[WIP - Project] An Attempt At HD Textures
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I haven't even thought of that, lol, that PS could be the problem. I gotta check how to backup my settings and then I'll do a clean install with new updates, hopefully that'll fix those issues.
Can you test opening a comp .dds, then instantly saving it as a DXT5? And see if the dds you just saved causes the texture to be darker in the actual game?
Would be a quick answer to if it's the plugin or my PS.
Can you test opening a comp .dds, then instantly saving it as a DXT5? And see if the dds you just saved causes the texture to be darker in the actual game?
Would be a quick answer to if it's the plugin or my PS.
Kayliaah said:
@Uli, I thought you were retired? 
You keep asking me to remind you to do it but then you vanish because you're busy.
You keep asking me to remind you to do it but then you vanish because you're busy.
Took you a while to finally notice that I wasn't kidding about being busy.
And Yes, I'm only posting now because its close to Christmas and I got time again (But unfortunately tomorrow and all of next week = crunch time)
@Timbab, I just did it using the default texture for the Composite helmet, saved as DXT5, no change, 8.8.8.8 ARGB, no change.
Did the same with the normal map, nothing. So no matter what you did, it's on your end.
@Uli, I never said you were kidding about it, didn't you notice yourself that I haven't talked with you about modding for at least 2 months now? We barely talked even.
Did the same with the normal map, nothing. So no matter what you did, it's on your end.
@Uli, I never said you were kidding about it, didn't you notice yourself that I haven't talked with you about modding for at least 2 months now? We barely talked even.
Strange, I'll have to reinstall it all this weekend then. Though it's beyond me why it's that way though, my DDS looks literally identical to my psd, no color change in the exporting.
True that, it's especially a problem with environment textures. If you do some good HD ground textures, and miss some rocks or other environment stuff, they pop out extremely in comparison to the already modified textures. So unless you do everything, you can in a way make it more ugly overall, due to the uneven balance. With armor and items, it's a tick better at least.
True that, it's especially a problem with environment textures. If you do some good HD ground textures, and miss some rocks or other environment stuff, they pop out extremely in comparison to the already modified textures. So unless you do everything, you can in a way make it more ugly overall, due to the uneven balance. With armor and items, it's a tick better at least.
IRC is a pretty evil place, I sleep better without it.
I'm typing from an old and very crappy laptop with Vista on it and three broken keys on the keyboard, because my computer decided to say fuck all and simply stop booting, its stuck on Windows 7 recovery stuff, the only BIG problem is that it never finishes loading the files and gets stuck indefinitely lol.
Yesterday I said I was going to format my HDD today, it seems my PC didn't think it would be a good idea. Now I have no other choice but to recover Windows manually, if it doesn't work I'll have to get my files with a live CD in USB knowing that I don't have enough space left to backup everything so I'll have to sort those files with that live CD, THEN format and say goodbye to crappy old 7 and welcome fresh 7.
This laptop is pathetic, crappier than my old computer.
Wish me luck.
I'm typing from an old and very crappy laptop with Vista on it and three broken keys on the keyboard, because my computer decided to say fuck all and simply stop booting, its stuck on Windows 7 recovery stuff, the only BIG problem is that it never finishes loading the files and gets stuck indefinitely lol.
Yesterday I said I was going to format my HDD today, it seems my PC didn't think it would be a good idea. Now I have no other choice but to recover Windows manually, if it doesn't work I'll have to get my files with a live CD in USB knowing that I don't have enough space left to backup everything so I'll have to sort those files with that live CD, THEN format and say goodbye to crappy old 7 and welcome fresh 7.
This laptop is pathetic, crappier than my old computer.
Wish me luck.
I'm using Ubuntu 11.10, it's so smooth compared to the one I used years ago, it works perfectly to access your hard drives and backup your stuff. I might even start to like it.
I thought the interface reminded me of a mac, but it's so much better in fact, I still prefer my good old Windows but if I were to change I know where I would go.
Anyways hopefully this mess will soon be over.
I thought the interface reminded me of a mac, but it's so much better in fact, I still prefer my good old Windows but if I were to change I know where I would go.
Anyways hopefully this mess will soon be over.
Speaking of which, do you have ANY idea or clue on how .pal files are defined, or rather where?
I mean like, that they use the alpha in the colormap and not for example the alpha in the _n? Or how they're told to use the alpha in the first place?
I've looked around but can't find any real info on how pal files work as a whole or are defined, I just know what they are and how they use the colors, etc.
I mean like, that they use the alpha in the colormap and not for example the alpha in the _n? Or how they're told to use the alpha in the first place?
I've looked around but can't find any real info on how pal files work as a whole or are defined, I just know what they are and how they use the colors, etc.
The palette for things would be defined in the shader for the item or whatever. For stuff which needs info on which colours to use like NPC's clothing or creatures it'd be specified in the clientdata file for that npc etc.
It's probably the most simple format. The info here outlines everything perfectly.
It's probably the most simple format. The info here outlines everything perfectly.
No I do know that, but my question is, how does the game know to use the alpha channel of the colormap.dds? The same can be asked about .eft files.
There must be a definition for it somewhere, or am I missing something? I mean in the shader file, it defines which palette to use, which texture to use, etc, but it doesn't define it deeper than that.
There must be a definition for it somewhere, or am I missing something? I mean in the shader file, it defines which palette to use, which texture to use, etc, but it doesn't define it deeper than that.
Ah my bad, misunderstood your question. It's all good though, Uli is definitely your man for this topic, pixel shaders etc are more programming related after all and if I recall we haven't got anything up on the wiki for either of those to help you out.
EDIT: It appears I was right, the wiki doesn't appear to have any info on either, it does however seem to be doing fine on spam. :-/
EDIT: It appears I was right, the wiki doesn't appear to have any info on either, it does however seem to be doing fine on spam. :-/