Texture modding
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Texture modding
I was wondering how u change the texture of the ships ( aka how its skin looks)...I'vetried copying the textures i like from other mods into my mod and that didnt work....any suggestions?
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icewolf132
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ok, number one if your going to copy the textures for your mod youd beter get permission from the original makers first and give them credit for their work.
im assuming that your trying to copy textures from a fan made ship to either another ship or one of the stock ships. You can rename the texture files but the placement of them will be off; it would be like trying to get a 6 foot tall man to fit into a 4 year olds clothes, it can be done but you'll need to edit the placement of the textures.
im assuming that your trying to copy textures from a fan made ship to either another ship or one of the stock ships. You can rename the texture files but the placement of them will be off; it would be like trying to get a 6 foot tall man to fit into a 4 year olds clothes, it can be done but you'll need to edit the placement of the textures.
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when a ship is made in a modelling program such as milkshape and 3ds max, it is textured in that program also. the model file is directly linked to the texture file via "coding".
simply copying the textures from one mod to another will not work, for example :
"i like that galaxy class textures, i think it will look good on my model, ill just dumnp it in the textures folder." - this wont work, as the new texture file may 1) not be the same filename as the original, and 2) it may not be mapped the same.
so to answer your question, to alter a ships texture, you need to either retexture the model, or be very very good with photoshop
hope this helps
simply copying the textures from one mod to another will not work, for example :
"i like that galaxy class textures, i think it will look good on my model, ill just dumnp it in the textures folder." - this wont work, as the new texture file may 1) not be the same filename as the original, and 2) it may not be mapped the same.
so to answer your question, to alter a ships texture, you need to either retexture the model, or be very very good with photoshop
hope this helps
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limon36
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Re: Texture modding
I think now retexture should be just give the original makers their credit, but you don't have to get their permission because the game is so old that most of the original makers don't care about playing the game anymore (offline for good). I make Terran Empire texture all the time some of my ship are godlike including the sheild/weapons and only a ship like it can kill it 
I just good with Adobe Photoshop CS6 (64 Bit) and programming code {HTML. C, Java} but don't I know much, because it is basic (good enough for the game).
I just good with Adobe Photoshop CS6 (64 Bit) and programming code {HTML. C, Java} but don't I know much, because it is basic (good enough for the game).