Gen.Montgomery Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 It's been sometime now since i've been here. I miss making skins. But until now, i dont know how to put a tint/color/gradient on the goggles of the models. I dont know which file to tweek. Need help on this for my home mods. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommandoCrazy Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 You gotta edit the goggle texture in the body skin and the character_trans.rsb for the alpha channels. CC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gen.Montgomery Posted December 16, 2006 Author Share Posted December 16, 2006 (edited) Already did that, i actually covered the goggle texture in the body skin and character_trans.rsb all black. You mentioned alpha channels sir, do i need to put them on the goggles? Thanks for replying to my post. Edited December 16, 2006 by Gen.Montgomery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phlookian Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 It really depends on which photoshop type prog you use (some lower budget software won't edit them) Assuming it is photoshop (and you have the default layout): Lower right menu/ tool box = layers/ channels/ paths select channels and this will show 4 rgb type layers and any alpha channels If viewing an alpha channel (other channels deselected): the black areas will be transparent, the white areas will be opaque and (provided alpha blend is set in the rsb tool/ export set up) anything in between will be differing layers of transparency. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gen.Montgomery Posted December 16, 2006 Author Share Posted December 16, 2006 What do i do to make the tint on the goggles black. Instructions please. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phlookian Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 Well, if the rsb you're editing already has an alpha layer: you can edit this simply by selecting it (helps to deselect other layers). outline the area to be changed (marquee tool/ lasso tool etc) and fill that area. Black fill = transparent white fill = not transparent grey fill = semi transparent etc If using semi transparent alpha layers, the alpha settings when you save the file should be set to alpha blend (this is set in a checkbox on the screen that appears when you save an rsb) THe format should be set to A4R4G4B4 here as well. If your rsb doesn't have an alpha layer: Use the marquee/ lasso tool etc to out line the area you want to affect on the image you're working on, click on channels and then click on the 2nd icon on the bottom (circle inside a square) this should create the alpha layer. If black/ white are the wrong way around you can edit this in the properties for the channel (or just undo and select inverse before creating the channel) Alpha channels though only affect transparency (not colour) so any changes you want to make to that will have to be made to the rgb part of the rsb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gen.Montgomery Posted December 17, 2006 Author Share Posted December 17, 2006 (edited) Thanks Phlookian. Can't wait to do it. hehehe Hope this helps others too. EDIT: I give up. I can't make it work. Edited December 17, 2006 by Gen.Montgomery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phlookian Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 Which chr/ file/ texture are you trying this on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gen.Montgomery Posted December 17, 2006 Author Share Posted December 17, 2006 I'm trying this on Standard DS Demo operatives. . . hu hu hu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phlookian Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 The file you're looking for is Character_Trans.rsb which is in the Character/ Allied file for that mod. I suggest you leave the mod files alone and make a copy in your own mod file so that any changes you make are non-destructive. The file will be locked (properties for that file) and will need to be unlocked Don't bother changing the glasses on the skin for that soldier as the glasses part here only textures the non transparent parts THe Trans file is all the transparent parts of those characters If you look at the lenses part of the alpha channel for that image you will see that the lenses are very dark In alpha layer terms this means almost transparent by changing these to a lighter shade it will reduce the transparency Good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gen.Montgomery Posted December 18, 2006 Author Share Posted December 18, 2006 Yup, i covered the Character_trans.rsb lenses with white, but there was no effect. *Character_Trans.rsb = the rsb with the jutes for the ghillie, right? (JUST MAKING SURE) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phlookian Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 Yeah, that's the one........ You are altering the Trans file for that mod (not any other) and you did change to white in the alpha channel ? Alpha channels are only Black, white and grey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gen.Montgomery Posted December 19, 2006 Author Share Posted December 19, 2006 The Alpha channel was in white and black. The Ghillie was all in white including some parts of the goggles and rest was in black. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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