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(Big Update!) Animating with Spiral Knights characters

By Xan

Learn how to extract models from Spiral Knights using my own easy-to-use tool!

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Category: Modding or Configuration

Languages: English

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6 Oct, 2016 @ 1:27pm

1 Jan, 2022 @ 8:52am

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Guide Index

Overview

Preliminary: Version Information

Intro

Importing & Exporting For Dummies

Comments

Preliminary: Version Information

As of writing - and if you see a live release with this version or higher, let me know I forgot to update this guide - TRS V3.0.0 is in progress.

There's a lot of problems with the tool that causes it to struggle with a lot of content, so I'm working on fixing it all slowly but surely in one huge release.

If you run into issues, make sure to open a new issue on the GitHub repository so I can get it fixed.

Intro

What is it?

Sorry. Shameless plug to my own program! I've seen a lot of people who want to get SK models working in stuff like SFM so I've taken the liberty of making this possible.

Setup Step 1: Get the program

You will want to start by going to the repository here: https://github.com/EtiTheSpirit/ThreeRingsSharp

Here you can see all the pretty pretty little bits and pieces that make up the final iteration of the tool.

Importing & Exporting For Dummies

Using the program is pretty easy!

Timestamps

00:00 - [Extra] Introduction to TRS
00:26 - Downloading
01:09 - [Important] Config: File Paths
02:16 - Config: Conditional/StaticSet
03:51 - Config: Other Entries
05:00 - [Important] Loading a model
05:53 - ArticulatedConfig & Animation Demo
07:08 - StaticSetConfig & Variants
08:55 - [Extra] TudeySceneModel Preview
11:20 - [Extra] Feature Overview
13:45 - [Extra] Outro

[Extra] - These are really optional and you probably don't need to see them unless you need to kill time or are curious.
Unmarked - These are optional, but might be a little more important.
[Important] - These are vital for using the program in full.

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time de fortaleza esta devolta 27 Jul, 2024 @ 10:06pm

hop on spiral knights (joke)

Xan [author] 11 Jul, 2024 @ 9:05am

It is just like any other avatar. You'll need to take the glTF (.glb) file and import it into Blender, then you can just export as .fbx or .blend depending on your preference.

Meesh 3 Jul, 2024 @ 8:57pm

Any info on converting into Vrchat avatar

☾ Dani 💔 30 Apr, 2024 @ 2:02am

btw may I add you?
I wanna ask about something regarding this

Xan [author] 29 Apr, 2024 @ 7:25am

That is the general assumption to make, yes.

☾ Dani 💔 28 Apr, 2024 @ 9:43pm

so making animation and renders is fine. But monetizing it would get me into trouble (by monetizing I mean the animation and works I made, let's say I upload them on YT and have it monetized)

Xan [author] 28 Apr, 2024 @ 8:23pm

That's not something I can really comment on, not my property. Extracting and converting game models is fine, but actually using them for paid content might not be. As far as I can tell GH doesn't really care so long as you aren't outright reselling the content but ultimately that choice is yours. They don't seem to mind existing derivative content.

☾ Dani 💔 28 Apr, 2024 @ 8:08pm

so you can't get into legal issues with SK, so I'm allowed to make renders or animation of it? Even if its monetized?

Xan [author] 28 Apr, 2024 @ 7:25am

Not at all. The engine is entirely open source, in fact (see https://github.com/threerings/clyde )

☾ Dani 💔 27 Apr, 2024 @ 10:17pm

Is this even legal? could you get into DMCA issue with the game dev?

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