"Deus ex skining"

[~Sandro~]

I want to learn how to skin (altering an existing skin that is). So I would like some advice or some nice tutorial links and, if there is any, skining tools/programs for DX models.
Basicly i just want to alter couple of details on simple skins (like making a black MJ12, can only see his mouth and nose, should be easy lol) and some couple other things.
While "googling" i come across a nice site that had a 3D view of the skin ur painting, but it was for UT, i wonder if such tool exist for DX.
Also what painting programs would you recommand ( i have Photoshop).

Thanks

[Mastakilla]

Just learn to use photoshop, and you will learn to do skins. imo

[~Sandro~]

thats why i'm trying to do

[~DJ~]

You need photoshop,

I Recommend CS versions..

Well while you have the photoshop, go to unreal ed

Come to "DeusExCharacters" And then export the MJ12 Troop's texture.
(Well i couldnt find the texture, so i am using an example.. lol...)




Now while you imported as BMP or PCX, open it with photoshop.

Now, you see it open. Just change it to RGP Mode,



They are many ways you can make it black...

First:

You could just use the brush tool and make it black, But it will be dirty....



Second: You could right click brush tool and then just select the "Color replacement Tool" And select the black color and just do it near its nose and stuff...



Third: You could just copy its near skin or from some other picture with the tool called "Healing brush tool" And "Clone Stamp Tool"



The healing brush can copy things from the surface, but it will heal a bit so it will match the skin where you did the healing tool, what i do is first do "Clone Stamp Tool" and then i just paste something in its nose to the things i want to cover, and then i will use the healing brush tool..

So basicly healing brush tool doesnt help at all..

Lets just forget about the healing tool lol?

Fourth: Select the place where you want to do it black, with the tool called "Polygonal Lasso Tool"

Just select the surfaces, while its selected, go to "Image>Adjustments>Variations"



And then do it darker and more black you can.



You could multiply these ways and try until you get satisfied.

Thats all. Hope i helped

Well i dint typed it all, cuz.. i feel sleepy... :S

So ye.. maybe i will tell you how to copy things from other pictures with those 2 tools..

[~Sandro~]

Thanks alot for the detailed tutorial (realy appriciate it) !!

(yeah i have photoshop CS)


edit: wow some stuff works(just tryed it,i loved the 4th way, will post the new black mj12 in game shot in couple of days,Request for Sticky

[Dae]

~DJ~
nice tutorial

[~DJ~]

Thanks Dae

Also, i forgot,

There is one more thing, when you import the picture first do this...

(when your done making it black,red etc etc... then do this.. because dx only takes 8 bit of textures or so..)

If you have photoshop all you need to do is open your texture and select Image>Mode>Indexed Color, and set the palette to Local (Selective), Apply. Then go to Save As and select the format .PCX and save. Now import into DX!

DX Will not load those textures if you dont do that.. So please try what Aquashock said.

And then just import the picture and save the file as UTX and enjoy

Any more help,just reply

[~Sandro~]

ok i got this problem (lol i always somehow get in trouble ) when i try to save, it says " file must be saved as a copy with this selection" pointing at Layers, I didnt add any layer and didn't change anything (apart from saturation and variations)
I did set to Indexed colors back and set palette to Local (Selective)

If i click save (ignoring this) i get an empty picture.

[Dae]

possibly you need to deselect first

Ctrl + D or Select -> Deselect

[~Sandro~]

I GOT IT WOOOOOOT

Check out my fuckin' MJ12 Ni...

edit: had to install full version of Photoshop, i had portable version..

[~DJ~]

Well nice, also keep trying to "Save As"

Not save.

[~SaSQuAtCH~]

i c wut u did thar...(RACIST)

[~DJ~]

Hey kaiden.. How about add this in KB some how? :p

With the title called

"How to color skins through photoshop" or stuff?

[~Sandro~]

i c wut u did thar...(RACIST)

lol, the DX devs are racist they made most enemies white.

Hey kaiden.. How about add this in KB some how?

yeah would be cool adding it to KB

[~DJ~]

OMG U GOTS CS3 TOO D:

Well, nice point, those makers were racist, they made all the enemies white, D:

OH WAIT, SMUGGLER... HES MY BIG ENEMY..

OH NO THEY ARE RACIST IN THIS PART TOO. D:

[~SaSQuAtCH~]

Smuggler
Morgan Everette

THEY ALL BLACK, MAN

[~Sandro~]

Apart from the terroris leader in liberty island, u don't kill black.
so UNATCO, MJ12 are racist. cos they hire only white guys.

Everette is black..hm he seemed arab or turc to me.

[Dae]

so UNATCO, MJ12 are racist. cos they hire only white guys.

you can choose to play for a black JC though

and the terrorist leader... you don't have to kill him

[~DJ~]

"We" ...?

I ALWAYS KILL HIM JAJAJ

AND THE JOCK PART

WHAHAAH IM A RACIST WAHAHA I DO EVERY THING WHEN THAT FAKE "FIXER" RUNS I DONT KILL HIM.. WHAHA AND LET THAT BLACK DIE WHAHAAHAH

^

That is a joke, any of you who thinks calling some black person black or something is racism,

But no,

Racism doesnt mean that it only includes black people..

Watch this video..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaQmoC-vMm8

Also why the heck i am starting and going off-topic?

Who knows...

[~Sandro~]

Ok I finally made some new NPC with my new textures (took me a while to understand that the new textures have to be inside the .U file and not in a separate .utx file) .
Evrything is fine but somehow my new npc walks fast (!!!) realy fast, i didnt do anything in the Default properties exept adding my textures in Multiple skins (of course) and changing his Collision to 47.5 (Height) and 20 (radius) (like its said in the UC tutorial)
I tryed to rebuild the package but still got the same problem, anyone have an idea about this. Please

edit: if i lower the ground speed in properties>Mouvment (like set it to 100)
he will walk slower but he will also run slower...
i checked the mouvment properties of my npc and PaulDenton they look exaclty the same....

[Shinobi]

whoa lol.... i don't understand any of it (I'm not a "photoshopper")... but fkn ell DJ wrote a tut!!!!

[~Sandro~]

its not about photoshop but about unrealED

but thanks


edit: still cant figue out why the hell my npc walks with the speed of 320 instead of 100 (he runs with the speed of 320 too) if i change his speed he will run and walk with the new speed

[~DJ~]

Wait a second, Are you making a package inside the UED? Or the real way through folders and notepad?

Please answer soon D:

whoa lol....i don't understand any of it (I'm not a "photoshopper")...but fkn ell DJ wrote a tut!!!!

I Dont gets what you said

Does that means now you can photoshop a skin? D:

[~Sandro~]

i compiled it myself with .uc files the folder had 2 folders (classes and textures) in classes it had 3 uc files 1 npc 1 carcass 1 textures.uc.
it compiles it into 1 .u file without problems, i can spawn my new npc the usual way (like any other npc) the only prob is tha he walk the same speed that he runs.
edit: just anytime i creat a new npc ( select scripted spawn and select add new, under military or whatever) the npc walks realy fast.... i duno why.
changing groundspeed under properties doesnt help.

[~DJ~]

PM me the Code of the NPC if you can...

And yeah, You dont actually have to import.. All i do is. Just open unreal Ed. Import Texture, Name it as something.utx and save it in the texture folder, And then i add the line in the top of the class.

Here is what i add:-

#exec OBJ LOAD FILE=something

And save the file!

Also when your doing something from the texture, you will need to type

"Multiskins(0)="something.insidetexturename";"

Like that. Hopefully you will understand me i hope...

[~Sandro~]

i did all that lol, its not the problem , the problem is with any NPC i create they walk faster, i guess somthing must be changed in default properties but i duno what...

sending u my .u file and the code