Need help on modding periscope

[dmlavan]

I'm using Church's Observation Scope (makes the lens a vertical rectangle instead of a circle) and it works great during the day, but at night I get the "round" cut out image in the rig-for-red background. I've tried playing w/ the menu_1028_724 file and thing I've figured out that in the position field, the first two numbers are the position for the lower left corner of the object, and the second two numbers are the length/height of the object. I've played around with the "Crop" fields, too, but haven't quite mastered how they work. Can any of the experienced modders give me some advice as to how to change the shape of the "light" or "Clear" part of the redmask?

[flakmonkey]

Im pretty sure that its a .tga file (something like redmask.tga), if you can find it, just edit it in PS or any app.

The menu_1024_768 can only move, resize or stretch or tile the image, it sounds like you actually need to edit and repaint it so it fits correctly.

[CaptainCox]

Check out this little tut about Alpha Channels
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=112868

[dmlavan]

Thanks - that looks like a good tutorial. I'll give it a shot.