Ok so I'm pretty sure I understand how to change around stuff on characters but I have to ask, with breakdown where would I find the hero characters' main files? I see that some of them like Erik and Pastor Will are under Story Characters in the breakdown files but the others I was considering fiddling with like Joel Macon (the Biker) aren't there.

Gave it a try and got everything downloaded. If I plan on just swapping parts from the characters onto eachother do I need any phototshop programs? I got Gimp downloaded just in case. Overall though I think I understand most of what is going on but references to different files like the cdf to mtl and changing of names to things like tif sort of throw me off. I'll keep looking at it and experimenting to figure it out eventually!

Awesome thanks. Is the characters folder initially listed as character.pak?

Sounds good I'll give it a shot later today! Thanks again for the help!

Okay so at the start of the guide it says to follow a method of unpacking the files that's listed on the forums. The forums are down so I can't follow the link, what is the method it was going to explain?

I'll be sure to keep it in mind. And I believe I've actually looked into a few things you've put on the forums. I usually am there but since they are down I figured I'd ask on here.

Hmm I didn't see that post. I was under the impression that editing the .xml files in stateofdecay/game/libs/calss3.1/rts/characters.xml would change these. I'm downloading the CryEngine SDK now so that'll take a while. I'll follow that guide though, thanks for the help!

I'm working on a small mod to change some characters in Breakdown and I'm using the .xml files then converting them to .bmd files. I alter the headtype and hairtype values, save, then use xml2bmd to convert it over. I've tested it with names and it worked fine but the changes in head/hair aren't appearing in game.

Ok so the names and stuff work just fine. However how do I change a persons face/hair separate from their body model? I've seen some mods on the forums that do this so I know it can be done. I've tried editing the headtype and hairtype in the .xml files then converting them to bmd but the head/hair doesn't change.