How To Create 2d Character

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How to Create Live2D Models?

By Archeia

This guide will help you get started to create Live2D Models for your Visual Novel!

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Guide Index

Overview

What should I get to create Live2D Models?

What if I want to use Cubism 3.0 instead?

Converting Cubism 3.0 Parameters to 2.1

Where can I find tutorials?

How do I import my Live2D Model to Visual Novel Maker?

Adobe Air won't Install!

My Expressions Files are not displaying properly

My Live2D Expressions and Motions are not display on the editor!

When are you supporting Cubism 3?

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What should I get to create Live2D Models?

You will need Live2D's Cubism Editor 2. There's a free version that you can download over here: http://www.live2d.com/en/download (scroll down a bit for old version)

While the PRO version is no longer available, the free version is powerful enough for you to create a model!

What if I want to use Cubism 3.0 instead?

You can definitely use Cubism 3.0. There are just some things you need to take into consideration:

1. The Parameter names should be the same as 2.1's Parameters.
2. You have to have the PRO version to export to legacy 2.1.

Until Live2D is done with their WebGL SDK support, we cannot add support to Cubism 3.

Converting Cubism 3.0 Parameters to 2.1

Just follow the images below:

Where can I find tutorials?

How do I import my Live2D Model to Visual Novel Maker?

After Rigging your model and creating the animations:
1. Open Live2D Viewer. (http://sites.cybernoids.jp/cubism_e/tools/live2d-viewer)
2. Drag the .moc file of the Live2D Model into it.
3. Open the Expression folder in Windows Explorer and select only the .exp.json files and drag them all over to the viewer. That will create an expression folder there automatically.
4. Drag the motions folder containing the .mtn folders over
5. Drag pose.json and physics.json over
6. Project > Write > Settings File
7. Check Relative Path and Write Settings File and then save the stuff as ModelName.model.json (I do not recommend filenames such as Model1.1b or NameModel as it confuses VNMaker sometimes)
8. Import it into VNMaker using the Resource Manager -> Live2D.

After getting the DLC, Just make a new project -> Template: Live2D -> And there would be a sample scene of Haru and Epsilon for learning purposes.

Happy Game Making!

Adobe Air won't Install!

For some reason, changing your system time to a later date (e.g. 2015) and reinstalling fixes this issue. Don't ask us why, we are just as confused as you are. Here's the thread showing all the details: https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1636684

My Expressions Files are not displaying properly

After making and exporting expressions from the Live2D 2.1 viewer. Manually open each expression file and substitute in an additional suffix for each parameter. As follows:

This is what parameters will look like:
{"id":"PARAM_ANGLE_Y","val":12.72}

This is how they need to look:
{"id":"PARAM_ANGLE_Y","val":12.72,"calc": "set"}

My Live2D Expressions and Motions are not display on the editor!

Close VNM completely and check the commands again if they pick up the motions and expressions. Sometimes the editor doesn't see it properly.

When are you supporting Cubism 3?

Until Live2D is done with their WebGL SDK support, we cannot add support to Cubism 3.

I can't not play the Live 2D sample.

It throws this error:
Uncaught TypeError: Right-hand side of "instanceof" is not an object.

And then, the Sample freezes.

I can't find the old version.

oh you want to do work? you must be japanese.

I hope someone can help me. I exported all the files and made an exp file, but then I don't know how to put it together into a live2d.model file.
Thank you

I tried doing this

(This is what parameters will look like:
{"id":"PARAM_ANGLE_Y","val":12.72}

This is how they need to look:
{"id":"PARAM_ANGLE_Y","val":12.72,"calc": "set"}

And everything seems to kinda work except the eyes any reason why? they wont close :(

Okay what about Cubism 4 cause I cant find Cubism 3 anywhere? Please help.

Kurim

6 Mar, 2020 @ 8:01am

Archeia

[author] 17 Dec, 2019 @ 11:30am

Look at Converting Cubism 3.0 Parameters to 2.1

Ylva

17 Dec, 2019 @ 8:44am

The 2 version is no longer available to download via this link or their website in general. The earliest version as of now is also no longer 3.0, and is 3.2.07_1. Please confirm if this version is still able to work with the amendments above, or supply us with a new link to download this software? I see no other tutorial or VNM page that states where to receive this software to use Live2D otherwise.