FF7 Moding, for those who are Interested

[PapaG]

as much as I hate forums Mostly because I hate typing, and reading for that matter, I realize this is is where this community really connects is here in the forms, I have noticed an interest in my Final Fantasy VII project,
So I will be using this Thread to get feed back & post updates

work I have already posted

Tifa Test:
http://www.moviestorm.co.uk/community/inde...p;vid_id=104490

Aeris & Tifa Test:
http://www.moviestorm.co.uk/community/inde...p;vid_id=104515

Midgar Test 1
http://www.moviestorm.co.uk/community/inde...p;vid_id=104587

if today proves to be produtive I will post another Midgar Screen test

I am building the Models my self In Sketch-up I am Picky about details so at over 40h spent doing the Midgar model I am only about 28% complete

[skratchmasta]

Yes I most certainly AM interested! Great idea PapaG I eagerly await further updates on this.

[kkffoo]

Interested in what you are doing, even though I'm not a Final Fantasy fan, it's just fascinating to see these large projects in action, and I keep learning form your mods..keep posting!

[PapaG]

Well that it for to day not as productive as I would Have Liked it to be,(mostly because of other projects and a phone call from my mother) but having a small fan bace at the end of this day I have posted this small and un-satisfactory update It really not much I would have liked to have had at lest the top of the Shinra Building done but it's not as you will see

http://www.moviestorm.co.uk/community/inde...p;vid_id=104722

other challenges, none of the hair in MS 1.3 is long enough for my Tifa and Aeris costumes, my Tread to try and get the old long hair style from the Pioneer Days of MS has been mostly Unsuccessful but They would work for what I want to do. that and Having recently Upgraded my system too Windows 7 "Coral Photo Paint" from Corral Draw 5 Don't work any more the programs is too old (1995) it still worked (super Fast) in XP so it did last a long While

also trying to learn how to add a bone especially if I want the characters to hold there weapons but it looks like I am going to have to learn how to use other third party programs to do that as Sketch up can not.

[johnnie]

You've made skratchmasta a very happy man. He never shuts up about Final Fantasy. One of them (I can't remember which) is his Favorite Game Ever™, as he insists on telling me on a daily basis.

[kv]

I will admit that I hate Final Fantasy games with a passion, I just do not have the patience for them but what you are doing here looks stunning!

[skratchmasta]

Haha yes its true.
(Johnnie its 7 thats the best one, 8 its my personal favorite)

Anyway, PapaG I think the best hairstyle especially for Aeris would probably be 'Hairstyle shoulder length' from the Dark Romance pack. This is longer and more 'manga' like than the base pack hair. As for Tifa, yeah we don't have anything that long. The shoulder length would probably be good enough as its only that long on advent children.

BTW your Midgar set gets me exited in a way I couldn't possibly state on this forum
If only we could release our subway pack as it would go hand in hand with that. Unfortunately it has navmesh issues. But watch this space!
Not only do I think your pack will be my favorite but I think it will, with help promoting it, create a LOT of new interest in moviestorm from fellow FF enthusiasts, and believe me everyone, theres a s**t load of them

[EugeneE]

I will admit that I hate Final Fantasy games with a passion, I just do not have the patience for them but what you are doing here looks stunning!

Same here, I don't like the Final Fantasy games but I do like what PapaG is doing with the models.

[johnnie]

Ahem.

I should probably take a moment to state that, while we make very few impositions on what you should and shouldn't do with Moviestorm, we don't encourage anybody to infringe on 3rd-party intellectual property ... so any Final Fantasy-related movies or content you may create are entirely your own affair and not explicitly covered under the Moviestorm EULA.

Right. That's that out of the way. As you were.

[Armanus]

Not only do I think your pack will be my favorite but I think it will, with help promoting it, create a LOT of new interest in moviestorm from fellow FF enthusiasts, and believe me everyone, theres a s**t load of them

You got that right. I can't even tell you how many FF fan vids I have seen ever since the release of Advent Children.

I agree that 7 is the best, and it happens to be my fav. I'm playing the new one right now. Not the best ever, but right up there IMO....much better then 10 anyway

The Shinra Building mod is shaping up to look very much like it did in the game. Well done

[PapaG]

I will admit that I hate Final Fantasy games with a passion, I just do not have the patience for them but what you are doing here looks stunning!

Thanks KV Its true RPG's are not for Every one, but But what is unique about FF7 is Truly the story (or at least that's what its is for me) and I would equate the story of "FF7" for the Gaming Community = to " The Lord Of The Rings", for the book community (But that is just my opinion so you may disagree with me if you like)

Haha yes its true.
(Johnnie its 7 thats the best one, 8 its my personal favorite)

Anyway, PapaG I think the best hairstyle especially for Aeris would probably be 'Hairstyle shoulder length' from the Dark Romance pack. This is longer and more 'manga' like than the base pack hair. As for Tifa, yeah we don't have anything that long. The shoulder length would probably be good enough as its only that long on advent children.

I Disagree with you on your hair sugestios (but that's probably because I am picky) but I will try your suggestion out Once I have Barret and Clouds costume moded and we can put it to a vote.

By the way is there any way to make the existing movie storm Hair into an accessory, cause as hair I can only apply one but as an accessory I could Try combing different hairstyles together to try and achieve the look I am going for. If not that's ok, but like they say you won't know if you don't ask

BTW your Midgar set gets me exited in a way I couldn't possibly state on this forum
If only we could release our subway pack as it would go hand in hand with that. Unfortunately it has navmesh issues. But watch this space!

Ok Look forward to seeing that Subway Train

Not only do I think your pack will be my favorite but I think it will, with help promoting it, create a LOT of new interest in moviestorm from fellow FF enthusiasts, and believe me everyone, theres a s**t load of them

It may be a while before I can release it, don't get me wrong as an artist and modder I want to release mods People would use! But as A FF7 Fan I want to be the first to use it in my Movie so Until I have released my First FF7 Episode I probably won't release the mod till after then!

Ahem.

I should probably take a moment to state that, while we make very few impositions on what you should and shouldn't do with Moviestorm, we don't encourage anybody to infringe on 3rd-party intellectual property ... so any Final Fantasy-related movies or content you may create are entirely your own affair and not explicitly covered under the Moviestorm EULA.

Right. That's that out of the way. As you were.

Thank for the head's up (Ben said the same ting when I was trying to make a star wars mod (I never did finish it but I probably should release that which I did get done))
to cover my own ass I do not intend make any profit with this mod, also I have not hacked the orginal FF7 game to acquire my models or textures, nor will my finished Models look exactly like the the ones Square made though I Hope to come close.

You got that right. I can't even tell you how many FF fan vids I have seen ever since the release of Advent Children.

I agree that 7 is the best, and it happens to be my fav. I'm playing the new one right now. Not the best ever, but right up there IMO....much better then 10 anyway

The Shinra Building mod is shaping up to look very much like it did in the game. Well done

Thanks Armanus, I am very critical of my own work and I was not entirely happy with how my model was tuning out but in your saying it It, make it easier to continue with what I have

[skratchmasta]

I Disagree with you on your hair sugestios (but that's probably because I am picky) but I will try your suggestion out Once I have Barret and Clouds costume moded and we can put it to a vote.

By the way is there any way to make the existing movie storm Hair into an accessory, cause as hair I can only apply one but as an accessory I could Try combing different hairstyles together to try and achieve the look I am going for. If not that's ok, but like they say you won't know if you don't ask

That sounds very sensible. I'm glad to hear that your trying to get the best quality you can. As for the hair suggestion. I have consulted Ben who says that this is already possible in the modders workshop. I'm not sure that it will look right with differed textures overlapping as there may be zfighting and other issues. But its definitely worth a try. Heres how to do it:

In the modders workshop, Select a hairstyle you want to make into an accessory.
Untick the 'hair' box on the 'Part' field and tick 'accessory'.
At the top of the screen, change the addon to one of your own (in order to publish).
Click save.
Publish addon.

It may be a while before I can release it, don't get me wrong as an artist and modder I want to release mods People would use! But as A FF7 Fan I want to be the first to use it in my Movie so Until I have released my First FF7 Episode I probably won't release the mod till after then!

Perfectly reasonable old chap! I'd imagine doing so would generate more interest in the pack for people who want to get it any way.

[Mneros]

You've made skratchmasta a very happy man. He never shuts up about Final Fantasy. One of them (I can't remember which) is his Favorite Game Ever™, as he insists on telling me on a daily basis.

I know How you feel Johnnie, PapaG and I r still working on Star Wreck EP4 and every time I call him up and say "hay how is that star Wreck Scene coming along? and have you voiced that other scene I sent you? so I can render it and add the effects?" and his response is "Midgar is looking good"

SIGH....

[PapaG]

Ok so here it is 33% (ruffly) the last Midgar up date till I have started Sector 8 expect next up date to be much later i need a short brake from modding, i could use a tan and i think i have forgotten what real trees and grass look like, for that matter I think i have forgotten what sleep is like so too

so take a look if you like but it ain't very different from 27% complete. Really!

http://www.moviestorm.co.uk/community/inde...p;vid_id=104756

In the modders workshop, Select a hairstyle you want to make into an accessory.
Untick the 'hair' box on the 'Part' field and tick 'accessory'.
At the top of the screen, change the addon to one of your own (in order to publish).
Click save.
Publish addon.

Thank you skratchmasta Have not tried it yet but I will soon I think I need to take a brake from Midgar so i might do Cloud and Barret and of course i will try the hair then

I know How you feel Johnnie, PapaG and I r still working on Star Wreck EP4 and every time I call him up and say "hay how is that star Wreck Scene coming along? and have you voiced that other scene I sent you? so I can render it and add the effects?" and his response is "Midgar is looking good"

SIGH....

Oh you be quiet that only has happened once you make it sound like i do it all the time

[equinoxx]

If only we could release our subway pack

*perk*

Subway pack?!

[roguevirus]

Not only do I think your pack will be my favorite but I think it will, with help promoting it, create a LOT of new interest in moviestorm from fellow FF enthusiasts, and believe me everyone, theres a s**t load of them

hmm swords big f off swords.... lets hope for an MS release ...you could attract Bleach fans also and yep there's shed loads of those as well (not that i'm one ofc and i don't have a Kisuke Urahara Cosplay outfit honest ;S )

[PapaG]

so with Very little success other then I finally got a bone prop to work in MS here is my failed test...

http://www.moviestorm.co.uk/community/inde...p;vid_id=105168


So Big swords are coming

OH and how do I move this thread to the Work in Progress thread that is probably where I should have posted it in the first place

at the end of this day I had a little more success With my weapon modding
http://www.moviestorm.co.uk/community/inde...p;vid_id=105170

[PapaG]

Tifa and Aerith near complete, maybe just a fue final touch-up's, but we will see (if my learning curb should suddenly allow for me to do something better then I will!)

New Modding progress to note!
Cloud: Costume texture 85% complete (need some tweaking) I now Have good hair for Cloud, and Cloud can now wear his sword on his back and he has a way cool shoulder guard.

Barret Costume Texture 70% Complete (need some major tweaking) and Barret's Arm Gun Compleat (or at least for now, Hair????

Tifa, Two new Types of Hair witch one I want to use I am not sure, She got way coo elbow guards, may try to make some cool gloves, and ear rings! Costume Texture 99% Complete

Aerith: Also has two new hair option, but I think I know what hair I want to use it the Face morfs and eye color I am not sure of. may try to make some Wrist band, and may experiment with a coat! Costume Texture 99% Complete

See Progress Video and Pleas give me your feed Back on Aerith and Tifa's Puppet casting call Video Linked below

Aerith and Tifa's Puppet casting call<---Click Here

Modding Progress

[kv]

*droooooool* what I meant to say was *droooooooool*

Really impressive stuff mate, they look great!

The flash on the gun, is that part of the gun or was that put in using a 3rd party editor?

[PapaG]

The flash on the gun, is that part of the gun or was that put in using a 3rd party editor?

That was Using an Invisible hand Gun The Gun Arm it's self is an accessory and I made the hand on the costume Invisible too.