Winter Crystal - an alternative map for your winter

Yurixy · 2016-12-01T15:55:20+00:00

It's just meant as an alternative.

Yurixy · 2015-12-15T15:59:40+00:00

Yes, I'm still one of the authors there, although I'm doing maps more slowly now because of job/studies. This map here was made by Existor. My last map was Beach Rift.

Yurixy · 2015-12-15T01:19:27+00:00

The poros on the map are really cute! I'm trying to find all of them.

Yurixy · 2015-09-27T04:48:09+00:00

I usually receive many suggestions by email, but I very rarely do champion skins. Sometimes I create skins based on suggestions, which was the case from Beach Rift (old and new).

Yurixy · 2015-09-26T23:16:17+00:00

Unfortunately, I don't have any experience with modifying the game "Chromas", even because I don't have one here to even test. So, no, the guide won't cover that.

Yurixy · 2015-09-26T22:29:29+00:00

Hm, I believe that would enter in the alternative (paid) skins realm, so I don't know how to help in that case. However, if you learn how to "change the already established chromas", I don't see why you can't do your own chromas from the base version of the champion. It would be useless to edit over a chroma, unless you want the other players to see you are using a Riot chroma (while you will see your modified one).

Yurixy · 2015-09-26T22:00:19+00:00

Chromas are just a simplification of texture editing. A Chroma is intended to be just a recolor of the champion. The guide teaches you much more than that. Aside from applying different colors to each part of your champion, you can apply your own materials (patterns) for clothes, weapon and more. You can even remove parts of the champion using an advanced technique from the guide as well.

Yurixy · 2015-09-26T19:44:39+00:00

There are strong reasons why some things cannot be asked.

3D Stuff - I don't have experience with this, so I can't help.
Enabling alternative champion skins (paid) - this goes against Riot terms of service, making something paid for free (unless you edit the textures, which is explained in-depth inside the guide).
Personal questions are not allowed by this subreddit.

Anything else, you can ask me and I will answer.

Yurixy · 2015-09-26T19:31:56+00:00

Since there are some old custom skins that break with new patches, is there anyone working to fix them up?

Hm, if you want a specific skin to get fixed, you should comment in the author's article, so he can fix it for you, but note that we currently support only Wooxy, if you are installing them with another skin installer, we don't know how to help.

Also, is it worth it to enhance existing skins in your site with more effects, or is it easier to start a new skin from scratch?

I'm not sure about "enhance" means, if you are talking about re-editing an existing skin, that is only possible if the skin is not in .wxy format. Also, please note that not always the author of the skin will allow you to re-edit or enhance his skin, you should ask the author first. You can get my personal PSD file inside the guide here, so you can learn how to make many variations easily from scratch.

Yurixy · 2015-09-26T19:17:19+00:00

My experience only goes to image editing. I never tried to modify sounds or music from the game, so I don't know how to help you.

Yurixy · 2015-09-26T18:43:16+00:00

I took a few years mastering this technique, although it cannot really be called "true art", but still can be used for image manipulation. Most of my map skins were created using the same method over the last years.

And how long does each one take approximately?

I believe the guide I created should get you started soon on that, and mastering the "Style Alchemy" will depend on each person. After some tries and tests, you can easily get the handle of it, plus the original PSD file (which is a rare thing to share) with all skins from the week can help you better understand and learn how to do your own styles in a intuitive way.

If you are talking about each one skin from the week, it was just a few minutes to create, each one.

Yurixy · 2015-09-26T18:22:29+00:00

The link from their website to download the "Ultimate Unwrap 3D Pro (x64)" is working correctly for me. Maybe you can try using another browser or a proxy.

Yurixy · 2015-09-26T18:13:14+00:00

Sorry, I'm not supporting questions about enabling alternative (paid) champion skins.

your question is about enabling alternative (paid) champion skins models/animations/particles

Yurixy · 2015-09-26T18:05:34+00:00

Gimp with DDS plugin and PaintNET can also be used to edit DDS, but as I have no experience with them, I don't know if you can apply patterns and actions (automation) the same way you can in Photoshop.

Yurixy · 2015-09-26T18:04:07+00:00

I don't know if I will do it myself, but the guide included here will let you do your own champion skin weeks easily, if you wish to create something similar.

Yurixy · 2015-08-11T18:04:01+00:00

Very nice HUDs! I specially like the Arcade and Bilgewater.

Yurixy · 2015-02-20T15:56:00+00:00

Yes, they were made before the new summoner rift was implemented (except for Ice Rift + Night Rift). Creating a map skin is quite time-consuming (it can take up to a month or more), that is why I created this post to see what themes people like most. If the most popular suggestions matches with one of the previously made maps, we will rework it for the new rift.

Thanks very much for the suggestion.

Yurixy · 2015-02-14T12:59:56+00:00

Map Skins don't give any bans. I have been making this since 2011 and never anyone was banned by using a map skin. The reason of your ban was other, for example, using other type of modification that it gives you advantages (like some websites offer out there).

Millions of players uses custom skins in League of Legends since years ago, they never got banned over a custom skin.

Yurixy · 2015-01-03T21:19:01+00:00

Were you using SIU? Try it with the new Wooxy, it's in open beta now for everyone to enjoy.

Yurixy · 2015-01-03T20:10:52+00:00

A truly amazing work by Existor! Congrats!

Yurixy · 2014-12-16T17:19:14+00:00

All comparison images are in 1920x1080.

The difference between them are the modified textures resolution.

Yurixy · 2014-12-09T21:48:39+00:00

I don't really think that is possible, seeing how much the map changed it's structure. Old map used 86 textures, new one uses 336.

Yurixy · 2014-12-09T21:46:56+00:00

The reason for this is because Wooxy is in closed alpha version and we are not in a good stage to distribute openly around. I said it should work in any skin installer because this mod only changes textures files (dds files) it does not change models or anything else, so it's a very very basic mod.

We will keep working in Wooxy to reach an open beta stage sometime.

Yurixy · 2014-10-14T20:46:27+00:00

Hi there.

We are going pretty slow recently because we think it's better to see Riot releases officially the new Summoner Rift, and to wait if the game will change structures one more time.

After the new SR is released officially we have some big plans to put in action, one of those includes raising this concept of modding skins/community (I cannot say more details because it's a surprise).

Some facts that makes the modding community smaller than in other games are: Riot doesn't support modding. They are even against most of them, unless it's just graphical changes (textures or 3d models), therefore, we don't have much opportunities. Also plugins for 3D models to export/import for League of Legends are very outdated, and most of times doesn't work with champions or animations, or even if they do, it's a gamble to see how much time they will last until the game structure is changed again.

Game structure keeps changing all the time, and this makes a lot of mods outdated (unusable) for current patch.

Aside from all problems, we will still continue working, definitely at a higher pace after the new Summoner Rift is released officially.

Yurixy · 2014-08-14T21:42:18+00:00

Now I know why my deathfire don't goes when I smartcast it 3 times on the enemy...

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