Dark Magik skin by Courtnall6

[Nimnio]

Hello everyone,

I'm running Freedom Force v1.3 (patch from FilePlanet), and I'm trying to install a custom skin/mesh combo.

I'm hoping that by looking at the screenshot, someone will be able to tell me what I'm doing wrong:

I downloaded "Dark Magik" by Courtnall6 from Alex's Freedom Fortress.

Then,

1. I unzipped "Dark_Magik.zip" which resulted in:
Dark Magik.txt
extras.tga
female_basic.tga
female_basic_glow.tga
female_basic_lightmap.tga
female_basic_refl.tga
Portrait.tga
hexed_character.NIF

2. I create a directory called "dark magik" in the "custom_characters" directory.
C:\Program Files\Irrational Games\Freedom Force\Data\Art\custom_characters\dark magik

3. I renamed "hexed_character.NIF" to "character.nif" and moved it to the "dark magik" directory.

4. I created a "skins" directory in the "dark magik" directory.

5. I created a "standard" directory in the "skins" directory.

6. I copied the .tga files listed in step 1 to the "standard" directory.

7. I copied the "keyframes.kf" file out of the "female_basic" directory into the "dark magik" directory.

File structure result:

I've read Alex's FAQ and the FR World guide, and they have been helpful, but I still can't get it working.

The FR World guide leads me to believe that I might be missing something, perhaps the "the orginal mesh." I hope that's not the case, because the site that "Dark Magik.txt" doesn't exist anymore ("Mesh Model: Hex of Ink's Raven mesh included. Mesh available at http://www.osakaproject.net/heroforce/HFindex.htm").

Thanks for your time, everyone. I really appreciate it.

[ow_tiobe_sb]

Try copying the extras_refl.tga from the original mesh (Ink's Raven) into the Dark Magik standard skin folder.  Oftentimes, 'tis the case that missing textures cause this sort of problem.  Good luck! :)

ow_tiobe_sb
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[Kommando]

*sighs* I miss DM

*fondly remembers chat sessions with DM and Robinka*

[stumpy]

I think ow_tiobe_sb nailed it. Copy the extras_glow.tga and extras_refl.tga from the Raven mesh over and you should be set. I also used the keyframes from that mesh. If you are having trouble finding the Ink's Raven mesh archive, see this post which, btw, I found by doing a search for raven ink.

BTW, I mostly posted to say to Nimnio that you made an excellent post for help. You explained what you had done, what wasn't working, and enough detail for people to help.  :thumbup:

[Nimnio]

Thanks for the help, ow_tiobe_sb and stumpy. Thanks especially for the forum link, stumpy: I'm very new at this and probably wouldn't have found the mesh that ow_tiobe_sb referred to without your link.