How do I use materials.

by **FierceSavitar** » Sat Dec 17, 2016 2:08 pm

How do I use materials. When I downloaded them and put them in the clothes file, they do not work. Am i possibly doing something wrong.

by **RobBaer** » Sat Dec 17, 2016 2:35 pm

I really don't know what you're asking because your question seem almost too basic.

But materials affect the display of MH objects. For example, on the left panel click eyes, then on the right panel select from a variety of eye colors. By default, you can select a skin material on the right by clicking on it. Many other assets, including some clothes, have materials you can choose from. When you get beyond this there is a material editor that allows you to construct and save your own materials in the utilities tab. Reformulate you question if this is not what you are asking.

by **punkduck** » Sat Dec 17, 2016 5:06 pm

FierceSavitar wrote:How do I use materials. When I downloaded them and put them in the clothes file, they do not work. Am i possibly doing something wrong.

Well I guess, you are asking where to put the materials ...

The standard material of an asset normally is in the same directory/folder where you put the clothes or hair (e.g. .../data/hair/ponytail01). It normally has the same name (ponytail01.mhmat). Internally MakeHuman looks into the .mhclo file to determine where it will find the standard material ...

When you want to add further materials, you must create a "materials"-directory inside this clothes or hair directory (in the example .../data/hair/ponytail01/materials). Then you have to put the .mhmat file(s) and the texture(s) (+ thumbs if available) in this materials directory. Now MakeHuman is able to find these files.

Adding material to the user contributed assets is simple, because both, assets and materials reside in your home-directory. Be careful when you want to add materials to the standard-Makehuman installation (e.g. for the mentioned hair, ponytail01 is part of the distribution), you might do it in the same way, but you normally need administrator or root permissions depending on your operating system.

I hope this will help you.

by **FierceSavitar** » Sun Dec 18, 2016 10:41 pm

Thanks

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