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Old 20-03-11, 14:43   #1
dizzydoil
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Exclamation XNALara Help & Resources

note: rules are strictly enforced and thus every member @
http://www.tombraiderforums.com must follow and abide by them.


read the rules here.

YOU DON'T NEED TOMB RAIDER: UNDERWORLD TO RUN THIS PROGRAM.



DOWNLOAD: download the main program, additional content and more.
download the main program. download individual data packs. download the utilities.

xnalara is srs bsns ―― xnalara is srs bsns



RULESRECAPITULATIVEMODDINGPOSESREQUESTSTUTORIALS



Welcome to XNALara. Getting started? Let's get going then shall we.

Since downloading the program from the above link and a Lara (or similar) model to go with it you'll need to know what you do with both of them. First you need to launch XNALara using the XNALara.exe application. A window similar to the one straight above will appear, accompanied by the image above that one. You'll notice both seem rather empty. That's because we haven't loaded anything yet. The model you downloaded needs to have its own data folder in XNALara\data. Like shown here:

Code:
C:\XNALara\data\lara_jungle_shorts
Once that is complete you need to navigate to the File > Add model(s) option. Here a list should appear complete with the models located in the data folder. Select your model of Lara (or similar) and click OK. She will load.

Aha! Now we're getting somewhere.

You'll notice a selection of bone-names, and the once greyed out areas are now available to play with. Either select Lara's bones from the 3D window or from the list and use the X/Y/Z axis bars to pose her how you wish. I'd like to take this time to remind you of the rules on this forum in respect to poses:

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Sexually suggestive or vulgar poses and gestures are also not allowed, whether or not the character doing them is fully clothed.
Once you have posed Lara as you wish, complete with accessories available from the Options menu, or not you're ready to play with the in-editor editing system. To access this you need to navigate to Options menu and select Lighting parameters... or Post-processing parameters... to edit and alter your image to be something special. Play around with the parameters in these sections and study them for the best effects.

You're done? Great. Let's get your image saved and uploaded shall we?

Open File > Save image... and observe the options available. You will notice image size: %%, render alpha channel and render logo. It's best to understand what each of these mean before you swan-dive in the deep-end.

Image size is an important factor on how large or small you want to render the image. 100% is reasonable enough, but you can render upto 1000%. Caution however, rendering large amounts at a time can cause lag and may crash.

Rendering the alpha channel completely ignores the background colour and renders it transparent to be used in external programs such as Photoshop, where you can lay Lara or similar over a pre-made background.

Rendering the logo acts almost like a water-mark. It sticks a small XNALara logo with a soft white glow behind it in the bottom right corner of your image.

Once you have saved your image you'll need someplace to upload it. Here is a selection of various image hosting websites: dropbox, filesmelt, tinypic, uppix, cubeupload, spamtheweb, imgur, deviantart.

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It doesn't stop there though. That's the bare-bones.

XNALara is so much more.


*updating*

Last edited by dizzydoil; 15-01-12 at 21:34.
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