[devs] [Release] Custom new body masks ! We need you !

[arkhiel]

Steam Link
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/ ... 1671502407
Nexus Link
https://www.nexusmods.com/kenshi/mods/279

Hi ! After toying with the new colours available for body masks, it appears it could help old armors to avoir clipping issues but also new possibilities for modding !
However, choices are to make as there are 9 colours but more body parts that could be hidden.

Main goal is to cover the whole body (BTW a "hide head" could be usefull devs :p ) .

So here are the results so far:
White zone (vanilla) : armpits ; https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/ ... 1670240465
Red zone (vanilla) : torso/boobs : https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/ ... 1670238483
Green zone (vanilla) belly (front only) : https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/ ... 1670239531

New zones (could change, because i'd like it to be a community thing, for modder convenience without altering vanilla ones).
Blue : rest of the torso and back, that are not covered by vanilla
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/ ... 1670240302
Magenta : Arms without hands : https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/ ... 1670239337
Cyan: feet, at the moment stops at ankle, could cover vanilla boot zones (oi__io suggestion).
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/ ... 1670239811
yellow : neck (might add any zone barely used, as the zones should mask everything)
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/ ... 1670238084
orange : hands : https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/ ... 1670239131
purple : legs + pelvis https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/ ... 1670238954

With more colours, we could separate pelvis, upper and lower legs, and even right/left limbs/hands etc (if devs read it ^^ ) .

I still need to do females , hivers, and skeletons

But if we stick to what we have, there are already doable things. So any opinion is appreciated .



Old post:
Hey .
I think the topic has already been spoken about but i'm not sure it was here.
I know game won't have new features, but for modding purpose, wouldn't it be possible to have a custom overlap available for creating armors?
That would help by a MILLION the cursom armor possibilities... Current ones aren't enough actually

[oi__io]

+1
Also if we can have better controls over the hide bodypart mask that would be great. My suggestion is instead of having one mask for each gender of each race, maybe make it so that it is possible to override the mask per armor. Not sure if it is possible but here's hoping it is. Cheers.

[arkhiel]

I've seen new colours that aren't used, but it would be nice if we could have the exact colour code as they are not used in the game file ^^

[someone]

Not sure exactly what you mean exactly by custom overlap.
What we do have is the ability to switch to a different mesh if some other specified armour is also equipped.
The part hiding system can never be a map per armour due to how it gets applied. The newer system however allows specifying many more parts that can be hidden. Colours: #ffffff, #ff0000, #00ff00, #0000ff, #ffff00, #ff00ff, #00ffff, #ff8000, #8000ff.

[oi__io]

Not sure exactly what you mean exactly by custom overlap.
What we do have is the ability to switch to a different mesh if some other specified armour is also equipped.
The part hiding system can never be a map per armour due to how it gets applied. The newer system however allows specifying many more parts that can be hidden. Colours: #ffffff, #ff0000, #00ff00, #0000ff, #ffff00, #ff00ff, #00ffff, #ff8000, #8000ff.

Thanks for specifying the color hex codes for the part maps. I've tried it in the past but wasn't really successful but maybe because it requires specific colors. I'll give it another try and see if it changes anything.

[arkhiel]

Thanks for the references .
I'd like to test that too to get a community part map for modders.
We could do stuff as hook for a hand, closed hand glove or heels for girls for example.

[arkhiel]

So far I made one, i could use 2 or 3 more colors ^^.
I'll post screens asap
Screens in first post .

[arkhiel]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/ ... 1670961960 stuff possible (if head was hideable, could have the whole skeleton )