Guide: Changing Presets for our Scenes (Patreon)

So, it's come up a few times where patrons want to change the clothes or model used in the scene, but the pre-triggered presets I use in our scenes (which save hours of post processing time) always switch things back. This can be frustrating for someone who doesn't understand how easy changing presets is.

Also, understand that editing a scene with triggers takes some time an patience. Once your done;however, the results are usually worth it. Plus, you'll learn more about how to use VaM in the process.

I will be using Wet as an example scene for this guide.

Step 1: Open the scene you want to change in Edit Mode.

Step 2: Save a new version of the scene. (ProTip: Organization is paramount to success.)

Step 3: Check my triggers in the Scene Animation Menu. 

3a. First check the triggers named Scene Reset and Strip (in other scenes these will sometimes have variations, like Strip Bra & Panties). This will contain the initial state of the clothing and sometimes the initial state of the morphs.

3b. Click Actions and find a trigger that references either clothing or morph. In the Wet Scene it's named Reset Clothing, Strip Dress (oops typo, that's the trigger for the Bra) and Strip Panties. Make sure you check both Start Actions and End Actions as I utilize both for keeping my trigger set easy to read and find. Take note of each trigger so you can find them again.

3c. Now that you know how many and where all the triggers are, you can make an equal number of Clothing Presets for each state. If you want more or less states, you can delete the triggers or add your own, but that's not part of this guide.

Step 4: Create a clothing preset for each state and save them somewhere organized and easy to find.

Step 5: Go into each Trigger Actions, Click Settings and Click Choose Preset File

Step 6: Choose the appropriate preset for each trigger.

Step 7: After you've changed each trigger, save the scene. (ProTip: Any time you make a significant amount of changes to a scene. Save it as an iteration. I like to call them SceneEdit#. This is in case a change you made messes up a scene and you can't fix it, or you have a crash. Once your scene is exactly how you want it, then save it as a FINAL edit.)

I hope this guide is helpful for anyone trying to change clothes in a scene and just learning more about VaM and how useful presets are.

P.S. Before I started using presets, I would have to make a trigger for each change in each piece of clothing. This includes reseting them in the beginning and each time a piece is removed. This often resulted in 20+ triggers and 2-3 hours of work, maybe more. However, with clothing presets, instead of 20 triggers, I need one to reset and one per change in state (like stripping off a piece). This also allows me to turn off a piece of clothing that has already been stripped in the previous preset.

Presets are great and aren't only for looks, you can use presets for object and buttons as well. It's essentially how you copy/paste in VaM. The Start button and reset buttons in this scene are an example of that. Very easy copy/paste job that probably would have taken a couple hours since each button has like 8 triggers.