Thanks again to Khaaarl. The pseudo-virus attempted to return as I added new figures,but his cleaner again saved the day.

For anyone who grew up with a Marx Fighting Knights Carry All Castle, you can find reasonable reproductions of the Knights and Vikings, in both painted and unpainted modes, in the Finished Figures section, Medieval Directory. More stuff coming over the next few days/weeks.

HUGE thanks to khaaarl for the awesome script, that I believe has done it's job, finding 16 different corrupt json files including some private transfers.

I have fixed Blacklace on my end. I would appreciate it if someone could verify it works on their end. I've added the Malicious Code detector as a transparent object, just in case this virus foolishness returns. :)

Also, I just put the python cleaning script onto github so it'll look more legit than just google docs. "tts-save-game-script-cleaner" under user "khaaarl".
https://github.com/khaaarl/tts-save-game-script-cleaner

I thought I had it working again but the malicious code detector you had linked to in the python script just alerted so obviously not. :)

Hoping the python script won't be a problem. I should have python still installed from my old Freedom Force modding days. I think...

I'm planning to give it a shot, just need to find an hour of uninterrupted time so I can concentrate and make sure I do it right. :) Will DM you if I get stuck and/or post here if I think it's fixed but need y'all to tell me if it functions on your end.

The cube is not a quick fix sadly. The python code I tried to make as straightforward as possible -- just have python installed, and double-click on my python script. (but you could have permissions issues on your computer that doesn't let you just run random stuff from the internet so that could be a complication)

i tried adding the CleanerBlock (basic) and while it got rid of the offending code, it also broke all three tools, and now I get errors when I try to recreate them. I'll work on it s time permits after work/on weekends but may be a while before this works.

Khaaarl, thanks for the python code. I'll check it out as well, was just hoping the cube was a quick fix

it still is broken, but Khaaarl is correct, when i use CleanerBlock (basic) it works again

Heya, it looks like this mod currently carries the obnoxious "tcejbo gninwapS" pseudo-virus. I'm sending a friend request so we can talk in DMs about a fix. Google that bizarre phrase if you're curious. Over in 40k's corner of TTS we were battling this thing a while ago.

Please let me know if it's any better now @mat934. SpectrumW's tool is adding code at the end of the script no matter what I do. It crashes if the code gets added but seems to work if it doesn't. I can't stop it from adding the code, but I added a comment symbol and that seems to be tricking it. I'm sure that's not a proper fix but it's 3000+ lines of someone else's code so probably best I can do.

Couple of other notes: 1) the search function isn't great as it only goes so many levels deep; I recommend bundling or 2) you can always use the back up bags at the tops. They're just simple nested begs - a pain compared to navigating the directory but better than trying to search a 2000 item bag,

the search function inst working for me i am having to open the bags which crash tts as it to big

New stuff posted, Rawhide, Zorro, Universal Monsters, Enter the Dragon, The Octagon, etc. etc.

No plans to update in the near future as my HF subscription expires in November and I don't plan to renew. The mod is also growing a bit big - took a long time to get the latest couple of hundred figures sorted and to re-do SpectrumW's tools with the new content. So I think this will be it for 2024, if not beyond. :)

@Pajamas, the Neconomicon was replaced when the tools were updated, but concept is the same and is spelled out in the screen shots above (scroll past the example figures). You basically choose a base from the tool on the left, then choose accessories from the tool in the middle (the Trading Post/Used Parts Station) and connect the parts to the base using the in-TTS tools as spelled out in the screen shots above.

How can I use just the necronomicon to create my own new collection?

For anyone reading this that wanted "the other tutorial", no that one won't be posted as HeroForge has already given its creator a hard time. But it's on You Tube and not that hard to find. It's technically a tutorial on how to animate models using mixamo for the rigging. There are other similar tutorials, but you'll know you have the right one if you see references to "DMCA Forge."

Sure, that's easy enough. Download your hero forge figure. Open up a table in TTS. Click Objects, Components, Custom, Asset Bundle. Left click to place the little white cube on the table (you can do this more than once if importing multiple files). Right click to tell it you're done. A window pops up titled "Custom Assetbundle". In the "Main" line, click th folder icon and navigate to wherever you downloaded your figure. Choose a .unity3d file (your download will either come as this or you may have to unzip the download first). Choose cloud (if sharing) or local (if not sharing on TTS). Under type, change from generic to figure (not required but will make it easier to manipulate the figure without it falling over). Click import. Your figure will now be on your table.

i mean just to get import heroforge models, no 3rd party changes

sorry, @tostito man. Can't spell tonight.

@tosito man, do you mean that literally (like a beginner's tutorial to import a default hero forge model or other 3d asset) or do you mean a tutorial about how to extract the fiels from the bundle put it through blender and unity to make changes, and import a new Blacklace base?

could you link a tutorial on how to import hf models into tts

Blacklace, with an L not Blackface with an F. It's an acronym for the system of making figures from the parts. See the 24th screen shot above. Base, Lock, Accessories, etc.

this is a great mod but why is it called "blackface edition?"

Ah, I realize now you got the Blacklace figures "second-hand". Yes, there's a lot to pick from, some official HF figures, some from other creators, some from mine or Mark's private collections, and some made with the BLACKLACE methodology.

FYI, I'm mainly known for the western and pulp figures. Search for "Boot Hill" or "Pulp Alley" or see my workshop if either genre interests you. :)

Damn, man, you're so awesome!
I've never seen your work, and there's so much content here!

I'm negotiating an offer that will get me re-employed without too much of a paycut and assuming it goes through, it's back to the HeroForge addiction. Trying to decide between Firefly and Warrior.
I'll be going from lots of time and no money to lots of money and no time, but it should mean new content by early 2024, maybe sooner, depending on how the move goes. In the meantime, I might try to get a few of the recent releases from other workshop mods put through the Blacklace blender, if time permits.

New (approximate) BLACKLACE counts: Base Figures 700, Accessories 1300, Finished Figures 2100.

Minor update adding about 40 figures, mostly from Mad Mark. The Troubadours (the Renaissance Band you didn't know you needed!), a couple of cool cats from the Man from U.N.C.L.E., some additional monsters and wood elves for the D&D crowd, some modded mercenaries for space operas, and a couple of civilian derivatives from the Jaws game mod on the workshop (thanks to the eagle eyed contributors who realized it had HF figures in it!).

This is absolutely incredible! Well Done!

Thanks for the kind words Khrys, and Tim, you've got mail. :)

If anyone sees anything else broken or has small projects with existing figures, let me know. I have a little too much time on my hands some days as there's only so many exec HR jobs to apply for. :)

Thank you for all the things you fixed / added! God bless you mate. :)

Absolutely fine. Ill shoot you a message soon :D

@DM Tim, hope that was okay! Gave credit but didn't ask specific permission since there were so many and I legitimately didn't know where some came from.

There is free software that will rip the asset bundles into individual components. You can then alter meshes in blender or textures in photoshop (or Gimp or whatever) and then reassemble them in Unity. It's a painfully multi-step process but once you have all the software installed and understand the process, it actually goes very quickly.

Removing a light source might not be that hard - in theory I would just black out the right part of the emission file and re-export. Adding light is normally beyond my ability as I'm not artist, but I can sometimes do simple things when it's obvious enough how to alter the file. DM / Email me if you want to discuss a particular figure. Be glad to look at it for you this weekend or next week.

Charlie

Oh awesome stuff. Surprised the hell outta me seeing some my stuff in there :D Im curious, how are you able to modify the already premade minis? Cause I noticed a few of mine were slightly different than their original. Like the Mind flayer in power armour. Follow up question. If i screwed up a mini before i downloaded it (Forgot to remove a light source) would you be able to remove it?

New content - about a dozen base figures, 2 dozen objects/accessories, and 2 dozen finished figures added. Finished Figures include TV western fills, Victorians, Conan fills, arctic explorers, pulp fills, U-Man (Marvel Comics), modern Deadites, and The Horror (link from April 12 post).

Blacklace is officially closed until I get a new job, then it's time to go wild with Firefly, Xena, or more random stuff, depending on what I'm in the mood for. :)

Found 4 invalid links using a Mod Back Up Program and tried to recloud all 4 with the same software. Please LMK if that fixed it.

I have now spent my final credits (with one exception that glitched that I'm waiting for HF to fix). Should have new content up this weekend, which will then do it for me until I'm re-employed.

Thanks Khrys. Just saw. I'll try to figure out which object it is. My presumption is one of the non-Hero Forge items since it's an obj file. If I can figure out which one it is, I'll re-cloud it into my cloud instead of whomever first posted it. :)

Thank you for this update. :)

BTW: When loading the mod, the following message error is displayed:

Failed to load Model (.obj): http://cloud-3.steamusercontent.com/ugc/1890976794191663216/00D703989A443E981FCF0429432D20958F91BAC7/

Have a nice day!

Updated with about 80 bases from figures recently posted to the workshop as well as some new weapons and items.

So unfortunately I lost my job yesterday and the "found money" has been re-purposed. I still have the 14 credits left but that's likely all I'll be spending on HF until I get a new position.

@lassanadiarra284 same deal, if you want to design other base adult or children, get me a link and I'll take a look. I fell into $250 unexpectedly so am feeling more generous than before. :)

Time for one last hurrah. I have 14 credits left and am willing to part with $100 more (30 credits). My dilemma is that I have 5 or so figures I really want and 80+ I'm lukewarm about. So this as close as I'm going to get to "taking requests." Make something in HeroForge and post or email me the link and I'll consider getting it. I have to spend my credits by mid-May when my subscription expires so you have until 4/27. Otherwise I'm probably going to blow it all on miscellaneous Conan fills.

Example of something someone made that inspired me and will likely make the list:

https://www.heroforge.com/load_config%3D38317926/

(Ignore the hammer and tamborine, those are just parts to be stripped and added to Blacklace).

Thank you! Please rate the mod if you haven't already, to make it easier for others to find it.

Hi, Thanks a lot for this amazing work and to the creators of the figures and items!
This is a gold mine :D

Updated to add Beastmen Base and 4 Finished Examples (Conan); Master Man and Warrior Woman (Marvel Invaders Villains); Ultra Humanite Ape and Nemesis (DC Comics); Samson (Dynamite Comics); Silver AgeCaptain Atom, Iron Arms, Fiery Icer, Punch, Jewelee, 3 Madmen (Charlton Comics), Knight Challenger, Griffon Rider, Trixie the Western Saloon Girl, new Animals (Ram, Raptor, Griffon, Elk, Bear, Boar, 4 Rabbits, 3 Dogs, Automaton Robot, Semi-Automatic Pistol, Bullpup Rifle, Grenade Launcher, Modern Light Machine Gun, Open Bellows, Closed Bellows, Open Washtub, Filled Washtub, Empty Wicker Basket, Boombox, Potion, 5 individual bases (Waves, Scrubland, Wood Alternative, Mystical Green, Hellscape), and 6 Mounted Bases (Plain, Snow, Grass, Slatestone, Scurblands, and Waves).

Thanks to a gift card from an anonymous donor for the new items.

Done! Always willing to add additional credits, and I'm a big fan of your work Baryonxy. Didn't realize those were yours (had them from others' mods) but ama huge fan of the Simcas/Citroens in particular. They're the closest I've found to era-appropriate vehicles for the pulp side, and that's my favorite genre of the ones I've tried to cover.

There is some original work in the mod but little of it from scratch. Almost all of my efforts started with something from HeroForge, something from ThingiVerse, something from a Unity pack, etc., re-worked (slightly) in Blender and/or Unity. My biggest regret is I lack artistic talent which makes some of the skins for the super-hero meshes look particularly lame, since they lack the custom occlusion/normal/metal textures that come with Hero Forge figures.

Considering that this is not a composition of objects but rather a repackaging and reorganizing (admittedly a good one), I would like to request credit for some models I uploaded:
- The raptors
- The Simcas
- The Citroens
- The army truck
- The jeep

The raptors originally come from "Prehistoric Animals +"
The Army Truck is from "American Tanks and Vehicles for Wargaming"
Same goes for the jeep.
The Simca and Citroen I didn't publish on my own but gave them to someone for publishing, not sure where that was, but funny to see the long way they took. Or maybe I did and I don't remember where...

Anyways, no need to list all these individual mods, just add a single line like for the others, thanks.
I in fact found a few models in this here mod of yours that I will use elsewhere. So be sure to put an indignant comment down under my mod if I forget to credit you!

*PS if you want some more old car models, I have some in my "City in Summer" / "City in Winter" maps.

Updated to replace the Necronomicon with SpectrumW's new version of the Object Browser. Replaced the large table with a standard Flex Table from Mr. Stump now that the figures will spit out one at a time or in bundled bags rather than the full display. Added a few additional bases to the AD&D category.

Updated to fix 8 broken figures (7 beards crooked and 1 beret conflict). Please let me know if you see anything else broken - hard to QA 2000 figures fully. :)

Also added the January and February HeroForge prepacks (cross-posted from Mark's mod). Base version of the more interesting figures will be added soon.

To-Do: Replace the Necronomicon system with an updated version of the directory browser to make searching faster.

Sorry, as I said in my posts last month, probably not. To put the math to it...

I've spent $400+ of my money and countless hours. I've spent about $70 more in other people's money, received before Blacklace was even released. MadMark, who provided $50 of that $70 has done his own subscription, I believe, which is another $180. So he and I have spent over $600. Someone else is going to have to step up for there to be any significant additions.

I'm in pro status until May and at some point before then will use up my last 12 credits, but that's all I plan to post, other than their monthly packs, which honestly have been crap lately (and I've never seen include children, to date).

I haven't yet decided if my last figures will be Hercules/Xena, John Carter, or just miscellaneous pulp and fill-ins.

hello friend, first, thank you for all your work, I would like to ask you if you can include more base models with different poses of children and adults to create our figures from that, thank you very much

December HF Pack uploaded.

Updated with Mark's new James Bond Collection, my take on a supernatural Wild West, Heroforge's November Thieves Guild Pack, and a bunch of new items (swords, rifles, hats, scuba gear, etc. etc.) and vehicles (jets, boats, jet skis, etc. etc.). Enjoy.

I'm down to 12 credits at HF and not impressed enough with recent releases to renew for a third year. Barring a major release on their part between now and May (when I expire), or funding from the community (hint hint), there likely won't be any major updates like this one for a long while. :)

I'll still try to throw the official monthly packs up from time to time while I'm subscribed.