hexing kids...haaaalp!

[αnnie]

i really want to be a contributing member to this community again, so i am trying to learn to hex with linez. i still remember the basics from years ago, like changing eye color and skin tone and all that jazz.

my question is...i've seen different ways to go about hexing nowadays [resource hacker, hex editor, petz workshop, lnz pro, etc...], which is easiest for you & why? pros & cons of each?

i have tried the petz workshop tutorial because i'm more of a visual-type person, but the head always ends up sideways or something or an eye is missing? i have no idea what i'm doing wrong. i try to move them and i end up messing it up even more.

any tips for a beginner would be much appreciated...i would say that i'd repay you with a hexie, but i'm pretty sure no one would want a hexie with my skill level anymore lmao D: i've tried to look at the tutorials in milk resource, but unfortunately photobucket sucks! haha.

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I don't do very much linez hexing but when I do, I use LNZ Pro. I would say that using Pet Workshop is kind of a beginner's trap imo, because it's actually slower and there's lots of different processes and finagling you have to go through to get it to work in game after doing it there, and it can also be glitchy. Whereas if you use LNZ Pro to write a bunch of addballz with rough positions, it's easy to just tweak numbers here and there and immediately see the results in game when you open it back up. Whereas in Pet Workshop you'd have to open up the .cat file again and then transfer it over to a baby again... Hah.

The only thing of course with LNZ Pro is you have to get an idea of what the numbers mean distance and position wise, but you will get used to it from placing tattoos and hair decs and whatnot anyway which will make creating hair ballz easier. It's a learning process but once you're over the learning curve I think Pet Workshop can be all but ditched.

I haven't used Resource Hacker or anything and hex editors I think are just used for things like hexing walkers/back to crawlers, or even changing sliders if you want to be really backwards about it (hah I've only ever used one for fixing runaway Petz). I think you can also find out a baby's starting code using one, if you want to do that for some reason. The info you'll find in a hex editor is more to do with gameplay than looks. You'll be able to find information on your baby's relationships and skills and likes and dislikes there - just like a pet, but it's obviously all in hexadecimal code and will change with gameplay anyway so there's no point in manipulating it.

As for photobucket, enjoy.

And I wouldn't put your skills as a hexer down so quickly! Even if you can only start with basics, your style will still come through, and you might find some people are super into it. I for one am actually into simple Babyz if they look nice so I would say give hexing and adoption a try and you might be surprised!

[ℓacey ☀️]

yup the easiest way to hex these days is using lnz pro to edit existing baby files! i've used every hexing method that's come and gone throughout the years and that method is by far the easiest and least frustrating! i tried using petz workshop as a way to visualize as well but imo it just made everything more complicated!

honestly i would start with just messing around on a baby file, following basic hexing tutorials and seeing what each different section does when you change it. acquaint yourself with the parts of the file and how they work and then try to hex a baby and learn how each thing you want to do is done. then from there it's just practice! eventually you'll develop your own style and preferences.

and yes definitely get the extension hannah linked to be able to see photobucket images again as i'm not sure how long it will take us to get the tutorials all reuploaded and fixed! i believe they also have one for firefox if you aren't a chrome user.