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Hello everyone.
Many description images are missing from the costume and hair mods hosted on the Resource Manager.
This is mainly due to the fact that when sdtmods.com was moved to Undertow, the policy was to host only essential images on the site, and place everything else on external image hosting sites to save server space, so many preview images ended up on Imgur and other sites, and are now deleted, leaving mods with no preview other than the little resource icon, forcing everyone to download and try out the mod to see what it really looks like.
I'll spare you the details of the mod migration, but you can read Migrating SDT Mods into Resources made in 2015 by stuntcock (former SDTMods and Undertow admin).
Sometimes this can also be because the artist/modder is new to the forum (or lazy
), but having illustrations is probably the best way to promote a mod.
With server space no longer an issue, it would be a good thing to illustrate the resources that aren't, but that's a huge task, as hundreds of mods are affected.
So I'm asking for your help if you're interested.
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As normal users can't edit resources, all you have to do is find the ones that don't have an image and follow the instructions below:
To do this properly, I recommend using Screenshot Positions, a version of Loader that shows only the girl on a white background and allows taking clean screenshots of her head, body, or feet.
Launch this version of SDT, choose the right position for the girl depending on the mod using numpad 4 or 5, load the PNG/SWF and take a screenshot showing as much of the mod as possible.
Just be aware that the traditional way of illustrating an RGB adjustable mod is to use pink and blue, like this:
Screenshots can be taken using the
Choose '2× Size Screenshot' in the options tab, that allows taking 1400×1200 px PNG screenshots, which is perfect for illustrating mods.
When finished, post in this thread, adding the images using the 'Attach files' button at the bottom left of the edit box, and put the links to the mods in the same order as your screenshots.
An RM moderator will then take care of adding them to the resources and removing them from here.
If you decide to use a Custom Data or mods that are not included in the resource, please add them, so users can recreate the character easily.
But which resources to do first?
The ones with the most download are probably the ones to do in priority.
I sorted SDT resources by their number of downloads and going down the list. The progress is in this post below.
The only important thing is to illustrate as many resources as possible, to help everyone get a better idea of what the mods look like and pick the ones they like.
Thank you for your attention if you read this thread to the end.
Many description images are missing from the costume and hair mods hosted on the Resource Manager.
This is mainly due to the fact that when sdtmods.com was moved to Undertow, the policy was to host only essential images on the site, and place everything else on external image hosting sites to save server space, so many preview images ended up on Imgur and other sites, and are now deleted, leaving mods with no preview other than the little resource icon, forcing everyone to download and try out the mod to see what it really looks like.
I'll spare you the details of the mod migration, but you can read Migrating SDT Mods into Resources made in 2015 by stuntcock (former SDTMods and Undertow admin).
Sometimes this can also be because the artist/modder is new to the forum (or lazy
), but having illustrations is probably the best way to promote a mod.With server space no longer an issue, it would be a good thing to illustrate the resources that aren't, but that's a huge task, as hundreds of mods are affected.
So I'm asking for your help if you're interested.
As normal users can't edit resources, all you have to do is find the ones that don't have an image and follow the instructions below:
To do this properly, I recommend using Screenshot Positions, a version of Loader that shows only the girl on a white background and allows taking clean screenshots of her head, body, or feet.
Launch this version of SDT, choose the right position for the girl depending on the mod using numpad 4 or 5, load the PNG/SWF and take a screenshot showing as much of the mod as possible.
Just be aware that the traditional way of illustrating an RGB adjustable mod is to use pink and blue, like this:
/ key on QWERTY keyboards (# on QWERTZ and : on AZERTY, i.e. the second key to the left of the right Shift key).Choose '2× Size Screenshot' in the options tab, that allows taking 1400×1200 px PNG screenshots, which is perfect for illustrating mods.
When finished, post in this thread, adding the images using the 'Attach files' button at the bottom left of the edit box, and put the links to the mods in the same order as your screenshots.
An RM moderator will then take care of adding them to the resources and removing them from here.
If you decide to use a Custom Data or mods that are not included in the resource, please add them, so users can recreate the character easily.
But which resources to do first?
The ones with the most download are probably the ones to do in priority.
I sorted SDT resources by their number of downloads and going down the list. The progress is in this post below.
The only important thing is to illustrate as many resources as possible, to help everyone get a better idea of what the mods look like and pick the ones they like.
Thank you for your attention if you read this thread to the end.
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