FAQ:Index
From MakeHuman Community Wiki
This page lists frequently asked questions.
Contents
Top questions
- FAQ: What changed regarding the license in 2020?
- FAQ: MakeHuman does not start
- FAQ: The interface looks broken
- FAQ: Scrolling does not work
- FAQ: I have a problem with makehuman. How do I report it?
- FAQ: Is there a mac build?
- FAQ: I didn't get any forum activation link
- FAQ: I can't download from the user repos, all files are saved as HTML
- FAQ: MakeHuman renders odd colours and weird transparency artefacts. Can you help me?
- FAQ: What happened to the special assets genitalia?
- FAQ: How can I download assets for MakeHuman?
- FAQ: How can I use the asset downloader to download everything by everyone?
Makehuman and Blender
- FAQ: What is MPFB (MakeHuman Plugin For Blender)?
- FAQ: I get CONNECTION REFUSED in MPFB
- FAQ: How do I export assets from MakeHuman to Blender?
- FAQ: How do I install a plugin in Blender 2.80?
- FAQ: How do I upgrade a plugin in Blender 2.80?
- FAQ: What happened to the MHX export in MH 1.1.x and later?
- FAQ: Where can I get MHX2 for Blender 2.80
- FAQ: What happened to MakeWalk?
General / unsorted
- FAQ: What is MakeHuman?
- FAQ: What is the prefered method for contacting the MakeHuman crew?
- FAQ: Is there an IRC channel?
- FAQ: How much does MakeHuman cost?
- FAQ: What happened to the XYZ asset?
- FAQ: I want to make a code fork of MakeHuman, but I hate mercurial or BitBucket
- FAQ: Do you have some quick tips on how to make a nice image with a makehuman toon?
- FAQ: What is a fashion render?
- FAQ: I have a business idea. Can I hire someone on the dev team to do consultancy work or development regarding MakeHuman?
- FAQ: Does "alpha" mean it is dangerous to use?
Terminology
- FAQ: What is Open Source?
- FAQ: What is a target?
- FAQ: What is the meaning of the numbers in MakeHuman release?
- FAQ: What is a proxy?
Nightly builds
- FAQ: What is a nightly build?
- FAQ: Where are the nightly builds?
- FAQ: Will the nightly build work?
- FAQ: Can I use the stable version and the nightly build at the same time?
- FAQ: What's with the "makehuman-community-*" file name?
- FAQ: How can I run the same code as the nightly build from source?
Technology
- FAQ: Why quadrilaterals?
- FAQ: What happened to the specific skeletons (the UE and SL rigs for example)?
- FAQ: Why is there no perspective mode?
Installation
- FAQ: Where can I download MakeHuman?
- FAQ: Where can I find older Versions of MakeHuman?
- FAQ: I'm using ubuntu. Is there a PPA?
- FAQ: Which version of MakeHuman should I download?
- FAQ: Where are my MakeHuman files found (where is my HOME directory)?
- FAQ: Where can I unzip MakeHuman (in Windows)?
- FAQ: How can I run MakeHuman from a BitBucket source clone?
- FAQ: How can I build MakeHuman from source?
- FAQ: I downloaded third party clothes. How do I install them?
- FAQ: I downloaded a third party model. How do I install it?
- FAQ: I downloaded a third party proxy. How do I install it?
- FAQ: I downloaded a third party target. How do I install it?
- FAQ: I downloaded a third party skin. How do I install it?
- FAQ: I downloaded a third party plug-in. How do I install it?
- FAQ: How do I uninstall MakeHuman?
Legal questions
- FAQ: Can I sell models created with MakeHuman?
- FAQ: Can I create a commercial closed source game with models generated by MakeHuman?
- FAQ:What do I need to do when I use a CC-BY asset?
- FAQ: We at company X don't like AGPL and want another license
Creating assets
- FAQ: How can I create targets?
- FAQ: How can I create skin textures?
- FAQ: How can I create clothes?
- FAQ: How can I create hair?
- FAQ: How can I create extra bodyparts?
- FAQ: How can I create proxies or alternative topologies?
- FAQ: How can I create poses?
- FAQ: How can I create a thumbnail file?
- FAQ: I already have a 3d object from elsewhere. How can I use it in MH?
- FAQ: Can I export an asset from Blender and get it back into MakeHuman?
- FAQ: I have photos of a real person. Can I use those for making a skin?
- FAQ: How do I make and upload a fashion render?
Contributing
- FAQ: How do I submit a bug report?
- FAQ: How to provide a makehuman log for a good bug report?
- FAQ: I want to extend MakeHuman functionality. Where should I start?
- FAQ: I want to contribute code in a more structured manner. What is the recommended procedure?
- FAQ: I want an easy code task to get to learn the makehuman code. Where should I start?
- FAQ: I have made a code patch. Where do I send it?
- FAQ: I'm not a coder. How can I contribute?
- FAQ: I have made a new asset for MakeHuman. How can I contribute it?
- FAQ: I have made a tutorial. How do I contribute it?
- FAQ: I want to help write documentation. How do I do that?
Rendering, materials and node setups
NSFW
- FAQ: What is the general policy towards NSFW content and discussions?
- FAQ: Is it ok to share NSFW imagery on the forums?
- FAQ: Is it ok to share NSFW content in the user contribution repos?
Troubleshooting
- FAQ: The publisher could not be verified
- FAQ: My Antivirus tool blocks MakeHuman or Norton Antivirus reports WS.Reputation.1
- FAQ: There seems to be a version mismatch between MHX and blender
- FAQ: I am using the ubuntu or debian version of MakeHuman and...
- FAQ: MakeHuman fails to start in windows, nothing seems to happen when I click the exe
- FAQ: Eyes are rendered completely white (or black) in blender
- FAQ: I can't download from the user repos, all files are saved as HTML
