Finding Skin Pallet Problems With JED Author: Red

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NOTICE: This Tutorial assumes that the author has general Skinning skills and just a smudge of JED skills


Lately I've noticed several pallet problems in Jedi Knight Skin. What does a pallet Problem do? Check out these Leia's:
1) 2)
Notice how her dress shade changes. This is because each Color Map changes a select few colors in it's pallet (Someday I'll make a list of these and send it in). In the most drastic case (a level with a dflt.cmp) these colors that change would be neon pink (Ouch!). That's why it's a good idea to check for these.


1) Open JED


2) Hit File -> Save As and Save it (as Untitled.JED) to the directory with all you mats.


3) Click the Surface button () on the top menu bar.


4) Click Tools -> Item Editor


5) Double Click +MATERIAL


6) Click on Project Directory (upper left hand) and scroll down your mat list. If you see something like this in your lower left hand side: you have a problem :-)


That is what your lovely skin would look like in a level with the dflt.com -- see why we fix that?


7) Just re-edit your mat -- trying to get rid of the bad color. And then, repeat the checking process.


Happy Hunting :-).. I'll get the pallet done if I have a free day (and I'll send it to Massassi)

~ Red