ffvttr question

[herodad1]

how do we go into the game to add skins to current in-game characters?went to irrationals site to download the order mesh so i could use the 1880 skin,loaded it in game.when i went to the character his picture is just  a big white box.what do i do?

[HumanTon]

GGiant asked the same question just the other day:

http://freedomreborn.net/archive/index.php?topic=45914.0

(Also note you don't have to go to Irrational's site to get those meshes--you already have 'em! They're stored in a file called art.ff in your FFVTR installation.)

[GGiant]

GGiant asked the same question just the other day:

http://freedomreborn.net/archive/index.php?topic=45914.0

(Also note you don't have to go to Irrational's site to get those meshes--you already have 'em! They're stored in a file called art.ff in your FFVTR installation.)

Why am I being mistook by others? :P :unsure:

[Premonitioner]

well maybe if you'd stop shapeshifting...this wouldn't be a problem mysti...mimi...Ggiant!  (Joke)  ;)

[HumanTon]

 :doh: You know, you'd think that if I were bright enough to look it up and copy the link then I'd also be bright enough to read who started the thread. You'd think.

[daglob]

I'm the shapeshifter who started the thread, says the little pink android.

[herodad1]

ouch!!

[herodad1]

what steps do we take to open the art.ff files and extract the needed meshes.ive done it before but cant remember how.

[GogglesPizanno]

All the *.ff files are really just zip files.
Rename it to ff.zip and then you should be able to open it up like you would any other zip file (Windows, winzip, winrar etc...)

[HumanTon]

All the *.ff files are really just zip files.
Rename it to ff.zip and then you should be able to open it up like you would any other zip file (Windows, winzip, winrar etc...)

Can the game find it under that name? (I've always renamed art.ff to art.zip, copied what I've needed, then renamed it to art.ff again.)

[GogglesPizanno]

I've always renamed art.ff to art.zip, copied what I've needed, then renamed it to art.ff again.

Well i left out the rename it back to .ff step  :doh:

But now that you mention it, while Im 99% certain it wouldn't work, it might be fun to try.

[stumpy]

The other approach is just to right click on the .ff file and chose "Open with..." then choose your unzip program. If you click the "Always use the selected program to open this type of file" checkbox, then Windows will know that .ff files are really .zip files and use your unzipper to open them when you double-click. I find that the be the most straightforward way to do things, since it requires no renaming from .ff to .zip and back.