Honey Select 2 Character Cards May 2026

At first glance, a Character Card looks like a standard screenshot. However, embedded within the PNG’s metadata is the complete data for a girl (or male character). This includes:

Simply dragging a valid card into the game’s UserData/chara/female folder makes that character instantly available in the main game, Studio Neo, or the character maker.

The biggest frustration with Character Cards is the “Brown Face Bug” (missing skin textures) or invisible clothing. This happens when your game lacks the specific mods the creator used. Honey Select 2 Character Cards

Best Practice:

  "id": "b3f2c8e6-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx",
  "name": "Lina Winters",
  "creator": "ArtistName",
  "created_at": "2026-03-23T12:00:00Z",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "hs2_version": ["HS2_v1.2","CoolModPack_v3.4"],
  "base_model": "female_vanilla",
  "appearance":  "body":  "height": 0.95, "bust": 0.8 , "face":  "eye_size": 0.4 , "hair":  "style": "long_wavy", "color": "#4A2F1E"  ,
  "outfits": [ "id":"o1","name":"Casual","clothing_item_ids":["c_shirt1","c_skirtA"]],
  "textures": ["file":"assets/textures/face_diff.png","sha256":"..."],
  "dependencies":["id":"coolhairpack","min_version":"2.0"],
  "tags":["young_adult","casual","brown_hair"],
  "checksum":"..."

One of the most confusing aspects of HS2 Character Cards for new players is downloading a beautiful card, loading it in-game, and seeing a floating head or a default body. At first glance, a Character Card looks like

This happens because cards rarely contain the assets themselves; they only contain the instructions on which assets to use.

In Honey Select 2 (HS2), a character card is a single image file (typically .png format) that stores all the data for a custom-created character. Unlike a standard screenshot, this PNG contains embedded metadata—including sliders for body shape, facial features, hair, clothing, accessories, and personality settings. Simply dragging a valid card into the game’s

When you load the card in the game, HS2 reads that hidden data and reconstructs the character exactly as the original creator designed them.

Key point: You can share a character just by sharing a single image file. No additional mods or packs are required for the character to appear — though missing mods may cause glitches (more on that below).

To solve this, the community curates the Sideloader Modpack, a massive collection of mods automatically downloaded with major repacks (like BetterRepack). Most reputable card creators use assets exclusively from this pack to ensure their cards work for the widest audience.

Provide a comprehensive, actionable guide to creating, organizing, and analyzing character cards for Honey Select 2 (HS2) that supports creative development, gameplay usefulness, and mod interoperability. This study covers card structure, data fields, tagging, versioning, batch workflows, tooling, analytics, and examples.