Changes to the Grenade Trail
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You'll need a program like Photoshop or GIMP, along with a .dds plugin.
http://forums.legionsoverdrive.com/threads/tutorial-how-to-mod-skins.817/
http://forums.legionsoverdrive.com/threads/tutorial-how-to-mod-skins.817/
Lin
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Thanks. I know you've been working on the trail too, so i thought we might as well collab.
it seems to me that _nrm is the info for the explosion, and _lod is the light reflection.
both of the grenade energy files look like glow information for the grenade itself, and thats about all i've got through.
it seems to me that _nrm is the info for the explosion, and _lod is the light reflection.
both of the grenade energy files look like glow information for the grenade itself, and thats about all i've got through.
Lin
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yup. saw that, but couldn't open it. beat me to the chase with your gimp skills, eh?
Edit: Tried swapping the file out with anything yet? some of those other particle effects look pretty promising. so far as i can judge based on the file name
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and I got gimp working. the problem now is that the trail is a bunch of dds images displayed over and over again, so if we want to make a solid beam thing we'll need to make it display alot more often
Edit: Tried swapping the file out with anything yet? some of those other particle effects look pretty promising. so far as i can judge based on the file name
.and I got gimp working. the problem now is that the trail is a bunch of dds images displayed over and over again, so if we want to make a solid beam thing we'll need to make it display alot more often
Fixious
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yup. saw that, but couldn't open it. beat me to the chase with your gimp skills, eh?
Edit: Tried swapping the file out with anything yet? some of those other particle effects look pretty promising. so far as i can judge based on the file name
and I got gimp working. the problem now is that the trail is a bunch of dds images displayed over and over again, so if we want to make a solid beam thing we'll need to make it display alot more often
Yeah, I was afraid that would happen. I wanted to change it to the Tribes grenade trail, which actually uses like 6 or so different images. I did change it to one of the Tribes grenade trails, but there really isn't a huge difference. I also changed the original file to red as a test, which looked alright. But as long as the rate of reproduction can't be changed, I'll probably leave it alone for now.
masterluso
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Hmm, I didn't know anybody would like a simple recoloring enough to call it "wonderful", but thats fine with me 
Anyway, I'm not really into changing the smoke, but I might play with it. Changing explosions would be fun too.
Anyway, I'm not really into changing the smoke, but I might play with it. Changing explosions would be fun too.
masterluso
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psst, hey you, yes, you. colors>colorize, then drag the slider things around. or for a fancy golw, new layer, [some gradient], set layer to overlay. have fun.
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Fixious
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Hmm, I didn't know anybody would like a simple recoloring enough to call it "wonderful", but thats fine with me
Anyway, I'm not really into changing the smoke, but I might play with it. Changing explosions would be fun too.
Who said wonderful? I said alright, as in 'meh'. Also, to whoever decided to make certain files .jng's, I hope you die in a fire.
masterluso
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If you want a pack, make a pack. If you poke GIMP for a few minutes you'll figure out how to do stuff, it isn't really hard to learn. Anyway, the recolored orange w00tyou posted look better than I expected recolored trails to look. Interest increased.
NightHawk043
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I see what you did there.
I might try for some white tribes ones, I'm still deciding. I might actually go for something super visible instead.
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