Battlefield Modding Tutorials BFMODS

I need a bit of help.

I am trying to modify some American Uniforms to display the 82 Airborne patch for a map I am modding, but after saving they do not show in game.

How do you properly save the .dds files in Photoshop so they will show in game.
Are there any tutorials out there?




Thanks,
JH

In any case those changing you made to the .dds files will not show up serverside.

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Thanks for the reply's.

This is for a custom map, not server side. I am simply trying to modify a uniform & when I Try to save the .dds file, there are many options & I cannot get it to show in game.

When you save the .dds file, how should you save it?

DTX No Alpha - I believe this is the default setting

8 bit

with alpha?


I will try freddy's solution. Perhaps custom textures require a custom folder to be seen in-game when called.




Thanks for the help.
JH

Yea dont you just make a back up and edit the dds file then overwrite the original and leave it their?

I forget how exactly how to do it for single map

dxt 5
generate mipmaps.

follow freddy and they should work fine

I use GIMP to save new textures. The best part is I don't have to use any compression at all (so no DXT5 and such) so my textures come out looking their best. (though at a sacrifice of having larger file sizes)

Just be sure the new textures you make have a resolution that is a power of two. For example:

Square Resolutions:
32x32
128x128
256x256
512x512

Rectangle (Wide) Resolutions:
16x32
128x256
512x1024

That is just small number list of compatible resolutions (first number is vertical height and last is horizontal).

Basically when you want to increase resolution, you MUST double the res of the horizontal plane or vertical that you are increasing. Nothing in between as either converter apps will refuse to use it or if you use GIMP, you won't beable to generate MIPMaps. And so, they won't work ingame.

Existing textures are already at compatible resolutions so this shouldn't be a problem in this case. But if you do create whole new files, this info will be important if you want them to work ingame.

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