What exactly are you looking for in a weapon skin? Are we looking for the flashy Chantico's Fire or is it supposed to be more serious and realistic like the skins are now
It's pretty much anything goes. We don't want to box you guys in on this at all. Just be reasonable in regards to things the Army can put out. Obviously no terrorist flags on the skin, or nudity, nothing copyrighted, that kind of stuff.
I'll have a proper go.. once I get the hang of it, probably start small on the pistol that was just a first (very bad) attempt haha, figuring out which part of the UV map on the texture is to a certain part of the weapon is what I'm finding a real challenge
To think.. people do this for a living..
Ye, the first time it always get tricky.. You're lucky cuz my photoshop didn't open the .obj at all.. So I imported it into C4D, I've put the weapon back to getter and now its time to get the texture in the correct location of the model..
EDIT: @TheTots I'm guessing you guys have the image mirror in-game the way you setup the templates, but to be sure can you confirm that?.. Like you see the right side of the weapon as the textures mixing up like a good old cocktail on the back, the mag and the side grip
Is there a way to view the magazine in the AAGame Editor?
Yes. The magazine uses the same texture that the main weapon does, but is a separate mesh. Just follow the instructions in the guide for viewing your skin on the weapon and then open the up the magazine mesh. It is 'M4_1P_MagFull_SM' for the M4. Your texture should show up there.
EDIT: @TheTots I'm guessing you guys have the image mirror in-game the way you setup the templates, but to be sure can you confirm that?.. Like you see the right side of the weapon as the textures mixing up like a good old cocktail on the back, the mag and the side grip
There isn't any mirroring on the weapon. There is room on the texture sheet for both sides of the weapon.
I think what he's saying is the UV map for the M4 is incorrect for the model, I get them weird black bits too, even if I paint the whole texture one color.
If my trollery drives you crazy, you'd better put on your seatbelt.
I am having difficulty with the whole previewing in the full editor thing. Basically I'm just a nub who doesn't know Unreal and doesn't follow instructions. Could I send my PNG files to someone else and get them to do that part for me?
I used a workaround, took screengrabs of the texture(s) in the editor then resized them in photoshop to fit in the UV maps they provided. Its a bit of a pain, but I found it really helps not only with what part of the weapon is what on the UV map, but would also save me lots and lots of time by using some parts of the original skin so that they at least look natural on the weapon here's a pic of the default M4 skin (oops i did the specular map for this example lol) but you get the gist I hope
Simply open it (or any of the other textures you might want), then take a sneeky screengrab.
As you can see the devs are kinda pro's at it, there's no way on earth I'd get one looking anything like that, so I'm just skinning some parts and borrowing others, I mean, a gun barrel is a gun barrel, no sense in me making it look like a fluffly slipper (which would be a fire hazard too haha), when we can already have a normal looking one
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Ye, the first time it always get tricky.. You're lucky cuz my photoshop didn't open the .obj at all.. So I imported it into C4D, I've put the weapon back to getter and now its time to get the texture in the correct location of the model..
EDIT: @TheTots I'm guessing you guys have the image mirror in-game the way you setup the templates, but to be sure can you confirm that?.. Like you see the right side of the weapon as the textures mixing up like a good old cocktail on the back, the mag and the side grip
Yes. The magazine uses the same texture that the main weapon does, but is a separate mesh. Just follow the instructions in the guide for viewing your skin on the weapon and then open the up the magazine mesh. It is 'M4_1P_MagFull_SM' for the M4. Your texture should show up there.
There isn't any mirroring on the weapon. There is room on the texture sheet for both sides of the weapon.
In Editor
In Game
Getting there, learning
Simply open it (or any of the other textures you might want), then take a sneeky screengrab.
As you can see the devs are kinda pro's at it, there's no way on earth I'd get one looking anything like that, so I'm just skinning some parts and borrowing others, I mean, a gun barrel is a gun barrel, no sense in me making it look like a fluffly slipper (which would be a fire hazard too haha), when we can already have a normal looking one