modeling

[full latch]

Any chances you could show picture from blender view?

Oh, its not from blender?

[knotty dew]

welp i have it set that it shouldnt do vanilla animations for most parts
(not all)

since this is a crawler zed mod
i didnt make the fence hop animation
(which was partly the issue with OG dog mod)

my mod is MP tho

like my other zed mods
i also sorta do the player side xml just to check animations (as well as add it as an admin feature)

but it will be weird cuz im not making all other animations such as crafting, building eating etc

so it will sometimes look humanoid

tho for the zed side it should be complete

also figured out how to deal with corpses and made variations

[sage vessel]

Here is the version 1 of my animation rig! Let me know what I need to change or add and I can get on that! I have a ReadMe in the file to help people new to blender and the workflow for PZ

[unborn plinth]

Overall looks clean tho !

If you weren't aware, we had posted a rig on the modding Discord, but yours look cleaner

[unborn plinth]

I'd like to link your IK model on the modding Discord if you're fine with it
https://discord.com/channels/136501320340209664/1125248330595848192

[full latch]

Why the stretching though?

Not that i judge or anything, i haven't even attempted to make my own rigs so i can't tell how hard it its for making those additonal controll things

[sage vessel]

Absolutely!

[sage vessel]

Oh wow thats REAL odd, can you let me know what you moved that caused that? It’s probably a weight painting issue

Ohhhhhh wait I think I know whats wrong. I think I forgot to turn off the deform modifier on the head control and on the hips 😂

[unborn plinth]

You can see the selected bones

[sage vessel]

Yeah sorry I noticed like right after I said something. I’ll make sure to fix it when I get home

[unborn plinth]

👌

[knotty dew]

decided to do the fence after all

[unborn plinth]

Now you know how fucking annoying it is to make fence animations lmao

[knotty dew]

ive done something similar before, i did the eat on ground for zed, its the same you have in loop out

oh and attacks are same
start success fail

[unborn plinth]

Did you manage to cancel the fail somehow ?

[sage vessel]

Figured out what the problem here was, the nips were not weight painted. I fixed it!

[knotty dew]

nope
i didnt actually try
i should
when i work again
im gona go to bed for now its 730 am here lol

i did manage to cancel sprinter s from tripping using lua
by detecting its state
then set the thing to false

maybe i can do the same with this
(if ever i fail to do that via the xml)

also i think theres a debug option that guarantees success when hopping and climbing
maybe i can use that instead

[spare mulch]

Does anyone have any good videos on making funiture? Ive never made furinture before and dont know where to start for zomboid?

For blender

[pliant garden]

hi guys, i tried to make a mod that adds this book mesh i made with its texture that i made, but it either is GIGANTIC , or its invisible.. i try to place it now its invisible they it becomes the icon

here is what happens.. i try to place the item , but it doesnt work , that's how it should display.. i tried to check the MESH size with a normal book from pz , and its the same size.

[knotty dew]

those are 2d
we use tilezed

[jade quail]

a lot of people do make them using blender though

[spare mulch]

What’s that?

[sage vessel]

Updated rig!

[worn pulsar]

whats the modding cord?

[jade quail]

just click the link, ignore that it says unknown

[unborn plinth]

Click the #

Even if it says unknown

[unborn plinth]

In Blender, scale it down

[knotty dew]

#mapping try here
tile zed is a tool we use to create tiles and pack files

[unborn plinth]

He doesn't care about it tho, he wants to make 3D assets of tiles

[unborn plinth]

Did you check this tutorial
https://youtu.be/b5aqvZpMe7o?si=Ug2bm4jU-YLNWDMV

At the end he explains how to get tiles as Blender objects

For furnitures and 3D aspects on tiles, you can simply model the furniture, then move the UV on the texture to fit it on the tile parts that fit the 3D item

[pliant garden]

i compared it to a normal book.fbx from the game and its the same size.. do i still have to scale it down ?

[unborn plinth]

It's possible they scaled it down within the model script

But overall we suggest you scale it down in Blender

[pliant garden]

okie dokie , thanks

[spare mulch]

Yea I did

[unborn plinth]

Well, it's basically the same thing than with floors and walls

But instead you recreate the 3D model of the object, and apply each UV parts to each texture parts

Of course you might not be able to get the behind of the tile (depends if your texture is the tilesheet and not just the unique tile texture, then you can have every faces)

[spare mulch]

Ohhh that’s make sense

Thanks

[full latch]

When you import PZ models to blender they're usually 100 times bigger so if it object has scale 1, you want it to scale to 0.01

Then confirm, or just go in edit mode and size it down with trial and error

[pliant garden]

yesss thank you i fixed it that way

[full latch]

Its good habbit to Apply all scales once you scale it to your desired size, the only thing that it's not suggested are guns, which should be in scale 0.01 to make all attachments/muzzle flash work and show as intended.

[solid sand]

Good morning, folks. I'm trying to find a good vanilla texture that contains a garbage bag, like the rain collector or any other item that part of the texture is garbage bag. Any advice on where to find/what to look for?

[unborn plinth]

Trash tiles ?

[solid sand]

Where do I find that sucker

[solid sand]

Fun fact for anyone interested: the SquidCalimari.png texture looks like a condom

[spare mulch]

Download modding tools on the steam library

Then right click on it and click browse files it will be in the 2x file

For items like garbage bag it’s in items under media in installed files

[gentle hazel]

hi all I'm trying to combine two pngs to remove the transparency to create a zomboid texture. These pngs are an albedo and a mix. Does anyone know how to combine pngs to remove transparency?

These are the pngs for an eye texture

I have tried multiplying these in gimp with no luck

[finite frost]

Hi guys, how can I find item models and weapons for Blender?

[gentle hazel]

nvm I kind of got it to work. For now... lol

[pearl solstice]

Awesome lol

[whole gyro]

Omg lol

[solid sand]

Ah I thought the trash was an item with a 3d model, not a tile. Thank you guys

[lunar geyser]

Are you trying to import them into blender? If so, you're gonna need the importX addon for blender, as PZ uses .x files and blender doesn't accept them by default.

This is the one I use
https://github.com/Poikilos/io_import_x

[finite frost]

Thanks mate

[lunar geyser]

No probs.
Heads up though, I can't seem to export .x files with it. I export to .fbx, but make sure to adjust the scale in the export GUI to 0.01... otherwise it'll be massive.

[sullen dawn]

• Custom Firearm Animations
  Coming to Advanced Warfare

[knotty dew]

someone should pin this post

[knotty dew]

i shared it here
#1070858800501891172 message

[finite frost]

working in blender 4.2?

[spare mulch]

does anyone know how to put blood on tiles for blender?

[unborn plinth]

Yes

[knotty dew]

i didnt know you can make vehicles super reflective

[hearty belfry]

Hi, this add-on have a problem

[unborn plinth]

On 4.2 ?

Check that one too
https://github.com/oguna/Blender-XFileImporter

[finite frost]

How i find models for shoes/boots?

[hearty belfry]

My version is 3.4

The Oguna add on is working in some files, in others there is an error with the body model, which was exactly what I wanted to edit ☹️

[stark arrow]

ray tracing confirmed?

[unborn plinth]

That's why then

Probably

[hearty belfry]

I was editing a body model to put in the game, however, every time I export the model it becomes invisible in the game, would anyone know how to fix?

[lunar geyser]

Make sure the scale is correct when exporting it, it could be massive and you're inside it. That often happens.

[hearty belfry]

I tried 1 , 0.1 and 0.01 but the result is the same

[lunar geyser]

0.01 is what I use.
Maybe look at the texture mapping, is the naming all correct?

[unborn plinth]

Did you parent the skeleton and the model

[hearty belfry]

For now I'm using the Tricer Body model and the standard body skeleton, using it as a test to create my model

[knotty dew]

i dont even know how i did that

im trying to make a vehicle mod

[hearty belfry]

I took a look, and everything is fine, I don't know what else it could be.

[lunar geyser]

What does the export setting look like?

[lunar geyser]

I think you broke The Matrix 🫠

[lunar geyser]

In the actual code, do you have all the names correct? I sometimes have a typo that can make a model invisible

[full latch]

There is none for vanilla shoes. They are painted on players model. They're just texture

[lunar geyser]

@hearty belfry Also check the world units... Just throwing out suggestions for things that have stumped me before

[hearty belfry]

ok I'll check

[lunar geyser]

Have a look at the size of the eported file... if it's 0KB then you know nothing actually exported. Or if it's massive, like 500kb, then the whole scene might be getting exported

[knotty dew]

when i read the guides end up even more confused lol

can someone tell me what these should point to

template=
file=
model=

i think theres more

and im not sure what im doing wrong

how do i create template exactly?

model default {
file =
}

[lunar geyser]

What's that in relation to?

[knotty dew]

vehicle mods
specifically the txt scripts

i just want like a properly described syntax rather than step by step guides

[lunar geyser]

ah ok. I'm not sure about that either, sorry

[knotty dew]

ok then

[timid frost]

Made the navy colt revolver 😄

[finite frost]

Oh, that's interesting, thx mate

[upper plaza]

What is the meaning GUID by clothings creating and what happend of use a GUID from Vanilla CLOTHES?

And why only clothes need a GUID ,not others textures

[knotty dew]

global unique identifier or something like that

its used to sorta provide a fixed / unique ID
cuz each item instance has its own id so that wouldnt work

so they needed to add guid
basically when you create a clothing item you should provide a guid for each items
you can generate it using vscode extension or an online generator

https://www.guidgenerator.com/

[cedar scaffold]

[covert verge]

sexy

[somber ibex]

you can check the clothing item files in media/clothing/clothingitems to see which textures and models an item uses

[pearl spade]

Where do I find the vehicle model files to put into blender

[full latch]

steam\steamapps\common\ProjectZomboid\media\models_X\vehicles

[pearl spade]

Thank you!

[pearl spade]

"ASCII DBX files are not supported"
I am gabberflasted

[finite frost]

same problem here

[pearl spade]

I wonder how many blender versions I have to go back until they're supported

I'm already at 3.3

[full latch]

Have you tried diffrent model?

I noticed that some of the models i can import to blender but not all of them

[pearl spade]

I tried the base.moderncar

[jade quail]

you should be able to find a converter on google

blender only supports binary fbx files, not ascii fbx files

[pearl spade]

damn

[full latch]

Thing is some car models work straight out, or at least worked for me when i was making renders in blender, on the other ones i had same issue.

[jade quail]

yeah, some of them are binary

[full latch]

[pearl spade]

The only binary ones are the experimental moderncar ones

with doors

[full latch]

Can we have some consistency in 42?

I swear...

[jade quail]

i've done this in the past if you need a specific converted model

[pearl spade]

Honestly

I've never used blender before

I'm just here to see
-how to import car
-how to put texture
-how to make wheel spin

First step is already somewhat clear

[full latch]

Spin in blender, or in game?

[pearl spade]

In blender, I only really want to see if my computer can even run something like that

[normal gust]

autodesk has an fbx converter that can swap between binary and ASCII fbx files

[pearl spade]

Yeah but that's paid

[pearl spade]

I'm so good at this (I'm gonna shoot myself)

[sullen dawn]

i can convert x > fbx binary or not. lmk.

[upper plaza]

It is true that PZ allows only one Material on an object in blender?

[full latch]

Pz only supports textures. Metalic/Highmaps etc won't work

[upper plaza]

I am newbie .What is the difference between. X file and fbx file ,i read here somebody convert x to fbx,but it is possible to import both Formats in blender

[silk musk]

There is an addon for that, don't type in chat, its been discussed hundreds of times at this point, do a search for x file and youll find the answer

[sullen dawn]

the truth is out there

[lunar geyser]

Check the face orientation (make sure they're blue)

[full latch]

I wonder, if there is ever the case where you'd need your normals to be inverted. Not in PZ, but anywhere.

[upper plaza]

What is the meaning of mask ID in the clothings xml file.I know the ID (0-16) hidden part of the layers (body)below, but why,when the new layer (new clothing) cover all the layers below?

[knotty dew]

i just learned this now
so im trying to merge my uvs

[knotty dew]

i dont know where i messed up but the hood isnt showing also theres no passenger seat

[full latch]

Really nice looking model though

[knotty dew]

just learning blender.

idk how to properly snap multiple objects yet
which is why theres alot of clippings

[somber ibex]

it hides the clothing below too

otherwise the clothing will clip

[full latch]

Doesnt it only hide skintight clothes, that are painted on player model, Or if your models have UV set same as Players model ones, it will hide them too?

You know, when you extrude part of player body and make clothing from it, but do not move UV's

[somber ibex]

yeah it hides all clothing below

if the model doesnt have the same uvs as the body then wearing clothing over it will make holes and stuff

[upper plaza]

Okay i unterstand that,but when i when i look at the xml file the map id's Not covered any bodypart (e.g.a Shirt have only mask ID for the chest and not for the waist) here in discord is a png file with the explanation of mask Folder,that i don't unterstand when you look at that

[upper plaza]

You can find it here under pinned News it is from scavenger

[scenic isle]

Love the texturing, any good guides on texturing and UV mapping? i just started modelling and its one of the things i struggle with

[full latch]

Don't rely on Smart UV unwrapping, watch tutorials about proper UV unwrapping. It will alow you to draw more details compared to if you were to use Smart UV unwrap.

[scenic isle]

i did lightmap unwrap and texturing for one of the models i plan to import into Zomboid one day, it's not great but "decent" enough for zomboid low poly stile i believe but it's something i want to keep improving

having a hard time handling .x files in blender and importing them into zomboid, i want to research a bit more before asking questions

[somber ibex]

dont use .x

use .fbx

[scenic isle]

thank's, i'll look into it

[fallow stone]

Heya, is there a way to make a custom mask FOR THE BODY?

Im doing a hat mod and wanted to make a custom mask that hides the head BUT NOT the neck

The default 0 mask hides the entire head and neck so i was wondering if its possible to make a custom mask for the body, not for clothes

[somber ibex]

you can add underlay masks with custom mask textures like what vanilla jackets do

[fallow stone]

but that doesnt just hide the clothes and not the body?

[somber ibex]

it hides both

[fallow stone]

sorry to bother you, but can you give me a quick explanation of how the underlay masks work?

Im new in this and I dont know how that colors works in the mask works

I already read the pinned image about the masks and already got the mask texture with the part and I wanna hide marked, but idk how to make it work

[somber ibex]

i only kind of understand how they work but anything you erase from the mask textures gets hidden

[spare mulch]

does anyone have a good imagine of the sky that looks like it would feel right at home in the zomboid world?

[fallow stone]

I tried and, idk why this happen
I wanted to make the neck a little bit visible but still hiding the head, so I erase the parts that I dont want to be visible in the head Mask

and the result is that, it hides the part that I erased... but I need to use the 0-16 masks to get it works

It just works when the mask isnt 0 (head and neck invisible totally)

(head hided and neck still showing, but needed to use other mask that isnt 0)

[somber ibex]

does it work if you remove the m_masks line

that should work on the body but it wont hide clothing for some reason

[fallow stone]

I tried and any mask doesnt work (hat invisible to see the body)

the custom head mask just work when there is a m_masks asigned

and for some reason the 0 mask overrides my custom mask and hides head and neck

[somber ibex]

yeah thats been driving me insane for a while

you can use mask 11 which hides the skirt area but i dont think theres any other workaround

[fallow stone]

huh that actually works

the mustache is still visible

and I wrote in the xml "nohair" in m_HatCategory

[full latch]

There is noHairNoBeard

<m_HatCategory>nohairnobeard</m_HatCategory>

Though i have no idea what you're making

[fallow stone]

i wrote it and the mustache is not visible JUST in the info panel

[fallow stone]

Doing a mod about hats and trying to make a mask that hides certain part of the head, but not the neck

[fallow stone]

in game is still visible

[full latch]

Can you show your XML file?

[fallow stone]

sure

<clothingItem>
    <m_MaleModel>static\clothes\Solaire_Helmet</m_MaleModel>
    <m_FemaleModel>static\clothes\Solaire_Helmet_F</m_FemaleModel>
    <m_GUID>b97ad86a-094b-4552-ad6b-d82cfcc89c72</m_GUID>
    <m_Static>true</m_Static>
    <m_AllowRandomHue>false</m_AllowRandomHue>
    <m_AllowRandomTint>false</m_AllowRandomTint>
    <m_AttachBone>Bip01_Head</m_AttachBone>
    <m_HatCategory>nohairnobeard</m_HatCategory>
    <m_Masks>11</m_Masks>
    <m_UnderlayMasksFolder>media/textures/Solaire</m_UnderlayMasksFolder>
    <textureChoices>Solaire_Helmet</textureChoices>
</clothingItem>```

for some reason the mustache just hides in health panel

[full latch]

Thats strange. Can you tell me why you're using mask 11?

[fallow stone]

#modeling message

in short words, the custom head mask only works when im using a 0-16 mask

[full latch]

Its solaire helmet from DS?

[fallow stone]

yep

[full latch]

Why would you need to hide head?

[fallow stone]

too big for the helmet size

[full latch]

Why not increase helmet size?

[fallow stone]

I did but, looks weird

also the mod is published in the workshop and some persons said that the helms are too big

Im trying to make the head invisible but the neck nope so the other helms dont look joined with the torso

[full latch]

Why not add chainmail like neck to it?

Something like this with Helmet

Then you can use this mask

[fallow stone]

as a second item or in the same model?

[full latch]

Same model?

You weighted them, or did you use static method?

For it you would probably need to weight it, but who knows

[fallow stone]

im new in modding wydm

the model is static

[full latch]

Alright

[fallow stone]

I tried but when the character sprints there is a weird rotation with the helmet

[full latch]

Yeah.... i probably need to make a guide for clothing and weight painting

[fallow stone]

It will be useful

But rn im just doing helms

[fallow stone]

It will be cool if I can get a solution to this

or other way to make the neck visible

[full latch]

Underlay masks could be it, but while spongie knows abit about it, i have no knowledge what exacly are those. All i know they're used on Jackets, but for what for, no idea

[full latch]

Then i think adding that chainmail like thing would be go to, but if you have no idea about weight painting/Armature it might be confusing at start

[fallow stone]

oh I understand that

I have some knowledge with Blender so maybe I could do it

[lunar yarrow]

sup broddy's, please give me link tutorial create mod(Clothes)

[pearl solstice]

LOL

[spare mulch]

does anyone have the files for jeans and its texture?

i cant find them anywhere

[zealous peak]

in media/textures

not exactly sure if this is the correct mesh, but this is in media/models_x/skinned/clothes

there's also this, idk the difference is

I suggest taking a look at the folder yourself

[spare mulch]

yea thats where I was looking I realzied a couple of folders are missing so i might have to re instal the files

[spare mulch]

thanks

[somber ibex]

this isnt used its from an old version of the game

[wicked sun]

Hey felas, I want to try my hand at some modeling and doing thumbnails with PZ models for youtube vids. Do we have a repo of the models?

[spare mulch]

https://youtu.be/31H54TpJjSA

Best guide for you

you might find some pre made ones scrolling through the text but this is the best for learning everything

[wicked sun]

ty ty!

[unborn plinth]

#1270945787718930452 message

You'll find a blender rig for renders on the modding Discord

[marble junco]

I read that Author of bandits mods is coding "week one mod" that will start apparently two days before outbreaks.

It will be a very immersive mod, You will see people go around, talking about recent events, in to hospital, bandits attaks houses on nights, police that try to take them, doctors that try to reanimate dead people, people that barricades her hime and a lot of others wonderful things.

I read that he need people for modelling /animations, if you are expert in this stuff and like her project probably you can contact him to give help.

I just live this message here, may be someone is interested to collaborate with him.

[whole gyro]

Tbh that sounds good but I kind if new I been trying to work on making new models

[stiff nymph]

Just letting whoever know this 2nd pinned message link regarding animations is dead.

[knotty dew]

is it necessary toname the vehicle
carnameBase
like Base as suffix?
on the txt script

[knotty dew]

done sent him a couple of what he needed

[knotty dew]

i believe theres a repost by tchernobil

[marble junco]

Thank you man, I and all bandits lover apprentice this a lot ❤️

[knotty dew]

nah i did it for slayer

[marble junco]

Yeah glory to Slayer!

[proven jolt]

In the script, you define the name of your car - vehicle CarName. After that, you don't need to add "Base" to the car name, since this module is already specified at the beginning of the script - module Base . The final name of your car in the game will look like Base.CarName

Of course, you can specify the name of the car like vehicle CarNameBase , however, it will just be a name, and it won't affect anything

[knotty dew]

ok the tutorial i read said to add base which totally doesnt make sense thats why i asked

[knotty dew]

[subtle warren]

Guys do you know who's car is this ?

[upper plaza]

Finally understood mask ID thanks JzK7 and nik

[full latch]

https://i.gyazo.com/4b565d95d66a864efc40dc62d502197e.mp4

[terse lion]

This should be a car wth is this?

[surreal citrus]

a car shadow of a car that has not rendered properly

or that's glitched into the sky

likely a mod issue

[knotty dew]

wtf

[knotty dew]

the hide player thing is activated but idk why its not stopping

[full latch]

It was my first try at implementing it, Now it kinda drives ok (i've checked how other bike mods do this) and also shows player model, but i'd like to change the way character sits on it.

[zealous peak]

Sten MK 2

needs only a few more textures and it should be done

[knotty dew]

fancy

[gentle hazel]

Hello blender wizards, I've been wondering if it's possible to make my mesh bend so that the hands don't clip into the body? In this clip In the idle pose Raymond's hands are clipped into the shirt

My mesh is basically like a big spiffo suit

[spare mulch]

Is the chef hat in zomboid a model or a texture cause I cant find it in either?

[fallow stone]

The model is in models_X > Static > Clothes

as F_ChefHat or M_ChefHat

[spare mulch]

thanks

[glad crystal]

hope to see this in the workshop soon 😄

[zealous peak]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3365235445
here king

[proven jolt]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2809058492

[whole gyro]

the car of Megamind

[terse lion]

Which one??

[surreal citrus]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

I have no ideas which mods you have installed or not, in what order, from what creator or how

I'd say it's a vehicle mod though lol

[vestal wave]

Do you guys recommend modeling through Blockbench, and import later to Blender?

[gentle hazel]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3365477432

[gentle hazel]

Hi all, Ive read the animation guide, and I am wondering if it's possible to make an animation overwrite the idle animation if wearing a certain outfit

basically, if wearing cat costume. Idle pose is like this

[sullen dawn]

short answer, yes

[cedar scaffold]

long answer?

[full latch]

While it is possible, its alot of effort for mediocore result at best?

[gentle hazel]

I see, I might just make my mod overwrite the idle pose lol no need to overcomplicate things

[full latch]

I'd just edit model to make arms have a curve

So hands and shoulders are in same plac, but rest of your clothing arm is bend

[vast vortex]

Anyone know where I can get the Spongies hair models?

[sullen dawn]

WINNER

• Take My Hand, Tenno
  [Warframe x Zomboid ]

[knotty wind]

ok so blender question, when I extrude the selected face down the X axis, how do i make it cut/subtract away from the cube instead of it being extruded out the other side?

[sullen dawn]

you are kidding ... right...
( tell me you arent )

[glad crystal]

Legend

[knotty wind]

no.

listen this things my first model that isnt an incomplete donut

[knotty wind]

MADE IT WORK - need to have 2 identical faces on opposite sides of an object, then in edit mode right click and select "bridge faces"

[somber ibex]

theyre just in the mod folder

[vast vortex]

Do you know what the mod folder is called? Or is it just called the mod name.

[knotty wind]

made my first model ever. Its the bozar from new vegas.

will make into a mod once i make a texture and animate it

speaking of textures anybody got any pz texture tutorials handy?

[somber ibex]

steamapps\workshop\content\108600\2463184726

[sullen dawn]

any paint program will work,

use .png

the 'Animate it' part, what do you mean..

[knotty wind]

I mean like animations for holding the gun, reloading, that kinda stuff

assuming that theres not already some easier built in way to make animations like that anyway

[sullen dawn]

essentially, this is what you wish for

[terse lion]

Anybody has same problem?

[waxen jolt]

i have a got a question. What is the average tri count on vanilla melee weapons ?

guess basically asking is a tri count above 800 to much

[frank lion]

Basically the best thing you can do is just understand at the scale PZ is you really don’t need to worry about extreme detail, most PZ gun textures are just drawn paint assets applied to flat surfaces, usually maybe adding noise in photoshop or any art program might add depth but it’s best to keep it simple.

[knotty wind]

It’s that easy?

[frank lion]

Really tbh it’s that easy people aren’t gunna notice detail we’re talking your gun most likely will be 10 pixels across on the screen

Idk if this is helpful but you just gotta imagine it inside PZ and look at other guns

Some people like to put crazy detail into their guns with hours of texture work but tbh for the average person it’s not really needed

Sometimes it’s best just to do flat Color’s a vast majority of PZ assets are flat Color’s with lines and small things drawn on them to add detail

[knotty wind]

The art style really makes the texture look more complicated

Like looking at models I don’t expect the actual texture file to be a lot of flat colors

[sullen dawn]

LVX animation FrameWork is coming. at some point
( replacer anims for all kinds of things )
( animkey hooks, / Anims, for firearm mod reloads, etc )
( player idles, etc etc etc, )

[safe path]

Yoo, if you need any help with animations I would be happy to help

[sullen dawn]

sounds interesting 🙂

[spare mulch]

does anyone know how to turn code to a model in blender? Cause I have the code for the chef hat and the texture but no idea how to turn it into an actual object

[sullen dawn]

• LVX: Re - Curve
  A Realistic Bow System

[knotty wind]

those eyes are way too detailed

uncanny valley thing going on

[supple sedge]

I think it looks good. The base PZ artstyle makes it so your brain has to fill in the details and the game inst that zoomed in to see your character model that close anyways.

[silk musk]

Probably have to import it as an .x file

[pliant compass]

been a while since i last posted an image of the lesabre (ignore that green/blue thing in the interior)

[brazen sequoia]

how do i change the color of a hair model in blender

wait nvm

[knotty dew]

anyway to refresh the texture in game if i modified it

for skinned clothing

[pliant compass]

polishing some stuff, now it has rust textures

[full latch]

Blends so well with background, like it's tile, but its actually workable vehicle, good job!

[opal galleon]

Hello! Is there a way to import an entire house or like furnitures (like doors, sofas, windows, something that is found on houses) to blender? I've been looking on game files but I haven't found .X or .fbx file that is about furnitures yet. Thanks!

[full latch]

Nope, those are 2d tiles

[fallow stone]

Heya again. Does anyone knows the reason of this error?
I created a new game to check my mod, and noticed that a lot of helms, not everyone, have like transparent stains around the model, but when I entered to other saved game the transparent stains doesnt appear.

I created a new game again and the transparent stains arent there, but in the game where they apperead they are still there

[fallow stone]

btw where are the game tiles located in folder??

[full latch]

.pack files i assume

[full latch]

Can you show your XML file for hats?

[fallow stone]

sure

<clothingItem>
    <m_MaleModel>static\clothes\Lautrec_Helmet</m_MaleModel>
    <m_FemaleModel>static\clothes\Lautrec_Helmet_F</m_FemaleModel>
    <m_GUID>67d5b518-e19e-4e02-9584-af304f0e5aaf</m_GUID>
    <m_Static>true</m_Static>
    <m_AllowRandomHue>false</m_AllowRandomHue>
    <m_AllowRandomTint>false</m_AllowRandomTint>
    <m_AttachBone>Bip01_Head</m_AttachBone>
    <m_HatCategory>nohairnobeard</m_HatCategory>
    <m_Masks>0</m_Masks>
    <textureChoices>Lautrec_Helmet</textureChoices>
</clothingItem>```

I realize the ones that has the transparent stains are the ones with the head hide

[full latch]

Check vanila hats, there is maskfolder line, copy it

That will fix it

[fallow stone]

Idk if I write it good but the transparent stains are still there

Also I tried to take other screenshot seconds after, and in a blink the textures just... ¿?¿

[lilac glen]

Hi! i need help with a Blender model

[silk musk]

You aren't plannin to use that for zomboid are you?

[lilac glen]

yeeeeeees :3

but it needs more work xD

i know, it looks like a minecraft weapon

but its my first mod

[silk musk]

Well, its recommended that you start another mesh and base it around the one you just made, you should enable looptools to turn vertices into circles

[lilac glen]

oh.. and how can i do that?

i dont know how to use blender

[silk musk]

edit, preferences, extensions / add ons

[lilac glen]

this one?

[silk musk]

Yes, in blenders edit mode youll be able to create a smooth transition from a square shape to a circle one

[lilac glen]

and umm where i can see that? sorry im not trying to bothering

im a slow learner :c

[frail elm]

Right click > loop tools > circle.

Experiment with that.

[lilac glen]

thanks but i think not work :c

[full latch]

Why not watch one from thousands of tutorials on YT

[lilac glen]

Trying, im a slow learner

😦

[gray zephyr]

man that happens when you have the slow reader trait, fast reader is better fr fr

[finite halo]

is there arleady rigged model of male body?

[bitter plover]

#modeling message

Also a ton of other guides / information / meshes in the pinned meshes

I'd keep the barrel section seperate rather than trying to connect it, you'll just create a ton of extra geometry for no reason

Game isn't an fps / shoulder surfer, so you can and should cut corners in that respect for peformance

Look into low poly modelling tutorials on youtube aswell because you've got 32 sides on that cylinder which is overkill

[slim sedge]

where do you access vanilla models and how do you throw them in blender

[silk musk]

check pinned messages

[pliant compass]

hi, is there any tutorial on how to make bike mods?

[silk musk]

just download a bike mod and look at how they handle it

[pliant compass]

thx, will see what i can do

[covert verge]

fantastic, how much work has been done for this project?

[pliant compass]

hi, the mod is pretty much done and released, you can check it bere https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3368174148

[heady panther]

Yo nice

Pretty good

Like from 60s

[lilac glen]

hi! its me again.. so i decided to make another pistol with less cuts and stuff... this is better? not a "game killer" ?

[full latch]

Vanilla deagle has more vertices than this

[pearl spade]

It has a dent in the top

[lilac glen]

is the picture

im using a png pic

[timid frost]

Seems like the slide is not straight?

[upbeat quarry]

whats up with the mag, is it twisting inside the handle?

[lilac glen]

Yes 🙂

[lilac glen]

I dont know

[lilac glen]

Maybe

[lilac glen]

Sure

[silk musk]

good

[strong wasp]

This deagle can also go down in vertices as well.

[pliant compass]

working in converting some fo4 vehicles

[sullen dawn]

• Ash's Soft And Gentle Croptop Hoodie
  https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3371049128
  Another done, from the archive of mods to finish

[knotty dew]

is there a guide as to what clothing piece should be parented to which bone?

i did a test

but this happened

im goin to make an armor mod but i decided to test first before doing the actual model
so that i model it with the proper parenting in mind

[sullen dawn]

its locale, based, when doing it automatically, so likely that was auto parented, to either clav, spine1, or backpack

ie, it now moves.

[crimson gull]

man i wanna get back to modding every time I visit this channel

[sullen dawn]

more armor stuff coming soon :3
( i had to SFW the hell out of it with the black suit. just in case. )

[sullen dawn]

• Undead Survivor Redux V2 ( in dev still )

[gray zephyr]

is that the model u was working on? like with the hugely detailed face?

or im trippin

[sullen dawn]

yes. that is

[gray zephyr]

lesgoo

btw if its not too much trouble, could it have 2 versions? like one as it is and other with more fat like PearShaped XL for example or Trice Body? if not is fine tho is just that i like those bodymodels

the big problem is the colthing compat i guess but ye just that

[sullen dawn]

Clothing compat is very much not as big an issue, as i patch them constantly

[gray zephyr]

holy, i know how to animate but idk nothin about modeling so i thought it was harder

[sullen dawn]

• Project Ava V2947 ( V2903 Far Right )

[lilac glen]

well ppl thanks for everything, i give up trying to make mods

is to difficult

[sullen dawn]

i grinded through failure thousands of times when i first started. keep at it

[lilac glen]

the textures are the worst part

[idle fractal]

It's not bad with the right tools, and understanding. What are you struggling with?

[lilac glen]

Hi, the textures, is just killing me

[sullen dawn]

( its UV wrapping he struggles with )

[frail elm]

Lol, for me it's the only part, that I get pleasure from, at least when making clothes

[formal flume]

Hi all! not sure if this is the right place for this but does anyone have experience with making very small (like seconds long) animations using the PZ models? There is a couple small clips that i would like for an upcoming thing im working on 🙂 If you are experienced and interested please dm me (happy to offer a reasonable commission for it following a discussion) If this is the wrong place for this please can some one direct me to the correct place please!

[knotty dew]

is there really no way to adjust offset of worldstatic model?

model Auramite_Armor_Ground
{
        mesh = Skinned/Clothes/Auramite_Armor,
        scale = 1,
}

cuz i tested without texture and it actually uses the texture thats asigned to the item via xml
and i would love to just add an offset to the items model script
so that i dont need to make another model for the WorldStaticModel

any ideas?

[full latch]

What do you mean by offset? Like how you place it on ground and it is in diffrent location than your cursor, or is in not desired rotation?

[gray zephyr]

sorry for ping but i remembered the model, the Project AVA V12 Hybrid is going to come in B42 (cause of technical and performance adventages) or is already programmed to be finished into B41?

is the best model i have seen till now on project zomboid

[knotty dew]

cuz if you use the model you use for worn clothing for example jacket

then what you will see if on the ground is the same but its floating

so i want to make it so that its on the floor via script so that i no longer need to make another clone of the same model
which is what vanilla does i think
you model a clothing item and export it twice just make the other one on the floor

id lile to avoid this if its possible

[full latch]

I usually make separate ground model by getting clothing item, placing it "flat on ground so origin point is in middle of it, then into edit mode, select all faces and then scale it with Z to flatten it. I don't think that apart from hats you can use your "clothing" model for ground model

[full latch]

I think you see it as floating if you give it "static=true" in xml, but not sure.

[knotty dew]

speaking of hat
why is mine doing this

the rest of the stuff doesnt do that

[full latch]

How do you exacly do your models?

[knotty dew]

and noticed on the xml
you need to specify the head bone

[knotty dew]

wdym

[full latch]

Do you weight pain them or make it move with bones via xml?

[knotty dew]

weight paint

[full latch]

You know you can weight paint hats too?

Its far easier

than assignign to bones and pray it works

[knotty dew]

how do you make them move via xml? you mean animset?

[knotty dew]

nope i did not cuz when i saw that hats are different i thought i might be due to them falling from heads

[full latch]

No, thats just how devs made them, but placing them in blender on head of player model, weighting them all red for head works far better as you have more controll than if you make it static method.

[jade quail]

if you want to use one single model for on character and world you set m_Static to true - i would look at how the vanilla hats are positioned as it's probably very particular about that

[full latch]

I remember ash saying something about it being near one of foots if you were to load pz player model, thought im not sure. @sullen dawn ?

Every"clothing" can be made with weight painting and in my opinion its FAR better and Easier than assignign it to move with bones with xml.

As for ground models, id just get model you made and just flatten it and export without armature, so you export selected and only your model.

[knotty dew]

ok @full latch thnx for the info
i still would want to figure out a way to do only 1 model
it will save alot of time in the long run

since this is my first clothing mod

but ill do the thing with hats
youre right its better to do it that way thnx

[knotty dew]

iirc you mentioned something about world item placement long time ago
if it has y axis then i can do the thing via lua

i found

item:setWorldZRotation()

theres no set but the
AddWorldInventoryItem
has height
pretty sure thats the offset

[knotty dew]

it worked

[jade quail]

models have an attachment world for orienting them when placed in the world

i don't know if clothing would respect that though

actually clothing doesn't even go through model scripts nvm

[full latch]

In case of those armors you don't really even need to flatten them, just making them stand is fine, for it all you need to do is export and in model script just put mesh since it will use texture assigned by XML. There might even be a case, but i haven't tried, if you were to link in model script your "weighted" clothing and add attachment world just like albion said and lower it there?

[knotty dew]

ihavent tried the attachment thing i thought that was for weapon parts
i might try that
but tbh the way i did it now is working for all i got to do is the lua
that changes the size and z offset.
it works as you can see on the image above

i dont want to do the normal way of making ground models since it takes extra step for each item
im trying to avoid that
now that i have the code it will be my permanent solution for ground models

[sullen dawn]

bruh just do ground models like a normal person -_-

[knotty dew]

lol

[knotty dew]

im gona remove the zomb rand but its funny to look at. i set it to trigger every ten mins

[thorn dew]

Hey glytch!!

[knotty dew]

yes?

[forest raven]

Hello, if I want to make an aiming animation for a specific weapon in my mod, would I only need to change to that animation or would I need to do more for each action?

[sullen dawn]

• [AVA] Makeup Expansion,
  ( you fought the bear, The Bear Won. )

Main Ver

[knotty dew]

what could have caused this? im guessing i left a floating vertex

[sullen dawn]

Weights unassigned.

some vertex's have no data.

[knotty dew]

ahh thnx thnx

[sullen dawn]

https://tenor.com/view/hardpretzel-sonic-3d-running-3dblast-gif-14031851104128980591

fast Tech spprt

[knotty dew]

so i just need to add even a tiny bit of weight ?

[sullen dawn]

pretty much, ther vertex's arent assigned to the bones

[hearty belfry]

After a long time, I solved my problem when creating a new model body for the game. When creating my model, I exported the default model to edit at scale 100, but I always deleted the translation and the Bip_01_Prop1, Bip_01_Prop2, which generated an error when loading the model. I simply left the objects and exported with the new model and it worked without any problems.

Important Note: When exporting, I used a scale of 1 because when editing an outfit for the model, all you have to do is grab the bones and group them with the desired outfit, and export at scale 0.01 and there will be no problems.

Note: Example model, using the TricerBody from the TricerBody mod created by Triceratops.

[knotty dew]

i think mesh doesnt have to be child of Bip01
but i could be wrong
ive only just learned modelling

and i dont think dummy is needed too

[supple sedge]

Some mullets

[hearty belfry]

I also just learned how to model a short time ago, regarding the Dummy I tested it without it and it gave an error when loading the model, according to what I saw in the codes, it is necessary to group them for correct rendering.

[knotty dew]

ah maybe cuz the model is the actual player model and ot just a clothing item?

[stone skiff]

Hello there

do you guys have a beard model?

[broken mauve]

any1 know how to fix the bones for the zomboid characters

[idle fractal]

What's wrong with it?

[safe pewter]

i wanna make a rally car can someone help me with the blender model of it

[hearty belfry]

yes, this config is only for a custom model, now for clothes I just take the bones from the model and fit them to the body model, and it works without problems

[unborn plinth]

What's the problem with it

[sullen dawn]

everything in that image. is required. and should be left as is

[knotty dew]

ok noted
thanks

[sullen dawn]

• Don't Blink.

[pliant compass]

progress on the pack, made some new models and started texturing the pickup (not pictured)

[warm flame]

Part of some mod coming out soon by any chance? I love those hairstyles

[frail elm]

I've wanted to do that myself, but you did that first...

[broken mauve]

I am a 3D modeler

[frail elm]

Ok?

[echo flume]

Does anybody know how to apply multiple textures from blender ontop a singular model?

I have a normal, base, roughness, and metalic texture I would like all applied onto the single model

[unborn plinth]

If your goal is to get it in-game, probably don't as I doubt it's supported in-game

But if it's a general Blender question, you should be able to find some very short youtube tutorials on how to do that imo

[echo flume]

alrighty, I think I'll just go into photoshop and mad science it

[knotty dew]

looks awsome man

[mild seal]

Are there any tutorials on how to add clothing items from mods?

[pliant compass]

i mean, you can still do it since at the end of the day the mods can be very different from each other

[frail elm]

Nah, working on another stuff rn

[pliant compass]

oh ok, good luck on your projects btw

[silk musk]

If you mean to mix all the textures into one, bake the mesh, if you want to mix them all in the same vertex assigned area just create a new texture with a mix node

[lost geode]

Does anyone have a directX blender addon, it seems like the i've been using for like two years has been nuked off the internet

[supple sedge]

Soon ™

[winter echo]

[echo flume]

missing magazine textures.. not sure what I did wrong here.. any suggestions?

[jade quail]

put a comma at the end of your texture = line

[echo flume]

https://tenor.com/view/wow-gif-20411229

[balmy basin]

Anyone know of a guide on how to get 2D sprites in PZ isometric perspective using Blender and 3D models?

[balmy basin]

For anyone looking todo this:
https://theindiestone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/35493-blender-template-for-creating-custom-pz-tiles/

[balmy basin]

Anyone know how to render an image in blender with transparent background? By default it uses gray.

[frail elm]

Render preferences> film> transparent background

[latent mauve]

Is this texture still used in-game? it looks old compared to newer ones

[frozen sandal]

looks like a drugged up kingpin in his undies

[somber ibex]

its used for player zombies

i think it probably is older than the other zombie textures though since zombie decay was added later in b41

[subtle warren]

one of the worst car designs in gaming history

congrats on bethesda

[pliant compass]

ngl it is ugly to a point where it has a certain charm to it

[subtle warren]

I bet even looney tunes would have donea better job its beyond goofy ass at this point

[pliant compass]

also just now that i realized the pic is a bit blurry, dunno if it is blender or my internet

[pliant compass]

like i said, it is goofy to a point where it becomes cool

kinda like some of those 80s nissan recreational cars

[subtle warren]

The series allready had good basis they just deleted everything and made it from scratch

deleting most of the old fans in the process too

but tbh most of them left gaming long ago before f3 cameout

[latent mauve]

okay thanks thnks

[pliant compass]

personally i feel like it is (kinda) fine the way it is, each game has it own style and i like it

even though i'll have to agree with you

[subtle warren]

it would have not whined if they used another nname for their series but then again it never have sold like this

they revived the game in such a destructive way

[pliant compass]

yep

i feel like the biggest problem with fo4 and modern bethesda games in general is the writing and general design of it

[subtle warren]

there is alot of problems with them, it just people dont care since its fallout just like gta5

[pliant compass]

that what i was going to say

[pliant compass]

i feel like fallout have the same problem as gta, where there's the favorite, the cashcow and the base for it

[subtle warren]

my self made assets for a Fallout 1 - Clone game

probably never gonna be used

[pliant compass]

damn these models look good

reminds me of ps1 styled models

[subtle warren]

that was the idea

PS1 FPS fallout 1 clone

[subtle warren]

my only hope is this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgu3ooMj80c

unused cars for a non existend game, i deleted the design decuments too

only models left

[pliant compass]

try to see if they need any help on some props, or try to play around with the idea in idk unity or unreal

this may be because i'm not to much into fallout but i never saw anyone do any fan game/clone in this style

[pliant compass]

nice

[subtle warren]

if anyone wanna use them in their projects feel free to contact

[pliant compass]

i feel like 40s/50s/90s cars are a hell to make lowpoly models

specially in the psx style

[subtle warren]

its hard ill admit

i am not gonna do cars Below 20$ after these are done

[pliant compass]

i feel you

specially because my pc has the habit of having problems while i'm using blender (like the audio bugging and my pc dying while i try to make hd models)

[subtle warren]

if you are modding pz its pretty basic

you dont have to make crazy models that has 56 million polys

below 2000 will be enough

[pliant compass]

yes

i really like to just make lowpoly models since it is also easier to uv and texture it

i guess the good thing about only making lowpoly models is this, and also it is a bit less time consuming

[subtle warren]

devil is in the details, texture work is usualy harder in low poly if you are trying to catch a artistic style

[pliant compass]

textures are a pain in the ass

i have a huge respect to those guys who can make realistic textures in pz, because it is hard af

decided to show some other models too

the nomad is starting to get on my nerves but it is more the lack of good blueprints

[sullen dawn]

yeah thats neato.

[sullen dawn]

i like what you are doing! keep it going ^_^

[subtle warren]

are these yours ?

amazing work

dauphine all the way down

[pliant compass]

thanks

love these little french nuggets

[pure notch]

I'm surprised nobody has done any GTA car-alike

[subtle warren]

what is that

[pure notch]

GTA San andreas cars, Vice city, any of those games cars.

[subtle warren]

I can do but ıts a rare car ıt can be put on the end of the list

I already did the Renault 9 and 12

And 11

[pure notch]

renault 12, muy buen auto

[sullen dawn]

Much Snug vibes

[elder shale]

Peace and blessings be upon you and your loved ones.

Several questions!

1. What is best to use for Zomboid modeling?
2. How does one get the measurements for said modeling/the player model?
3. How many hours of YouTube tutorial am I about to invest in whatever program you're about to suggest?

[sullen dawn]

blender.
use the default bodies pinned in this discord
i never used 1 second of tutorial.

[sullen dawn]

Matchy Jacket & TacM's

all of it is fitted at 0.0001 scale, matching the Real equivalents

[frail elm]

Fallout Combat Armor WIP

[sullen dawn]

Moshi Moshi, Come IN rubber Ducky.. * Over *

[sullen dawn]

• Project Fallout: NCR: Ranger Veteran
  https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3379091722

[grave moth]

Hello! Anyone know where I can find the fbx model for bullet vests and bandanas? I can only find the textures and xml files in the game files ._.

[full latch]

Xml files can show you where they get mesh from

Also most of vanilla clothing is in .X files not fbx

[elder shale]

Thank you, kindly.

[elder shale]

Excuse me guys, do I need to pay for the Better FBX importer?

[stark solar]

Is their a way we can use modded models for blender or no?

Like britas weapons and armor

[elder shale]

You may have to PM the mod author.

[stark solar]

Oh alr thanks

[sullen dawn]

• Project AVA: NPDM: Ranger Shorty Conversion

[full latch]

*cough bow

[sullen dawn]

waiting til b42 ^ on that

changes to weapons & anims

[solemn talon]

ooh! fallout stuff is the best

[elder shale]

Sorry for copy pasting. Need to know.

Excuse me guys, do I need to pay for the Better FBX importer? Or is there a means to get the Zomboid player character model to show up without it?

[full latch]

i've made something like this for myself. It contains everything i needed to create clothing mods

Unlike female model pinned here, which is acting funny while going from edit mode to object mode, this right here works exacly like it should and lines pretty much ideally (from my testing) with actuall model in game.

And they're all parented to single armature

[knotty dew]

what addons do you guys use for weight painting?

[full latch]

None. I do them myself if its whole custom model, or if i make something out of player's model it retains its weights so i have easier time.

There are probably addons for good automatic weights, but in PZ case its not many vertices/faces that its rather simpler to do them yourself

Or if you feel like it, you can try copying weights from PZ character and see if it end up good. Though you need to upscale player model and your model abit since it might not work because of small size of model

[full latch]

@bitter plover Would you mind, if i did addon that removes skulls from your backpack, if it would still require your main mod?

[bitter plover]

Yeah sure go for it

[full latch]

Yay!

[bitter plover]

You don't have to make it require my mod btw, if you send the link here once you're done with it I'll link to it in my modpage for it aswell

[full latch]

Or maybe you want me to make it so it is inside your mod with "clothingextra" option to wear it with ot without skulls?

So you can patch it?

[bitter plover]

You don't have to, If you're putting the effort into adjusting it I'd rather link your modpage to it so you get credit for it rather than patching it into mine

[full latch]

Im just enjoying nice backpack on my new save, but i'm not really a huge fan of having 2 heads watching my back, but not warning me about zombie behind me. They're already dead so why would they care if i die, so my characters head can become 3rd trophy...

Sometimes i feel like they're ploting new ways for me to die

[bitter plover]

lol true, I know asia has strict rules against skulls aswell I just never got around to adding a variant without them.
I've been swamped with 3D design for my full time job and the grasslands mod got extremely popular so I'm probably not going to be modding PZ anymore.
Any spare time I get I've been putting into modelling higher poly assets and learning UE5 so I can get another job in the industry.

[full latch]

Thats a bit sad news for PZ community, but at least (i hope so) great news for you.

I looked forward for more models from you, but thats fine

[bitter plover]

I'll still be around, probably when the next update drops, PZ assets are pretty quick and easy to make compared to what I'm doing now. Not saying I won't make any more in the future, just not certain on when atm

[elder shale]

Thank you so much. <3

[sullen dawn]

by hand.

[full latch]

https://tenor.com/view/za-hando-the-hand-jjba-jojos-bizarre-adventures-fire-gif-17710876

[fierce abyss]

Howdy! I'm trying to figure out how I can get a copy of my player model to do an animation with, anyone here have experience with that?

[bitter plover]

#modeling message

Everything else you'll need is in the pinned messages also

[full latch]

https://i.gyazo.com/013a515be200a1777f5fdf7fc459a125.mp4

[bitter plover]

Looks dope, drop me a message here when you've uploaded I'll add the link into the mod page aswell

[fierce abyss]

oh shoot, nice! I didn't realize that was such a frequent question-

[bitter plover]

All good np

[full latch]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3380249081

[bitter plover]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?edit=true&id=3347116484

Added it in here, if you shoot me a friend request on steam I'll add you in as a contributor aswell;
https://steamcommunity.com/id/Shini9966/

[full latch]

No need for contributor, but i've sent invite non the less

[sullen dawn]

Meanwhile, Very Important Modding Business is Occuring

[sullen dawn]

Armuh

[bitter plover]

Those models must cripple your fps

[sullen dawn]

All 0% of that

( ie, much negatory on the FPS crippling category )

This here Million Tri Optimus Prime, however, would very much do that

much obsurd.

( i speed mod stuff at random when i first wake up sometimes,
gets the brain running well )

[bitter plover]

If you're making models like this I'd seriously consider setting up and artstation and a linked in profile and looking for work

[sullen dawn]

oh no. thats the Bayverse Optimus Prime Movie asset.
no way i would make that.

[bitter plover]

Was talking about the gun models, they're clean

[sullen dawn]

oh those, that particular one is 50/50
its very heavily Cut and optimised

[bitter plover]

Still, could land a job with that level of skill

[sullen dawn]

consequence of modding pz since day 1, at this point only coding UI eludes me

the UI bit is definately on the way out the door today though..
Sleep deprived me, seems to read it all, waay better

Much Deprived of sleep.

[sullen dawn]

Kattaj Service uniform mod works well with Ava, solid... 95% pass 🙂

pants are different story, but thats normal from PZ trouser models i beleive

[sullen dawn]

• Ahz Skirts Mod, AVA Patch

[safe pewter]

i was digging in the debug menu and i made zombies look like they don't have skin and clothes how do i fix it please someone help

[rugged nest]

Gosh i feel so stupid when i started to try make a PZ model in Blender

[frail elm]

But most of people make them in blender

So why

[rugged nest]

i mean i feel stupid because i am noob at this thing and i havent knew what to do

[hollow scroll]

Hey guys

I have a question, I want to know if you can help me

How do I import 3D mod models into Blender?

example: import a clothing mod 3D model

[tame totem]

I want to get into animating Project Zomboid stuff via blender, and rn
I know absolutely nothing about it, any recommendations on people I should watch or tips and tricks for blender I should take into account?

[hollow scroll]

I have a playlist with some tips that can help you, just like it helped me

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjsDr4kMrLAJIewHGNr5ro43SSlbvcwaP&si=u4u_6kJuquH5uuo3

@tame totem

[tame totem]

thx

[hollow scroll]

xd

[knotty dew]

this question should be posted here
#mod_support

this channel is for making models for mods

anyways
here this might help
#1070852229654917180 message

you probably turned on skeleton or something

[sullen dawn]

you ...turned on a skele & it isnt halloween?

[sullen dawn]

• LVX: Tactical Animations
  has Released
  https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3381273319

[timber zodiac]

sup

how fix that? i dont have a car body

this is car settings

maybe someone can find error

https://theindiestone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/28633-complete-vehicle-modding-tutorial/&tab=comments

i made as in this tutorial

[sullen dawn]

Custom Slicey Anim + Custom Stab Anim comin next patch

[blazing mason]

The model in the picture doesn't look like low poly. did you make it yourself? Or just downloaded?

[timber zodiac]

Это как бы фотки с сайта где тутор, это не мои модели :/

[pliant compass]

try to see if the model faces aren't in the opposite direction or even if it ins't an script bug (enter vehicle edit mode, save without changes and return to the game)

[timber zodiac]

Faces are okay, I made models in blender about 2 years

[timber zodiac]

Edit mode method don't help, nothing happend

It's issue with body, maybe in .txt file

[timber zodiac]

Here

[pliant compass]

maybe you misspeled the chassis model path

my best guess is to double check it or see if the model is in the correct size

[sullen dawn]

Even Moar Anims

[timber zodiac]

all good

its second model where i have problem with body model

wheels shows, but body - no

[timber zodiac]

i fix that

[timber zodiac]

what is this yellow pixels?

[rugged nest]

you mean at irl car?

[idle fractal]

I think I see it around the windows as well. My guess is that it is in game texture compression.

[timber zodiac]

I need remove that yellow pixels around car lights, how I can do this?

[idle fractal]

While in game look for texture compression in your graphics settings. Try turning it off and reloading to see if it changes. You can also change the max texture size to see if that makes a difference.

It could be that PZ is resizing and compressing your textures, resulting in these artifacts.

[latent mauve]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3381278328

[unborn plinth]

Amazing !

[unborn plinth]

That's the parasite mod alongside yours ?

[latent mauve]

Nope, but I made the red vine mod as a requirement

well not a requirement, just a recommendation

[unborn plinth]

That looks amazing

[latent mauve]

thamkks...

the zeds just love lowering their heads and not show their faces smh

[unborn plinth]

Yea lol

[latent mauve]

these are one of the unique ones

incredibly joyous

[timber zodiac]

maybe it cause i have 1024x1024 texture size

[timber zodiac]

this is damage texture :\

[cedar scaffold]

this reminds me of the john liverman texture i did for pz

[latent mauve]

that name sounds ominous

[cedar scaffold]

john liverman @latent mauve

[latent mauve]

not the John Liverman

[latent mauve]

Oh God

[latent mauve]

No

[cedar scaffold]

i forgot to save him

[latent mauve]

oh shucks

[cedar scaffold]

john liverman rots

but his textures are easy enough

put john liverman in the files of the game

and you will never recover

[latent mauve]

not the first time that I forgot to save a texture paint in blender

[cedar scaffold]

who really expects to go in the texture paint menu and press save

nobody i tells ya

[latent mauve]

[latent mauve]

ikr 😭

[cedar scaffold]

can you add john liverman as a optional file if i give the texture to you

i could also just fork your mod and replace it as needed if you allow me to

[latent mauve]

I'll prbably replace this one

[cedar scaffold]

sounds good

ill send it to you later

[latent mauve]

I got lazy texturing the ones without level_x

[cedar scaffold]

so the texture you are asking me to replace isnt going to show up ingame?

oh wait

[latent mauve]

I'll just put it for shit and giggles lol

[cedar scaffold]

theres different levels of zedbodys?

[latent mauve]

y

[cedar scaffold]

ill get back to you

[somber ibex]

ive lost so many textures that i compulsively press save every 3 seconds now lol

[latent mauve]

me with every .blend files in general (I did something drastic in render properties that it suddenly closed on me)

[sullen dawn]

when you, the player RP as a Military trained player, But its Fake ( and you have 0 firearm skills )

[vapid iron]

vita carnis moment

[latent mauve]

the mimic

[grave moth]

Hello! Silly question but is there a way to import item models that are X files into blender? I wanna use the guitar 3D model for a animation I am working on but there is no FBX in the game files :I

[sullen dawn]

Ranger Operator mod progress time.

There is... alot. done. today

Base Mod vest meme loadout

[bronze dawn]

does anyone know why my custom shamble animation isn't playing? I have it in the zombie folder in Anims_X

its a .fbx

[sullen dawn]

yeahhh...the xml. is only a tiny fraction of what will break. when anims are attempted.

we are missing some serious context. every name match lowercase etc?
animkey set correctly? <-----
is the game throwing errors? does said Z do meme stuff and get broken?

[bronze dawn]

i changed the name to "Shamble1"
how would i set animkey?

also it is throwing errors

[sullen dawn]

you have told it to, use the animation, but, it walked off a cliff, in its rough direction

inside that FBX file is a keyname.
people always tend to set it, to the File name itself

if that file was called something before you edited its name.
that word it had, is the old key it still needs.

[bronze dawn]

TYSM

hmmmm

I renamed the action

and the nla track

[sullen dawn]

keep at it. youll get there

[bronze dawn]

Where would I rename the animkey?

[sullen dawn]

the NLA is the animkey.

[bronze dawn]

Ah

[lilac wren]

Anyone? Hello?

[ancient pagoda]

Can someone recall me what the angles are for easting and northing ? (i.e. the angle from the screen top direction to the east direction and the angle from the screen top direction to the north direction) => EastingAngle = 120°, NorthingAngle = 60°

[sullen dawn]

you mean this yes?

@ancient pagoda

[hollow scroll]

HOW TO IMPORT 3D MOD MODELS TO BLENDER?

IS IT POSSIBLE?

[unborn plinth]

https://github.com/poikilos/io_import_x

[hollow scroll]

TNKS

[lilac wren]

Hey question about the models and texture, what kind of app do they call it when you have both the model and the texture and when you edit the texture it shows you on the model?

I can't figure out what kind of app I'd need for making a texture for my model on mobile

[sullen dawn]

• so i .. made an addon to brutal handwork..

[gray zephyr]

[unborn plinth]

Lol

[sullen dawn]

it got better

[unborn plinth]

Did you just make a whole ass animation for zombies lol ?

[sullen dawn]

yes

https://tenor.com/view/billy-butcher-the-boys-diabolical-butcher-butcher-the-boys-gif-26163220

slapping them is Evil levels of fun

[gray zephyr]

one slap man the mod

💀

[whole gyro]

https://tenor.com/view/lethal-company-bracken-flower-man-slap-of-god-efs3-gif-4960714777996061279

[sullen dawn]

so im already working on mods for B42
... even with no info on how it all will go What could go Wrong.

[wicked sun]

Hey felas! Does zomboid have transparency? Like, can I load a texture with transparent properties?

[sullen dawn]

yes.

[full latch]

You can technicly, but model with semi transparet texture might hide other models (in case of clothing) that it would otherwise cover. I'd say try it and see if outcome satisfies you

[wicked sun]

Not about clothing, you see

[sullen dawn]

this can be bypassed.

[wicked sun]

This

this fucking irks me to no end

the absolute lack of a lil shadow

So I am going to fake it

[sullen dawn]

Seethrough Tech is most definately possible.

[wicked sun]

Thanks!

[full latch]

I'm not sure how it acts on objects that are placed on world

[sullen dawn]

fun fact the player model draws a png shadow. 24/7 so you can yoink the code for that and add it to your item.

^ this will work on a 3d item placed. 100%.

[wicked sun]

huh! I could try that!

[sullen dawn]

happy hunting 🙂

[wicked sun]

but, i think i need a particular shadow for this

I will report with results

[sullen dawn]

see the one under your char?

thats the one i mean it uses 😛

[wicked sun]

yeah, i think i need something a bit more rectanglar

Maybe create just the AO of the lil legs?

could be

if I have transparency

[sullen dawn]

you can add or edit your own, so. yeah up to you, tons of options

[wicked sun]

nothing can stop me

Thanks everyone, and excuse the strong tone of my request. I was a bit pissed at how it looks like a sticker

[wicked sun]

Should look like this in game, I will report

[unborn plinth]

How ?

[sullen dawn]

i tried explaining it once and people were legitimently not...able to understand..

[ancient pagoda]

lol

[abstract fulcrum]

I have a question about where I can get hair textures?

[blazing mason]

check pinned messages

[abstract fulcrum]

Either I'm blind or dumb, but I only found models there.

[blazing mason]

Sorry, for some reason I thought you needed hair models. I can't help with textures, but here is a link to a guide on working with hairstyles
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2721464487
Models here
#modeling message

[somber ibex]

theyre in media/textures

the file names start with F_hair

[abstract fulcrum]

Thanks, I already found it.

[timber zodiac]

decals working bad 😦

[polar quartz]

Keep it up you're almost done

[stable obsidian]

VFE feature teaser

[full latch]

Chambering bullet without magazine?

[stable obsidian]

jams

[upbeat quarry]

Old photo of my unfinished mod

[near gate]

killdozer???? lol

[sullen dawn]

i gotta ask. for the love of zomboid itself. Are ANY anim files being converted to fbx.
even just....1.

i saw the update. there are not...any present..

[supple sedge]

I read that they are going to update their anim system during b42 beta so its way easier to make animations. I dont have the source right now.

[sullen dawn]

the oddity is, when making any 3d file or anim. it takes a second at most to make it fbx

.x anim files, are the worst, Possible outcome for this, unless those tools can make anims that dont corrupt in blender

[supple sedge]

Its in the pinned messages, but its because their main animator/modelers use another program that exports it like that.

[sullen dawn]

i await that program eagerly.

[supple sedge]

#mod_development message

You could message him I guess and see if hes still doing it.

[sullen dawn]

normally i ...refrain from annoying them as they are busy. but it is important, so i will, attempt it.

[dusk maple]

https://tenor.com/view/charlie-brown-snow-christmas-tongue-out-gif-10413585

[supple sedge]

Did they change the body. in b42? Things look ok in the character viewer but ingame this happens.

[somber ibex]

theres a bug rn with the model renderer

you have to go into weight paint mode on the model and hit "normalise all" which should fix it

[sullen dawn]

SO THATS what the Damn thing is

[supple sedge]

Cool, it works. Hopefully its something they fix soon so I dont have to spend a couple hours double checking everything.

[whole gyro]

[fleet copper]

Are there any video tutorials on how to model for zomboid?

tried doing it myself but i didnt like the outcome

[sullen dawn]

so uh what happens if normalise doesnt do much?

[somber ibex]

did you do normalise all or just normalise?

[sullen dawn]

either

both helps a little. but not much really.

[somber ibex]

try turning on auto-normalise in weight paint mode and then painting somewhere with low strength and see if that fixes it maybe?

[sullen dawn]

painting on a body mod is dangerous

[supple sedge]

Did you try the latest version of blender? Maybe that might be it, its what Im using rn.

[sullen dawn]

always stuck with 4.1 til today apparently

new blender ruins the flow. of everything

[somber ibex]

i'm on 4.1

[sullen dawn]

4.1 is solid

mostly gone. but still there as usual

[supple sedge]

Also FYI if anyone made a hat mod and did it the way they do it ingame as a static item, you need to mirror the Y global and reexport it.

[sullen dawn]

Please Tag me if they fix this render issue.

[supple sedge]

If you want you can try adjusting your weight paints while you wait. For some reason on some shorts I made the Bip01_Pelvis was showing through the model on the lower parts until I erased it and replace it with Bip01_L_Thigh & Bip01_R_Thigh and it fixed that.

[sullen dawn]

I re weighted it from scratch, technically it is perfect ... Even used every kind of normalise there, painting it by hand ruins it

[supple sedge]

I mean, maybe make a copy of what you made and play with it if you want. They probably did something so that lighting affects the Vertex groups somehow.

[sullen dawn]

I've made that mod for 6k hours. I'm....beyond burnt out and not motivated if it's wrecked

Nothing I got can fix it above...85%

[supple sedge]

Oh dang nvm, well hopefully they fix it soon but if not you probably have a 2-3 week break.

[sullen dawn]

If they don't, I'm not coming back

No amount of money or features can replace that effort for me

[frail elm]

10k dollas

[sullen dawn]

Worthless.

[frail elm]

100k dollas

[sullen dawn]

Nothing pheasible is really fixing the core issue..money can't turn back time or fix every issue.

[frail elm]

1mil dollas

[sullen dawn]

This isn't getting you anywhere ...

[frail elm]

1bil dollas

[somber ibex]

it should be fixed soon i submitted a bug report already

[sullen dawn]

I hope so 😥

[somber ibex]

am i crazy or are the weights on the female model broken in the new version

the thumb looks like its weighted wrong

[sullen dawn]

Idk why but the whole rendering is way off, for mine.. nothing helps it

[somber ibex]

oh nvm i think its just the thumb bone moving

i somehow didnt even notice there was a thumb and finger bone until just now

[sullen dawn]

The finger things...somewhat odd but been there for ages

[somber ibex]

i was wondering how i never noticed it before but i think its because we can zoom in more now

[sullen dawn]

Likely due to that anim being made with an item in hand so long ago

[somber ibex]

yeah i just tested a bit and it is the bone i think

weird

[sullen dawn]

It does seem... exaggerated more than I remember

[somber ibex]

are your models triangulated?

[timid frost]

Animations are also broken

[sullen dawn]

It's the pz player body model, so swapping it to square or tri won't change the out come

[timid frost]

Is there a new way to handle animations?

[somber ibex]

i have a clothing model that was still having rendering issues even after normalising but triangulating it in blender fixed it

[sullen dawn]

I'll give that a quick test

[somber ibex]

wait nevermind

when you press normalise all go to the bottom left of the screen and turn off lock active and see if that fixes it

[sullen dawn]

yknow what, idk how but for once, im happy to be handed the idea that worked 🙂

thankyou.

[somber ibex]

i have no idea why some of my models were fixed without changing that option but others werent

[supple sedge]

Now you have to do the fun part of manually going through every item and doing that. Its taken me like 2 hours so far

[sullen dawn]

such a small thing had me ruined 😦

[sullen dawn]

a thousand hours of fixing things is easier than 5 mins of not having hope 🙂