Meiker PSD File Instructions

- A visible layer, not in any folder, will always be visible (eg. watermark layer);
- Folders labelled [fixed] will only allow one selection from the folder, and one must always be visible (eg. backgrounds, body);
- Folders labelled [optional] will only allow one selection from the folder, or none (eg. a hat, shoes);
- Folders labelled [mixed] will allow any # of items in the folder to be added at once and mix & matched (eg. accessories);
- Layers in folders that are visible when uploading will be visible when the game starts.

- If you want to make a few color variants of one item (eg. a t-shirt in red, black and white), put all the variants into one folder;
- Name each layer with the hex code you would like the button in the game to be, eg #000000;
- Put the [color-picker] label on that folder - the hex code will determine the color of the swatch in the menu.

- You can create an icon for each category by adding a layer labelled [icon] in the respective folder;
- Make an icon in the top-left corner;
- A size of ~100x100px or less is recommended to reduce file size.

- Simply add the [stamps] tag to the parent folder to make every item in that folder draggable;
- Player will be able to “stamp” with the item, adding multiples, dragging, rotating, and resizing each one;
- Does not currently work with color pickers.

- YES, you can have an item span MULTIPLE, linked layers!
- This is most useful for the front and back of hairstyles, as well as capes;
- Each item that will have other item(s) linked to it needs to have a unique reference name on the item, eg [ref:itemname];
- Each linked item needs to have a mirror label with the identical reference name, eg [mirror:itemname];
- These labels go on the item, not the parent folder. For example, for a folder of hairstyles, each hairstyle will need its own ref name. If the item has color variants, the label goes alongside the color-picker, for example: hairstyle 1 [color-picker][ref:topbangs];
- ICON: the folder with mirrors does NOT need its own icon in the folder, nor labels (eg. [fixed]), but the individual mirror folders do need to specify [color-picker] if there is one there;
- The item specified as the "ref" will be what shows up in the menu, so choose wisely;
- Each ref can have multiple mirrors, if needed.

- If all the items in a folder have the exact same color variants, you might want the color of all of them to change at once;
- Simply specify [enable-color-global] in the parent folder;
- This works well for things like hair or eye colors. It's not great for shirts where each type of shirt comes in a unique selection of colors.

- Sometimes you want colors to change together in multiple categories at once;
- You can add a specific label to enable-color-global: eg. [enable-color-global:hair];
- Place this on all folders that you want linked, with the same tag (eg. "hair");
- For example, you might have bang and ponytail styles that are mixable. But you still want all hair colors changing together. Simply put the above label on both the ponytail folder and the bangs folder.

- In folders that are linked using enable-color-global, simply replace the [color-picker] tag with [color-picker:hidden]. These folders will still listen to the linked color pickers but the color picker won’t pop up when choosing these particular items. This is useful for ears or hands or other items that already have a place to toggle the main color elsewhere;

- To use a custom icon set (eg. if skin tones are nude because underwear is dynamic), first add the [use-icon:X] tag to the body folder, X being the name of your choice;

- Create a new folder anywhere in the file, adding the tag [icon-set:X], X being the same name as in the previous step.