luan43 Posted August 5, 2005 Share Posted August 5, 2005 ok i want to become a moder got TOO much spare time on me i just need to know what i need and how to do it, what i want to do is create new lightsaber colors or modify them and i want to smooth the glow around my lightsaber so it doesnt look blocky plz my fellow experienced moders help a 15 yr old boy who wants to do something in his summer holidays help him become a padawan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Kenobi Posted August 5, 2005 Share Posted August 5, 2005 First off: Welcome to the forums here at Holowan luan43 You will need first programs: KotorTool Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, or any other pixel based editor Then for the lightsaber colors you need to extract them utilizing KotorTool. Once you have KotorTool installed and directories pointed to your TSL dir and/or KOTOR dir you need to use it to find the following: w_lsabreblue01 w_lsabreDgrn01 w_lsabregold01 w_lsabregren01 w_lsabrepurp01 w_lsabrered01 w_lsabreSilv01 w_lsabreturq01 w_lsabreyelo01 Then extract them to a folder on your desktop or somewhere you'll remember them. Then open up the saved .tga files you extracted with your pixel editing program like photoshop. Zoom in about 500% and you can see the gradiations in the color from the center dot is the core color and the surrounding is it's glow. You can use (in Photoshop) the adjustments hue/saturation and brightness and contrast to adjust the saber blade to your liking. Remember black = transparant ( as you'll see the .tga's are mostly black ) so just keep that in mind Lastly when done save the files as a .tga or (Targa) 32-bit files. Drag them into your override folder (if you don't have one create it in your TSL or KOTOR dir) Hope that helps you get started a bit, General Kenobi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luan43 Posted August 5, 2005 Author Share Posted August 5, 2005 thank U very much hopefully i will fix that weird glow around the lightsaber, than u so much just a question is photoshop and the other 1 u mentioned free i already got kotor tools thank u again, yay i've taken my first step into the large world of moders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luan43 Posted August 5, 2005 Author Share Posted August 5, 2005 i cant save the file as tga only as tpc and my photoshop doesnt seem to work with this files.plz help again sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Kenobi Posted August 5, 2005 Share Posted August 5, 2005 Unfortunately NO, BUT you can download a trial version of photoshop which I believe you can use, also there is a program called GIMP that is a pixel based editing program, HOWEVER I have no clue how to use it since I've never even seen it I'd try the trial of photoshop first or that GIMP program. Click Here For Adobe's Tryout Page For Download General Kenobi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Kenobi Posted August 5, 2005 Share Posted August 5, 2005 i cant save the file as tga only as tpc and my photoshop doesnt seem to work with this files.plz help again sorry. It shows up the texture files as .tpc in ktool Just make sure you click on the file (double clicking loads it's picture if you have a pixel editor installed and you told ktool what to use) and hit EXTRACT It will pop up a dialogue box that asks if you want to save as a .tga or a .tpc Click save as tga and you will be asked then where to save it to. General Kenobi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChAiNz.2da Posted August 5, 2005 Share Posted August 5, 2005 i cant save the file as tga only as tpc and my photoshop doesnt seem to work with this files.plz help again sorry. Hey luan43, Try double-clicking the .tpc file in KotOR Tool. Once the window opens showing the graphic, select "Write File" and save the file somewhere to your system. This should convert the .tpc to .tga enabling you to use a graphic editing program. and Welcome to the Forums! EDIT: I see General Kenobi beat me to it! hehehe... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luan43 Posted August 5, 2005 Author Share Posted August 5, 2005 thank u all for the quick replys and sugestions and the warm welcome much apreciated i am not much into moding but my goal is to fix the glow around the lightsaber and oh Kenobi i couldnt download ur photoshop so i am using GIMP looks good and its free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luan43 Posted August 5, 2005 Author Share Posted August 5, 2005 i still cant save as tga it says something about being unhandled i still can oly save it as tcp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChAiNz.2da Posted August 6, 2005 Share Posted August 6, 2005 i still cant save as tga it says something about being unhandled i still can oly save it as tcp. Which version of KotOR Tool are you using? You might want to download it from here: http://kotortool.home.comcast.net/index.html I think the pcgamemods version is a bit outdated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luan43 Posted August 6, 2005 Author Share Posted August 6, 2005 its version v1.0.1900.40262 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luan43 Posted August 6, 2005 Author Share Posted August 6, 2005 it also says something about Image Tool not found 0.o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChAiNz.2da Posted August 6, 2005 Share Posted August 6, 2005 Hmm.. ok try this: Go to Tools > Options Make sure the "Always convert TPC files to TGA upon extract" is checked... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luan43 Posted August 6, 2005 Author Share Posted August 6, 2005 wait let me try that BRB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Kenobi Posted August 6, 2005 Share Posted August 6, 2005 Yep what ChAiNz said Ooh did you set your path for viewing? If not open Kotortool and click on File/Manage Paths then click on the "Other Paths" tab Make sure your image viewer is set to your pixel editing program. Like this for example: (mine do not use this) C:\Program Files\Macromedia\Fireworks MX\Fireworks.exe That is the viewer I use on this particular machine. You'd point to your own though General Kenobi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luan43 Posted August 6, 2005 Author Share Posted August 6, 2005 a noob question what exactly is a viewer could u tell me some programs that are ''viewers''? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Kenobi Posted August 6, 2005 Share Posted August 6, 2005 ooh misunderstanding. That's the fields title in kotor tool when you do the File/Manage Paths that's the name of the field An Image Viewer is just a fancy way of saying "point that field to your gimp program" General Kenobi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luan43 Posted August 6, 2005 Author Share Posted August 6, 2005 and how do i view the files and so i can use GIMP as a viewer?and if yes do i point it to its EXE or the i point it to where it was instaled,i am kinda lossing hope here cant get it to extract tga files .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChAiNz.2da Posted August 6, 2005 Share Posted August 6, 2005 and how do i view the files and so i can use GIMP as a viewer?and if yes do i point it to its EXE or the i point it to where it was instaled,i am kinda lossing hope here cant get it to extract tga files .... Point it to the .exe of your graphics viewer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luan43 Posted August 6, 2005 Author Share Posted August 6, 2005 question do u guys have any thing in the MAP folder of ur kotor tool dir? and wich version do u use ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth333 Posted August 6, 2005 Share Posted August 6, 2005 No. If you want maps you have to go here: http://www.starwarsknights.com/maps.php (they're for kotor 1 only) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luan43 Posted August 6, 2005 Author Share Posted August 6, 2005 nvm thank u very much for ur help guys i finaly done it i was doing a very stupid newbie moder thing but nvm i finaly got it (i wont say what i did wrong coz i feel ashamed) but hank u very much for help much apreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChAiNz.2da Posted August 6, 2005 Share Posted August 6, 2005 nvm thank u very much for ur help guys i finaly done it i was doing a very stupid newbie moder thing but nvm i finaly got it (i wont say what i did wrong coz i feel ashamed) but hank u very much for help much apreciated No need to be ashamed.. we've all had our fair share of DOHs! Good to see you've got it working Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luan43 Posted August 6, 2005 Author Share Posted August 6, 2005 now i just need to figure some tools to change the colors and stuff but the rest its up to me now.....thx every1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChAiNz.2da Posted August 6, 2005 Share Posted August 6, 2005 now i just need to figure some tools to change the colors and stuff but the rest its up to me now.....thx every1 We're here to help if you get stuck, so don't hesitate to ask questions. The only bad questions, are the ones not asked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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