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http://oi59.tinypic.com/2mze3jb.jpg
That doesn't look bad, though! The mouth seems to have some sort of issue with the line, but it's still the original design. I'm actually quite happy with it.
On the other hand
http://s1.directupload.net/images/140430/exu3j84h.png
That changes too much and for absolutely no good reason that I can see over the one above.
Have you actually tried the direct folders though (direct\char and direct\battle)? You just copy in the files. lgp tools do need to be run as admin.
I'm more for the CC style, too. It has a more advanced Manga look.
But I try to keep the original style as much as possible.
Anyway that's how Cloud currently looks:
There is no way I use the HQ models of the rendered scenes as reference:
The face is entirely different.
Not that I'm closer to the draw, which is of course not possible because I used the Dessidia model as a reference, but the shape of the head is more natural.
And that's what I want, a natural Manga look. No vessels as boots and no detective conan like heads. Normally Nomura had to redraw the characters after the story was finished. Because Cloud isn't the cool super Soldier (yes the Desidia design is closer to what Cloud is), Tifa's character isn't so strong as she was planed first, she is in her acting now very feminine which makes her skimpy skirt dress unnecessary, Vincent thought that he needs a new dress with a unique gear now where he is a monster (or does Hojo dressed him this way?) and Yuffie... well I didn't even knew what that dress should represent. Half skimpy school girl, half ninja? I ever thought she looks a bit like a tourist not like a ninja. The rest of the team is OK because they aren't effected by the story changes so much. Yes even Cait Sith, it's hard to make a bad character even more worse. As I said normally Nomura had to run over the design again, but there was no time anymore. What we currently have is a have done piece of work.
If people have a problem with my style, then do what I did. Make your own models or alter the models I have done. That was my motivation.
I did. Look the ending2 at 5:43. Do you see what's wrong with Cloud?
Only a guess of me. But I think Nomura wanted a realistic look, but if you paint a lot of chibi formed characters you can loose the sense for the proportions.
Early concept of Cloud (I had preferred it, because its closer to the Fenrir wolf Cloud represents)
The cloud head that comes with the battle model (high res) is perfect. As a true representation of the original design, it doesn't really get any better.
I agree. I am not sure what Kal is doing for Reunion. Whether he is keeping it more to the original design (I hope so, because I'd not be able to add it otherwise)
I also prefer the original style and feel there is too much deviation from it. But I don't have to install it so...
As good as the old 90s render is, it's nose is a massively long L, not to mention purple isn't a very heroic color.
Plus, considering where the belt is in that picture, his torso looks almost degenerately small compared to his legs.
So this is the last head from me for this year. I have designed the head with the head from Cloud in Dessidia as reference. So it's a bit different from the original game model. The eyes are completely new repainted with a more glossy look. I need to add the earring, but this will not be a problem anyway.
Well I need to update my own library first before I releasing anything. Aerith and Sephiroth need new back hair and I have to split the eyes of the new heads in a left and right part for a correct blinking.
My only true gripe with modding is its lack of continuity in design. Many modders have their own style, and when combining them together, sometimes the look and feel of the game loses its identity and you can start to distinctly tell which mods were made by different authors (No offense to the Optimus Prime idea, but that's kind of what I'm talking about
Please, don't use Compute to ground high! It only affects the current animation (not the model). If you do that, you need to do this for all animations of the model. And it doesn't always work correctly.
You could also try this with the light: Z max left and Y max right with all lights on.
Ok, thanks for the information Aali.
EDIT: Done. You can grab 0.97a at the first page.
Kimera also has a problem saving texture slot information. This will result in an invisible model in the game because no texture is loaded. Use a program like PCreator to assign the textures to the model.
Sorry TheHierarchy, but adding more formats support is not in my plans. The source code is available, though, so anyone else could write it.
The real solution is fixing the discrepancy between Kimera and FF7 engine color handling.
Kimera kills a needed information for transparency ( from my understanding it's some kind of a material information, which is needed for the transparency to work).
It was some what hard to restore it, but well...
I don't know if it works, a second time for the models, but you must convert the rsd-files of the models with bitrun to a 3ds file and then you must apply the new bones to the model.
but i'll try that out when i get a chance.
