Toy install help needed

[EpicErsatz]

Apologies if this is the wrong spot but I am a 7.5 to VX convert and I am lost with mod installs.  

I downloaded the Toys pack by x17:  Link:  

 

So i get that the custom.03.etc etc goes into the addons folder but it also has more files within each toy, including a UV file (.png).  Do those go into active mod or into community/toy edit?  I am lost.  DO i just put the whole zip file in addons (Which i tried and the toys don't show up).  Please help.  Thank you in advance.

 

[x17]

2 minutes ago, EpicErsatz said:

Apologies if this is the wrong spot but I am a 7.5 to VX convert and I am lost with mod installs.  

I downloaded the Toys pack by x17:  Link:  

 

So i get that the custom.03.etc etc goes into the addons folder but it also has more files within each toy, including a UV file (.png).  Do those go into active mod or into community/toy edit?  I am lost.  DO i just put the whole zip file in addons (Which i tried and the toys don't show up).  Please help.  Thank you in advance.

 

As usual - "Custom.03..." are all for Addons folder - and the other one is for Active mod. It always goes there. UV file itself isnt for game, so it doesnt need to go anywhere - its just for those who want to edit texture from scratch ... or you can use default texture already. 

No, no ... the archive is just an archive - not archive that is ready for Addons folder. So you simply extract from it what you need and put it in Addons and Active Mod folder, respectively.

[EpicErsatz]

43 minutes ago, x17 said:

As usual - "Custom.03..." are all for Addons folder - and the other one is for Active mod. It always goes there. UV file itself isnt for game, so it doesnt need to go anywhere - its just for those who want to edit texture from scratch ... or you can use default texture already. 

No, no ... the archive is just an archive - not archive that is ready for Addons folder. So you simply extract from it what you need and put it in Addons and Active Mod folder, respectively.

From the horses mouth!  appreciate it, i did do that and it still didn't work, i will play around with it again.  If it doesn't work I will reach out privately and see if we can work through it if that's ok.  

[x17]

8 minutes ago, EpicErsatz said:

From the horses mouth!  appreciate it, i did do that and it still didn't work, i will play around with it again.  If it doesn't work I will reach out privately and see if we can work through it if that's ok.  

Its OK ...

Just remember , the above archives arent TK17 ready - theyre just "ordinary" archives, as said. So people can extract and use what they need.

In general you only need addon itself (Custom.03...) and Active Mod folder of it and thats it. Then you load toy as usual - you connect it in PE to model, and then change it ...

[MrOllyK]

Be aware that ALL toys are loaded with a room whether you're going to use them or not.  They can be memory hogs if you have a lot of them in Addons, just the way the game engine's designed.  Most of us move them in and out of Addons folder as we need them.

[EpicErsatz]

5 hours ago, MrOllyK said:

Be aware that ALL toys are loaded with a room whether you're going to use them or not.  They can be memory hogs if you have a lot of them in Addons, just the way the game engine's designed.  Most of us move them in and out of Addons folder as we need them.

Good to know, thank you! still learning the ins and outs.