

Readme file for BoniMods 2.6


BoniMods is a package of player made client modifications for Planeshift.
It consists of the following parts, which may be used independently:

1) BoniWidgets: Some compact GUI layout, suitable for moderate and low resolutions.
2) BoniSkins: A crystal themed GUI skin (which also contains the modified layout)
3) BoniMaterials: A few fan art custom textures
4) BoniKeys: A collection of user commands and key bindings

The zip archive in which this README file is contained corresponds to the third part of above
list. The other parts are available for download separately. 

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BoniMaterials 2.6 


This archive contains some fanart that can be placed into the materials.zip archive of your
planeshift install directory. Be sure to ALWAYS backup art files before modifying them, because
updating your client requires correct checksums for all files to patch. If the updater fails 
to patch a file, it will be downloaded, which causes more than 220 MB of unneeded data  traffic
for materials.zip and meshes.zip. Always restore the backups of your art/*.zip before running
the updater. The subdirectories in this package here are mainly needed to separate distinct
files of which only one can be used at a time, because they replace the same texture and have
the same name. 


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Some notes about the textures:

The BoniMods are some simple pieces of fanart based on the work licensed to Atomic Blue. All
credit goes to the artists who created the original textures, as the files here are mostly
simple variations. Let's not talk about rights here... none are claimed, and let's hope
everyone is okay with the mods.

Version 2.6 of the BoniMaterials comes with 36 new textures to add color variants for all the
robe meshes currently available in game. This allows you to personalize your client to adapt
the style of each robe to the way of magic you prefer. Keep in mind that you can only use one
color variant per race at a time. 
There is also one more set of three textures that follow the request of a dear friend. 
Material from previous versions: Some female Ynnwn faces, battle gear for the rivnak, a few
plates and clothes ... there may be more to come later.


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About torso plates ...

The files in the Plates/TorsoMod will only work if you use them together. The CMF file is
simply the default female Ynnwn torso mesh, renamed to load it instead of the mesh of the
plate mail, the one with the pauldrons and the large belt. Of course, you can also use that
texture with light or medium torso armor, but the style will fit the green plate mail in the
parent directory.

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Changelog for version 2.6:

* First attempt to add 36 new color variants of robes
