[Mod] In-game skin switching [skins]

[Daven]

Can this be used in your single player world?

[SAMIAMNOT]

I'm totally getting this.
EDIT 1: I'm planning on making a skin. How do you change the description of your skin?
EDIT 2: Is there a way to do animated skins? I wanna make one with blinking eyes.

[theoluk]

Is there a way to add your own skin? I have the texture in the right format. What would I have to change in the lua files or add to folders?

[benrob0329]

@theoluk Yes, there is. You can use the install skin script in the mod directory.

@zeg9 I get the following error when i run the update script included in the skinsbd branch:

Your phone or window isn't wide enough to display the code box. If it's a phone, try rotating it to landscape mode.

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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/ben/.minetest/mods/minetest-skins-skindb/update_from_db.py", line 39, in <module>
    addpage(p+2)
  File "/home/ben/.minetest/mods/minetest-skins-skindb/update_from_db.py", line 16, in addpage
    r = c.getresponse()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.4/http/client.py", line 1171, in getresponse
    response.begin()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.4/http/client.py", line 351, in begin
    version, status, reason = self._read_status()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.4/http/client.py", line 321, in _read_status
    raise BadStatusLine(line)
http.client.BadStatusLine: ''


[Caerulean]

Hello. This is a nice mod and works perfectly in 4.12, but recently I tried this in 4.13 and it doesn't work. The button in the inventory appears and it does lead me to the selection page but the previews don't appear and I can't click anything. I have the Inventory Plus mod on.

[TenPlus1]

This is quite an old mod that isn't maintained any longer, try using one of the newer one's:

viewtopic.php?id=9100

[Caerulean]

All right, thanks!

[bbaez]

This may be an older mod, but still works great. The kids like the simplicity of it. There was some discussion on app dependencies so I will post what was required on Ubuntu 14 LTS:

Need pngcrush, blender and convert (comes with imagemagick) to install/create preview images.

Your phone or window isn't wide enough to display the code box. If it's a phone, try rotating it to landscape mode.

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sudo apt-get install pngcrush
sudo apt-get install blender
sudo apt-get install imagemagick


Also need YAD:

Your phone or window isn't wide enough to display the code box. If it's a phone, try rotating it to landscape mode.

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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/y-ppa-manager
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install yad


Also, tried using minecraftskins.com to create a 3D skin but there is an extra set in the png (overlay?) throwing this and all MT skins mods off. Tried searching the web but not sure what do to to resolve.

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[Neuromancer]

Also, tried using minecraftskins.com to create a 3D skin but there is an extra set in the png (overlay?) throwing this and all MT skins mods off. Tried searching the web but not sure what do to to resolve.

I noticed the same thing. You can crop off the bottom image, but you also need to move the face and the back. This is a pain. I think the minetest player model should change to match this.

[Neuromancer]

You can still get some minecraft 1.7 compatable skins on planetminecraft.com. Filter format to Universal Skin 64x32. These should work in minetest for now, but I think they are going away.

[LazerRay]

If you are still looking for Minetest compatible skins, the MC Skin Viewer program can help, you type in a username to see the skin related to it and you can save a copy through the same program.

(Note most older MC players still use the original skin format which happens to be what Minetest is compatible with)

[TheReaperKing]

Is there any information available on how to install new skins on windows with this mod? The scripts are linux I believe. Hopefully I didn't miss a post in my searching and any help would be appreciated :) I really like the way this mod is set up!

[LazerRay]

Adding new skins to this mod is super easy, you first get the image file and name it

Your phone or window isn't wide enough to display the code box. If it's a phone, try rotating it to landscape mode.

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character_#

with the # being what ever the highest one is in the "textures" folder, then in the "meta" folder you make a text file with the same name as the new image file and write

Your phone or window isn't wide enough to display the code box. If it's a phone, try rotating it to landscape mode.

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name = "skin name",
author = "author name (if any)",

After that you're done and the new skin should work once you run Minetest, just bring up the switcher and select your new skin

Note: The two folders mentioned are inside the folder for this mod

[TheReaperKing]

Thank you so much kind sir! I really appreciate your help :) I will test it out this weekend! Take care and have a wonderful day.
-Mike

[inkoia]

Hi!

I've came to an error due to the name of this skin, which is an Integer: http://minetest.fensta.bplaced.net/#name=3252353

So I've made the following changes to the "update_from_db.py" script, in the lines 31, 32, 33:

f.write('name = "'+str(s["name"])+'",\n')
f.write('author = "'+str(s["author"])+'",\n')
f.write('comment = "'+str(s["license"])+'",\n')

Just added str(...) so it can transform the name from Int to Str.

Thanks for the mod!