USF4 | PC Custom Skin Thread

[hunterk]

@Piuma
If it’s showing up properly in the Asset Explorer, you probably just need to reassign the DDS textures.

First, you’ll need to create new col.emb and nml.emb files that contain all of the character’s original DDS textures, along with the DDS texture(s) that colors the imported object (in this case, Dee Jay only has one DDS, so that makes it pretty easy). This tutorial shows how to make these files using Kensou’s SF4tool. You’ll probably want to put the new DDS in the first slot and bump all of the original ones down.

Then, using sloth86’s DDSRefEdit tool, you’ll need to tell it which color and normal map the new object needs (I think for your case it will be 0 and 5 if the new DDS is in the first position). Check the box to bump the rest of the references up by 1, which will compensate for the new DDS.

That should be it. Anyone else is welcome to chime in if I missed anything or made any mistakes.

[ImAFatLoser]

MAKE HAKAN THE KUNG FU PANDA!! I fucking love that movie.

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh45/panduh2006/Movies/Kung-Fu-Panda.jpg

http://i1218.photobucket.com/albums/dd413/zUkUu/ssf4%20alt/hakan.jpg

[siegfried129]

I really want to know how use corectly swap tools, but i have problem to understand the tutorials. I’m not a pro about 3d editing. I have understand how swap objects with EMGSWAP.exe but i can’t go on in the process.

This is an idea on GOUKI.

I hope someone can finish this work or explain me how do it by myself.

Gouki with Deejay’s Jacket & Cap: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=AEBIVO33

http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/8400/senzanomeee.png

Gouki with Deejay’s Jacket & Cap: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=W8LD9ZDZ

http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/9513/senzanomeb.png

how do this ? please tell me

[sensibeat]

I really want to know how use corectly swap tools, but i have problem to understand the tutorials. I’m not a pro about 3d editing. I have understand how swap objects with EMGSWAP.exe but i can’t go on in the process.
This is an idea on GOUKI.
I hope someone can finish this work or explain me how do it by myself.

@Piuma
If it’s showing up properly in the Asset Explorer, you probably just need to reassign the DDS textures.

First, you’ll need to create new col.emb and nml.emb files that contain all of the character’s original DDS textures, along with the DDS texture(s) that colors the imported object (in this case, Dee Jay only has one DDS, so that makes it pretty easy). This tutorial shows how to make these files using Kensou’s SF4tool. You’ll probably want to put the new DDS in the first slot and bump all of the original ones down.

Then, using sloth86’s DDSRefEdit tool, you’ll need to tell it which color and normal map the new object needs (I think for your case it will be 0 and 5 if the new DDS is in the first position). Check the box to bump the rest of the references up by 1, which will compensate for the new DDS.

That should be it. Anyone else is welcome to chime in if I missed anything or made any mistakes.

That’s tougher than that, you only cover the texture part.
The hat should be the easiest, you’ll have to edit (hexa) the file to change the bone it’s linked to (gouki’s “headbone” should be enough -you get that number from gouki’s smd extracted with EMG2SMD and opened in notepad-).
More infos here: Modding SSF4AE for PC (NO DLC UNLOCKS!)

For the vest it’s quite longer:
First you’ll have to remodel the vest cos it isn’t going in the same direction as the arms (they go through each other).
Then you’ll have to extract the skeletons (smd) from gouki and dee jay and compare them (Blender seems to be what’s working best, or if you know what you’re looking for you can just open the smd in notepad), to edit (hexa) the vest with gouki’s bones’ links.

MAKE HAKAN THE KUNG FU PANDA!! I fucking love that movie.

Rufus would fit better.

[Machiventa]

True Kato vol 2
Since Etenal complained it,i decided to update with minor change
update the shirt (yay you must recognise it first) but I let it unbutton
fix the hat(no more skull but still keep the wing to look like bee)
improve the color
finally a image of bruce lee (finally found it on internet)
hope you like it
BTW,anyone thinks that I should release that Guy mod on the picture(still working of course)
Image and download:http://monkeygigabuster.deviantart.com/gallery/31594922#/d4a5yuk

http://th08.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2011/260/5/3/fln_true_kato_vol_2_by_monkeygigabuster-d4a5yuk.jpg

awesome man, lovin’ it. I only wish I had all the colors! For now I’m using it in place of alt costume 1, the underwear costume which I dont like very much. I tried to put it in place of alt. 2 to see if I could get all colors, but the hat is brown on all colors except color 1. haha.

[hunterk]

@sensibeat
If he swapped the cap in place of his hair, it should already be ready to go with bone assignments, right? Just like a head>head swap?

[sensibeat]

It could, from the look of it, the head often has the same number in the skeletons from the smd I extracted, but I had issues with the same characters whose bones weren’t numbered the same between 2 costumes.

*edit: *
I had to look into Zangief smd’s for his 2nd and 4th costumes to see his “dick bone” wasn’t numbered the same.
before:
http://seemypic.net/images/mini/7692/2-3.jpg
after:
http://seemypic.net/images/mini/7691/wip.jpg

[mugenlove100]

@sensibeat
If he swapped the cap in place of his hair, it should already be ready to go with bone assignments, right? Just like a head>head swap?

Nope it doesn’t work like that, each emg has it build in to what bone the object is assign to. You either have use sloth tool emg2smd and blender to put the object you want the bone to be assign to or hex it like sensibeat said

[Roki_Ferrari]

EMGSWAP
How to decide this problem?
“array variable subscript badly formatted”

[Roki_Ferrari]

friends, who will be able it to do?

http://cs10065.vkontakte.ru/u14770057/139129896/x_abdeb978.jpg

[RaishinX]

^ oh shit…

[Roki_Ferrari]

I very like! do who can, please!
I would do it under TAEKWONDO…

[sloth86]

friends, who will be able it to do?

I don’t think this would be possible at the moment. Juri doesn’t have any bones in her skeleton to animate the bottom of the gi and the belt. It’s currently impossible to edit the skeleton of a character EMO file with any of my tool.

[Augh]

EMGSWAP
How to decide this problem?
“array variable subscript badly formatted”

Sounds like what happens when you export .obj from Max. Where has the .emg you’re swapping come from?

[sensibeat]

I made a little tutorial: Swapping static objects with sloth86’s tools.

I’ll do one on multi mesh objects when I’ll be able to do it flawlessly.

[mikros]

I thought that Sakura mod was wierd and scary enough the first time.

Wait till you see someone ask for a pregnant version of it.

[Augh]

@sensi: Niceeee.

@mikros: Where is Terry Bogard?

[sensibeat]

@sloth86 & hunterk

I noted 2 things while writing the tutorial:

1. the last version of EMG2SMD doesn’t work if you put 0 as #EMG number to extract (to get the skeleton only)
2. the OBJ2EMG version on the wiki isn’t the last version: http://www.mediafire.com/?p1vvruy4ycy3ejt

[Roki_Ferrari]

friends, who will be able it to do?

http://cs4561.vkontakte.ru/u39272323/143116387/x_838a2998.jpg

and

http://cs4561.vkontakte.ru/u39272323/143116387/x_0c7aa76e.jpg

I very like! do who can, please!:rock:

[sloth86]

@sloth86 & hunterk

I noted 2 things while writing the tutorial:

1. the last version of EMG2SMD doesn’t work if you put 0 as #EMG number to extract (to get the skeleton only)

Weird, i cant get that to work either. I swear it worked when i tested it. If you want to extract just the skeleton from an .emo file, I still have an older tool that i wrote :
EMOskel2SMD: http://www.mediafire.com/?9akbtiw9697z6fc

nice tut btw! Hope to see more great mods come from it. Almost anything is possible now in terms of skin mods. Only thing left is being able to edit skeletons. Except i cant completely figure out the last half of character .emo files >< I also suspect the .bsr files are involved too…