What is this tool?

TaleWeaverLite is a minimal tool for composing pre-made assets into a creature mod that is ready for use by TaleSpire. 

It is not a modeling or posing tool. It expects content in specific formats and with particular layouts (see further down the page for details).

TaleWeaverLite is a Unity project. That means you will need to install the free version of Unity to make your creature mods (we have a link to the correct version further down this page). We may use a different (also free) approach in future, but we used Unity as it handles processing assets well and made it easy for us to make some UI for the process.

First time setup

This first section will guide you through the setup process.
To begin, browse to https://unity.com/download

Click "Download for Windows" to download Unity Hub.

Once the download is complete, run the exe to install the Hub.
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First, click here to tell Unity Hub to install Unity version 2021.3.45f2

Your browser will probably ask you to allow it to open the link. Allow it to do so.

Wait until the installation is complete.

Unity Hub will prompt you to set up an account and a license. Please remember that you only need the free (Personal) account. You do not need to spend money to make mods for TaleSpire.
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Now, let's get TaleWeaverLite.

Download the TaleWeaverLite zip file from here:
https://files.dicewillsuffice.net/TWL/TaleWeaverLite-0-0-70.zip
and then extract it to somewhere you find convenient.

In the Unity Hub, click "Add", browse to the extracted directory, and click "Open".

Unity will add and start opening the project.
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When it is open it will look something like this
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Updates

From time to time, we will be updating TaleWeaverLite to bring you new fixes and features. 
When we do this, you will see a little note at the top of the Creature Mod panel saying, "TaleWeaverLite has an update waiting," along with a button to "Start install."
To download and install the update, click the button and wait until the process is finished. It will take a short time to find and install any updates, but once it has finished, you can carry on as before.
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You're now set up with TaleWeaverLite!
For a guide on how to use it to create minis see here