[TEC] Need Help by Texture Problem

Kaleun Suhren · 04-22-07, 08:40 AM

Hello;

I will Mod the PeriscopeDials_metric in German, but after re converting to .dds file it looks like so (picture).

Please is there anyone who can help?

CaptainCox · 04-22-07, 09:07 AM

Yea i think you have to make a MASK using the Alpha Chanel in Photoshop.
You know how to do that? In case not post and I will do a small pic tut for you.

CaptainCox · 04-22-07, 10:07 AM

OK I did this small tutorial as I did not have much to do anyway :p

As you open a "TGA" or a "DDS" you will see this normally.
The "Alpha Channel" is not activated by default.

To see the "Alpha Chanel" you have to activate it in the "Channels" window and click the little "eye" icon. As you see a lot of stuff turns red, that is a mask and the "RED" area will be "TRANSPARENT" in game.

So if you just copy/paste a object from the TGA/DDS to a new canvas, it will look like this, no ALPHA CANNEL. You now have to create one.

Simply click the "NEW ALPHA CHANNEL" (left of the dustbin in the Channels Window).

As you see it creates a "RED" mask that covers the whole picture. What you have to do now is simply to select the area you want to be visible using the (in this case the CIRCULAR) "Selector Tool".

Hit "DELETE" after you are happy with the selection and you are finished.
Now all the "RED" mask will be transparent in game and the "normal colored" stuff will be visible.

Hope that will help you further in creating this mod.

Alles bestens und viel glück.

the word "Channel" is misspelled in the graphics as I did this on the fly :p just in case you thought I was talking about a perfume or something

Kaleun Suhren · 04-22-07, 01:16 PM

Yeeeaaahhhhh, thats it!

Thank You CaptainCox for this "little Workshop". I have made it. Look at this nice Picture.

Thanks
Merci
Vielen Dank!!!!

CaptainCox · 04-22-07, 01:22 PM

Glad to be of help. Nice Job Man!

ReallyDedPoet · 04-24-07, 12:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CaptainCox

Glad to be of help. Nice Job Man!

Nice explanation there

RDP

Mush Martin · 07-21-07, 04:49 PM

Total tutelage CC Nice

MM

Bando · 07-21-07, 11:18 PM

Amazing stuff

I don't know anything on the graphical side of the game, but it looks as if it's easy when you explain things.

Brilliance is something really difficult made look easy.
You just did that, hence you're brilliant

04-22-07, 08:40 AM	#1
Kaleun Suhren Watch Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Germany Posts: 16 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	[TEC] Need Help by Texture Problem Hello; I will Mod the PeriscopeDials_metric in German, but after re converting to .dds file it looks like so (picture). Please is there anyone who can help? __________________ U 564 Dreimal Schwarzer Kater

04-22-07, 09:07 AM	#2
CaptainCox Sea Lord Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: A Swede in Frankfurt am Main Posts: 1,897 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Yea i think you have to make a MASK using the Alpha Chanel in Photoshop. You know how to do that? In case not post and I will do a small pic tut for you. __________________ DOWNLOAD MY MODS HERE

04-22-07, 10:07 AM	#3
CaptainCox Sea Lord Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: A Swede in Frankfurt am Main Posts: 1,897 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	OK I did this small tutorial as I did not have much to do anyway :p As you open a "TGA" or a "DDS" you will see this normally. The "Alpha Channel" is not activated by default. To see the "Alpha Chanel" you have to activate it in the "Channels" window and click the little "eye" icon. As you see a lot of stuff turns red, that is a mask and the "RED" area will be "TRANSPARENT" in game. So if you just copy/paste a object from the TGA/DDS to a new canvas, it will look like this, no ALPHA CANNEL. You now have to create one. Simply click the "NEW ALPHA CHANNEL" (left of the dustbin in the Channels Window). As you see it creates a "RED" mask that covers the whole picture. What you have to do now is simply to select the area you want to be visible using the (in this case the CIRCULAR) "Selector Tool". Hit "DELETE" after you are happy with the selection and you are finished. Now all the "RED" mask will be transparent in game and the "normal colored" stuff will be visible. Hope that will help you further in creating this mod. Alles bestens und viel glück. the word "Channel" is misspelled in the graphics as I did this on the fly :p just in case you thought I was talking about a perfume or something __________________ DOWNLOAD MY MODS HERE Last edited by CaptainCox; 04-22-07 at 10:22 AM.

04-22-07, 01:16 PM	#4
Kaleun Suhren Watch Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Germany Posts: 16 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Yeeeaaahhhhh, thats it! Thank You CaptainCox for this "little Workshop". I have made it. Look at this nice Picture. Thanks Merci Vielen Dank!!!! __________________ U 564 Dreimal Schwarzer Kater

04-22-07, 01:22 PM	#5
CaptainCox Sea Lord Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: A Swede in Frankfurt am Main Posts: 1,897 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Glad to be of help. Nice Job Man! __________________ DOWNLOAD MY MODS HERE

07-21-07, 04:49 PM	#7
Mush Martin Eternal Patrol Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 4,398 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Total tutelage CC Nice MM __________________ RIP Mush Tutorial

07-21-07, 11:18 PM	#8
Bando Commodore Join Date: May 2007 Location: Where you don't see me Posts: 607 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	Amazing stuff I don't know anything on the graphical side of the game, but it looks as if it's easy when you explain things. Brilliance is something really difficult made look easy. You just did that, hence you're brilliant __________________ Regards, Bando