7gen For Dummies - Rgb2vxp

[Darth Fyer]

Rgb2vxp - Create a single-coloured scene background
Click on the dark grey 'rgb2vxp' button to the right.
The rgb2vxp window opens.
In the CFG settings tab, there are the following input fields: Expansion name, Author name, Shortname and some display text Filename
- Expansion name: This will be the name of your expansion.
- Author name: This is your name. The editor of the expansion.
- Shortname: This is the name of the VXP! To make things easy, name this the same as the Expansion name (seen above). The vxp will be created in the location where 7gen was installed. Please read this before making a name for your Expansion
- Filename: Displays what you typed in the Shortname field.

In the Color tab, there is the following: the word 'Red' with a slider bar and to the very right, an input box, the word 'Green' with a slider bar and to the very right, an input box, the word 'Blue' with a slider bar and to the very right, an input box, and finally the words 'Hex color: #FFFFFF' with a blank bar to the right of it.
- The Red, Green and Blue words have a slider bar next to them. This is to determine how much you want of a particular colour. All the way to the right meaning 'full colour' and all the way to the left meaning 'no colour'. The input boxes to the far right, are there for you to manually put your own colour amount. The default is 255. Click on 255, then backspace it a few times. Now insert the desired amount (between 0 and 255, hence 256 colours).
- Hex color: Once you tweak some of the above colour settings, you will notice that the HEX code changes. This is a universal code for colours. Used commonly in Paint prgrams and Webpages.
- Colour bar: Once you tweak some of the above colour settings, you will notice that the colour of this bar changes. That is the colour that you are making.

In the 3dmm IDs tab, there is an input box and a couple of buttons.
- ID: This is where the ID for your expansion will be placed. (see Generate ID button)
- Generate ID button: Click on this button to automatically generate an ID for your Expansion.
- Get ID from 3dmm2.com: This button no longer functions. It takes you to a website that no longer exsists.

In the Contol tab, there is a long bar, stretching from one side of the window to the next, a check box 'Install VXP' and a buton 'Create VXP'.
- Loading bar: This is the progress of the 'Generation' process. (see Create VXP button). Once the blue bar reaches the right-hand side, the generation is complete. The vxp created in the 7gen folder.
- Install VXP checkbox: If this is checked, when the vxp is created, it is automatically installed into V3dmm. The default is unchecked, which means you have to manually install the vxp.
- Create VXP button: Click on this button once all of the above data has been entered/tweaked. You are now moments away from using your solid colour background.

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