Need help with skins

mezonk

Hello!

I watched the video on the skin tutorial but im having issues. I didnt quite follow the order that skins and images were placed. and i was hoping there is a workaround or a way to correct what i already have laid out.

So i have a asset with multiple states that require different skins. As i created all my skins and skin attachments and i placed the appropriate images into the skins within the skeleton hierarchy. but i noticed that i cant view the different states like in the video.

instead what happens is the images load in their correct spots within the skeleton but i have to manually click on the eye viewer for the skin within the skeleton hierarchy in order for it to be seen in the viewport.

did i miss a step or is there something not linking up right? help please 🙁

Nate

It sounds like you have set up your skeleton without actually using skins. Follow these steps and you won't lose any work:

Create a new skin and be sure the visibility dot for it is checked. Now go to a slot and create a "skin attachment". Drag the image for the skin under that skin attachment.

Now create a second skin and make it visible. Note the skin attachment from before no longer has an image under it. Drag the image for the second skin under that skin attachment.

Now when you switch skins you'll see the image under the skin attachment changes based on what skin is visible. Continue doing this for all your slots and images.

mezonk

Hey nate!

so i followed the steps but for some reason im still getting the same error. let me walk you through what ive done thus far...

1) i created a new skin "BLUE" under the skins sub category. 2) i created a skin attachment for "BLUE" and dragged the image inside of it. 3) i created a second skin "RED" under the skins sub category. 4) i created a "skin attachment for "RED" and dragged the image inside of it.

but what happens now is this. i currently have the "BLUE" skin visible, but within the skeleton "RED" is whats showing as visible. but the "BLUE" skin attachment image activates and shows up

Nate

Don't create a skin attachment per skin. Try this:

1) Create a BLUE skin.
2) Create a skin attachment that represents the image that will actually come from the skin (eg, SWORD).
3) Put the image under the skin attachment (eg, BLUE SWORD).
4) Create a RED skin.
5) Put the image under the skin attachment (eg, RED SWORD).
6) Switch between RED and BLUE skins and note that RED SWORD is used for the RED skin and BLUE SWORD is used for the BLUE skin.

mezonk

SUCCESS!! so what i was doing wrong was creating a brand new skin attachment for each skin. therefore creating only one skin per slot enabled a new image to be placed within the skin attachment. and so when switching between different skins it works. thanks so much nate!