byteasc
09-10-2004, 02:42 AM
After doing some looking thru some scripts and verifying information, here is what is needed to basically make your own reticules.. I suspect it won't work right off the bat for most people, but lets see...
You obviously need to get all of the Reticules, so you will need to open TribesEd and bring up the Texture Browser.
File/Open - HUD.pkg in Content\Art should be the file you need and you will see all kinds of reticules. Just right-click and do Export and pick where to put them (I recommend making a folder to export them all into).
You will then need to open them all in Photoshop or Paintshop Pro (DDS Plugins are needed to properly work)... and have fun!
Most of them are Alphaed just for the white, so if you just do a Flood fill of color, then Save out, it will change color
When you goto Save, make sure you do save as DDS and pick DXT3 from the Dropdown box. I would recommend keeping the Texture files the same name, unless you plan to do Multiple sets of Reticules in One package.
Once you have all of the Textures edited, Bring back/Reopen TribesEd and go back to Texture Browser...
Goto File/Import and Browse to you folder and Shift Select (Ctrl A) all of the Textures and click Open. You will then get a Box with a dropdown for Compression, set it to DXT3 also just for Failsafe. you can leave Mipmap option checked by default. This is the most important step:
Package needs to be something Unique.. DO NOT LEAVE IT AS IT IS, or you will import into a Base package and cause yourself a headache. Everything else should be fine, as it is, so just click Ok To All... Will take a minute or so...
All of your textures should now show and the package name should show in the Dropdown box... Click File/Save and make sure to save it to Content\Art and you're good to go.. Almost...
You need to browse to Program\Bin folder and make a file named Weapons.ini and open it in Notepad or whatever for the next Step.
http://www.alteredbeast.org/~marshallx/byte/Weapons.txt
You need to do a Ctrl+A (Select All) and Copy and Paste that into the Weapons.Ini you made just a sec ago
All you basically need to do is edit the hudReticule line to properly reflect your files:
[EquipmentClasses.WeaponBl aster]
hudReticule=texture'HUD.R eticuleDirect'
My PackageName is HUD (Filename is HUD.pkg - a base package) and the texture name is ReticuleDirect (the default for alot of weapons)...
You will just need to go thru changing each weapon down the list with each Reticule. There are some extras which may or may not be used or seen, but are listed for continuity. If you do not replace a Reticule for a Weapon or Turret or anything, Remove it from Weapons.Ini. You can try commenting it out with ; symbols, but not sure if those will work.
Once you do that, save the file and you should be able to load the Game and have your new Reticules.
Disclaimer: If you break something, don't look at me
You obviously need to get all of the Reticules, so you will need to open TribesEd and bring up the Texture Browser.
File/Open - HUD.pkg in Content\Art should be the file you need and you will see all kinds of reticules. Just right-click and do Export and pick where to put them (I recommend making a folder to export them all into).
You will then need to open them all in Photoshop or Paintshop Pro (DDS Plugins are needed to properly work)... and have fun!
Most of them are Alphaed just for the white, so if you just do a Flood fill of color, then Save out, it will change color
When you goto Save, make sure you do save as DDS and pick DXT3 from the Dropdown box. I would recommend keeping the Texture files the same name, unless you plan to do Multiple sets of Reticules in One package.
Once you have all of the Textures edited, Bring back/Reopen TribesEd and go back to Texture Browser...
Goto File/Import and Browse to you folder and Shift Select (Ctrl A) all of the Textures and click Open. You will then get a Box with a dropdown for Compression, set it to DXT3 also just for Failsafe. you can leave Mipmap option checked by default. This is the most important step:
Package needs to be something Unique.. DO NOT LEAVE IT AS IT IS, or you will import into a Base package and cause yourself a headache. Everything else should be fine, as it is, so just click Ok To All... Will take a minute or so...
All of your textures should now show and the package name should show in the Dropdown box... Click File/Save and make sure to save it to Content\Art and you're good to go.. Almost...
You need to browse to Program\Bin folder and make a file named Weapons.ini and open it in Notepad or whatever for the next Step.
http://www.alteredbeast.org/~marshallx/byte/Weapons.txt
You need to do a Ctrl+A (Select All) and Copy and Paste that into the Weapons.Ini you made just a sec ago
All you basically need to do is edit the hudReticule line to properly reflect your files:
[EquipmentClasses.WeaponBl aster]
hudReticule=texture'HUD.R eticuleDirect'
My PackageName is HUD (Filename is HUD.pkg - a base package) and the texture name is ReticuleDirect (the default for alot of weapons)...
You will just need to go thru changing each weapon down the list with each Reticule. There are some extras which may or may not be used or seen, but are listed for continuity. If you do not replace a Reticule for a Weapon or Turret or anything, Remove it from Weapons.Ini. You can try commenting it out with ; symbols, but not sure if those will work.
Once you do that, save the file and you should be able to load the Game and have your new Reticules.
Disclaimer: If you break something, don't look at me