Tomato: Revolutionary (06/16/08)

[Tomato]

Great job!

So, when's he gonna be released?

:::ducks for cover before fiery tomato smashed into his head:::

:)

This looks like a job for my stabby knife.  :twisted:


In all seriousness though, I plan on releasing this, God Girl, the Sharkmen, and something else all at once.

[Tomato]

Life SUCKS.


Yesterday I got a virus on my computer, it's infected my windows OS to the point where the login screen will no longer come up, and I'm scared to death about what's happened to my files. Also yesterday, my truck wouldn't start so we had to rent another vehicle, because of which I missed the first half of a spanish exam, which is one of my two lowest classes this semestre. To top it off, the rental vehicle is only registred to my mother, but I have to drive it to get to class.

So, in a nutshell, I might not be skinning for the next few days.

[Figure Fan]

Life SUCKS.


Yesterday I got a virus on my computer, it's infected my windows OS to the point where the login screen will no longer come up, and I'm scared to death about what's happened to my files. Also yesterday, my truck wouldn't start so we had to rent another vehicle, because of which I missed the first half of a spanish exam, which is one of my two lowest classes this semestre. To top it off, the rental vehicle is only registred to my mother, but I have to drive it to get to class.

So, in a nutshell, I might not be skinning for the next few days.

OMG! That is my worst nightmare..seriously..

I've got my Spanish final tommorrow afternoon, and I just hope to high heaven that my car holds up in the cold weather here in Michigan..

Sorry, Tomato. I hope things work out ok for you  :(

[Previsionary]

wow, that sucks. I was wonderin' what ate you yester-eve and I figured you had more pc problems or you wandered off. Hopefully all your files are safe (or at least easily recoverable) and your car problems disappear and your exams go alright and...maybe Christmas will be a good day for you.  ;)

[Podmark]

Man I know how you feel and it really sucks. I hope you can recover your files.

[Tomato]

Ugh, one semi-good thing happened. I emailed my intructor for spanish, and was able to retake the first half... Still don't know about the computer though. I'm having to wait until my dad gets home so I can get the nescessary junk to go about fixing it.

[Tomato]

Bad news+Good news...

Bad news is, the virus in question is quite nasty. We reinstalled the OS, but anytime we try to install anything, be it drivers, programs, whatever, it tanks the system again. It's a strong possibility we'll have to format(for those not in the know, that means we're in effect deleting everything. That's not exactly it, but it's close enough).

Good news is it doesn't seem to have effected any of the individual files, (just the OS and exectables, though I'm not even sure there... it effected the firwalls and anti-virus stuff, but I don't know if it attacked other executables at all) so I've been able to transfer everything FF-related to my portable hard drive that wasn't already on there.

Anyway, what this means to non-techy people... I won't be skinning for somewhere between a week to a month, depending on how long it takes to buy/find copies(finding a CD in my house is like finding pirate gold  :rolleyes:) of various programs I use.

[Tomato]

I'm back baby!

Well... sort of anyway. My laptop chord snapped earlier this week (AUGH!) so at the moment I'm limited to stealing my father's between the time he gets home from work and before I go to bed. HOWEVER, I should be receiving a new chord next Monday, and I'm done with finals, so I should have a lot more time to skin... or to waste ineffectually, one of the two. I also just bought a new art tablet (the old one I had just didn't really work well with my laptop, and was so bulky as to be useless) which is working out well so far.

As for God Girl... obviously still not done, I'm currently working on the face, before finally starting on the extras (It is odd though... usually I work on faces first... *shrug*) then I'll package my last few skins and get started on the Meshmatters Challenge, as well as finally giving some much needed attention to the FRmod.

[GGiant]

I'm back baby!

Just in time for Christmas! :thumbup:

[Tomato]

*reads GG's Post*

:blink:

:wacko:

*has heart attack*

[BentonGrey]

Glad you're back on your feet (mostly) Tomato!  GG is looking good!

[YoungHeros]

GG is looking good!

Booyah! :thumbup:

Unless it was GGiant you are talking about <_< :P

BTW: These boots are perfect :wub:

[GGiant]

GG is looking good!

Booyah! :thumbup:

Unless it was GGiant you are talking about <_<

BTW: These boots are perfect :wub:

It was you. :P

[Tomato]

*looks at previous screen*

Gah, what the heck is that pink blob thing attacking God Girl's face!?! Get it off!

*rips back pink blob to reveal...*

[GGiant]

*looks at previous screen*

Gah, what the heck is that pink blob thing attacking God Girl's face!?! Get it off!

*rips back pink blob to reveal...*

:faint

[murs47]

That's just lovely. :wub:

[Lunarman]

Oh wow

That is a a beautiful face
*the sound of speechlessness*

[YoungHeros]

It's times like this where you remember, how much you love your avatar :wub:

I love it! :cool:

[Podmark]

Wow that is one beautiful face. Me likey!

[the_ultimate_evil]

fantastic work on the face, the eyes really pop

[stumpy]

That's excellent! BTW, is she up on your site somewhere? Maybe I missed it, but I didn't see her in your skins section...

PS: Do the READMEs for your other skins have a note about the recommended keyframes for them? Looking at the Influx Pack and Mahty, I noticed a mention if which original mesh it was or where the 'skoped came from. Does that mean the animations from the original mesh will work? (I don't have much experience with meshes with 'skoped parts.)

[Tomato]

That's excellent! BTW, is she up on your site somewhere? Maybe I missed it, but I didn't see her in your skins section...

PS: Do the READMEs for your other skins have a note about the recommended keyframes for them? Looking at the Influx Pack and Mahty, I noticed a mention if which original mesh it was or where the 'skoped came from. Does that mean the animations from the original mesh will work? (I don't have much experience with meshes with 'skoped parts.)

All of the most recent stuff (IE: Everything from the Shark-men on) hasn't been uploaded yet, because until this week I haven't had the time, but even if I had this skin would not be up primarily because it just isn't done yet. However, as I have mentioned before (several times now, actually) once I finish her, I will work on getting readme files and portrait files together.

As for Readmes... I actually am going to go back through with all my old stuff and update them (mostly because I either neglected portraits, or made stupid ones) anyway, so I might as well go through and update that area of the readmes as well... thanks for letting me know, I would have left them as-is otherwise.

As far as a temporary solution though, I'll make a quick list.

Female meshes- Both versions of Mahty and the in-progress God Girl run on the keyframes native to either Ink's Rogue or his Jean Grey (I can't be sure without checking, but I think either one will work.) because I find Ink's female bald to be one of the better female bases to work from, and the Rogue/Jean Grey keys to be more versatile.

Male meshes with fingers and/or the name "Vertex" somewhere in the 'skope credits- Any of Vertex's keyframes will work fine, though I suggest the Mage keys for Ch'nybe.

Kid Rocket- I sort of put this in the readme already, but my brain must have fallen asleep when I wrote it because I typed "capable of using the Superboy_SA_REN mesh" rather then "capable of using the Superboy_SA_REN keyframes"

All other male meshes- Every other male mesh uses MB keys, even Marauder (though it is intended for Tommy's weapon keyframes)

[Tomato]

Finished, woo!

[Dr.Volt]

Sweet work, Tomato!  Nice face work also!  And you get a medal of valor for overcoming great obstacles to do it!

[bat1987]

It`s gorgeous! Love the face work!

[YoungHeros]

That's my avatar :wub:

[HumanTon]

And a great avatar it is, too!  Nice work Tomato! :thumbup:

Small issue on my end, though--when I try to use the YoungHero mesh in-game, she's waist-deep in the street, as if she's standing not on the ground but on a spot about 3 feet below it. Do I have to use some particular version of Rogue keyframes? (I'm using a hexxed set I got off of NPI.)

[Tomato]

And a great avatar it is, too!  Nice work Tomato! :thumbup:

Small issue on my end, though--when I try to use the Young Hero mesh in-game, she's waist-deep in the street, as if she's standing not on the ground but on a spot about 3 feet below it. Do I have to use some particular version of Rogue keyframes? (I'm using a hexxed set I got off of NPI.)

Ugh, stupid triksy thing... I took the skope from an Irrational FFvTTR mesh (imported then re-exported for FF1 using the niftools exporters :P)  and the Root_Track that I copied along with it (which is what lets the skirt not clip nearly as much, and consequently why I used it) moved the mesh down  :blink: . Anyway, I have a solution mapped out, I jst have to go back and forth in-game until I get the mesh to walk on the earth again

Oh, and FYI, I also think I had a breakthrough as far as 'skopes... a breakthrough for me anyway. I've found a way to be able to scale and move sections of a mesh based on what keys they are attached to, which will come in handy for some of my formerly-stalled projects...  :D

Edit: Just uploaded the corrected zip file, sorry about the confusion everyone, please don't kill me! Also, reuploading my copy of the AA skin, since my concern is that it got corrupted in-transit.

[Klauser]

Tomato,

YoungHeros avatar is a beautiful piece of work - you should be proud!

I tried downloading your AA avatar and it turned out to be a corrupted archive.  To be sure, I tried getting it from work this morning and it still came across corrupted.

Thanks again for the great skins!

[Klauser]

Ahhh ....

Much better!  Your AA skin looks great!!

Thanks!!!