modeling

[molten sail]

that texture won't really fit in the UV for that one but it should be good enough to test if anything is broken

[fickle lance]

I can see one thing is that a lot of the uv islands are different sizes, and since I'm opening this up in 2.7 it does mess with the layout a little bit.

[molten sail]

:/

but that wouldn't be what is causing my issue would it?

[fickle lance]

Hard to say, I'm gonna see if moving stuff around will fix it.

[molten sail]

ok

[fickle lance]

Okay, did some editing on the uv, and testing the export and it seemed to work fine. Just need to know if it'll stay the same in 2.8 and above.

[molten sail]

nice. Do you think the UV on that one is layed out good enough? I kind of like the newer array I made but if I have to stick to the original sizes do you think it could be done better?

[fickle lance]

I mean it depends on how high depth you want to manga stuff to be seen.

[molten sail]

as good as possible which is why I made those parts the biggest. Tho I don't mind keeping then the default size if needed

the was I had it when I sent it to you I think was best.

in terms of detail on the cover and pages tho

[fickle lance]

Also I'm pretty sure the texture is fine, I had to look thoroughly in 2.8 and for so reason it's only invisible when viewing it at a specific angle.

That might be due to it being an fbx.

[molten sail]

yea I didn't think the texture was the problem but it did only seem to mess up when trying to view it in texture mode

[fickle lance]

Yea, as you could see in 2.7 it was fine, well besides some small amount of janky uv but I fixed it.

[molten sail]

when you sent it to me the first time it was fbx tho

[fickle lance]

I know, it didn't occur to me that the textures would be fucky with the new versions of blender. Or knew at all

[molten sail]

ah

well so long as it's all good

[fickle lance]

I could toss a 2.7 version of blender for you if you'd think it would be easier?

Personally hate the newer versions.

[molten sail]

I'm pretty used to 3.0 and hardly know how to use blender

I would hate to confuse myself further

[fickle lance]

Fair, anyway here's the somewhat edited uv versions.

[molten sail]

I'll give it a look

thanks

[fickle lance]

Welcome

[tired torrent]

Bank/Swat Truck

[eternal stag]

Hey hey, i'm kinda lost with how static models work. I saw someone say you need to attach a bone via the XML and not Blender, which i did, but the model still comes out like this in the game.

I tried modifying the axis when exporting but it's very confusing

The model looks like this on Blender

[tired torrent]

Have you applied all transforms?

[eternal stag]

Yep

[tired torrent]

Its been like 5 months since Ive done a helmet, try removing excess vertex groups other than head bone, make sure weights are correct for your model, xml looks fine to me. I'm not sure what else is left.

[eternal stag]

Yeah i tried removing all the other vertex groups and it's still the same, the weight paint looks like this, i haven't changed it.

I used the HoodieUP model to make this

What are the normal axis to use when you export ? I messed with them a bit and maybe it could be causing problems ?

[tired torrent]

I just remembered this, helmets needed a placement like this in space.

Move it like this set origin, apply all transforms again and check if this fixes it

Not sure if these are the fix to your problem though, when I was doing my pilot, head was least problem causer

[eternal stag]

Ok, nice ! Now i just need to rotate it the right way

Can't seem to find the right orientation

It's always backwards for some reason

Ok nice, i found the right orientation, thanks a lot 😄 @tired torrent

[tired torrent]

No problem, complex hood you got there, good luck on vertex weights

[eternal stag]

Ah yeah, i was going to ask, you can't use weight paint like with skinned models ?

[tired torrent]

Well you can use this games hood-up version of hoodie and transfer weights to your model

But this will probably need extra work on top of that depending on your topology

[eternal stag]

Since this i used the hoodieUP model to make this model, the weight paint is already the same i think ? I haven't modified it at all

[tired torrent]

It should be same

When you are doing weight paint try clicking on vertex selection so you can use that to change weights

That way you can use that assign on right and paint your own gradients by hand

every vertex you have selected will get that weight assigned to it

Imho this gives more precise approach to do them compared to brush weight paint at least for low poly

[eternal stag]

Wow i think you lost me ahahahah

I click on vertex selection ☑️ I click on assign and nothing happens

[tired torrent]

Have you selected this and clicked on vertex you want to assign weight to it?

[eternal stag]

Ok, yep, it turned all red now

Oh, ok, i see how i can modify it now ahah, i was still trying to paint it x)

[tired torrent]

good luck

[eternal stag]

Thanks 🥲 Thanks again for the help !

[molten sail]

@fickle lance when you get a chance can you fill me in on how you fixed my model. I had to change some things on it and it is giving me problems all over again

[fickle lance]

Well what's going on with it now?

[molten sail]

same thing as before. when I export it it is good but when I reinport it it's messed up.

I had to redo the UV to work how I needed it and now it is perfect but yea issues

[fickle lance]

That's what I had to do when fixing it up the first time, I'm honestly thinking it's due to the imbedded textures.

[molten sail]

hmmm

[fickle lance]

Could have also saved the orginal uv layout somehow as well.

[molten sail]

any way I could remove the embedded texture? I really don't want to have to change anything on the UV or model

[molten sail]

nope Uv is just how I made it before exporting

||https://i.imgur.com/hDpR3YO.png||

[fickle lance]

Then it's probably the texture. Unless it's just an issue with blender and it could be fine in the actual game.

[molten sail]

spoiler cuz minor nsfw

[fickle lance]

My guess is just test it in-game and see if it's still borked up.

[molten sail]

yea, I suppose I'l try that then

dumb blender

[fickle lance]

It can be a bitch. I agree.

[molten sail]

makes 0 sense how it can be gold on export and a train wreck the next time you load it in

also when I reinport it it adds something to the shader editore

if that helps

[fickle lance]

Before Exporting:
After Exporting:

I never messed with the shaders so I have no clue.

[molten sail]

It's just how I view the texture on the model

how it looked before export

https://i.imgur.com/xOjbaJ4.png

after

[fickle lance]

Ooh the nodes, yea since I pretty much use 2.7 religiously I never mess with that.

[molten sail]

anyone who uses blender 3.0.1 wanna take a look at it and see if you can spot what might be wrong?

[signal parrot]

Are you exporting as FBX?

Importing models does have some weirdness with nodes, like the normal map node that's doing nothing

You only need the node going into Base Color to see the texture, so the other two can just be deleted if you didn't add them

[woven garnet]

scrolled through quick but couldn't see your issue, what's the problem?

[molten sail]

Basically I am editing the engame book models UV map and when I export it it's all messed up looking when reimported back into blender. Parts not visible and such.

Before export and after export

And like seen above when I reinport it the shader editor seems to add a new window automatically. Not sure if that is important as removing it does not fix it.

[woven garnet]

i can't help with anything blender specific, but i could take a look at your fbx and texture

[molten sail]

Alright. When I get home from work I will send it to you.

[paper zealot]

Did you change the UV mapping or just the textures?

[molten sail]

uv mapping

and made the texture to fit

the normal book texture dupes both inside pages and I didn't like that

so I changed it

[paper zealot]

Here things are working perfectly

[molten sail]

what blender version you use?

I am on 3.0.1

[paper zealot]

3.1.0

[molten sail]

how it looks for me https://i.imgur.com/zdpJM1y.png

idk how you are getting a different result than mer

well if it works for you It must be a blender issue on my end so maybe it will work in game

makes no sense to me

[junior temple]

working on some low poly beer 🍺

hahah

[sudden shoal]

But why San Miguel?

[junior temple]

local beer from my place 😎

[molten sail]

decided to just edit the entire book model. didn't look manga enough.

basically just trimmed the edges and flattened the cover

I'm happy with how it turned out

[eternal stag]

Not finished yet, but i'm halfway done on my mod 😄

[molten sail]

looks great.

We need the shrek outfit just for the meme

[eternal stag]

😏

[woven garnet]

On the back side of the paper part of the model, you have some uv's floating off to the side that give that look. i'm not sure how you're getting that result in blender though. normals are fine, so it's not like we're seeing the inside of the pages, only one uv channel. maybe you have something rigged up that's hiding the normally readable pages?

[molten sail]

that one random UV was there on the normal book model so I left it alone.

funny enough the issue is gone now that I actually edited the model itself

So I guess I'll take that as a win. I get a more actuate looking manga and it's not broken

[woven garnet]

i'd just delete that inner face, don't need it anyway.

[molten sail]

Will do

[molten sail]

How can I convert the Zomboid x file models into usable FBX ones?

[simple bolt]

Lookinggreat! Very vanilla friendly

Once the medivial industry update comes out those outfits will make alot of sense

[fickle geode]

nice job on the russian garments! if you're doing a 'russian environment' type props - couple unique pieces that might flesh out a setting - one of those iconic spetsnaz style sidushkas (for butt protection lol), headscarves (for more traditional women or church visitors), some good militisya/politisya uniforms and how about the iconic aeroflot uniforms (orange mandarin and blue) oh and those NBC Chemical suit 'Leggings/Boots' for all your marsh going, cold and wet exploring needs

[feral glade]

Hello, i am VFX / CGI artist and player PZ, i search someone would like to work with me for create different mod i search someone can make codes because that not my heavy point. I can make modelisation, texturing, shading, fx, animation etc... if someone is interesting mp me.

[molten sail]

thoughts on this size for my manga model? trimming the edges of the book resulted in a much smaller size than I expected but I do think it is accurate to irl manga sizes. My only issue is the texture but I don't think increasing the modes size would improve it much.

it in the hands with incorrect rotation

[feral glade]

this is your center pivot

your axe Z is in invert

[molten sail]

oh I know I was just posting the pic to show scale

I am fixing it now

[feral glade]

oki great jobs

[molten sail]

do you think I should make it bigger or do you think that is fine

[feral glade]

i think is fine maybe you can play on thickness for they look more manga

on size look good vs book but they have more or less same thickness

[molten sail]

the book and manga are the same thickness minus the cover which are ususally paper on manga

closewr view

[feral glade]

oki

have you idead futur collection you would like make ?

[molten sail]

?

[feral glade]

(on the manga)

collection book

[molten sail]

I don't understand the question

[regal lake]

he asked if you have any future collections you want to make 🙌

[molten sail]

ah.

yes. I plan on adding a lot more

First I am adding all 11 volumes of Chainsaw man

I am also adding doujinshi

I started with the cursed one for that genre

https://tenor.com/view/br-mercury-blood-rage-guild-blood-rage-clan-blood-rage-company-bloodrage-new-world-gif-16725478

[feral glade]

no one piece 😂

[molten sail]

geez that would crash the game lol

so I rotated the model but he is still reading it backwards...

nevermind it worked now

cursed? yes

[fickle lance]

[molten sail]

what the spiffo doin?

it's the final results like this that make all the suffering and troubleshooting worth it

[fickle lance]

I'm just suffering with distribution.

[eternal stag]

Yeah definitely, I wanted to make a pack with a lot of clothes of different era so people have a way to RP more easily. So I made medieval and now I’m starting to work on some prehistoric/primitive clothing 😄

[fickle lance]

Me trying to find old packing stuff but can't seem to find an old 24 back box for like soda.

Shame

[cold basalt]

thank you!
though right now im mostly making military stuff and some more interesting stuff but more common items may be planned in the future!

[junior temple]

When 1 beer is not enough

[fickle lance]

When the scale is set to 10.

[junior temple]

When the hangover wears off and youre back to reality

[mild hedge]

sit on it

[junior temple]

I just love it when you get the correct X Y Z coords to get the right drinking angle HAHAHA

[ionic yew]

heey everyone, could anyone point me towards a decent resource or tutorial for learning how to create custom sprites please?

[rotund siren]

What are you planning to do?

[ionic yew]

gonna take a crack at creating an apiary, most likely a terrible looking one haha

but just looking at something to help me how to learn the basics to get me started

[fickle lance]

Could probably go on youtube to learn how to make sprites

[prisma oriole]

what kind of custom sprites?

easiest way, or how i do it is to take a picture

select using lasso

ctr x

ctr sfit a

ctr a

ctr del

ctr sfit a

ctr v

resize image 32x32

then i take pen

and make outline

https://youtu.be/N6tZujOPnDw?t=843

can be usefull

[fickle lance]

Quickest way to do that is just to add an outer shadow and change up the settings to look solid.

[prisma oriole]

Well i don’t know (exsacly) where outer shadow filter so i just do it manually, as it ain’t that big diffrence in quality and time spended

[languid hull]

okay, figured out how to port my personal model in though the preview does this?

any pointers? 😭

[pearl pendant]

Well I don't mod this game but I would assume based of this image that the preview system for project zomboid is not adaptive to the model provided but hard coded to the base character model in the vanilla game.

[broken mauve]

Hey all, Ive been working on a gun model for the game and I've run into an issue. Everything works fine until the gun gets covered in blood, then it displays a weird texture. Has anyone seen this before?

It should look something like this:
https://images-ext-1.discordapp.net/external/3HJVekLGW1mrJBdWh3OiC7WM0fRYbBrX_QwkyBkV6F0/https/i.imgur.com/EeUNWtp.png

[silver cypress]

what is the model file type? I had similar issues when exporting models into .X

[broken mauve]

It was originally .fbx and when we tried with a .x the gun disappeared completely

[silver cypress]

so its fbx right now?

[broken mauve]

Yes

I'm wondering if it has something to do with the textures properties. I have no idea how zomboid handles blood splatter. I never use guns to begin with so when I was told about the bug I was surprised lol

[languid hull]

How do you replace the player model textures? I tried replacing the ones under media/textures but they don't show up in-game

[fickle lance]

Snag a texture mod from the workshop and look at the file structures for those.

[languid hull]

How so?

[rotund siren]

Reverse engineering

[fickle lance]

^

You can use steamworkshop downloader but you'll need to follow a few steps to do it now due to the site being shot a bit.

[rotund siren]

...or just subscribe and look in the downloaded workshop folder

[languid hull]

downloaded workshop folder?

[rotund siren]

SteamLibrary\steamapps\workshop\content\108600\xxxxxxx

When you press a subscribe button, Steam will download that mod into this folder automatically.

Then go to that newly downloaded folder and learn how it's done.

[languid hull]

Ohh, thank you!

[languid hull]

So I think I set everything up correctly... Once it's put together, where do you put your mod?

[rotund siren]

C:\Users\yourusername\Zomboid\Workshop

[languid hull]

Got it, thank you so much! 🙌

[naive hedge]

we have similar problem. Dont use FBX for a gun mod. FBX is literally sucks. Your texture will be weird. I try fbx in my gun mod before.

[broken mauve]

I fixed the issue and It works well

As a .fbx

[naive hedge]

how about the muzzle, when i try use FBX the muzzle didn't appear

[broken mauve]

If you're referring to attachments, everything works and is where it needs to be.

[languid hull]

Having a weird problem with my skin mod 😅 So I setup the folders how they should be (i'm PRETTY sure), got it uploaded, though now when I try to apply it to my server, I get "Server has stopped working during launch (Normal Termination)"

[viral pumice]

I'm done, that's all I'll say.

[hot elk]

can somebody help me here? i added a plane in blender and put a texture on it but when i place it in the game it gets kinda darker then the image itself... any ideas why its happening?

model is an .fbx export

[hot elk]

texture is a .png made in gimp

[simple bolt]

Are the faces showing in the correct direction in blender?

[hot elk]

u mean like this? yeah they do

[simple bolt]

Alright.
There was a Vanilla item which had wrong faces and appeared darker.
Mh...

[hot elk]

was a real timesink yesterday trying to find a solution so i really appreciate any kinda help 😁 ✌️

[viral pumice]

If it is shown in a single color, it may be that in the UV you have it in the 3D cursor.

[eternal stag]

Ooga booga

[gentle needle]

Hey all. I'm getting closer to finishing my map update and I was wondering if there are any step by step guides for modelling for PZ? I'm looking to start off simple by just changing the design of a shirts logo and putting that in as a new item but I would like to eventually get into modeling to make my own mods. Could anyone point me in the right direction on where to start?

[regal lake]

This is what I used https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2648115890

For clothes^

[fluid kernel]

Can ANYONE here effectively do player animations?

i keep turning them into turtles.

[regal lake]

@feral glade ?

[hidden fable]

Hi! I'm new here and interested in making models for PZ. I looked up AuthenticPeach guide on the forums but I still have some questions. If anyone can help me figure this out that'd be super helpful.

1. I know polycount need to be in the 3000 range, or lower, but what about texture size? is there a size I shouldn't exceed or one that is typically used?
2. About the scale of things. Can I import a model ( or two ) that are already scaled properly so that I can model accordingly right away instead of playing around after it's done? If so, where could I find those models?

[supple fiber]

So I don't have hard numbers here, but it appears from some testing that large/oversize vehicle and clothing textures can cause memory or performance issues for some users? The technical side of the matter isn't in my wheelhouse, and I don't think we have any hard data however. Just try and avoid making vehicle and clothing textures that are much larger than the vanilla ones and you should be good.

As far as importing models, the WorldItems directory in (on my computer) C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\ProjectZomboid\media\models_X\WorldItems has a bunch of .FBX files that you can import and play around with.

[hidden fable]

nice. Ty!

[silver cypress]

I usually go 512x512 or 256x256 on models that I want to have a bit more detail, 128x128 or 64x64 for models that do not need much detail at all. Optimize where ever you can.

[hidden fable]

Got it! Thks for the quick reply, both of you! 😁

[woven garnet]

systems with low vram can run into fragmentation issues. textures are generally laid out in memory as if you laid them out in a big grid (huge oversimplification here). so if you've unloaded a 512x512 texture and need to load a 4096x4096 one, but there isn't "clean" space for it, that can often cause issues. Not saying that's what PZ users might be running in to, but it's a thing

[supple fiber]

Well, that certainly sounds believable to me?

[woven garnet]

or if you go OOM and have to pagefile, but i have no idea on that

[light spade]

I'm ultra confused on how textures wrap around models. I don't want to get into how to make models and then fail at the texturizing. Is there a way someone could explain it?

[somber ibex]

its usually something you do really late and you can always just redo it so there isnt really a way to fail

[silver cypress]

After you make your mesh you UV map your model - ie placing the polygons/triangles of your model onto a 2d image. There are different ways people make their textures, whether it be through the Texture Paint tool in Blender, through Substance Painter, or the Project-to-View method etc

[light spade]

Ohhhh alright that makes sense. Just didn't wanna spend hours learning to model correctly just to not be able to finish it. Thanks!

[silver cypress]

Yeah if you got any more questions, feel free to either ask here or DM me.

[light spade]

Thanks man. Btw. Love your mods

[simple bolt]

If you texture in blender texturepaint or substance its like photoshop. But 3D.
In unwrapping your model surface you might want to do it so you have islands which make sense in your texturing process.
Take Trousers for example, you might want to split the surfaces into seperate islands where the seams are in reallife.
Uv unwrapping is pretty much like tailoring, but backwards.

[light spade]

hmm alright, i don't think i fully understand but i am more of a visual learner so i think i'll understand once i finish the model and look at it

[silver cypress]

Take the cardboard box layout for example (for a cube or rectangular prism), you can use some of the automatic tools to make UV maps like this, of course they will be a whole lot more complex than this

[fickle lance]

Be careful with PZ's though, you have to follow a specific layout.

[somber ibex]

you have to set some of the edges on your model as seams so that it can be unwrapped without stretching parts of the texture. it can be difficult to wrap your head around but when you get more experience with it it's easier to figure out where to place them

[light spade]

alright i'll figure it out somehow, gotta make the model first anyways so i'll probably see you guys soon again to figure texturing out

[fickle lance]

What you gonna try and make?

[light spade]

i wanted to try making a functioning sheath for the katana, i know scrap weapons and armor has one for swords but i want one i can wear with a backpack to be a late game badass

and i just love katanas lol

[light spade]

hmmmm, is this too thick for a seath or not (dw i'm still bending it correctly i just want the general shape to be done today)

[feral glade]

yes i can but i still working on my mod for moments

[feral glade]

is on not files of texture more heavy you can use texture 4K if you know make CGI

delete history of your CGI when you have finish that is more important and a lot people forget this

[ornate raptor]

Hey just a question

If i made a tank model

is there anyone want to make render and codding?

I will not take any credit from it.

I was trying to add asset on other game and ended up with this.

too many poly for zomboid?

[fickle lance]

Think you're fine for vehicles.

[eager rampart]

Here's my first attempt since highschool (Over a decade) at modeling and texturing something. I'm -okay- with how the model came out, but I don't know what I did wrong to get such a low rez texture. I'm sure it's an easy fix though. And hopefully the file size won't be too big once in there.

[silver cypress]

probably something to do with your UV map

[bronze lark]

This game is forgiving when it comes to models and textures looking like baby's first blender. That gun will never be more than 20 pixels across on your screen.

Honestly it looks better than my early stuff.

[eager rampart]

@silver cypress I figured it out. I set the margin on unwrapping it too high. Thanks for suggesting that! It's an obvious fix, but I would have spent a day or two messing with it if you hadn't mentioned it. XD

@bronze lark Yeah that's why I chose to actually try my hand at modding. The low poly nature and zoomed out view of it makes it seem like a good starting point. It lets me hide my modelling sins easier. XD And thank you!

[eager rampart]

Fixed it. Now to do all the other stuff.

[thorny briar]

that actually looks really sick

[fickle lance]

When I want to critique it but want to be nice hnnng

[eager rampart]

Critique it if you want. Just don't be nasty. I'm aware of several problems with it already, but as already stated it's my first model in a decade, and the first one I've textured.

Also if it's about the texturing, I already had to redo a significant portion of it due to blender not saving it right or something. I saved it, exited out, went back to change some things and a lot of progress was gone, never to return. I'll post the updated version if necessaary.

[broken mauve]

Time to be a pedantic asshole

The cylinder isnt lined up properly

Other then that (something that wont even be visible in game)

Its good

[feral glade]

yeah tank modelisation is nice and good opti

for gun is nice for first time

[molten sail]

I think the model looks great but a lot of the detail on the texture I think will go largely unnoticed in game.

[light spade]

i think i'm at a point now where not much needs to be added apart from the texture, now only to figure out how to export the template to actually work on textures

[molten sail]

I'm not sure if it is possible but if it is you should make the sheathed katana it's own item entirely and have the game use that over the normal one. I only say this because paws low loot has a sword and sheath but I find the need to manually sheath it to be too tedious for no real purpose besides looks that I never actually do it.

Or make it like a gun holster

That would also be sick

[light spade]

that was the plan, it's suppost to be a way to store specifically the katana in your hotbar

[molten sail]

Perfect! Love the idea especially if you can choose it to back or hip mounted

[light spade]

my idea was more a hip mount since i wanted to add hanging strands to the wrapping, i wanted to look if i could add smth to the model so it looks like you squished it between your belt and your pants so that stuff on your belt doesn't clip through it

[molten sail]

Gotcha. Still really good idea. Hip mounted katana is a dream combo that is only made better with a cool sheath.

https://c.tenor.com/Q-EYH-gVQgcAAAAM/brad-uchiha-katana.gif

[light spade]

yeah, seen mods that add the option to just put it on your belt for no reason which atleast to me seemed stupid since it makes little sense

then there's the scrap collection which adds a sheath but for that you gotta unequip your backpack aka you can't have a backpack with the sheath and i wanted to get a sort of balance inbetween where you need a rare item to hold the katana cause 1 it seems more balanced, 2 it's fucking badass

[junior temple]

mp5 for all seasons 😛

[eager rampart]

Yeah. I had an issue lining it up properly. It's also more oblong than round. I didn't quite get the cylinder tool as far as making it perfectly round. And by the time I realized it wasn't round I'd already gotten in too deep. XD

[eager rampart]

Yeah. Like nobody is going to be able to read the text on the side of the barrel, but sometimes I just like to over-do things. XD

[molten sail]

think of it as an easter egg for anyone who decides yo look at it in blender

[eager rampart]

Pretty much. Haha

[naive hedge]

Galil Ready for Painting

[fickle lance]

Best of luck on painting.

[silver whale]

Noiiiiiice

[reef salmon]

It just occurred to me and I started modeling using the Pear-Shaped Female Body S as a base, the problem is that I'm good at blender, what I don't know very well is being able to put this in the PZ if anyone knows and want to help please write me, I plan to make a variant of about 4 or 5 more colors and maybe another bikini design (I only speak Spanish I write this with a translator)

[sick iris]

Lord have mercy

[fickle lance]

[rotund siren]

Project Zexoid

[astral hatch]

man had a thanos moment and went "fine, I'll do it myself" when the devs said they won't add sex into the game

[serene jackal]

yes sex mod finnally !!!

[light spade]

it's telling me that it can't unwrap it and that "edge seems may need to be added" can someone explain what's going on? i just want it to not stretch my texture along the length of the cylinder :(

[crisp sonnet]

Hello everyone, where can I grab the default male/female body please ?

[light spade]

https://steamlists.com/project-zomboid-how-create-a-clothing-mod-41-60/

go onto this website, it has download links to both

[simple bolt]

Does something appear in the UV window?

[light spade]

how do you mean that? the only thing that apears is the uv map itself and the error that says "edge seems may need to be added"

[simple bolt]

When you select your mesh you might see such a net on the UV window

If there doesnt appear anything then try "smart UV unwrap" to make sure it generally can generate a UV layout

[light spade]

what i get is this, my problem isn't the uv map itself, but the fact that as you can see, there is a lot of texture stretching along the length of the cylinder, i'm trying to set seems that would help with the amount of stretching since it does stretch the texture a lot which would ruin any detail i try to add to the sheath

it stretches it into it's full length which i want to avoid

since the circles somehow work

also i've heard project zomboid wants textures to be in a certain way, what's up with that?

[viral pumice]

hello some software to edit animations?

[hidden fable]

@light spade select the flat part of your UV map (in the UV editor and resize it until the stretching disappear.

[cold basalt]

Hello everyone!
Right now im working on Soviet WW2 era items for the mod and here are some previews of the headwear i've been making!
(For the Russian Garments mod)

Any feedback on them will be greatly received (good or bad)

[rotund siren]

If you could make cold war era version, it would be more lore-friendly

[cold basalt]

im working on soviet ww2 and cold war,
right now most of the implemented stuff are cold war era but right now im working on the earlier stuff

[simple bolt]

Did you applied the scales before Unwrap?

(ctrl+a -> rotation & scale. Then unwrap again)

[simple bolt]

Thats only for clothes

[light spade]

hmm it's just a cylinder i stretched to look like what i want so i didn't have to make the uv map myself but i'll try that

[simple bolt]

Yea, if you scratched a cylinder and you havent applied the scale then i am 90% sure thats the problem

[hidden fable]

is there a tutorial for rigging clothes? the armature looks really funky to me. nothing like I,ve seen before.

a premade model I could study would also work

[regal lake]

you can find all the base game models in the pinned posts above ^

[regal lake]

#modeling message

[hidden fable]

those are the same as the ones you can find in the game file. they do not have any vertex group to help me understand how to weight paint and join them properly to the armature

[regal lake]

I swear they must be rigged to work in game

[hidden fable]

the fbx are just the models you see if you drop them on the ground

afaik

maybe not. aniway I think I figured it out.

one more question tho

if I'm rigging say a hoodie, can I remove the bones that are not being used?

or are they needed aniway?

[regal lake]

I’m not sure bud, I don’t think it would, if they aren’t being used. But I’m prepared to be very wrong about this lol

[regal lake]

Is there any reason to delete them?

[hidden fable]

just to clean up the visual mess in my file.

I'll save one version with and one without and i'll see for future model ^^

[regal lake]

Nice idea

[crisp sonnet]

Thanks a lot !

[hidden fable]

is it possible to get crisp details on textures that are 256x256? mine always comes out blurry :/

[crisp sonnet]

Hey guys, I have a problem, I have imported the FBX in my blender, but I cannot see the mesh in my scene

[hidden fable]

zoom in alot

[crisp sonnet]

oh my, thanks I see it now

it's also my fault I was pressing the wrong button to focus the camera on a selection

[distant heron]

Holy moly

[light spade]

i don't think i fully understand what you mean, if you mean making all the scale option to 1. that breaks how the object looks

[simple bolt]

Here there should be all "1"

But dont type in there "1". Instead try ctrl-a -> apply scale and rotation

[simple bolt]

Alternatively you can also set the scale in the import screen to "100"

It might cause issues in blender in some cases when you work with very small objects

[light spade]

Pressing control seems to do nothing. It's a stupid question but is there any way you could show me what you mean?

[simple bolt]

You also hit "a" ?

[light spade]

Yes

Ah found it

[simple bolt]

Well, you can also select your model in object mode and go on top into "object -> apply"

[light spade]

Don't know why but a second attempt after restarting blender made the menu pop up

[crisp sonnet]

that is good to know actually, thanks

[eager rampart]

I'm using Blender 3.2 and I've tried using some addons so I can import .x files, but they don't seem to work. Will I have to use an older version of it to get it to work? Or is there a current addon for that that I've missed?

[rotund siren]

I use this to open

https://github.com/acgessler/open3mod

then export to another format that can be opened in blender

[regal lake]

What file do you need to bring in?

[naive hedge]

for me i stay in blender version 2.79,

[rotund siren]

he means .X

[regal lake]

But I mean specifically clothing or something?

[rotund siren]

do they work differently?

[regal lake]

Because in the pinned messages someone has already converted all the clothing files to fbx or something

So if it’s clothing- just get it from there

Save you loads of time too

[eager rampart]

Oh, yeah I need a gun.

I saw the clothing conversions. Very useful when I start on those.

@rotund siren Thanks! That program looks like what I need.

[eager rampart]

Okay. I just needed to check the size of my mod vs. the vanilla guns, so I went ahead and converted all the guns, minus the separate addons, .obj, then to fbx. Because I couldn't get that open3dmod to open because I couldn't find a .exe to use it. Is that something I should offer to this channel for others to use?

[reef salmon]

what??, I did not say at any time that I would do a sexual mod Xd, it's just clothes, nothing else, with a simple aesthetic purpose ahajshhsjaja

[somber ibex]

yeah you can get rid of them but i wouldnt recommend doing it manually. in the export settings theres a checkbox called "only deform bones" that will automatically just remove any bones that arent used in the meshes you export

[somber ibex]

you need a specific old version to use that plugin but this site usually works for me: https://3d-convert.com/en/
if you want to convert a skinned model like clothes then set the convert file type to .dae and then you should be able to get it into blender with the armature and everything intact but a few models just get an error and wont convert. if its a static model like a hat then you should be able to just convert it to .obj

[eager rampart]

Thanks!

[viscid lake]

does anyone know a working forward and up axis setting when importing from Blender as fbx for skinned clothings?

[hidden fable]

I could probably tell you that but not at home rn. Will hit you up later if no one has answered that yet.

[viscid lake]

I could use the info. As a band aid solution, I just rotated the model and applied the rotation so it works correct but you can see how it doesn't feel right

[shut mason]

Hi everyone, does some one have a good tutorial or can explain a little bit on how to make tiles? Idk if it's #modeling or #mod_development the right channel...

The thing is that I have a model that I did on blender, but it's elaborate and isn't a single object (It's a woodworking table with tools and other objects on it) so I want to render the images and covert it into a tile so I can place it in-game

Sorry for the long text

[molten sail]

I can't help with tiles but if you want you could just go the scrap weapons route and make the table an item that you can place using the item placer

It will look a bit off but it does give you a little more flexibility in how you can place it which might be nice

[hidden fable]

alright so I just checked and for Skinned models I use Z Forward and X Up

I tough you were asking when exporting tho

when I imports models in they usually are the right way up already.

[viscid lake]

Oh yeah it was a wrong choice of words. It was meant to be when exporting from Blender. I tried a lot of combinations and some different combinations gave the same results which made no sense. I'll try this shortly. Thanks for the help!

[viscid lake]

this is the result im afraid

the helmet looks down and its "up" is the left side of the characters head

if i do -z fwd, x up the helmet goes to right side pointing upwards

-z fwd, y up is on right side pointing forward

etc...

no setting gave me a result that sits on top of his head

other than rotating it before exporting which is not a real good solution

[simple bolt]

Try: X Forward and Y Up

And dont forget to apply rotation before exporting

[viscid lake]

This worked man thanks a lot!

always doing that !

[rigid pilot]

do i need to set light mask on model or just can by on image ?

[hidden fable]

Oh yea, Hats are in Static in the games files. They export different then skinned. At least for me. Sorry for confusion

[rigid pilot]

have problem with set for vehicle to be able mount all kind of trunks
expl Small trunk for Sport cars/ Normal trunk for Sport cars/ Big trunk for Sport cars
on Gas tank works for trunk not only is able to install normal sport trunk

i set itemType = Base.NormalTrunk,Base.SmallTrunk,Base.BigTrunk but still only normal one works ...

[rare wigeon]

Probably because there is overriding/conflicting code somewhere else and so it accepts the first, but I don't know modding that well so i might be wrong.

[rigid pilot]

yeah only first one

[rigid pilot]

ok fixed

[eternal stag]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2827080218

[regal lake]

Awesome job Yaki! 🤘

[eternal stag]

Thank youu 😄

[broken mauve]

Hello, If anyone's interested I'll be willing to pay for a mod that adds a kippah (traditional, brimless cap in Judaism and Islam) to the game.

Preferably one that would work in multiplayer.

[hot elk]

hey guys! is there an guide for making animations in blender for zomboid? i coudnt find one 🙂

[tired torrent]

For characters or vehicles?

For characters there are some ways to import them into pz in sticky section

Any keyframe anim tutorial will work for blender

[hot elk]

roger! thanks alot 🙂

[tired torrent]

Zomboid side is not well documented and prone to headaches good luck

[hot elk]

haha i thought so 😄 thanks for the info man! 👍

[cold basalt]

hi everyone,
heres the progress on the M35 uniform!
male model is done and textured but rigging needs some fixing
(for some reason the image was blurry so i resent the message)

[tired torrent]

[regal lake]

Gonna do any other nations too? 😁

[cold basalt]

i actually thought about it, though right now russian equipment is what im going for

maybe after i will finish the mod i will start working on a different nation!

[regal lake]

Awesome, you’ve got great skills and the models are looking good! 👍

[hidden fable]

how do you render those? any specific light setup to reproduce ingame look?

[cold basalt]

no! its an ingame render! i used Yaki's technique, if you enter the game in debug mode and open the map, zoom in on your character, it'll show your character with the background of the map! ( you can also zoom in alot more )
then you just take a screenshot of that and you can edit out the map background

[hidden fable]

oh nice. ty for the tip!

[sand prawn]

How does one get started with making tiles? is it 3D or 2D?
I felt the urge to start trying to work on some walls and assets that actually don't exist in PZ or other tile mods, so I wanted to know if there was a good way to begin

[white condor]

Yes!

[regal lake]

depends what you want to do, but try asking more in the mapping channel. this may help too https://theindiestone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/35493-blender-template-for-creating-custom-pz-tiles/

[regal lake]

also https://theindiestone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/25760-isozoid-tool/

[hidden fable]

can someone explain to me why the wide spread.. They are modeled the exact same way the vanilla pants are. also rigged as close as possible to the vanilla.

[cold basalt]

if it's not a rigging issue most likely you did not apply all transforms for your model

if you press N in object mode and the model's angle and position isnt zeroed and scale isn't 1 on all axes that's likely the problem. select it, click Ctrl+A and apply all transforms

[torpid laurel]

Oh shoot a FF7 soldier?

[viscid lake]

Is there a poly limit to clothing items or a preferred safe limit?

[dawn grotto]

Its a show of dominance

Keeping the beta males in line bro

[eternal stag]

I think it's a limit of 8000

[naive hedge]

no longer downloadable, do you have a file for this?

[regal lake]

I think you need to make an account on the forum

if not here it is

[naive hedge]

Thanks bro

[viscid lake]

thank you 👌🏼

[hidden fable]

I'm 100% sure it's applied.

[silver cypress]

Did you assign the vertex groups?

[formal geyser]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/954411120330960916/993571487653052446/unknown.png plz save my sanity

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/445572800288260096/993571231196516422/unknown.png

bones seems to be fine, texture is ok, model itself is ok too, what the heck is wrong

[simple bolt]

Why I get a "skinningData is null"?

Check if you linked the model with the Bip01 Armature or if a vertex is assigned with a vertex group that doesn't exist. (Restart the game when you try to make any changes to solve it, the game will not update the model after this error)

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2648115890

[soft tusk]

For shit and giggles I decided to recreate 3D model of random furniture from PZ. While being somewhat experienced in Fusion 360, I spent more hours in Blender than I would like to admit including but not limited to painfully redoing topology over and over again and fighting with other cryptic bullshit, just to get bevel modifier to work properly.

I have no clue if it's possible to actually use this model as animation friendly sitting chair.

[formal geyser]

i checked everything, everything seems to be correct

[formal geyser]

i think i found the issue, following your guide - when you set a parent to the bip01 and then follow with adding it into the armature it doesn't add vertex groups that relate to appropriate bones

[broken mauve]

Does anyone here take commissions?

[tired torrent]

1985 Honda Accord hatchback wip

[supple fiber]

Got a message from on-high for anyone who makes models for PZ mods.

Small request from Spiffo-on-high for those who make models for PZ mods.

Oversized textures for weapons/clothing/vehicles etc within mods are currently becoming more of an issue with mod users - sometimes causing memory leaks and performance issues when mods stack up.

Please try to avoid using model textures that are larger than the ones used in Vanilla PZ for equivalent items.
    Generally speaking vehicles are 512x512.
    Body and clothing textures are 256x256.
    Weapons are generally 128x128 - but vary due to  the variation in sizes.
    Hats are 128x128.

Also in the same ballpark: using tricounts higher than vanilla can also have negative effects on performance too.

We will endeavour to help this situation along code-side, but in the meantime if people could try to keep within these limits we would be super-grateful.

[naive hedge]

i used 2k textures in my guns.

[somber ibex]

optimised

[hallow wind]

nice, i am glad someone else is moving on the idea

still good fun

[naive hedge]

well im planning to create a mod for my friend server. the mod where you can chop players bodies or zombies it's body parts like hands, legs and head can be displayed in your house or outside like the one game i played " the forest" where you can build effigies.

[hallow wind]

yes, i have that entire mod done

its not released because i have zero interest in having another mod ill just make and never maintain so go wild

[junior temple]

Ive been waiting for something like this for a long time haha

[formal geyser]

um..why vanilla bulletvest is bent sideways? character is having some form of scoliosys or smth?

[hidden fable]

import Bob_BulletVest instead of the M_BulletVest

@formal geyser

[formal geyser]

gotcha, thx

[hidden fable]

on my end I'm still stuck with this issue:
Feels like I tripled checked everything. Vertex groups are all assigned just the same as the vanilla trousers, no loose or unassigned vertex, pose and armature are def ok too since I tried using both the vanilla one and one from a popular mod with the same results.. If anyone has a clue what I could try next..

and the animation works properly ingame, just 'wider'..

actually, the aiming animation looks weird, I think it might be that the idle and aiming pose/animation are inversed.. but idk how to fix it

[gentle needle]

Hi all, I've been learning modelling and Peach has been showing me a lot of the ropes but tonight I've found an issue where my model had a large gap through the middle of the chest. I have tried pulling the section out to the point where my shirt looked like it had a huge stomach and breasts but still on the game that section would not show at all.
I am at a loss as to what is the issue, the bones look fine, the model itself looks fine but no matter what we've tried the issue continues. Has anyone encountered this or may have an idea what is wrong?

[viral pumice]

Those issues may be due to the position of the UV, but try moving the entire skeleton around to see if the clothes follow.

[hidden fable]

Maybe inverted normals?

check 'Face Orientation'. If those faces are red, go into Edit mode, select them. into the Mesh menu at the top, go Normals/Flip

[gentle needle]

I've checked the face orientation and that is fine, the Uv seem good too.

[eternal stag]

I had a bunch of problems like that when i messed with the masks in the XML of the clothing

Taking them out helps

[somber ibex]

yeah its definitely a mask issue

[gentle needle]

If I remove the masks the problem still persits

[gentle needle]

So I removed the masks and scaled the model up time after time to see if the issue would go but this is the results

You can see in the second screen that the shirt is clearly in front of the modelof the player but still multiple parts are missing

I honestly cannot see what I've done wrong :/

[tired torrent]

Can you post UV layout?

[naive hedge]

guys do you have a guide on how to create custom tiles using blender

[tired torrent]

Uvs are the cause check sticky posts in this section, look for Scavenger's posts there

You will understand whats going on

[gentle needle]

AH I think I understand it now, although I was told differently so now it looks like I'm rebuilding the whole damn UV mapping 😦

[tired torrent]

Yeah it happens, good luck

[hidden fable]

I was under the impression that the UV map layout only affected blood and holes. (and the masks for the clothes underneath)? I still don't understand why his shirt has a big hole in the middle. care to explain?

[somber ibex]

the uv map affects the masks that will be applied onto the model

[hidden fable]

Ahh. So another option could be to just disable the masks and his models would show up just fine?

[simple bolt]

Static models arent affected by masks if i remember right.
But static is only for static stuff like hats.

You also could give it a clothing "type" like jacket which isnt overlayed by other stuff. But that would break the game a bit.

But its not that difficulty to make the UVs right.
You have to somewhat be in that areas here.
So the shirt should be in turquoise, purple and blue, maybe little bit of green, yellow and red.

This parts can be cut, and put into the upper red

[trail plinth]

Hey gang, sorry if I missed this in a channel's pins, but are the models/sprites/tiles(?) currently in-game available anywhere? I'm specifically looking for the bonsai tree item

[eternal stag]

Hey, does anyone know if it's possible to make your own underlay masks ? I've been using the Jacket_Long underlay masks for some of my clothing but i need one with short sleeves and i don't know how to do it

[regal lake]

@eternal stag any sneak peak on what youre working on atm 👀 ?

[eternal stag]

I don't like how they look yet, but it's wip 🙂

[ornate berry]

Hey guys, does anyone know if it's possible to switch the zombies' models for a custom one?

I'm thinking about making some sort of monster for a horror playthrough, maybe something like the Dog Soldiers movie, but I don't know if that's possible yet

[regal lake]

I'm not sure, but one way would be to find other mods that have replaced zombie models

and look at how they work

reverse engineer it ?

[broken mauve]

Basque themed map when

[ornate berry]

Hmm, good idea

[regal lake]

Good luck Migs 🙂

[regal lake]

You gonna make it 😉

[ornate berry]

Thanks!

[broken mauve]

Sure 😤

The only issue is clothing, cant do that at all I fail to understand clothing rigging

[regal lake]

I'd say don't try and create new meshes

at least when you start making clothing mods

use the vanilla models

which you can find in the pinned posts

and retexture them 🙂

[paper zealot]

almost complete

[twilit wolf]

Tonk

[cerulean sage]

https://tenor.com/view/iraq-army-tanks-gif-22640012

[golden prism]

https://tenor.com/view/modeling-is-easy-3d-modeling-easy-car-model-blender-gif-25118382

[pseudo radish]

nice m2a2

👍

[astral turret]

https://tenor.com/view/tank-tanks-gif-sliding-low-gif-25206958

[hardy flume]

where can i find character base models?

[supple sedge]

Check the pinned messages and scroll down, theres download links for them.

[hardy flume]

TY

[main abyss]

I wish you could tuck jeans into boots

[unborn brook]

afaik zombies and players use the same body models. so exchanging the model just for the zeds could be difficult

[ornate berry]

Thank you for warning me, I was checking out the game files and I was in doubt whether they used the same or not

[unborn brook]

i am not 100% sure about that. but with a quick look in the models_X/Skinned folder, I only found the MaleBody.X and FemaleBody.X for body models and nothing else... there are probably people here who know more about that...

[ornate berry]

Same here, only found those two

But I'll still see if there's some way to work around it

[formal geyser]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/954406426942525501/994606006573207562/unknown.png

woof woof mofaka

[unborn brook]

one possible strategy (not saying there couldn't be better ones): you could try to change the 3d visuals by introducing new clothing items. for example, if you want a zed with 3 arms, make a 3d clothing model looking like an arm and then equip that clothing object. the additional arm will have no function but is displayed in game. not exactly sure how such a strategy will work with zeds but similar things are at least in principal possible for player characters. could also require a lot of coding to make it work properly. so maybe there are better ways doing this...

[ornate berry]

Soulfilcher suggested the same thing, I think it might be possible that way

I'd just have to make all zombies spawn with these clothings

The only problem is that the player character wouldn't receive the clothing once he became zombified and would look like an average zombie (except his animations would be very wonky because I'll make custom anims for the zeds to fit the clothes)

Maybe there's a way to make the game automatically insert the clothes in the zombified player once he's dead, but it's probably gonna be very tricky

[unborn brook]

just had the same idea! XD

[ornate berry]

Nice hahah B) great minds think alike

[unborn brook]

my guess is it would be possible. but ya... coding and keeping things bugfree could take some work

[ornate berry]

Yeah

[mighty loom]

Is possible to make a mod for your character being left handed for single player? ( I hope posted in right chat )

[unborn brook]

if the vanilla game doesn't contain any animation for left handed characters (for example, animation for fighting with the left hand), I am afraid you need to make all animations by yourself

[mighty loom]

It makes sense, thanks

[naive hedge]

AR-15

[broken mauve]

Disgusting stock choice but good model

[naive hedge]

maybe i will try inserting it with MOE stock

[languid laurel]

how did you add the black "holes" at the front part of the gun to the texture?

[naive hedge]

This is just a paint no holes.

[languid laurel]

ik but how did you add it to the texture

[naive hedge]

i only paint my model using blender texture tools.

[languid laurel]

thank you, i am still struggling with textures in Blender :P

[eternal stag]

It's so hard to match this area when doing dresses i never get it right ughhhh

There's always that line separating both parts that throws the whole thing

[tired torrent]

I'm not sure how its laid out on uv but you probably have to increase right sides vertical resolution more so it fits

There are some extra warping up on top aswell doing a whole new uv on skirt would be best probably

You are using vanilla skirt right? Maybe do your own skirt and transfer weights off it to your own one

Then you can have more control over uv space

[somber ibex]

are you doing it manually in like photoshop

[eternal stag]

I used the basegame wedding dress as a base but made a new UV for it

[eternal stag]

Yes, the texture is made via Photoshop

[somber ibex]

oh rip lol fixing those kinds of seams is a nightmare

if the uv is already a bit different than the vanilla one then editing the uv to fix it is probably easier than editing the texture instead

[eternal stag]

Yeah, i had to re-unwrap the UV because the first one looked horrible with the texture applied

[simple bolt]

This is how i made the seams of a dress once:

I just split it once at the back

Also i generate all folds procedural by 3D coordinates. So they dont look off at seams.
For example i take a noise texture, generate it in a spheric pattern onto the 3D model at this spot here, then i erase it where i dont want to have folds like at the shoulder blade:

Its a workflow which turned out to work very good aspecially for dresses and soft clothing.

[broken mauve]

Hey all. Me and a few friends are working on a 300-years-into-the-future desert/swamp map. If anyone wants to help with mapping, modding, or modeling, please contact me--we have a lot of resources and time available, as we're part of a dedicated community with 550+ players. ^^

😈

[broken mauve]

no idea what channel I should post this in, but if anyone is looking for a really good ERDL/M81 camouflage texture for clothing here you go.

here is the Arctic variant as well

I have an absolute metric load of camos (almost 10gb of image files) so if anyone needs a specific one float me a DM or ping me and I probably have it

[eternal stag]

Wouldn’t it break the blood mapping ?

[simple bolt]

Just a little bit 🤏

Blood at grain

Lower torso and neck:

Sure, it wraps a bit around the back like so:

Sometimes i do compromises to make texturing not too painfully

[unborn brook]

looks quite acceptable imo!

[eternal stag]

Mh i see yeah, it looks nice, i wonder if it would have the same result on a long dress, i'll try that 🙂

[broken mauve]

hello, could i commission anyone to make a sombrero model?

[vivid flower]

something sticks out

[regal lake]

https://tenor.com/view/justin-timberlake-stare-current-mood-gif-4160811

[crimson sand]

[solid salmon]

[thorn spade]

Why...

[broken mauve]

/shrug You could commission me if you weren't rude as fuck in my dms

bro ur a nazi

???

How am I a nazi lmao

Because I dont like genocidal regimes?

[tired torrent]

Working on an M1117 for non-pz project

[broken mauve]

Listen man I'm not gonna have an argument in here over my stuff if you think I'm a shitter then it is what it is

[broken mauve]

Looks like a Squad tier model

I used to know one of the squad modelers and he made stuff just like that

[main abyss]

Yo, anyone taking comissions? Wanted to see if I could get someone to make a mod to let you blouse jeans

[torpid elk]

is any mod creator taking any suggestions for player models maybe?

[distant ginkgo]

Looking for a modeler to make some edits.
Example: Attaching some extra parts, removing some existing parts

[silver cypress]

well I am almost done with making plus sized female models and a skinny male model for zombies

[hallow wind]

smh all this chubby chasing

[unborn brook]

looks great! do you realize this by tricky clothing models or do you make new body models?

[eternal stag]

From what I’ve seen on his stream, it’s a new body model 🙂

[unborn brook]

wow! I am always wondering about introducing new body models since I really have no idea how this could be done. afaik, vanilla game has only two models, one for female and one for male and they seem to be used for both, players and zeds. wondering whether it is possible to tweak the game so that it accepts additional models....

[unborn brook]

btw you mean authentic's twitch stream?

[eternal stag]

He does yes you can check on his profile on Discord :p

[torpid elk]

alright I have this suggestion to make

[brittle wolf]

Is it possible to like, remove the hand rig lol?

this is a clothing item, but it's actually moving the hand to where it's supposed to be, but I don't want it like that, it causes stretching and I'd have to change the model too much to fix it

the red circle is where the actual hand bones are being aligned too

I'm wondering if there's some way to make the game not assume that part is an actual hand or something, so it just makes the hands completely invisible, and the hand remains solely part of the arm

[woven garnet]

you could simply weight those verts to the arm

[distant ginkgo]

Posting again with more information this time.

I am looking for a modeler to make some edits to a model.

Because "Mask 0" has been set for the helmet which makes the base head invisible, there is no neck for the helmet, so I need a neck created and attached to this helmet.

The back of the helmet needs to have a hole made solid as you can see through the back of the helmet.

For the front of the helmet, a visor needs to be created at the front of the helmet, as the current visor is not flush against the front of helmet.

Making the Gauntlet the same as in the picture shown.

The other part is removing the two eye parts.

This is a paid request.

[silver cypress]

What is your suggestion

[livid coral]

cuts in line walking dead outfits! (secretly hoping for a daryl red and beige poncho)

ok, sorry runs away

[torpid elk]

I was thinking about player models like FNAF or Beastars if that's possible lol

Or make Army zombies with modern uniforms

[silver cypress]

Hah no thanks. Never been a fan of any of that.

[main abyss]

I got a better suggestion. Blouseable jeans

[silver cypress]

I don't know what you mean. Dm me some reference pictures.

[main abyss]

Pants tucked into boots

Sort of like how military pants are tucked into boots

[magic sapphire]

some clothing mods already have it

[torpid elk]

I understand

[broken mauve]

Technically you dont tuck them in the boot unless you're doing a winter blouse

[granite kettle]

I was going to say, why aren't there any overweight zombies in vanilla.

[bronze lark]

I've suggested several times that if the devs ever rework the zombie models, they should have the rigs scalable like player models in many, many other games.

[cerulean reef]

is there some kind of documentation that i can have access to know the process in how modeling works for this game?

[somber ibex]

there isnt any like official documentation or anything but this guide is good
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2648115890

[cerulean reef]

how does the game handle the model rotation and position?

[somber ibex]

these are the export settings i use for it and it seems to work fine when I use them

i've seen others have weird problems with rotation and stuff though so it's probably just trial and error

[cerulean reef]

hey guys i was wandering if there was some kind of player rig .blend project i could download

[bronze dawn]

Model I commissioned

[broken mauve]

No comment

[shadow fiber]

How do you find places to get commission to make 3D model for PZ mods?

[boreal chasm]

Not sure, but I am a 3D modeler for VRChat, and zomboid is something I've been moving into since it's what I've been playing as of late

[shadow fiber]

Yeah same here, sounds fun

[boreal chasm]

I wouldn't mind doing a few models free myself as I'd like to try a few things out and build a small folder to my model portfolio

[shadow fiber]

Well if anyone wants some 3D art or whatever done, feel free to message me, pretty broad in what I can do

Hmm yeah, I just want to contribute to the PZ mod scene because I love the game hahaa

[boreal chasm]

Most recent project

The optimized version and the full version Uv map

[shadow fiber]

Is that an improved character mesh :o?

Looks higher detailed I think at least haha

[boreal chasm]

Nah this was for VRC lol

Zomboid doesn't need nearly as many Tris as this thing does

[shadow fiber]

That makes a lot more sense lol

Whats modeling for VRChat like anyway?

[boreal chasm]

Hard

But depends on what you wanna do

Getting it in game ain't horrible, it's when people start wearing your stuff it gets hard

[somber ibex]

lol avatar stealers

[boreal chasm]

No matter what you do the pirating game is always gonna be there, best to push and go and move on

[somber ibex]

yeah some of them are just really funny

i was invited to a server and in one of the channels i immediately saw someone trying to pass off one of my models as his own

[broken mauve]

Oh boy wait till you learn about the shithole that is Roblox modeling commissions

The guy who did the vehicle models for Squads Canadian update was a mutual of mine and he did paid commissions for Roblox games and got paid bank doing it

And it was so easy to just rip and reupload his paid assets he quit the platform and moved to a studio iir

[somber ibex]

yeah a lot of stuff with roblox development sounds like a nightmare

[livid coral]

Is there a way in blender to test how a clothing model moves or deforms depending on the body/skeleton position? nothing fancy I just want to move the arms/legs around and see if the clothes follow correctly.

[somber ibex]

select the skeleton and then at the top left you can change it to pose mode and you can move stuff around

[livid coral]

many thanks!

[somber ibex]

cool coat

[simple bolt]

If you release cool stuff then commissions will come.

[broken mauve]

Its an insanrly versatile platform, but istg if you aren't a dev making the platform thousands a week then they just won't help you or even take your bug reports seriously

There's been a bug with how stuff copy and pastes for the last year and a half and it hasnt even been patched yet

[livid drift]

How much time does it typically take to model a vehicle?

I'm wanting to play a hyper realistic solo play through and would love my vehicle modded into the game, can I find someone to do that for me here?

[dusky island]

What program do you guys model with?

Can i use unreal5?

[boreal chasm]

Unreal is an engine and not necessarily a modding platform, the best modeling software to use and that is free is Blender

[dusky island]

You can model in unreal though yeah? Its also free

[boreal chasm]

I mean... You could, but most information concerns blender and unreal modeling is a bit high end / overkill for PZ models

[dusky island]

Hmm ok

Ill grab blender too thnx

[brittle wolf]

working on a spitter model lol

pretty funny so far

[brittle wolf]

Anyone know where hair textures are in the vanilla game files?

[somber ibex]

they're loose in the main "textures" folder, these are the ones you'll need to look for

[brittle wolf]

Thank you

Especially for the fast response lol

[somber ibex]

np lmao

[dusky island]

Looks like my grandma

[frozen orchid]

Having a little issue with my first clothing mod, I made a medieval helmet and it's the right scale and texture, but the helmet is way off the head

I'm guessing the rigging must be off but the helmet works perfectly with the male_body_10 skeleton in blender

[boreal chasm]

Did you apply transformations in blender before export?

[frozen orchid]

I did, but I'll do that again

Oh I should add this is in fbx format

not sure if that's the problem

[boreal chasm]

FBX should be fine, as far as I know

[frozen orchid]

It seems the problem is still there after applying transformations

[boreal chasm]

Is the helmet bound to the neck or the head, and which clothing is it in game?

A mask or a hat

[frozen orchid]

The helmet is bound to the bip01_Head bone

As for whether it's a mask or a hat, I'll check my files, not sure exactly if I explicitly wrote whether it's one or the other

I have it set as a FullHat

I'll set it as a hat and see if that fixes it!

No doesn't seem to change whether I set the bodylocation = hat, fullhat or mask

I managed to import an x file from the base game and it might help with my issue, it seems the files in the base game are tilted 90 degrees from the malebody_10.fbx used in this discord

maybe if I rotate the malebody and my helmet and scale it to fit the hat it'll solve the issue

no that didn't do anything

@somber ibex sorry for calling you out but you seem like you've made a few clothing mods, ever run into an issue like this?

[somber ibex]

make sure to apply the transforms on both the armature and the mesh in blender

[frozen orchid]

progress.
I applied the transforms and rotated the whole armature and mesh and applied transforms once again,
Now the orientation is correct but the helmet just needs to be lower

Things are looking good now

But I've found a new issue, when the character puts on pants the visor seems to be warped

I'll check the weight of the visors vertices, cause last I checked it was only bound to the head bone

[somber ibex]

thats probably to do with masks

[frozen orchid]

masks?

[somber ibex]

if your helmet is only weighted to the head then you'll need to make it static in the xml file by copying a hat from the vanilla game

for some reason stuff like that happens if you dont copy the mask part of the vanilla hat files

[frozen orchid]

I see, so I need to add a "masksfolder"

[frozen orchid]

I love you man you just fixed it all!

[somber ibex]

nice

[regal lake]

@frozen orchid Are you making medieval armour? 🔥

[frozen orchid]

Yeah gonna make milanese plate armour

it's almost finished

[frozen orchid]

IT WORKS

the gif doesn't work

god damnit

There we go

Milanese plate

[regal lake]

@frozen orchid woah! incredible job bud! 😄

You've nailed it!

[frozen orchid]

thank you!, now to move on to weapons

[regal lake]

https://tenor.com/view/yes-evil-headnod-jack-nicholson-gif-8019533

Are you planning on adding more texture onto the armour? 🤔

[frozen orchid]

I tried my best to texture it in blender, but I'm not sure what else I could add

Ignore the clipping at the mail skirt

[regal lake]

That's pretty nice, I didn't realise all the details

[brittle wolf]

what is this menu lol

offtopic but I've never seen it, is it from a mod?

[frozen orchid]

Yeah it's from a mod let me find you the link

it's called Cheat Menu Rebirth

[frozen orchid]

Swords and a falchion

[silver cypress]

Baby carriage soon for this little green goblin

[hallow wind]

chicky nuggies

[somber ibex]

he need some milk

[tender wing]

oooo whats this mod

nvm i found it, does it spawn naturally in the world?

[silver cypress]

"PZ Space trooper nabbing the little Sci-fi green goblin"

[junior temple]

Dog goblin from the vhs tapes confirmed

😂

[frozen orchid]

Should spawn naturally in pawn shops, gun stores and there's a small chance for random crate spawn

They should add a museum building one day, would make life so much easier

[tender wing]

would be very based yes

[regal lake]

wip 🙂

[tender wing]

👁️ 👁️ very nice...

[tender wing]

you think it would be empty like in real life?

[regal lake]

This is the main entrance hall like this -

Have you been the natural history museum in london before? It’s inspired partly by that

[regal lake]

Also you gotta remember that everything in it so far is custom tiles, which take time to make in my free time 😅

[tender wing]

not like in stuff i meant people

maybe like 10 people

[regal lake]

Ooooh

I hope it would be a popular museum, and lots of zombies! But currently that’s just inside the mapping tools ^

It’s gonna be tough for people to clear it

But the reward is priceless artefacts

https://tenor.com/view/indiana-jones-belongs-in-a-museum-gif-19552554

[tender wing]

yes..
dinosaur bones fir me front lawn...

[glacial karma]

guys, you can throw a link to a complete guide to creating mods for clothes