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Post by invader3k on Apr 9, 2020 13:06:38 GMT
It would be really nice if they would somehow change the subscription system, so that if you subscribe to an Edit that used crafted parts, you'd automatically also subscribe to those same parts.
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Post by hyunkel406 on Apr 9, 2020 13:20:29 GMT
Thank for the info Fuee Dag Boomer
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Post by BJ Sturgeon on Apr 9, 2020 13:32:26 GMT
So, what is it I have to do exactly to enable highlights on custom parts?
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Post by eskiman on Apr 9, 2020 13:34:52 GMT
Supposedly the highlights don’t work for custom parts - that’s what I was reading on the modpack discord earlier.
From what I can understand you used to have to load a highlights sprite for the part in the mod version, but the parts craft version doesn’t have that capability so highlights seem to be out
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Post by Fuee on Apr 9, 2020 13:42:59 GMT
Highlights have to be a separate part. sdss and I had a few back and forth posts about it on page 6, but the important one is a guide he posted about how to go about making a highlight part: criticalclub.com/post/38893Step 11 can be omitted, since it seems to be more for mod parts |
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Post by sdss9462 on Apr 9, 2020 14:12:30 GMT
Note that parts of my little guide on how to create a highlight layer won't work right with the new dlc, (namely the part about creating a full black layer underneath the highlight layer in photoshop, thus creating a png that has a black background.) A PNG with a black background won't look right uploaded as a separate part via the DLC. It will basically just create a black square for that part, blocking out whatever is underneath it.
I suppose you could try making the highlight layer according to my instructions, but then leave the background clear, like a regular part png. I'm not sure how that looks in game though.
The more I think about this, the more disappointing this DLC is.
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Post by gazwefc on Apr 9, 2020 14:28:22 GMT
Brian Cage  |
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Post by Fuee on Apr 9, 2020 14:33:44 GMT
Hell yeah, looks good Note that parts of my little guide on how to create a highlight layer won't work right with the new dlc, (namely the part about creating a full black layer underneath the highlight layer in photoshop, thus creating a png that has a black background.) A PNG with a black background won't look right uploaded as a separate part via the DLC. It will basically just create a black square for that part, blocking out whatever is underneath it. I suppose you could try making the highlight layer according to my instructions, but then leave the background clear, like a regular part png. I'm not sure how that looks in game though. The more I think about this, the more disappointing this DLC is. Oh right, I did it a bit differently What I did was pretty much: - Open custom part png in photoshop - Use magic wand tool, right click anywhere -> color range -> select one of the whitest white spots (in the picture, not the box that just popped up), set the Fuzziness slider to 0 (I'm on Photoshop CS3, some terms are different I think) - Right click anywhere, select "similar" - Right click again -> "select inverse" - Right click AGAIN -> feather, set radius to 3 - Delete, then ctrl+D - Go to layers box (F7 if you don't see it) -> set opacity to 25% (or 50/75/100, whatever you're looking for) - Save as png When using highlight layers in-game, there's usually no real need to change their colors; leave them white |
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Post by sdss9462 on Apr 9, 2020 15:07:52 GMT
That Brian Cage is nice work.
One thing that is immediately useful, even without highlights, is exporting all of the waist base parts and colors as waist layers. Then when you publish them through the workshop and get them in your game, you can use the bare waist parts as a layer, which opens a neat effect of using some of the patterns that span the trunk and the waist, (like the Bigelow flame pattern, the stars, the triangle, and many of the Stardom female parts,) and blocking out the waist part, so they appear only on the trunks area. Like, you can have trunks that have the flame pattern with a bare waist.
Assuming you keep skin at the 25% highlight level anyway.
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Post by sdss9462 on Apr 9, 2020 15:19:25 GMT
I'm digging through some of my old pngs to see what else might be useful. I could've sworn I made upper arms parts that had the builder arms as a layer over the normal arms, creating a muscular arm that was more realistic than the builder arms alone. Similar to what I did with the waist. But I can't seem to find the PNG for that. I'll keep looking.
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Post by greatnessgd on Apr 9, 2020 17:26:57 GMT
I download hand parts and they keep going into the Parts_Calf folder? Anyone else getting anything like this?
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Post by Fuee on Apr 9, 2020 17:39:41 GMT
Yeah, for some reason the calf and hands folders are switched
Who even knows why
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Post by Zealot on Apr 9, 2020 18:53:43 GMT
I blame Agetec
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2020 21:16:35 GMT
I just downloaded a bunch of parts...looks too advanced for my boomer butt...
but Avenger...you a freak freak! :D
Nothing but respect and props to Avenger for kicking butt outta da gate.
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Post by kip1985 on Apr 9, 2020 21:20:23 GMT
Are we going to be able to convert parts between Steam/PS4 and vice versa?
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