Modding:VS Model Creator

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This page was last verified for Vintage Story version 1.19.8.

The VS Model Creator is a modding tool to create custom shapes for blocks, items, and entities. The newest version can be downloaded here.

Guides

• Modeling Basics
• Model Duplication
• Texturing
• Parenting
• Animation Basics
• Animation Intermediate

Useful tips & tricks

• Set the default textures folder with File > Set Texture base path and choose the Vintagestory\assets\survival\textures folder. Do the same for shapes with File > Set Shape base path and choose the Vintagestory\assets\survival\shapes folder.
• Hold Shift on the Size/Position/Origin or UV arrows to increase its value only by 0.1 or Ctrl for 0.5 instead of 1.
• Hold Ctrl on the Position arrows to also move the origin point.
• In the Size/Position/Origin Text fields, use the mouse wheel to modify the value increments by 1.
  • Hold down Shift to do increments of 0.1.
  • Or hold Ctrl on the position fields to also move the origin.
• Hold Ctrl and click on a box in the middle window. It will select that box.
  • To move the box around, keep holding Ctrl.
  • To modify the size, instead of the position, hold Ctrl with the right mouse button held down.

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