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Post by rick911 on Apr 7, 2017 0:32:19 GMT -5
Just wanted to post an update: if anyone is using Gimp instead of Photoshop and ran into the problems/confusion I did, it's actually pretty simple with one small change from this guide.
For steps 11 and 12, ".dds DXT5 (Interpolated Alpha)" isn't an obvious option. Gimp has about 6 different DXT5 choices, but "Interpolated Alpha" isn't one of them. I tried Alpha Component DXT5 (the closest sounding one), but that caused all kinds of problems. Instead, when you're ready to Export As and change the extension to .dds, a pop-up boxes titled "Save As DDS" will... pop-up. You're going to want to choose the follow parameters: Compression: BC3/DXT5 Format: Default (greyed out--you can't select anything else) Save: Selected layer (also greyed out) Mipmaps: Generate mipmaps
Now, click the + to open the Advanced Options. Leave everything there to default and don't have any boxes checked EXCEPT "Use perceptual error metric".
And there you go! Solved all the problems/confusion I was having, and you can easily follow this guide using Gimp 2d editing software!
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Post by rick911 on Sept 6, 2016 14:33:01 GMT -5
I'm running into a problem with my character portraits. So, I downloaded some Disney mods but I didn't like the hair color they gave to Anna from Frozen. It was blonde instead of red. I followed your great guide here to try to add a new color swatch to the hairs. I used Gimp for my editing. What I did was: exporting the existing dds, recoloring the dds and exporting that as a new, separate file. Then doing exactly as your guide said and pasting the recolored images as a new layer over the original image. First time through the process I forgot to generate mip maps or something (and I also just recolored the images instead of adding new layers) and it didn't come out right, so I started over. Now it works great in both CAS and in-game, except for the character portraits. I'm attaching three images under spoilers to show what's happening. (Edit: I'm just linking the pictures because I can't get them to show up large enough to see) The portraits look how the hair showed up when I screwed up the first time. Picture 1: postimg.org/image/5viax33px/Picture 2: postimg.org/image/rj797j445/Picture 3: postimg.org/image/xy6a47atx/The portraits are messed up on every single outfit I use them on, EXCEPT oddly the Work-Out outfit (shown in the third picture). It's using the exact same hair as the Everyday outfit (shown in the first). Do you have any idea what I've done wrong? What's going on?
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