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Originally Posted by makman94
i have to tell you Reaper7 that i really like what i see so far !! i am 'following' your thread and i am convinced by now that here is getting build one of the mods that will live as long as sh5 live
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Cheers makman94, I just hope I can learn all I need to in order to finish this.
I have just finised converting all the photoshop PSD graphice to the silent hunter 5 .dds format.
I spent a day messing aroung with the dds converter as I wasn't happy with the standard DXT3 compression that SH5 worked with and to my surprise I managed th Import in to SH5 a much better format (Appears to be Lossless) of 8.8.8.8f compared to the DXT3 (Compression Losses).
The side effect is the 8.8.8.8f are even larger in file size than the original PSD files. But it means I can use the DXT3 format for stuff like backgrounds, Needles and switches. And use the better format for Dials and most importantly for the glass.
This gives a better trancperency effect as there more alpha steps from transparent to solid compared to the 4 steps in DXT3.
Hope that makes sence, if not just trust me it looks better.
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Anyway I've started to import into the Editor, so its a start in the right direction.
First stepd in the Editor:
Edit just to show the difference between saving in the standard DXT3 (on the left) and the 8.8.8.8f (on the Right) format.
Notice the better transition between the transperancy steps.
