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Originally Posted by propbeanie
dds files can be a pain in the ... to say the least. I haven't tried it myself yet, but make a copy of the original dds of course, then convert it to the 'native' format of whatever program you are using and save that. Then do your edits, and save to a different name. Once you have your name the way you like and have done a final save, then convert it to dds. Make yourself a mini-mod with it, and change the file name to the proper name for the mod. Activate your mini-mod and see what happens. Any issues, use the other format of the file that is in your graphics program's 'native' format to do further editing. Don't try to fix the dds version. As to whether you use DXT1, 3, 5, etc for the dds conversion, I don't know, but I will sometimes experiment, and do a straight DXT1 (no transpanrency), and then another with the interpolated transparency (5??), and try them both... There are definitely more-qualified graphics folks who could comment.  |
The program I've used was recommended by vickers03 called paint.net, which works with label_cpt in its native format of .dds, I went in with it made a blank copy of the item.. saved that then went with it & added a layer which was the moniker I wanted to use, which in this case was J. T. Mardigan.
End result.. no joy... instead of seeing My skippers moniker, am instead seeing a blank & I know I inserted the label I tagged with My skippers moniker.. not the blank template.
I did insert it right into the Fleetboat interiors area.. I will see of trying your suggestion of setting it up in a jsgme ready format & see if that will do the trick & report back on what I find.
Thanks propbeanie, ol' chap..
p.s.
Side note.. when I 1st achieved success, I had added in the moniker, to the main template after blanking out the previous name that was there... then editing it with My moniker & when I started up the game & checked.. it showed up great. was after the update & moving forward to v1.1 of FotRSU, that I noticed the issue cropping up. No ideas as to why though.
Any way, as stated above, will go back & try your suggestion of setting that up in a jsgme ready template format (which I do know how to do) & see if that does NOT do the trick...
