#inzoi tutorial

InZOI Tutorial: How to texture Furniture meshes and make them recolourable

Hey everyone!

I present you another tutorial!

It touches on a couple of things:

How to create the textures InZOI expects

What are Packed textures and how to create them

How to make the mesh recolourable and what you need

Telling the game that the furniture is recolourable.

You can read it here:

As of now

inZOI just released on the 27th for Early Access. There are already so many mods available to try out for this brand new game. I recently tested some out and wanted to give a quick step by step guide on how to mod your game.

Saiwa's inZOI Tutorials

How to enable cheat codes

How to (almost) fully edit a Zoi you already have ingame

The list with all Cheat Codes is -> here

Enable cheat codes:

Open Psycat's Guide

Click 'Enable Cheats'

To open the cheat console, press CTRL+SHIFT+C

Fully edit your ingame Zoi:

First you need your Zoi's ID: type or copy

showZoiInfo true

into the cheat console and press ENTER

Now Saiwa knows the ID's of Namjin and Minwoo! (Which weirdly is the same? ö.Ö' Edit: I found out what happened, see Edit below)

The cheat for editing the Zois is:

CustomZoi [ZoiID] Namin's ID is 8665

So Saiwa enters

CustomZoi 8665

into the cheat console . . .

and waits a few seconds. . .

There he is! Face and body and (almost) everything fully editable! (But not the name? We can't have everything, I guess ^^') (I'm so happy about that! It was such a hassle when you noticed something odd after adding the Zois into the game. I often ended up with 3-5 different versions of them standing next to each other until I decided which one to keep omg...)

To remove the Zoi Info again, type

showZoiInfo false

EDIT: If it happens to you that two Zois have the same ID (or a different Zoi than intended shows up in CAZ), try turn showZoiInfo off and on again ^^'

Now they have different IDs, In the pics above you can see Minwoos real ID even shimmering above the false one over his head ö.ö

Click Psycats Guide (the little thing in bottom right corner with question mark, click enable cheats. Ctrl + Shift + C, Then enter the cheat: setZoiName [ZOIID] [FirstName] [LastName]

Psst, If you rather want to read it in full, instead of parts, I also got the tutorial posted on my site! 😉

Time for part 2! Here we will check out angles!

🎲How to find the right angles

So, right of the bat, I want to say: This is... not easy. It takes practice and looking at a lot of refences. If not, simply searching for the right angle in game!

However, I do have a couple of to-go hints! Especially from a storytelling perspective. 😉

Learning about types angles for Storytelling:

So, while I never did any film or photography study, I do watch a LOT of movies/shows! Eventually you start picking up on the angles they use to make something more dramatic, intense, etc.

Here's a great video on it:

(Oh and check that FOV/DOF as a reference on these as well to learn more about it 😉)

You will notice I do the same thing...

Eye Level shots:

Our characters always have something cool and important to share! So make sure that in those scenes you show that to the audience.

Maybe something instence? Them telling the truth finally? Whatever comes to mind.

High Level shots:

While I don't tend to use them much for emotional reasons, I tend to use them to show more of a perspective of either:

... Taking a break from making us feel the character is big in the world, but simply making them feel smaller than that/part of it.

... Showing more of the scene and what they're doing, while keeping creativity in the scene.

Shoulder Angle Shot:

Just like I mentioned before, characters have things to say! And that's something the audience wants to focus on. Shoulder angle shots are great for that light-hearted banter.

Just like in real-life, when we have a conversation: Eye contact is what you want to focus on, not the background or whatever they're wearing. 😉

Including the character that the other character is talking to, makes it also much easier to feel like they're listening to your character. Getting a feel of that they're there.

In the end they're not just telling their thoughts to the audience, but also, well, the other character! 😉

Ground Level shot:

I just came to the realization I barely use this, but when I do, it's to emphasize an action. Such as walking, or, in this case, cleaning.

It's often because I don't need the audience to see their faces at this point. In fact, we want to see what they're doing, and maybe even why 😉

Keep your characters away from the middle!:

That may sound odd, but I will show you why:

Not a bad picture of Hiroto! But let's see what happens if we move the camera more to the right...

You see how it's a bit more intense? You're more focused on him now, than the one where he was in the middle. Which shows how weird our brains really are lol.

So... second example:

You see how at the first one it feels as if we just met this dude on the street and passing him by?

But with the second one, you're much more like "ohh, what's going on?" It's almost as if you're more invited into the conversation 😉

What about Landscapes?

First things first, I also apply the same "don't put things in the middle" rule here too!"

Additionally to that, I use a few methods for this! Either:

... Making them feel more Isometric-y

... Find a focus point in the landscape.

Here are some of the Isometric examples I mean. You see how things are top down, but also more 45 degrees rotated? That's what you want to go for! 😉

Focus points in Landscape pictures I tend to not be as strict in. Usually I try to:

See if angling the camera will capture the landscape better

about 30-50% sky/background mountains. So make sure to make screenshots of towns/cities where there is only 10% sky (unless it's a mansion, lol).

Find similar shapes. Like I did in picture 2! I simply noticed the symmetry and went with it.

Hey everyone!

I just finished writing a tutorial on how to modify existing furniture and other objects!

InZOI Tutorial: How To add Slots To Your Object

Heya!

I made a quick tutorial on how to adjust the slots and how to add them too! :)

This is especially helpful if you want to add more flower pots or if your ZOI is walking into your object

Read it here: