Easy way to change textures??

Xerses

but if i wanna save it, i get this error message and gimp dont save all layers then…

Xerses

ok i get it to save all layers, but i see the old texture ingame, maybe the wrong one??

Xerses

now i oversaved all textures for the ice asteorids

and ingame i see the static one in my colour but the destroyable one have the old texture

that mean that i had the wrong textures??

if yes how can i find the right one?

Gisteron

you have to look into your system file, which asteroid field file it uses. than you have to look in the field file, which dynamic asteroid it uses. in your asteroid archetype file you have to find, which mat file your dynamic asteroid uses and there you have to seek for the right texture… yes, sometimes not everything is like it seems in Freelancer. some things are not obvious and have to be found the classic, manual way.
good luck

Xerses

unbelievable, i opened every asteorid-mat-file and i dont found the needed texture file……

can somebody try to found the texture for the dynamic asteorid behind the planet erie in the Discovery Mod, please

TheDvDMan

Its easier with Solars then it is with Ships

Gisteron

it could be every mat. easiest way to go sure is really to look up in the files.

Xerses

ok i get it, but the static asteorids have the same texture as the dynamic one, how can i change it??

Quarks

This dynamic asteroid use the texture ast_icscrystal.dds for sure, so it’s quite strange that it does not appear in plain blue after your edit…

TheDvDMan

Quarks wrote:
This dynamic asteroid use the texture ast_icscrystal.dds for sure, so it’s quite strange that it does not appear in plain blue after your edit…

Its the “Diffuse” part, which can only be done with Milkshape (as much as I know).

Gisteron

you can actually delete the dt_flags and dt_name nodes within the material node in the mat file and make a single Dc node where you enter four floats of your color (the last one being 0.0 always). like this:```
0.000000
0.000000
1.000000
0.000000


btw:
Dc = Diffuse Channel
Dt = Diffuse Texture (to use with _flags and _name due to it obviously refers to a texture)
Et = Emissive Texture (to use with _flags and _name due to it obviously refers to a texture)
Ec = Emissive Channel
Oc = Opacity Channel
so, you can edit surface properties independently from the cmp creation.

Quarks

His goal was not to make them plain blue, that was just for testing I think.