How to edit Wilson's skin/theme but keep same stats ?

[Sogorn]

Hi all,

My 2 sons have been playing this for ages and I've just started, it's a fantastic game, got it on PS4 &  PC now .... love it!

Anyways...

Is this possible?..

I want to keep the game as the original but create 2 new characters, one each of both my boys so they

can play as each other or themselves lol

I want to keep everything the same, health/attack rations etc etc, just change the way the character(s) look so I was thinking, would it be possible to just alter the design/look only of Wilson?

I'm thinking, just download a packed copy of him (or any other basic character) and just edit the character images itself?

Many Thanks

[Sannom]

You can definitely do so. The problem is, you want to make two characters, so you cannot simply change the visuals for Wilson, and you need to start a project of your own! I suggest the following guide, as it taught me everything I needed to create a new character's appearance.

http://forums.kleientertainment.com/topic/27341-tutorial-the-artists-guide-to-characteritem-modding/

If you have any problems whatsoever following the tutorial, feel free to ask for clarification, I'll keep an eye on your thread.

[TheDanaAddams]

I will apologise in advance for anything that is unclear in this post, since I am hung over as ****.

 

Making a character with identical stats to Wilson is actually really easy. Any stat that is not explicitly defined in your mod character's code will simply use Wilson's. Wilson is 'default' for character stats. Making a custom character, and not defining any "perks" will give you a clone of Wilson, with the new art.

However...

It won't by default enable beard growth, which is an important part of using Wilson.

 

You could apply beard growth to your mod characters very easily, though.
Look at the Wilson.lua prefab (in data/scripts/prefabs) - notice that no stats have been set, here, since Wilson is default. The only code here controls the beard. Follow the guide, and add the code from Wilson's prefab to your mod.

[Sogorn]

excellent, thank you both very much

I will follow the guide inch by inch and will keep you peeps informed of how I get on.

Thanks again, much appreciated.