ModLab

[Jan]

http://store.steampowered.com/app/768970/ModLab/

New version of ModTool to help you with creation of own ship hulls. Only diffuse map is required to generate working ship profile but you can also use ModTool to fine tune your own normal, roughness and emission map and preview how they will look in game.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1139147599

Normal maps can be generated either straight from Diffuse map or Height map, there are some unique and very powerful tools like Bilateral preprocessing and horizontal profile editor which you wont see in different tools.

This version of ModTool also includes background editor but there is currently now way for you to import it to the game.

You are free to use ModTool for any noncommercial modding for any game you like.

Use assets from "Sample Assets folder", especially if you want to experiment with background editor.

[Entity]

Hey thanks for the update :)

Such a tease putting that big red ship in the screenshot though. But I'll take the Arbalest that comes with it too. <3

[blacktea]

Thanks for all that work!

edit:
I have just a little issue, the program window is to big for my screen resolution (1920x1080). I can´t reach the "toggle cursor light" button.

[Elinzar]

me eiter (1366x720), i cant acces the "Generate horizontal Profile" tool underneath unless i place my screen in vertical, wich i cant do much since im in a laptop, and i dont see a way to resize the mod tool screen either

also, i would love to see a tool to diferenciate between decks in my ships, like drawing with points in symmetry or not different parts of the ship, and selecting the altitude respecting with other decks of the ship, it would actually help a lot

[Jan]

Elinzar that would be incredibly complex to implement and absolutely out of scope of this tool, you can use any full suited 2D editor to do that as grayscale image and then generate Normal from Height map in this tool, in either case you will have to define "decks" by hand, you can use for instance https://www.gimp.org/.

Also I discourage greatly against using flat decks at different levels as only visible difference between them from point of normal map will be at their edge, dont forget, normal map doesnt contain depth information, it is rotation of normal.

I will fix issue with 1080 but I am currently not looking to support anything under v:1080 in this tool.

[Elinzar]

gonna try and see if i can make something

my issue is that most of the time i dont want a slope that should be in the first deck pass to the second that should be kinda flat (kinda, not completely), or i want an angled slope instead of begin totally horizontal

[Jan]

Which is why added ability to generate from height map. If you want best control over normals then I recommend any 3d software, for instance: https://www.blender.org/ You can also flatten any area after processing it in mod tool, just fill given area with 127,127,255 color in 2D editor.

I plan to create tutorial about my process once I have some time.

[Elinzar]

Originally posted by Jan:

I plan to create tutorial about my process once I have some time.

wich i really will appreciate a lot, i would like to have more control over the normals to make better looking ships

[Feyn]

Is there a preset pixel to equipment slot ratio?
Like 4 pixels on the sprite will give you one equipment slot inside the ship editor,?
Hope the question makes sense.
Also inside the mod tool my cursor is offset a lot, so it’s hard to press buttons :/

[Jan]

Originally posted by Feyn:

Is there a preset pixel to equipment slot ratio?
Like 4 pixels on the sprite will give you one equipment slot inside the ship editor,?
Hope the question makes sense.
Also inside the mod tool my cursor is offset a lot, so it’s hard to press buttons :/

One pixel is one tile. Sounds like your system has some issues with handling window size, can I ask which OS are you running, is it actuallized? If not which service pack / build are you running, thanks.

[Feyn]

God to know the pixel/tile ratio is 1:1, thanks :)
I’m running Windows 10 pro with all the latest updates. My 4K display is being repaired so I’ll try running the tool on that display next week when I get it back.
I’ll also test changing the windows zoom back to 100% tomorrow and tell you if that fixed the problem.
I also wondered if I only need the top map to be able to open the custom ship in game?
I don’t want to make the other maps until I’m shure that the modules I want to use will fit in the design xD.

[Feyn]

Got the mod tool to work. :)

[Elinzar]

Originally posted by Feyn:

Got the mod tool to work. :)

how?

[Feyn]

Originally posted by Elinzar:

Originally posted by Feyn:

Got the mod tool to work. :)

how?

I changed windows ui to 100% started the tool and then changed the ui back

[Elinzar]

Originally posted by Feyn:

Originally posted by Elinzar:

how?

I changed windows ui to 100% started the tool and then changed the ui back

hmm gonna try

[Feyn]

My mistake, it won’t work when you scale it back up.
Also the window will shrink once I load an image.
Gonna play with it some more after my ship is finished. So far I am done with the outline of the ship. Tried opening it in the game as a black blob with transparent background but it did not show up in game, i would have wanted to try making the interior before I continued with the sprite to be shure I could fit all the modules I want.. But I guess I’ll just have to make due with the space I end up with :/