i have photoshop, guess that would do, i was just thinknig of mucking around with it...

could u plz explain a little bit more? =D
like do you make the skins from scratch... or do u edit the existing ones or what.... if you make them from scrath is there a specifc size for them?

sorry... im a newb to models and texturizing (i think i just made that word up but mehh lol)

thx

ok, i got the mdl viewr and the sdk, i thought this would be complicated but it aint to bad actully

1. Extract the Zombie SDK Files.
2. Open the "*.bmp" (Pictures with Arms, Head, Leg ....) files with your Paint programm.
3. Edit the Textures
4. Save! (only 256 Colors!!!)
5. Open the MDL VIWER
6. Open the Zombie Model and select the parts you wont to replace with your own Texture.
7. Import your Texture and now, you skinned a Zombie!
8. Save the Zombie Model!!!!

this is my frist ever and i mean ever time skining, so please give nice feedback


Download It Here

what about girl zombies??? are there no girl zombie models????

That would be sick Maybe in beta2, right now we are up to the modellimit of hl. So for every new zombie we have to delete a weapon or another model

ok ive been mucking around with it, editing the textures and such, one problem though, when i oped the bitmap files in photoshop there in 24bit format i thnk, i edit them, go to save as, and the lowest it lets me save them is 16bit. so i saved it anyway, then went into paint, opened it, went to save as and it let me save it as 8bit... but the problem is it looks cack now, solid bulky colours etc

what am i doing wrong or is ther eanyway around it?
you other guys seem to be able to keep the quality just as good

Dont use "Paint"!!
The 16bit, 8Bit Colots looking crapy!
Change it to 256colors in a professional Paint programm!

does photoshop support it? it wont let me change it to 8bit *cries*

i go to save as > choose bmp > save > it lets choose the colour depth, but only lets me choose 16, 24 or 32 bit

ÄÄhhmmm .... 8 Bit are 256 Colors!!!

EDIT: ARK ... I should read teh text correctly.
In photoshop you can set the Picture to 8 Bit Colors!

EDIT2:
But dont ask me where! I dont use PhotoShop, i use Paintshop Pro.

well it wont let me, and i know that 8bit is 256 colour.

oh well, i guess i was destind to never change the skin of that zombie mdl i downloaded =p

LOL

Please read my second Edit in the Post over yours!

lol i actully forgot i had paint shop pro, i know how to do it in it =D
until i learn how to do it in photoshop, il edit the skin in photoshop then convert it in paint shop pro

i could just google it... but mhhh cba lol

Hey Reeke, I'm a Photoshop CS user. I'm not sure what version you have, but I think it's similar within all versions of photoshop. To change to and from 8 bit (256 colors) I go to Image/mode/index color. Index color will bring up a box, choose to your liking within the filters press ok. Now when you save it as a bmp, it'll only save as a 8 bit .bmp. To revert back to more then 8bit colors, go to RGB Color. RGB = Red Green Blue, the colors that make up all colors ( in a comp anyway.) Hope this helps, just ask if you need anything.

thanks!

im getting the hang of it now, im not to good at making detailed stuff but i might post a pic later tonight (midnight+ uk time) or tommoro morning so yas can have a good laugh =D

everyone else seems to be going for a really bloody look, but im not so good with photoshop so im going for a more dirty smuged blood look, hopefully you will see what i meen when im done =D