Monday, May 25, 2020

Skater XL Custom Map Guide

Well since I am still waiting for the board I thought I would try to recreate the local skate park using photos on google maps for Skater XL. 

I had a very basic understanding of Blender/Unity from some training I did years ago but no way I could just do this without some sort of guide. 

The information is out there but not easy to find at first. So he is me giving back with a guide to find all the great information from the creators in the Skater XL mod community.

With the below information I was able to model my local park import that model into Unity then turn that into a playable map for Skater XL. 

Requirement

  • 3d modeling software this guide goes over using Blender
  • Unity version  2018.4.17f1(current version the devs are using as of 0.3.0.0B)
  • DawgVinci.XXLMapFix.zip  (Required at time of writing due to the devs switching from 2018.4.12 > 4.17 of unity)
  • UMM unity mod manager to install the map fix

Recommended 
  • Join SXL Modding Discord Discord Channel Info
  • SqueegeeDinoToy example map
  • Skater-XL-Blender plug in
  • Skater-XL-Map-Tools Unity Scripts from billowper
  • Skater XL Skater model for Blender Download
  • Skater XL Height Stats spreadsheet Spreadsheet


Step 1 
  • Learn Blender. The playlist below goes over Blender 28.X which is the latest major version at the time of writing. I watched up to video 14 before I moved over to more Skater XL blender focused videos
Playlist

Step 2 
  • Install the Skater-XL-Blender plug in by heading over to SkaterXLModding Github. Just download the .zip and follow the Readme.
  • Follow SDT Mapping Tutorials playlist Below
  • You can also have a look at Enoksi Youtube for even more Skater XL Blender videos

Playlist

Step 3
  • For the Unity side I would just watch the video below. If you have trouble following head over to https://learn.unity.com/tutorials and do a beginner project or two first.
  • Download Skater-XL-Map-Tools Billowper Github. Once downloaded just drag it to your project. This will give you a plug-in that will build your map into a asset file Skater-XL can read and a few grind scripts as well.




Step 4
  • Open the Sample Scene do a Save-as. You can then build a working map based off this new scene. You will be able to use all the textures and prefabs from the SDT example along with your own models
  • When you're ready to try the map out go the the SXL menu then Tools menu export map
  • SDT video going over the SXL menu and the new grind scripts from Billowper


Step 5
General Mod Installation if you need help installing the fix


Happy Modding 
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