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[EDIT 0919/2016] Hedgehog Sol Soldier beta pack release!

Download link: www.mediafire.com/?97itlitm57a…

How to instal: extract the archive then just merge the "usermod" folder of the archive with the "usermod" folder of SFM.

How to use and control the animated texture: by default, the texture are NOT looped. The default base texture is the helmet set on "on", when you will found a skin texture with the visor fully black, it will be the animated texture skin.
Add Override Materials, go to Show in Element Viewer > Model. Go to the + of materials. Use Add Attribute by right-clicking on "chr_sunchild_helmet_visor_a" and "chr_sunchild_helmet_visor_Glow_a" to add float attribute that you will name $frame...

Set its value to max number of frames of each VTF minus one (so 7 frame for "chr_sunchild_helmet_visor_a" and 15 frame for "chr_sunchild_helmet_visor_Glow_a"), then use "Create AnimationSet for Element" to acquire the frame control slider.

As soon as you create the "animationset", a small window will pop-up, asking to choose the value of the animation slider, let the default value.

Congratz, you can now fully control the "ON & OFF" texture animation of the helmet

What you need to know: the pack contain 2 hedgehog model (both gender) from the Sol Empire standing army, each model have a set of 6 skin (3 tail and spike color skin with the helmet on its default skin texture, and 3 other skin set with the same tail and spike skin but with the animated texture of the helmet).
The jacket handle jigglebone, if you want to disable the jigglebone in order to manual animate the jacket, right click on the model, select "utilities" then "bake procedural bone"

Cat and fox species (both gender) will be added later.

You will also note that both model handle the bodygroup option, it's a placeholder for now, both models doesn't "really" have a bodygroup but they are ready to receive bodygroup update in the futur.

Credit...

Prototype design draw and 3D model made by
Rig, texture and model adjustement made by
Model commisioned, minor texture work and port by myself.

If you encounter an issue with the models, please let me know in the comment, thanks
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New Promo poster for the upcoming beta release of the Sol soldier model.
The female hedgehog model is basically ready, just have to do some bunch of skin for the tail and spike so each soldier will not look like a clone.
The beta version will contain the male and female hedgehog with their animated texture (visor) and a bunch of skin group, the pack should be released in less than 24 hours.

Also it was the occasion for me to try some color gradient & correction setting in order to simulate an oceanic climate, the sun hitting pretty hard with an intense ligth and a typical fresh windy air, so simulating both the heat from the sun and the fresh air was pretty hard.
To proceed, instead of pushing the yellow/orange tone, I have increased the overal brightness to simulate the vivid light of the sun while also pushing the vivid of the blue tone to simulate the fresh air from the wind, the result is what you see
The effect pipeline as been saved and will be probably reused for the scene on Sol (at least for the one near the coast).

Description
[EDIT 0919/2016] Hedgehog Sol Soldier beta pack release!

Download link: www.mediafire.com/?97itlitm57a…

How to instal: extract the archive then just merge the "usermod" folder of the archive with the "usermod" folder of SFM.

How to use and control the animated texture: by default, the texture are NOT looped. The default base texture is the helmet set on "on", when you will found a skin texture with the visor fully black, it will be the animated texture skin.
Add Override Materials, go to Show in Element Viewer > Model. Go to the + of materials. Use Add Attribute by right-clicking on "chr_sunchild_helmet_visor_a" and "chr_sunchild_helmet_visor_Glow_a" to add float attribute that you will name $frame...

Set its value to max number of frames of each VTF minus one (so 7 frame for "chr_sunchild_helmet_visor_a" and 15 frame for "chr_sunchild_helmet_visor_Glow_a"), then use "Create AnimationSet for Element" to acquire the frame control slider.

As soon as you create the "animationset", a small window will pop-up, asking to choose the value of the animation slider, let the default value.

Congratz, you can now fully control the "ON & OFF" texture animation of the helmet

What you need to know: the pack contain 2 hedgehog model (both gender) from the Sol Empire standing army, each model have a set of 6 skin (3 tail and spike color skin with the helmet on its default skin texture, and 3 other skin set with the same tail and spike skin but with the animated texture of the helmet).
The jacket handle jigglebone, if you want to disable the jigglebone in order to manual animate the jacket, right click on the model, select "utilities" then "bake procedural bone"

Cat and fox species (both gender) will be added later.

You will also note that both model handle the bodygroup option, it's a placeholder for now, both models doesn't "really" have a bodygroup but they are ready to receive bodygroup update in the futur.

Credit...

Prototype design draw and 3D model made by
Rig, texture and model adjustement made by
Model commisioned, minor texture work and port by myself.

If you encounter an issue with the models, please let me know in the comment, thanks
___________________________________________________________________________
New Promo poster for the upcoming beta release of the Sol soldier model.
The female hedgehog model is basically ready, just have to do some bunch of skin for the tail and spike so each soldier will not look like a clone.
The beta version will contain the male and female hedgehog with their animated texture (visor) and a bunch of skin group, the pack should be released in less than 24 hours.

Also it was the occasion for me to try some color gradient & correction setting in order to simulate an oceanic climate, the sun hitting pretty hard with an intense ligth and a typical fresh windy air, so simulating both the heat from the sun and the fresh air was pretty hard.
To proceed, instead of pushing the yellow/orange tone, I have increased the overal brightness to simulate the vivid light of the sun while also pushing the vivid of the blue tone to simulate the fresh air from the wind, the result is what you see
The effect pipeline as been saved and will be probably reused for the scene on Sol (at least for the one near the coast).