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This page lists frequently asked questions.

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?

Terminology

• FAQ:What is a nightly build?
• 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?

Technology

• FAQ:Why quadrilaterals?
• FAQ:What happened to the MHX export in MH 1.1.x and later?
• FAQ:Why is there no perspective mode?

Installation

• FAQ:Where can I download 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 part clothes. How do I install them?
• FAQ:I downloaded a third part model. How do I install it?
• FAQ:I downloaded a third part target. How do I install it?

Legal questions

• FAQ:Can I sell models created with MakeHuman?
• FAQ:Can I create a commercial closed source game with models generated by MakeHuman?

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?

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 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?

Troubleshooting

• FAQ:Norton Antivirus reports WS.Reputation.1 in the nightly build. What gives?
• FAQ:MakeHuman renders odd colours and weird transparency artefacts. Can you help me?
• 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