Amen to that last paragraph! The learning curve can be brutal. I did my first pack of Chin-Sun as a stand alone with no composites, variant undressing or anything. It was very basic and took me ages in Re-renders to get even the simplest things right, hands or feet on the ground, clothes and body not poking through other clothes. The list goes on. Then I moved Chin-Sun to the void to join the other ladies. Again, a big step up. Learning composites and so on, but without any furniture or other scenery. Finally, I created Adanne, and placed her in the bedroom. Even with the two Chin-Sun packs as experience, it was still very difficult, and my inexperience shows, especially compared to my later offerings. Of course, if you're already proficient in using Daz, then go for it. :-)
It may not be a bad idea to direct all console output to a log file. That way, if anyone has an issue that leads to game errors they could check what is in the log file.
The starting point is the outfit file as you figured out. Start by listing the clothes there, one at a time, in the order you want them removed. Then create the image folders just as you said,. So the first folder for say 7 layers will be '1111111'. Note that there will be one more folder than the number of clothes if there is a modesty layer, i.e. naked but not fully exposed, as Eldricus' and I tend to do. Then, starting at the left, replace each 1 with a 0, to strip the next item of clothing in your outfit list. I'll go to a simple example: your model has blouse, skirt, bra and panties. In the outfit file, blouse is labeled as outfit 1, skirt 2, bra 3, panties 4 (assuming that's the order you wished the items removed in). So the first folder will be 1111, and it will contain the fully clothed images and be the first one displayed by the game. The next folder will be 0111, and will contain the images of the model without her blouse. 0011, will have the skirt also removed, 0001 will be minus the bra, and 0000 will be fully naked. I guess the folder names look binary, but they really aren't. The only binary part is the 1 for an item displayed, and a 0 to indicate the item is not shown in the images in the folder. Also, yes to the naming of each layer. Whatever you name each outfit line is what will be displayed on the game buttons. So, we name each line according to the itsm to be removed. Instead of naming the first item 'blouse' you can name it 'Scene1' or anything else that takes your fancy. If you want the right sound effects though, you will need to define the appropriate clothing undress sound for each scene. I hope this helps.
Thanks for the detailed instructions. I've tried again but I'm still stuck with a black screen and no options to progress when I win the round:
This is what my folders look like (there are 9 comic pages and therefore 9 folders):
And this is what my outfit.properties file looks like:
Any idea what I'm doing wrong?
Yeah I tried that as well. I renamed them SceneA, SceneB etc. in case it didn't like spaces or numbers. But it doesn't change anything.
I think it's related to the folder names. If I keep the default character folder names, my custom images will appear. But as soon as I add my own additional 1s and 0s it no longer recognises the folders. Therefore, no images or options to strip/progress.
This is why I wondered earlier on if there's something encoded in the game that doesn't let you choose how many rounds (pieces of clothing) you can use.
When you create your custom characters, do you also change the folder names, or do you just use the existing folders on default characters and dump your assets in them?
I create fresh folders every time. It doesn't look like it to me , but you're not using the letter 'o' instead of the number '0'? Also, is the opponent pack setup in the correct format? The main folder should be named after the opponent and contain an opponent file and portrait, as well as the outfit folder. The outfit folder then contains all the items you put in your screen shot. Another question: are the image files .png or .jpg? If they are some other format the game code might not be recognizing them. I apologize for the dumb questions, I'm sure you have these basics right, but better to check. I'll setup a pack of my own using your structure and see what I get. Maybe that will give us some clues.
No worries at all. I really appreciate your help.
To answer all questions:
Very interested to see if you are able to create a sequence of 9 images (or more).
YW :-) Just mailed you the shell pack for you to use. Mainly I stripped out the location info from the outfit file, as you wouldn't be using any of the CSP locations, and I added in status pics to each folder. Not sure that last one will make a difference, but worth noting.
Glad it's working better for you, but I think you might still be misunderstanding a few things.
If your comic has 9 slides, then you should define 8 "clothes" in the outfit.properties file, and create 8-digit folders. You will end up with 9 folders. The 000000000 folder is for the image that appears at the end when you win and there are 0 clothes left, so that should contain the last slide of your comic.
Finales are a different thing that happens after you win twice, and they have to have their own folder that starts with "finale_".
Also I'm really curious about what your comic is. Can we get a sneak preview?
Ah, I see! Thanks for clarifying.
I'm into the idea of 'bondage poker' where players progressively get tied up as they lose. I don't have any comics at this time, and will maybe just find something on the net. At this point, I was just searching for a game that allowed me to add my own images. Yours is the only game I've been able to find with this level customisation. Well done! :) The next closest thing only allows customisation of existing assets, like SPNATI.
I'm also going to try and add additional clothing (lives) to playable characters (the males). I'm assuming this is possible because their folders appear to work on the same principles as opponents. Let me know if I'm wrong though.
Oh, and is it possible to add your own sound files to play? As in the zipper, shoe_drop, clothes_drop etc., that you can play on queue.
The male players are loaded just like the female ones, so in theory you can customize them all you want. But... there's a check in the game that will make the human player's character drop clothes at the beginning of the game until they are down to three. I did that to keep the female avatars on par with the male ones. So giving them extra clothes isn't going to work unless I change some things.
You can customize the sounds that are played after any specific clothes come off. Check the documentation posts for a list or look at Leah's nun outfit for examples. I think in theory if you add your own sound files in the same folder as the other ones, and use a matching sound effect name, it should work. Have fun adding those whipping sounds.
As an alternative, you could also have your character undress normally in the game, and then use multiple finales for the escalating"punishments" after you win. Basically like Leah's nun outfit does, but with fewer clothes and more finales. That will require winning multiple times to unlock all the finales though.
Yeah, I tried adding clothes to a male character but it didn't seem to work. It still only had 3 lives, and it only used the portrait/outfit picture, not the differing ones in the folders. No biggie though.
I've played around with the existing playable sounds, so I know how to use them. But I can't find where these sound files are located, only the voice files. I thought the sound files might be encoded into the game itself.
Cool to know you can create multiple finales for the one costume. Thanks!
Oh right the sound files are inside the csp.jar file. I could add a custom folder to load extra sounds from I guess, but that's probably not happening for a bit. In the meanwhile, the jar file is really just a fancy zip file, so you should be able to add your sound files into it yourself without too much trouble. There's an audio folder in there, with all the sound effect files.
