modeling

[blazing aspen]

But thx anyway

[fluid kernel]

first question, is it all one model?

like have you joined them?

[fluid kernel]

okay. there's the problem.

they have to have ONE material.

[blazing aspen]

Oh, okay, thanks, will dig in this way :D
I had no idea what was wrong x)

[fluid kernel]

🙂

[blazing aspen]

Here we go, now it's working. Much appreciated: https://i.imgur.com/N9E8rY6.png

Is there any difference between using .fbx and .x for weapons (especially firearms)?

[fluid kernel]

nope

none at all

[blazing aspen]

Best thing i heard today, thanks

[fluid kernel]

🙂

[brisk hollow]

Is there a quick way in debug mode to refresh item textures the way you can for vehicles?

(like the mesh textures, inventory sprites seem to update automatically)

[polar quartz]

I do want to know as well

[fluid kernel]

sadly not for items.

if they had an item editor ingame i'd think refreshing there would do it.

[knotty dew]

You are missing a comma on model texture

[blazing aspen]

Nah, that was two separate materials on one model

[knotty dew]

Also maybe its case sensitive idk

[blazing aspen]

That problem was solved by this suggestion: #modeling message

no commas needed :)

What is the fastest way do you guys use to work with UV unwrapped texture images? Using photohop is taking to much time and require a big amount of clicking

[chilly timber]

Hm? What do you mean work with?

When I need to paint a texture I will often use texture paint mode in blender as it gives me more accurate results.

Then I will do touchups like color correction or contrast levels in photoshop

[blazing aspen]

For Example:
I have a model of makeshift melee weapon which have wooden grip, metal blade and rope around a grip.

To texture it i’m doing next steps:

1. UV unwrap
2. Check out if unwrap is good or i should regenerate/change it
3. Setup material with picture texture, marking faces with bright colors.
4. Open up this texture in photoshop
5. Google for a good texture
6. Select proper part of texture in PS, use it as mask for texture
7. Check how it looks in blender

And this process is too long tbh. I think there is a smarter/better way to do this

[molten sail]

Can anyone tell me why my model looks like this when viewed with a texture? I had made some tweaks to it yesterday and now when I reimport it it's like this. it looks fine in game and when viewed without the texture

[candid island]

Check the normals if its flipped

Or set the shading into opaque.

[proven jolt]

As you have already been told earlier that the fastest way is to unwrap UV > paint on the model in a blender, there is no other quick option, you can still consider painting in Substance Painter, followed by reducing the texture to 256 or 128

Googling a texture and doing it in Photoshop is not the fastest way, because you will then edit it, so it will be quick for you to learn how to draw such textures manually

[blazing aspen]

Thanks, will try Substance

Rn i’m not good at textures at all, beed some practice

[slow bronze]

having two issues making a gun.

1. the model loads in upside down, and changing the rotation in blender, going to Object-Save Rotation & Location, then re-exporting the file does NOT work. it's still exactly the same upside down. Fixed. Check Transform Forward/Up in the export screen, tick 'Apply Transform'.
2. the texture isnt applying ingame. I get an error saying "unsupported bit depth: 16" yet its a "RGB 32bit Linear Floating Point" image in GIMP. Fixed. had to downscale it to 8 bit, as its 8 bit per channel RGB (R8+G8+B8 = 24 total bit depth)

I've followed Blackbeards weapon mod tutorial, and ive checked also that the normals arent flipped

the texture is in the right place, with the same capitalization, is a png, and in blender shows perfectly on the model. for sanity checking

[candid island]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/872281280094568459/1089412526904717314/Strangelove_Punk_new_6_2.png

[tough fractal]

I have Reaven Vandal. XD

[random merlin]

hmm. i had the same thing happen when i forgot to apply transforms

[slow bronze]

oh hey there stranger 😛

I shall app,y transforms and see

[slow bronze]

i rotated it in blender, went Object->Apply->Transformations. re-exported the fbx file. loaded up zomboid and its still upside down

[random merlin]

[slow bronze]

texture issue fixed, now just for the orientation.

[blazing aspen]

are we talking about this one?
https://i.imgur.com/DknF46w.png

[slow bronze]

yes

[blazing aspen]

Mb dumb question, but are you sure you're placing edited (rotated) model in proper mod folder?

[slow bronze]

yes, i'm overwriting the one in the mod folder /models_x/weapons/firearm/

ok I now have it working. when exportin the fbx file, on the right theres some orientation options that I changed and now the gun is the right way up:

[blazing aspen]

Oh, good to know how you fixed it. Thanks

[blazing aspen]

Nice model

[slow bronze]

yeah, I was incredibly frustrated at there being basically no information on this, so I'm trying to add fixes where I can

[slow bronze]

thanks, want to see it in blender for more detail? 🙂

[blazing aspen]

Yeah that would be cool

(especially if there is a cool UV unwrapping)

[slow bronze]

(easter egg on the bottom of the magazine lol)

[blazing aspen]

How many faces do you have in this model?

And how big is texture resolution? :)

[slow bronze]

texture is 1024/1024. theres probably more faces than there should be cause i used knife project to get the basic shape and there was a lot of curves that I then simplified/un-subdivided to bring the model down to more sensible levels

apparently 538 faces, it would have been close to 3K at the beginning so I'm happy to call that enough 😄

[blazing aspen]

Nice! Great job

[blazing aspen]

Why not to use 512x512 textures?

[proven jolt]

Because it's just a waste of resources, but you can try.

[blazing aspen]

Okay, thanks

[proven jolt]

256 will be above the roof for you, and 128 is the best option

[proven jolt]

Of course you can try any option, but I would do this

[blazing aspen]

will try 256, just figured out my payment for adobe package and will dig into Substance Painter

Thanks for help

[runic mantle]

can anyone give pointers for modeling guns

i can never get it right

[fluid kernel]

500 faces?

or tris?

it looks great, i'm just curious.

[slow bronze]

next issue, I've got a red dot attachment. I can place it on the ground and see it, but it isnt showing when attached to the gun. in the Attachment Editor in debug mode it shows fine there. What am I missing?

even if i set the reddot to a silly high off the gun just to see if it floats, it doesnt. so that says to me its not loading rather than "its inside the gun" or so

[slow bronze]

nothing in console.txt that mentions the weapon attachment like an error either

[slow bronze]

watching Blackbeards tutorial again, i see the attachment editor can be... special with its preview, so ive been moving things around a lot just to see if there's any visible red dot. so far nothing.

[fluid kernel]

scale correct?

[slow bronze]

yep, the model on the floor is fine

here's one on the ground for example

could it be a little bit bigger? probably. It's currently at like 0.010 in scale and might go up to like.. 0.012 perhaps.

but it should still be visible at curent scale

the fact its visible and placeable as a world item, and visible in the attactment editor, but not when its on a gun feels wierd to me. if it didnt "see" the model then it wouldnt show anywhere

and it is there

[slow bronze]

hold up. is StaticModel when its on a gun? if so thats the answer i think.

i've changed the staticModel, but cant test right now cause its 1am so I'll report back in the morning 😄

[slim laurel]

Hey, Im interested on working on a Dynamic Body weight and Muscle mod.

Essentialy, I want to have your body weight reflected on your character model (If you are fat, the model would be bigger, and you'll look thinner if you are underweight).

If I change the character model, does clothing affect his shape? (So I make a fat character model naked, he puts on a shirt, now he looks thin)

My Idea is to make 5-6 .fbx files, containing:

Neutral Body weight and muscle (Default body shape)
Underweight
Overweight
Weak
Muscled

Then, apply a lerp function in an LUA script to the vertexs of the model according to his stats. would the model be updated at runtime, or would I have to reload the game for the changes to take effect?

[blazing aspen]

Looking through clothing masking i don’t think it’s possible to achieve what you want in that way

[agile thorn]

wip vape model

[slim laurel]

Would UV mapping have anything to do with the issue? What im essentially planning is moving some vertexes around the mesh to make it look more "bloated" or "thin". I dont care much if the textures are stretched.

So far, the only problem I see is that I would have to modify the hoddie and jacket models to prevent them from changing the shape.

Or are there multiple different clothed meshs?

[blazing aspen]

dude, i can't unstuck myself from this irl and you just making my addiction transfer to the game

[agile thorn]

what's your favourite flavor

ill add it in game

[blazing aspen]

you will need to create all 6 variants for all of the clothing models to achieve what you want

[blazing aspen]

Watermelon and ice

Literally me rn while trying out why substance painter flipped my normals:

[slim laurel]

The clothing models are those 2 mentioned in the mask example or are there more?

(Only vanilla)

[blazing aspen]

there is 16 different mask positions for every clothing piece imaginable. 14 of them are actively used for usual clothing

so afaik you will need to go through every clothing piece and create a different model for all planned states of body weight and then create a lua to control model behaviour for every one of them

but maybe i'm not getting an easier way to make your idea happen. i suggest you to wait until somebody actually experienced wake up and maybe figure this out for you

[blazing aspen]

omg, it finally works. thx everybody for help:
https://i.imgur.com/FrMVz4V.png

[slow bronze]

This did not work, so I'm back to being clueless about why I can't see the attachment

[simple bolt]

I think the most non destructive way would be to scale the belly bones of the character. Then clothings will scale as well

[simple bolt]

Had the same problem with my rifle and bashed my head against a wall. The key was to put the gun and attachments in the base module, not the mod module. Then in the item script i had to follow a specific syntax for the attachments.
Feel free to take the headhunter (undead survivor) rifle as template for your problem

[slow bronze]

both gun and attachment are already in the base module unfortunately, I'll check your mod out for guidance, thanks (been looking at FirearmsB41 for reference also).

its just nuts because as far as i can tell, nothing is wrong yet it doesnt work

[simple bolt]

Not at pc right now. But in the script there was at each attachments row like multiple entrys, and some of them had to be in there for some reason

[slow bronze]

i've rewatched the attatchment section of Blackbeards tutorial to see if i missed any tiny detail of the item def but i havent. tearing my hair out over this

[simple bolt]

Also make sure your attachment point has the correct location

[slow bronze]

yep, apparently the reddot location is lined up fine, and attachments starting location is fine, i can see it in the world if dropped on the floor, it shows in the attachment editor fine and correct location. it jsut only doesnt show when actually attached to the gun. thats the bit that drives me mad

i'm at work for a few hours still, so ill check your mod for reference when i get back

[simple bolt]

Yea. Had the same problem and took me a few days to find out the issue 😄

[slow bronze]

awesome

lol

[strange horizon]

Have someone tried to model the joel's or ellie backpack from TLOU ??

[simple bolt]

Alright, just looked into the script.
I think this was the key:
ModelWeaponPart = HeadhunterScope Base.HeadhunterScope scope scope,
in that case "scope scope" was important i believe

One is the attachment point, the other scope i dont know 😄

[slow bronze]

yeah i have it as ModelWeaponPart = TX22RedDot TX22RedDot reddot reddot

TX22RedDot being the model name, and reddot the attatchment point

I don't think I have it with the Base being explicitly called, but I also dont beleive its needed as other gun mods dont do it either

[knotty dew]

anyone uses fragmotion?
if you do check out this tool i made to bypass the trial requirements
#1070858800501891172 message

[molten sail]

anyone have a model of the long sock world model in fbx?

thank you 🙂

[blazing aspen]

What do you think? Is it good enough? :)

[proven jolt]

Very good

[blazing aspen]

Thanks a lot! Anything can be done better?

[proven jolt]

Only time and experience can improve your skills

[blazing aspen]

Roger-roger

[molten sail]

I suck at blender and this is essentially my first ever model. It's supposed to be a crumpled peice of paper

good or not quite?

[blazing aspen]

It’s actually to detailed for zomboid i think

Try to just randomly move vertices on low poly circle and just paint some soft gray lines in tex painter to simulate depth

Texture should look cool

[molten sail]

that's what I did

minus the texture

but yea

good call

then I got this. don't ask.

I was gonna make it stand up but I couldn't get it to look good

Someone needs to take my modding licence away

[slow bronze]

im now home, and looked at your mod for reference. maddeningly nothing is really different from what you have in yours.

[simple bolt]

Would loot 💯

[blazing aspen]

It will be only craftable 😅

[simple bolt]

Would craft 💯

[simple bolt]

try to remove the base. from the first one:

I really dont know, just poking in the dark, but might help 😄

[slow bronze]

alrigty

i'm willing to try anything at this point

[molten sail]

so I tried making my own texture with grey lines like you said but wasn't getting a result I liked since i'm not used to making something meant to be seen on a small scale. This is how the crumpled paper texture I showed before looks in game what you think?

granted I have the more zoom mod

I think this is a size too big

idk how to make it smaller. It is scaled properly to the model @indigo kettle sent me and when I exported it I even made sure it was set to 0.01

[blazing aspen]

Scale it down in blender, shift+a > apply transforms, export it and on export screen toggle on “Apply transform” check

[molten sail]

that's what I did.

that's as small as it god

in blender it is perfectly scaled

[stone oxide]

I will pay any price for this sock!

[blazing aspen]

Scale it down more until you happy with what you see in game

[stone oxide]

Jk

[slow bronze]

unfortunately, didn't work.

[molten sail]

I suppose that's what I'll have to do. it's gonna make it hard to scale it properly to the vanilla

ok so actually not that hard.

[blazing aspen]

Dumb variant but try to re-apply material in blender for this object

[simple bolt]

damn 😦

[molten sail]

problem is placing it makes it big again

[slow bronze]

re applying the texture? the texture is loading fine for the world model, its just not visible on the gun itself

[blazing aspen]

Is it Shak’s sock?

[molten sail]

more around the hulk's size

ok wtf

placing it on the ground makes it small

but on a table it is big

[blazing aspen]

Nah, i mean remove material nodes in shading at all and add them again. I had similar problem but my normals for some mysterious reason were flipped only when hammer was attached to character, “place” was working okay

Oh, what is tricount for your scope? And what is texture resolution for it?

And also some engines are refusing to render models with screwed faces (internal ones, more than 4 edges etc). But i’m not sure how this works in PZ

Try to make all faces triangles in blender by selecting everything in edit mode and hitting ctrl+t, and then check if there is some bad faces exist

[slow bronze]

350 triangles. the texture image is like 64x64 pixels if i remember right

[blazing aspen]

It should work fine, hm

[slow bronze]

i could likely simplify it by a lot, but unless its actually necesary i'd rather not

[blazing aspen]

You can try to load this model in Rizom UV and check if there is any green edges, what will show you if there is internal faces

[slow bronze]

the normals overlay in blender isnt enough?

[blazing aspen]

Idk if they show faces that was created inside mesh by mistake

By “internal” i mean not flipped, but faces that are placed completely inside of the model

That’s happens a lot to me when i’m trying to edge my models before unwrapping

[slow bronze]

i can get inside the model and look around, there are not any placed "inside" the model

[blazing aspen]

Okay, then i have no other ideas

[slow bronze]

this is all i have in the shading tab

[blazing aspen]

Can you share .fbx?

[blazing aspen]

Yeah, i’ve removed all this and re added it again and suddenly all worked as intended

[slow bronze]

alrighty, removed and re-added those, re-exported the fbx, and will try that

[blazing aspen]

Share the results pls

[slow bronze]

always

part doesnt appear on the gun, does appear on the ground, same as befor

[blazing aspen]

Shame…

[rigid moat]

How many polygons is too much for a vehicle?

This model I want to put in game and it is currently at 57k polygons

[elder orchid]

I'm not sure how many polygons the engine reliably can handle, but considering its zoomed out isometric nature, I do question if it needs 57,000 polygons. For reference, Kratos from GOW on the PS4 was 80,000 for his entire character and face. https://blog.playstation.com/archive/2019/12/16/from-kratos-to-the-fearsome-rathalos-see-the-polygonal-evolution-of-5-iconic-playstation-characters/

[latent shore]

is it easy to add custom items to the game? is it harder to add or just replace existing items?

[agile thorn]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/232196827577974784/1090098650618789999/blender_4Zmm4kygWj.gif

finally getting started on textures

[blazing aspen]

watermelon ice where? :)

[blazing aspen]

is it easy to add custom items
Kinda

[agile thorn]

soon

having trouble getting the model to show in game

it shows on the ground but not when used

[blazing aspen]

oh no, something like DarkJarris have

[agile thorn]

figured it out

self:setOverrideHandModels(nil, self.item)

needed to set the override i guess

[bitter imp]

I've been learning to model in Blender at University, feeling pretty proud about some of my creations (some silly, some serious). For someone interested in applying those skills to PZ, where should I start?

[chilly timber]

I'd say check pins! 😄 Download resources

[bitter imp]

Should have thought of that! Just got excited.

[chilly timber]

All good! Ahahaha.

I've been collecting random stuff like tilesets etc

As part of my resources

Main thing would be the models, though

[bitter imp]

Ah. Modeling's fun.

To give you an idea, this is my MK I and MK II dolphin attempts. I've managed to go from the rubber monstrosity to something a little more natural in less than a month.

"Rubber Monstrosity" = The Yellow One. You can tell I fucked up the mesh by the strings. The more natural one is a viewport animation render, so while it's not as clean, it's still a better attempt. Still dialing in the animations, and my MK III will have still more features.

[agile thorn]

Dolphin mod

[latent shore]

dolphins just need faces then they're good

[latent shore]

is it possible to add moving parts to a gun (slides and bolts?)

[blazing aspen]

Hm, looks interesting

will try if smth will go wrong with my items :)

[blazing aspen]

@simple bolt Would you craft this little saw?

[simple bolt]

Hell yea! 😄
Your scrap variations are pretty creative while they make sense i have to say

[simple bolt]

So you can replace item models in the hand? 🤔
Was lately thinking about making a outfit with an bow, but if i make a bow i want to make it properly like with moving the string and arrow when charging.
https://i.gyazo.com/c83040861fc213fe25ce96e75b7150cf.mp4

(Just a proof of concept) 😄

The moment when you have shot the arrow it should switch quickly to a bow variation without arrow and idle string

[molten sail]

I see bow I like bow

If you are making a bow mod you should have the firing work like the alternative draw addon for the original bow mod

It's so satisfying

[proven jolt]

It looks more like a knife, you need to add teeths

[blazing aspen]

Thanks, that exactly what i am aiming for

[blazing aspen]

I maybe cheat it with alpha channel on texture

Thx

[simple bolt]

Oh cool! So i dont need to re-invent the wheel by scratch 😄
Gotta contact him

[blazing aspen]

Btw, can zomboid read alpha channel on texture?

[molten sail]

Yep. Here ya go. And I assume you already are aware of gluten's bow mod.https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2900287489

[simple bolt]

yeap it can

Used it at my amazona outfit for the fur, works great

[simple bolt]

very nice 😄

[blazing aspen]

Thanks a lot

[runic mantle]

vape mod

[crude crane]

nice

[agile thorn]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/499036242323963905/1090107900682305638/blender_XsANu4qUOh.gif

Here's the full textured version

Forgot to upload lol

[candid island]

Where's ursa nano/baby model?

[runic mantle]

frogski in modeling!!!!

[crude crane]

i dont model, only irl

[crude crane]

nice, now where is pink lemonade

[agile thorn]

soon

Now that the first texture is done and it works in game, I will be adding more flavors

I just need to figure out a couple more things first

[agile thorn]

No plans for different meshes as of yet

Just want to keep it simple for now

Anything smaller won't look good in hand / placed on the ground anyway

[crude crane]

https://tenor.com/view/vape-life-vaping-vaper-lyfe-gif-5282260

[agile thorn]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/232196827577974784/1090126339832553622/sublime_text_vp19c83VAY.gif

Model in action

It has a custom vape sound too lol

[crude crane]

nice, i hope its not jarring like some mod sounds

Can you bind the vape action to a button somehow?

i think that gif is killing my mobile discord somehow

[agile thorn]

I'm not sure if it can be bound to a button

That's a pretty good idea though, thank you

this is the sound

😭

[blazing aspen]

https://youtu.be/wnLRawBAUQU

😥

[lilac raptor]

Make a habit of saving every minute. I haven't lost work in a few years because of that.

As far as your lost Blender work is concerned, I've heard some people have been able to retrieve (partial) data of their models using a hex editor.

Even then, I don't know the binary structure of Blender files. So, I unfortunately can't help there.

But, using a hex editor is really just a last resort - especially if the file can't be open by the program anymore.

[chilly timber]

Look at it this way - those two hours aren't entirely lost. You put your knowledge to practice and probably learned something along the way.

[blazing aspen]

He 💯 learned to press ctrl+s every few seconds

I’ve learned this a really hard way. Got my project in after effects completely ruined by bsod

And i’ve lost ~12 hours of work and a job then

[proven jolt]

When I'm sitting just looking at the model, I always press Ctrl+S, is this normal?

[blazing aspen]

nah it's ptsd

One more!

[crude crane]

damn, looks like one of my grandmas shovels

just made out of a bunch of welded metal

[blazing aspen]

yeah, that's the idea

The mod will be all about makeshift tools and weapons. Maybe some armour as well

[crude crane]

nice

[agile thorn]

final models

[storm palm]

I lost the file of my old texture which is the one with the green eye, so now I'm redoing it and also studying the textures of another game to do this

[blazing aspen]

are they drainable?

[agile thorn]

yes

[blazing aspen]

noice

[blazing aspen]

Are those flipped faces? :)
https://i.imgur.com/MKXzvwV.png

[agile thorn]

yes i fixed it already

[blazing aspen]

Goooood

nice job, mate

now i can die from lung cancer also in PZ

[agile thorn]

i'm hype about the poster i made too. I spent longer than i should have on it

hahaha

[blazing aspen]

Nice one, don't forget to share workshop link when it's done :)

[agile thorn]

i will!

should be done today hopefully

[blazing aspen]

And my mod is faaar from release:
https://i.imgur.com/n5bMOjU.png

https://i.imgur.com/KFz9PpG.png

yellow backgrounds are for those items who have their assets done

[agile thorn]

ooof

journey is part of the fun

excited to see your progress

[blazing aspen]

https://i.imgur.com/9zU2No0.png

so...

[runic mantle]

howd you make em spin

[agile thorn]

just in blender

[runic mantle]

but how

[runic mantle]

ah

[agile thorn]

set z rotation to #frame/20

[runic mantle]

are you gonna add elfbar re named obv at one point/

[agile thorn]

wdym

[agile thorn]

theyre called gnomebars to get around the elfbar copyright

[runic mantle]

these

[runic mantle]

are they called elfbars where you live?

[agile thorn]

yes

[runic mantle]

idk if your from america tho

[agile thorn]

yeah i live in usa

unfortunately

[runic mantle]

this is it in the uk

[agile thorn]

we have those here too

[runic mantle]

oh

[agile thorn]

lost mary is a brand of elf bar

[runic mantle]

ahh

[agile thorn]

they do collaborations

[runic mantle]

ryt

[blazing aspen]

What you guys think about this one?

That's what i have back here :)

[jolly maple]

breeze is better

[agile thorn]

I hate these

reminds me of the old gameboys

cough reference materials cough

[jolly maple]

lack of breeze pro

[agile thorn]

never even seen a breeze

but this shit looks cheap af

[jolly maple]

they’re not

elf bars are horrible compared to them

they’re made of that nice plastic that doesn’t feel thin and cheap

[lyric elbow]

i own vapes and i dont even smoke

[blazing aspen]

Ugh, i was asking about model that i’ve shared
But nvm, i’ll redo it tomorrow

[agile thorn]

ooo

sorry, i missed that message

i like that model a lot actually

there's a lack of cool swords in PZ

[latent shore]

bruh wheres everybody getting the ability to texture

i can model but can't make good textures

[digital tapir]

Quixel Mixer is free or substance painter

and texture websites

[latent shore]

is substance painter free

[digital tapir]

nope

[latent shore]

is quixel mixer good

[digital tapir]

I think so but I'm so bad at texturing

I do like substance painters default materials more

[latent shore]

every time i put a texture on something it looked shitty lol

[digital tapir]

do you know about uvs?

[latent shore]

i do

[digital tapir]

matters a lot for textures

[latent shore]

is it better to use one of these softwares rather than texturing in blender

[digital tapir]

preference I still think you can get good results with blender

just those tools are more dedicated

[latent shore]

like im not an artist i could not draw a texture

[digital tapir]

There's also armor paint which is paid but you can build from source for free

I had no luck with it though

quite close to blender's interface

[vestal granite]

Does anyone per chance have a preset for exporting textures from substance for zomboid? Or could tell me what settings are ideal when doing so?

[unreal prairie]

A Nova! Sweet! My dad had one (built one) when I was a kid, always baffled me that its basically a VW beetle conversion 🤣

[blazing aspen]

That’s actually a machete :)

But yeah, you gave me an idea

[agile thorn]

well its cool as a machete as well

but I think it deffo needs a sword version

[blazing aspen]

My pipeline:
Blender for modeling > RizomUV for UV unwrapping > Substance Painter for texturing > VSC for code editing > Blender again for rotating and scaling the model for pz

[agile thorn]

i want to look into surface painter

i just use photoshop and blender rn

[blazing aspen]

this is pain

i've tried to work like that at the beginning, but that take too much time

[latent shore]

do i need to actually know code or is there like a template

@blazing aspen

[blazing aspen]

Only if you need some custom functionality for your items

like in my case few of my mod's tools have chance to scratch player hands if player don't wear gloves, this thing needs to be coded with lua

[latent shore]

idk what i'll make

brainstorming

idk if i want to make Cool Tactical Gun Mod #59 or something uniquer

[blazing aspen]

Look at this. isn't that cool tool to have at your disposal? :)

[blazing aspen]

I've spent three or four days brainstorming my mod idea

in general i've just wanted to create some mod for PZ and create on more living repository for my github to have atleast something there, because we use another git repository manager at my work

and i still need smth to show for new offers, lmao

but the idea eventually appeared in my head

[blazing aspen]

The only actual hard thing to do with substance and other similar software is proper UV unwrapping

[latent shore]

are animations on the gun possible besides reloading

like, slides and bolts

[blazing aspen]

especially with PZ style items you want some faces to be scaled x2 or x4 on your UV to have bigger texture on that parts of your weapon

[latent shore]

visible recoil?

[blazing aspen]

idk, haven't worked with firearms yet

just mastering melee stuff

i think you can donate Brita on his patreon and ask him

[latent shore]

one last dumb question

will it lag the game if theres too much detail

whats the safe tri limit

[blazing aspen]

Everything below 1000 should work fine

[blazing aspen]

this section of this discord is for any questions, so feel free to ask anything mate

[blazing aspen]

The biggest pain for me is texture sizes: https://i.imgur.com/JDUf56M.png

Whenever i'm working on my models i have a really bad habbit of creating 1024x1024 textures and then redoing them from scratch

But anyway you'll not see all the details in game without zoom mod: https://i.imgur.com/XJu6Qr0.png

[latent shore]

is it easy to add crafting recipes?

[blazing aspen]

really easy to do, hard to find info on how it's done :)

[latent shore]

im a detail nerd it won't really matter to anyone but me

[blazing aspen]

https://github.com/FWolfe/Zomboid-Modding-Guide/blob/master/scripts/README.md#the-recipe-block

[latent shore]

very cool thanks

i just came up with an idea

might have something soon idk

im only recently returning to blender

[blazing aspen]

I had exactly same situation a week ago
Have a good luck with that :)

This literally looks like a sword, damn
https://i.imgur.com/or8FE2l.png

btw i think whenever i'll finish my mod, i'll make a video with my pipeline on working with models using blender, RizomUV and Substance Painter

[simple bolt]

You only need to export the color map

[runic mantle]

does the handle look fine imo it looks a bit weird

[simple bolt]

Not a bad habbit.
I work in 4k Textures, then scale it down. Works great. 😄

You just shouldnt worry too much to make the texture look good in 4k.
Gotta keep in the back of the head that once you scale it down, it will look better.

[runic mantle]

i think it looks fine after i did the blade

[blazing aspen]

if you want to have you baked lightning and etc export in 2D view: https://i.imgur.com/mu01qCR.png

[blazing aspen]

In my experience the best practice is to work in 256 from start
This develops a good habit of proper UV unwrapping and scaling important parts of model

[blazing aspen]

Players will almost never see it :(

[runic mantle]

yeah i thought that too

i have a hard time visualising shit ingame

like in my head

i cant imagine what it will look like i mean

[silk oxide]

Heya, I'm trying to use a custom texture on the "CanOpen" model. But I can't figure out how to get it working in-game.

I have the texture and mesh in my mod directory, and I also have a model file that defines it

Is there any other steps?

[molten sail]

I'm biased but if we are talking machete handles there is only one king.

[candid island]

[runic mantle]

you wouldn belive what im texturing this as

[molten sail]

https://tenor.com/view/rick-grimes-stare-really-gif-14261608

[runic mantle]

anyone got some swords i could make

preferably short

[molten sail]

I've been rewatching Vinland Saga s1 to prepair for season 2

or thorfinn's blade

[runic mantle]

whats that

i cant tell what typa sword that is

[molten sail]

maybe this is clearer

viking sword

[runic mantle]

ahh

like this

[molten sail]

kinda, yea

[runic mantle]

yeah ill do that

im gonna add it as a pawn shop spawn

[molten sail]

as a knife would be cool

[runic mantle]

that too

[molten sail]

me using those blades with brutal handwork https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEe3nA1xjfo

[broken mauve]

@rain lynx looks like it

[rain lynx]

https://tenor.com/view/reaction-gif-26072086

[broken mauve]

hes said 2 messages both raging lmao

[gritty depot]

hi, would anyone be able to help me figure out what I've messed up here

[blazing aspen]

Scale?

[gritty depot]

this is it in blender

[gritty depot]

do u know how I'd fix that?

[blazing aspen]

I haven’t worked with clothing yet, but try exporting it with 0,01 scale (you can set this up in fbx export window in the right sidebar)

[gritty depot]

ah, I tried that but it didn't work

I'm getting a SkinningData is Null error

so I might have messed up the Bip01 part but I'm not sure how?

oh wait I think I might have done the armature thingy wrong

that fixed the error but my frog's invisible again

Hmm, I just can't figure out how to make the model show up properly

[runic mantle]

code or file tipe

type

[gritty depot]

I don't think it's code because if I replace the file with an existing clothing file it works fine

dumb question I'm sure but why isn't the assign option coming up on this?

(in Blender)

thank u!

uh maybe?

I have no idea what I’m doing

Ok

My goal is to have the frog world model show up on the player’s head

But I think I am probably making several mistakes at various stages of the process

Do you know how I’d get that?

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

I’ve been trying to follow this one

Except using a hat item as the base

Oh thank u! I’ll give it a go

Thanks! I definitely haven’t been doing that

would a WorldItem have an existing UV map I could use?

I'd assume so since it can have textures applied to it but I can't figure it out

(i also don't really know what any of this means and am kind of just vaguely working my way through on context cues)

ok I'm really sorry to be annoying

but this is me starting from scratch by importing Frog.FBX from WorldItems

could someone work me through just what I would need to add to this to make it function as a hat model

I'm not worried about it being the right size or anything

Just like

Functioning

(as a static model if that makes a difference)

ok nvm I'm finally making progress!!!

ok ok last question I hope

I'm getting an error because SkinningData is null

but I've put

<m_Static>true</m_Static>

so does anyone know what's up with that

[blazing aspen]

Same definition as other models i believe

[simple bolt]

Make sure you have no vertex group or bones applied to your model as you dont need it if its a static one

And restart game when doing so

[blazing aspen]

btw, chatgpt is good for generating ideas for models:
https://images-ext-2.discordapp.net/external/UHT6LhAS-p0_TEj7qUm8FHrYpHxrOmHtOyyk-dYId6A/https/i.imgur.com/uha634N.png?width=540&height=697

https://images-ext-2.discordapp.net/external/662JI02cw9HTlYahI7-b64CFhROElSCHetL7iSdj9yQ/https/i.imgur.com/Pgr1AwX.png?width=605&height=697

[molten sail]

Good job. You just gave the robots an idea for a weapon they will use to kill us all

[random merlin]

[molten sail]

is there a reason why the color painter in blender is refucing to capy the color I am copying with the sampler?

[latent shore]

maybe not generating ideas, but it will help make the crafting recipes

[sage pecan]

was wondering if anyone could guide me thru how to import player models into blender

[idle fractal]

#modeling message Male and female fbx files in pinned messages. Lots of good stuff there.

[sage pecan]

had a friend direct me to that earlier. just trying to figure out how to use multiple textures on the player model. such as the skin texture AND boots

[idle fractal]

had a friend direct me to that earlier

[charred heron]

im just going to leave it here

[polar quartz]

Why?

[charred heron]

becouse why not

[polar quartz]

It's just a pic Duke

[glossy grail]

is there a way to have an underlying mask only mask some specific parts instead of the whole body?

[broken mauve]

Looking for help on some knife/machete models DM me if you are interested.

[winter echo]

Little cafeteria milks, noticed Zomboid has mini milk cartons and so I tweaked the models a bit, changed up the UV maps, and also created models with opened cartons for when you drink 'em. I made sure to include some of those silly little jokes they had on the sides

[autumn maple]

After wasting an afternoon following tutorials that are years out of date and downloading software that doesn't work, I've decided to come to the SOURCE of all these fantastic mods. I'm currently trying to get my hands wet with modding; specifically I'm trying to extract a base item static mesh so I can reskin it and add another item into the game. Real simple stuff.

Or one might think. Does anyone have a proven solution to seeing .X filetypes? As much as blender wants to claim it can, it doesn't. I tried downloading the DirectX SDK and ran into an error message stopping me in my tracks there.

So how do YOU guys do it? Even if you're just pointing me in the direction of a functional tutorial, I'll take any help I can get. Many thanks, and thank you all for making this game frigging addictive.

Wait one, gonna give it a shot.

Conversion complete, now to try the blending

Hmm, its in the .obj file format but still not showing. Ill try the 3d viewer

OK! I Can see a bag of plaster with no texture in 3d Viewer so I know it's finally working 😄 THanks so much!

Now to figure out why blender is being a silly little goose.

Thanks for your help @indigo kettle

Ok got it sorted. Your solution works better than anything I've seen before 😄

If I take a world item, say a can of beans, and use it to model my own can of something else (matching the scale, rotation, and position, etc) would I be able to use it as a .FBX or would exporting it as .X be better? Or is it really a non issue?

[autumn maple]

That's what I'm going to go with. I'm so freaking stoked I found you guys. So long to getting sleep tonight haha.

[blazing aspen]

I got a .x importer plugin downloaded from some github repo. It can only import files though

[blazing aspen]

Just export your object with 0.01 scale if you’re exporting .fbx

[blazing aspen]

Found it: https://github.com/oguna/Blender-XFileImporter

[autumn maple]

@blazing aspen You are amazing! I've gotta get some sleep, but I managed to convert the Pantry Packing mod to pack up 10 Ripped sheets into a box and was even able to modify the texture. The flood gates have been opened. EVERYTHING GOING IN BOXES SOON! I'll check out the importer tomorrow at work, and noted on the 0.01 scale.

[latent tundra]

@winter warren you're gonna love this

[blazing aspen]

If you’ll change the model, just don’t forget to unwrap uv for it

[molten sail]

When editing a clothing model how do you properly export it? I'm trying to tweak one of mine but when I export it it either becomes invisible or totally broken looking

It's driving me nuts

Do I have to reapply the bones again or something?

[broken mauve]

Guys

I need ur help

So I am trying to make an animation

A made the frames, as u can see on the top left part

but when I am trying to move 1 frame forward or backwards, it breaks

and then if I'll go back to frame 18, the pose will not be there

What am I doing wrong?

[latent shore]

are you animating a dab

[broken mauve]

I am

I just want to make it so badly

[winter echo]

From my experiences, it's usually because I ended up not keyframing something and so it reverts to the idle position (or really whatever position was last keyframed). Granted I haven't animated anything for Zomboid before

[tough yarrow]

for starters, animating a dab is the first wrong step

[polar quartz]

Needs more frames

[zenith salmon]

can’t wait to se what that is

[simple bolt]

Its the "Amazona Outfit" from the mod "Undead Survivor". Already out. 😄

[zenith salmon]

[winged solar]

working on a Suomi SMG

[fluid kernel]

anyone good at making vehicle tunes? especially weird ones.

it's draads model and texture. i'm jsut getting it working, and maybe gonna make it fix roads

but it drives like a sports car lol.

[winter warren]

i do

[fallow brook]

anyone have quilty of life mods?

[molten sail]

Do you know of any kind of guide or something to make stuff like this in blender? Like posing the character and givign them certain outfits and hair models.

I wanted to give it a try for some fun artwork on my workshop page

[vapid mica]

Dope

[fluid kernel]

need someone to tune the engine so it DRIVES like a steam roller

[ornate delta]

Oddly specific question, but how would I make a clothing item apply to two different body locations I.E pants and shoes. If not I guess I'll have to bite the bullet and separate the two and model the pants fully

[fluid kernel]

you can make a whole ass outfit as one item.

[ornate delta]

I considered making the whole outfit into one item at the start but i've committed too hard to separate the head, legs and torso that going back would destroy all that effort.

I've been looking at items that could be similar to no luck, at first I thought maybe Dresses would have separate body locations, due to the short, long, etc variations, but they all use Dress

[ornate delta]

Never mind Just bit the bullet took me about 30 minutes to separate the two.

[fluid kernel]

does anyone have floors_overlay_street_01.png ?

[rigid pilot]

more buildings

[fluid kernel]

?

[fluid kernel]

anyone know how to select the overlays of a certain square by name?

[proven jolt]

I'm testing shadow generation/baking, there is no light sources here, it's a texture

[fluid kernel]

i made a blender scene way back when that pretty much copies pz lighting style

and it renders nicely to a texture.

this right here.

and this is the material.

[proven jolt]

Since I don't work in a blender, I have the advantages of not working with materials to bake shadows directly on the texture 🙂

[fluid kernel]

OH.

well belnder bakes as well as max and maya

i just created a cartoon texture that has 4 layers. to simulate the lighting.

[blazing aspen]

try substance painter

it's really easy to create shadows and AO in there

[proven jolt]

And so I think that normal shadows have turned out, while I don't want to burden myself

Perhaps in the future I will switch to substence, I have plans to work in it

[pallid blaze]

nice

[strong elm]

part of my "PROJECT FALLOUT CHINESE ARSENAL" mod

should be out within the week

i have to restart the texture for this one but this will be my first piece of clothing

[timber dune]

yangtze mod when?

[strong elm]

im not entirely sure

im new to modding this game and ive got atleast 6 weapons and this hat to put into the game still

2 swords, 1 pistol, 1 assault rifle, 1 LMG, 1 bolt action, 1 semi auto rifle, 1 carbine.

personally i think the bolt action rifle and the semi auto are dogshit but i dont really care im going to put them in

and the LMG is just the assault rifle recycled but with a bigger barrel and body and a bipod

[blazing aspen]

What is the texture resolution for this one?

[strong elm]

It was like 500x and I’m supposed to be using 256x

[pearl solar]

am I allowed to commission someone to make a mod? y'know, like, with money?

[strong elm]

Yeah?

If you have seen the power armor mod on the workshop he commissioned the armor

Cause he’s just a coder

[blazing aspen]

There is an actual threads like this in #mod_development, try to look there

[brave shuttle]

Mosin Nagant has a nice reputation actually.
SVT40 is another story...

[strong elm]

no im talking about my work on them and thats not a SVT

its a SKS

got replaced by the AK

[brave shuttle]

Oh indeed. The barrel is different my bad

[brave shuttle]

I made a more detailed model of a mosin if it can help.
I do have a similarly detailed AK model as well. But the texture is different. It was made for a fmat low poly project

[strong elm]

👍 im all good in my opinion its the textures but i can fix that myself

[brave shuttle]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/840727505689247765/928418404350701599/unknown.png

Alright. Good luck on texturing then :)

(Sorry for the delay, connection is shit underground)

[strong elm]

that is way too many polygons for my stuff anyways

theres probably more polygons on that site than there is on half my stuff

[random merlin]

this is realy good!

[brave shuttle]

Thanks💖

[pure notch]

Hi guys, texture issue here, can I use a cloth texture higher than the usual 256x256px? without masks conflicting
I'm working on new gloves models
and having details it's quite impossible with that resolution
blender gives me an uv map of 1024x1024px, which is great for good patterns and design

[blazing aspen]

Reminds me of cs 1.6, wanna see it in game

[brave shuttle]

I also did a Mosin Nagant

an older model than the AK

oh and I'm particularly proud of these ones

It's been so long since I did 3D modeling

[sharp haven]

[winter echo]

Nice work, the vehicles look purtty nice - and so does yer' Mosin!
I need to maybe learn how to add weapons into Zomboid, but eh maybe later

[molten sail]

i'm not sure why but when I export clothing models and reimport them into blender for tweaking it seems to duplicate bones

anyone know why that is?

[proven jolt]

These are standard bones, they go like this together

[molten sail]

so it should duplicate them like that? some of my models do it multiple times and have something like end_end_end_end

they work fine in game so i guess it doesn't matter but I found it odd

[proven jolt]

I think these are the export conditions, my bones are also made like this, there is nothing wrong with that

[molten sail]

Nice, just wanted to make sure.

[pure notch]

I have a question for modelers here, can I stretch the uv map as far as I want without touching the other body parts? I'm making some new glove model

I know some masks might conflict

If I cross the torso line

also, if the glove has a map that's way long, will it dissapear the rest of the arm that is below?

[silver cypress]

These are leaf bones, you can uncheck them here. Its actually better to delete them to optimize your models. They do use a small amount of data.

[molten sail]

alright, I'll do that. On another note is there a guide anywhere for making new attachment points? My weapon looks fine in the hands but due to it's size it look terrible on the players back. I want to position it manually for a better result when worn with or without a backpack

I know there is the attachment editor in debug mode but I have never understand how that worked.

[silver cypress]

https://youtu.be/3c229O6KPjY

this shows how you can make your own custom ones, but with your stuff, you can try some of the vanilla ones like Shovel, BigWeapon, Guitar etc

[polar quartz]

You haven't activated your Windows LOL

[silver cypress]

@molten sail You can find all the rest of the vanilla attachment points in the items_weapons.txt file.

and choose which one suits your item the best

[molten sail]

Thank's I'll check that all out. I'm feeling like I'll probably have to make my own because as you can see my model is pretty big compared to most of the weapons in game.

[knotty dew]

@pearl solar
Link is on my profile

[knotty dew]

Yeah we took the project. Its almost done. The client also added a cheesemod project

[fluid kernel]

😐

[polar quartz]

I love the Cheesy Mod you're making

[strong elm]

banana for scale

[knotty dew]

sapph made that

[polar quartz]

lovely

[safe mantle]

hi guys iam back

[safe mantle]

is the guide still pinned

i can't find it

[fluid kernel]

go danny!

if you do a BTTF version,,, i can show you how to make it do funny shit at 88mph

[proven jolt]

Yes?

[fluid kernel]

lol i'm working with animating stuff lol.

if i can figure out how the hell to read when something is put into or removed from a trunk.... i'd be gravy

[proven jolt]

I'll do it, I think you can implement something in it

If you want, otherwise it will be just a decoration 🙂

[fluid kernel]

just decoration even would be dope.

hit me up when you are ready to do that.

and i'll show you how 😄

[proven jolt]

👍

Insane

[fluid kernel]

WHY GOD

[safe mantle]

@_@ i followed the guide in the pins and this happened?

it looks normal tho

[brave shuttle]

Thanks :)
And good luck with weapon modding if you ever try

[brave shuttle]

https://tenor.com/view/back-to-the-future-great-scott-gif-20813152

[safe mantle]

how to forget modeling 101

step 1

join the army

step 2

panic

[safe mantle]

idk why its happening with 1 foot

[safe mantle]

nvm i fixed it

[remote musk]

RAD! What's the tri count for this? It looks quite high quality

[remote musk]

Very nice 👌

[fluid kernel]

danny is so good.

gonna have working windows danny?

ALSO! if we can find someone who does shaders... we can HAVE working windows with transparency

[proven jolt]

Yes, I plan to animate this little piece 🙂

[fluid kernel]

😄

[rigid pilot]

but sometimes we don't have allready one DeLorean?

[regal lake]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2959648724

[fluid kernel]

danny made the other delorean, this is 2.0 baby.

[rigid pilot]

yeah is nice just hope there won't be more DeLoreans loke bmw... where it is X Of same model xD

DeLorean Kombi will be something new

[fluid kernel]

honestly, i hope he overwrites the oild mod.

EVERYONE WILL BE NEW SCHOOL

[polar quartz]

I love the Top Gear Reference you did Gabe

[zenith salmon]

I love the c96 Mauser but that stock just be too good

[strong elm]

🤷‍♂️ its fallout not everything is supposed to look real world

[wispy hill]

this is probably just me being dumb, but after importing the male redo fbx file into blender i dont see anything, just a point of origin

[silver cypress]

its a small model, zoom in to it with keypad .

[remote musk]

Got some more progress

[safe mantle]

a quick question when i transfer weights in blender this happens

1 foot is ok the 2nd one has a panic attack

this didn't happen when i used maya

[polar quartz]

There is a way to fix this

[safe mantle]

really

how ?

[polar quartz]

When you export the model right

Don't export it just yet

You see the thing in the right

[safe mantle]

thing?

[polar quartz]

I'm not on my PC right now

So I don't know what it's called

[safe mantle]

@polar quartz

[polar quartz]

Go to file

Just click it

It's on the upper left corner

[safe mantle]

yep?

[polar quartz]

Go to export

[polar quartz]

Wait

Do you have this save?

Like a backup

[safe mantle]

i have yea

[polar quartz]

Okay good

Export

Fbx

[safe mantle]

thats what i do

[polar quartz]

Scale

Change it to 00.1

No 0.01

See if it works

I hope this helps

[safe mantle]

nope

didn't work

[polar quartz]

Not at all

[polar quartz]

Did you rejoin the game?

[safe mantle]

it reupdates the model no need to

[polar quartz]

Same as vehicles

That's nice

Just try it

Sometimes it doesn't changes

[safe mantle]

game crashed

[polar quartz]

LOL

It happens

[safe mantle]

now i remember

[polar quartz]

But the reason it crashed

[safe mantle]

i had this issue long ago and it was an export issue

[polar quartz]

Is because of that model trying to load

[safe mantle]

didn't bother to fix it in blender so i exported it from maya

[polar quartz]

I don't know lots about Maya

[safe mantle]

nah its because i have more than 20 programs running on 8gb ram

[polar quartz]

That's not smart

[polar quartz]

My..

[safe mantle]

there is another 12 on the other side XD

[polar quartz]

I think you need to clear up some ram

[safe mantle]

i give up

[polar quartz]

Why?

[safe mantle]

still the same right foot is missed up

no idea

[polar quartz]

It's messed up?

[safe mantle]

the right is just a duplicate or the left one

[polar quartz]

Oh I fought it was the scale

I didn't see the problem clearly

[safe mantle]

@-@

[polar quartz]

It could be the animation

I'm not sure

Probably the animation is messed up or something

[safe mantle]

sigh and my pain continues

🥹

[polar quartz]

It's alright

I think authentic peach can help

I think

[safe mantle]

i reached for him ded

[polar quartz]

Did Maya not work as well?

[safe mantle]

i don't have its license anymore

[polar quartz]

Dang it

That sucks

Just pirate

[safe mantle]

[polar quartz]

https://tenor.com/view/piracy-download-a-car-piracy-its-a-crime-download-a-handbag-download-a-computer-gif-17133478

Everyone wants to be a pirate

[silver cypress]

🪳

[remote musk]

Some more progress today

I kept the poly count lower by not modelling seats in, it's very goofy but currently 5,014 tris with all parts on it

[sour ibex]

5000 is too many

[remote musk]

Hmm tricky

What is average amount?

I was going off the falcon example mod at 4,188tris

Also currently that is with different parts on top, the headlight comes in circle or square sealed beam, then cover too, as well as exhaust layouts x4 (twin 3 inch, single 3 inch, twin 2 inch, single 2 inch), so not sure

[vital cradle]

Hi

Not for project zomboid, but thought I'd share some models I made lately

[proven jolt]

count polygons without wheels

[remote musk]

4,210tris

[broken mauve]

is that a sebring?

[remote musk]

It's a Nova Sterling kit car, idk what a Sebring is

It was called lots of names though was the A.D.D Nova

USA name was the Sterling Nova

[broken mauve]

this is a sebring it’s a kit car

[remote musk]

Yep it'll be the same 👌

[broken mauve]

rebadged

[remote musk]

It was sold under a ton of different names

Also those side pipes 😂

[broken mauve]

cool. looks good.

yeah lol

[remote musk]

It's an RR car looool

And thank you!

[broken mauve]

what does RR stand for?

[vital cradle]

rear engine, rear wheel drive iirc

[broken mauve]

oh. thanks.

[remote musk]

Yep, I'm lol'ing at the side pipes cause the engine is in the rear so they're just for show lol

Interesting wing though, maybe I should do some splitter and wings as addon parts 🤔

[molten sail]

This is probably my first real dive into model work. I modified the book model to be a right to left read manga. I even redid the UV to suite my needs. pretty happy with my work.

that's the only part I can show

for reasons..

I'm thinking 512x512 ended up being too high res but at the same time I kinda like it

reading it gives you -100 happiness.

and gives you max stress and anger

[sharp haven]

the ending you showed is officially recognized btw

[unreal solstice]

wooow how did u do that??? so cool

[fluid kernel]

y'all aint see shit ya hear?

[brave shuttle]

Looks like Unturned style, with a bit more detail, am I correct?

[polar quartz]

I think you're right

[zenith salmon]

[zenith salmon]

Oh didn’t realize it was fallout

[molten sail]

No sadness. It's the JoJo ending so all is well.

[zenith salmon]

I do like that ending lol

[vital cradle]

Yes

[molten sail]

Looks great. I've been dying for something similar that can be used with the motorbike mod.

[charred heron]

unturned?

[fluid kernel]

Which bike mod? Auto tsars??

[vital cradle]

Ooh a package, I wonder what's insi-

[polar quartz]

https://tenor.com/view/police-car-cops-serious-gif-14703298

[broken mauve]

https://tenor.com/view/threat-gif-26347862

[reef salmon]

"if you can't buy one, make it yourself" next mod for PZ

[polar quartz]

https://tenor.com/view/sussy-baka-breaking-bad-meme-gif-24570545

[runic mantle]

Jar crafting too

[molten sail]

That's it

[fluid kernel]

it already has trailers.

[molten sail]

Bruh

You are my favorite person here

[molten sail]

Really? Since when?

[fluid kernel]

since ever?

spawn a Base.TrailerAMC

[molten sail]

Learn something new everyday

[molten sail]

Which mod will this be going in? So jealous rn. I had planned on getting this very thing done for either my dakimakura mod or anime collectables one

[reef salmon]

for one of its own, it is a figure that could appear in drawers of rooms with a low spawn rate

[molten sail]

Very nice

A fellow power enjoyer deserves my full respect. Send it to me when it's done. Instant favorite

Question is can it fit in the jar?

[reef salmon]

I'm just a modeler, so I'm with @velvet sentinel who is helping me with the script, he finishes his part and I'll upload it to the workshop

[molten sail]

I like your modeling work. Idk if you do commission stuff but if you do I might hire you for some future stuff

[reef salmon]

nope Xd, I left it so big that it reaches the player's hip, because if it was very small, many details would be lost that it took me to do since the texture was drawn completely by hand

[molten sail]

Even better!

At that point just make it life size

Like a mannequin

[reef salmon]

I sometimes make orders, I'm from Chile so sometimes orders abroad make it difficult for me but they are almost always small things and I only charge with credits

[molten sail]

I added you. I might reach out at some point :)

[molten sail]

Have you considered having 2 versions one big and one normal figure size for shelf collecting?

[reef salmon]

... I will take your idea into account

[molten sail]

Same model of course but since you would have the big version it wouldn't matter as much if detail is less visible on the small one

[latent shore]

pog

[molten sail]

I had this made for me and saphh did great work on the models for the scale. I really like the idea of higher detailed big ones tho https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2935337159

Power plush and figure

[reef salmon]

I liked your idea and I already informed the Skulker, I will make 2 variants, the one I already had and another one that is rarer to find the mannequin size

[latent shore]

@molten sail are you making the entire 177013 book

[reef salmon]

this mod gave me the idea to make my mod

[molten sail]

That's what that is. Not every panel of course but it along with other manga and doujinshi will be findable with dakimakuras

[molten sail]

Hearing this made my investment all the more worth it 😂

[latent shore]

week 2 of modding zomboid and i haven't even started

but i swear i will eventualy just wait

[molten sail]

Once I get my dakimakura mod updates and my berserk one I plan to get more stuff added to the figure mod

[reef salmon]

I grabbed a dakimakura mod from the workshop and I made my personal version and I changed the images to be +18 Xd

[molten sail]

oh yea? which one is it?

I plan to push an update today

@reef salmon

[winged solar]

Suomi SMG

[molten sail]

Should I keep this size or go bigger? As far as irl maga goes this is about right but if I go bigger the image might be more clear.

[fluid kernel]

you are getting so much better. that is awesome./

[latent shore]

the art is so nice im so sad i can't do art

textures

[molten sail]

this looks so cool. how do you do all that with the models?

I am having so much truble with the attachment editor. I watched peach's video and followed it and thought I actually did it correctly but it turns out I was just changing the shovel position in the game and not my mod.

I can't understand how I can tweak the position of my mod item when it is on the players back

[broken mauve]

I am using Blender and importing Pz models there

[fluid kernel]

the poop mobile!

[velvet sentinel]

I am the Skulker, yes

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1075222539468537907/1095616231421263912/image.png

[brave shuttle]

Nice. Lools like a bit the soviet ppd-40

[molten sail]

Shading on it looks off but otherwise 10/10

https://media.tenor.com/tXm5HfwbSBEAAAAM/chainsaw-man-csm.gif

[winged solar]

It's the Finnish Suomi SMG

[runic mantle]

You make good videos and art

[runic mantle]

Jar when

[molten sail]

that's what I was saying.

[polar quartz]

That is art boobie that you're making

[polar quartz]

It's my mate whatcha doin in here?

[molten sail]

your mate has birthed true beauty upon the land of Kentucky

[polar quartz]

Oh yes he does

[molten sail]

[polar quartz]

Also Boobie why does the zombies don't have hair? I mean maybe you can't find the hair model or you just don't want it or something?

Idk

[molten sail]

I want to know how the apply all the clothes and weapons to the body. I tried to recrate this but with the PZ model and I just couldn't figure it out

also funny enough this tiny thing right here is actually that power figure in a jar

dude beat me to adding it into the game

[reef salmon]

Please help, because the light in the model looks wrong? the light hits it badly in some parts no matter where you put the light on the model it looks like this,

[wicked pagoda]

Probably an issue with the model itself @reef salmon

[reef salmon]

Yes, I know, what I want to know is what I did wrong during the blender so that it came out with that light error

[wicked pagoda]

have u checked normals

@reef salmon srry 4 being an hour late

[reef salmon]

normals?

[wicked pagoda]

in blender

whenever ive had shading issues on anything on the engines i work with atleast its usually cuz normals r wrong

[reef salmon]

this?

[wicked pagoda]

en modelado

🖱️ click en el boton izquierdo

haz click

Pero primero deberias ver en backface culling

ns cm se llama en español lo uso en ingles

[reef salmon]

Ha, hablas español :v y yo aca usando traductor

[wicked pagoda]

xd

no sabia😭

[reef salmon]

Ando almorzando termino y reviso eso que me dices manin

[wicked pagoda]

ok