Texture Editing Help

[Jet]

I have many questions with texture editing problem.
I think the community will help to new peoples to understand this process.

This is an example from me.

1. Unpack file texsample.rar to a separate folder.

2. Run mmp_in2bmp.bat to convert all *.mmp from mmp_in sub-folder to bmp format (check bmp folder).

3. Edit .bmp files in your favorite editor.

3. Run bmp2mmp_out.bat to convert them back to mmp (check mmp_out folder).

4. You must examine .dds files in dds_in (before bmp) and dds_out (after bmp) sub-folders using DxTex.exe utility before use in game.
Those files must exactly size and format (I mean A8R8G8B8 and such, and Mip-levels count). This is a very important!!!
In case different .dds files size you will get game.exe crash.

Questions and helps always welcomed.

[TheWarrior]

thankyou jet evryone will appreciate this

[Dr. Yukimitzu]

Hmm, me and my friend viruzzz are texture editing. Hes extracting the files and im doing the drawings. Im using paint, kinda crappy for it, but i dont have anny other program to do it with. We cant seem to get a new skin to work. Baisicly, I just edited a skin, and now whenever viruzzz tries to use it in ei, his computer crashes.

Why is this?

[Viruzzz]

i used shacks method before .. i dont know if it will do any difference but im gonna try with jets method now

[Mephisto]

2Dr. Yukimitzu
I recomend you to use Adobe Photoshop.PC crashes because you saved your texture with different parameters.In Paint you cant controll parameters (like alpha channel )
but in photoshop you can , so the solution is - get yourself photoshop , and life would be easy.

[Viruzzz]

so thats why the res file gets about 0.25k smaller per file (500k smaller total)

[Viruzzz]

hmm exactly how do you change that alpha channel in photoshop?

[Dr. Yukimitzu]

2Dr. Yukimitzu
I recomend you to use Adobe Photoshop.PC crashes because you saved your texture with different parameters.In Paint you cant controll  parameters (like alpha channel )
but in photoshop you can , so the solution is - get yourself photoshop , and life would be easy.

I have photoshop limited edition, will that help?

[Mephisto]

Yes that would help.You need a dds plugin and thats it.Then when you save it you will be asked to save it with different parameters (eg alpha channel , dxt format and other).The main problem is , that for different texture types you need to enter different parameters.So you need to experiment with different parameters until your file size would be the same as it was in a pure form.
Questions ?

[Dr. Yukimitzu]

Is it possible to add an alpha channel?

[Mephisto]

Man forget about the alpha chanel :angry: !I just told you about some of parameters like this alpha chanel.In some textures you will have to use different parameters and settings , thats the point.

[Dr. Yukimitzu]

Sorry, this is all pritty complicated. All above my little head. :blink:

[Viruzzz]

got a little question about photoshop

how can you draw on these damn pictures.. all i can do is making "holes" in the picture, cos nomatter what color i pick i get red which is the color of the background

also how can you draw a straight line? everytime i try (still not right color)
i get some blured thing about 2x2pixelss tho it says its only 1 pixel wide

proberly not the right place to post this ... but i couldnt think of anything else

[Jet]

proberly not the right place to post this ... but i couldnt think of anything else

:angry:

[Mephisto]

I dunno how to do that things cuz i am not the texture editor.
HINT: Try Photoshop tutorials

[Viruzzz]

wont aske where they are cos thats proberly not alowed anyway ... but where are they ? :ph34r:

[Mephisto]

Thats allowed to ask , i think.Try using search sites like altavista or other.