Davo Mega Massive Laser was your first mod. But still, it's a real shame that it doesn't work that way. WAIT...When Vexx32 on spreads contacted Heinermann, Heinermann said he erased all traces of SPORE from his computer. He never said anything about his modified SporeMaster...perhaps he still has it? If so, he didn't technically lie. Anyone think this is a good Idea?
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i dont know anything of any of that...

the laser was my first, indeed, i did say it was one of my first tho... an experiment, since no link is available...
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Re: Making building part mods?

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I don't believe the Heinermann story. He makes a new Sporemaster but he never releases or uses it.
I contacted Void a few weeks ago and he said he doesn't have enough time to develop a new Sporemaster.
You'll have to live with it.
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Re: Making building part mods?

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Emd4600 [ASR] wrote:I don't believe the Heinermann story. He makes a new Sporemaster but he never releases or uses it.
I contacted Void a few weeks ago and he said he doesn't have enough time to develop a new Sporemaster.
You'll have to live with it.
He did release it. Few people heard about it, and thus few copies were ever downloaded, all of which were later lost to time, Imagees, "computer cancer", and, in the case of Heinermann's own copy of it, simply quitting the game altogether. Real shame, though. Ever heard of the book 'Think and Grow Rich'? This would be a good time for 'think and Grow SporeMaster'.
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Re: Making building part mods?

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Been working on something like that actually.

They work well together. When you put legs down the Creature Building Animates (Bounces around, jumps, they even Speak lol works in the adventures and the stages
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Re: Making building part mods?

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Been working on something like that actually.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlzw3HLyk9A

They work well together. When you put legs down the Creature Building Animates (Bounces around, jumps, they even Speak lol works in the adventures and the stages

Can also take animation away
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Re: Making building part mods?

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Actually it's possible with SporeModder:
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