Curse

Brett Kuntz · Aug 15, 2009, 11:26 PM // 23:26

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Originally Posted by Jette Antral

EDIT: One final question; is your software able to point to texture files that TexMod can't? I have reason to believe that armor files, for example,are compiled from multiple different files into a single texture that TexMod picks up, instead of the 5 individual files (6, including hair) that (I think) are assembled into the armor, meaning that to change an armor via texmod, you must be wearing the exact same dye, armor, hair style, and hair color combination as the modified for it to work properly, which is obviously a huge beotch to work with. If yours can replace the individual armor files instead of the assembled files (again, here we're assuming my theory holds any weight at all, though to do it by giving each and every possible armor/dye combination its own texture would provide... uh... I lost my calculator, but a very, very large numbers of necessary files), then it would be a huge help having to anybody who wanted to change armor. If not, meh. I'm bugging (harassing) various ANet representatives about private servers and the possibility of setting up a private server (I took Gaile's cat, and I'm not giving him back until I have one), which should allow me to modify the .dat file directly, without all of this hassle.

Sorry for the late replies, this thread is supposed to email me when someone posts but I guess it has stopped doing that.

Most games dynamically generate a single texture (often called a "skin") to encompass a character or models textures. This is simply because a model using just 1 texture draws much faster than a model using 2+ textures. To accomplish this, they simply create a new blank texture, copy/paste the needed textures into it, and save that texture in memory for later use. Then every time a character needs to be drawn, we only need to use 1 texture to draw it, since that texture now has all the imaging needed to draw a full character (helmet, clothes, skin, hair, face, boots, etc) inside of it. Even Terrain Engines like Guild Wars' have 1 giant, 1024x1024 texture split into smaller squares to draw the terrain.

Jette Antral · Aug 19, 2009, 02:18 AM // 02:18

That is what I suspected. I assume from your answer that your tool is unable to modify the "base" files that assemble into the single larger texture. It's not a huge problem, really, since usually the combination stays the same, but it would save a lot of pointless cutting & pasting hairstyles and what have you when somebody asks me to change their armor around.

Chronos the Defiler · Aug 21, 2009, 06:39 AM // 06:39

this question has probably been asked, but is there a way to change the order of the UT sounds? for example can I swap God-like and Holy S***? send me a PM.

Edit: Is there a way to change the volume on them too?

Brett Kuntz · Aug 22, 2009, 05:17 AM // 05:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chronos the Defiler

this question has probably been asked, but is there a way to change the order of the UT sounds? for example can I swap God-like and Holy S***? send me a PM.

Edit: Is there a way to change the volume on them too?

1) Nope.
2) Nope.

Jette Antral · Aug 28, 2009, 03:58 AM // 03:58

Do you know if your texture program works for Linux? I've got this ugly Windows partition sitting on my hard drive, and the sole reason it's here is because TexMod isn't designed to work with alternative OSes. If it does, it'd save me a pain in the ass if you wanted to release it, but if not or if it just doesn't work without DX9, then I'll probably end up writing my own tool so I can cleanse my system of this overdone RAM-eating crapware-infested menace once and for all.

xmariusx · Aug 29, 2009, 10:31 AM // 10:31

Thanks! but what is the sound thing?

T1Cybernetic · Aug 29, 2009, 10:49 AM // 10:49

Wat

The sound is like noise but it's better because it's unreal tournament sound noise? kinda thing...

Windf0rce · Sep 10, 2009, 03:46 AM // 03:46

Is there any chance this mod will incorporate cartography facilities?

Obrien Xp · Sep 10, 2009, 07:48 PM // 19:48

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Originally Posted by Windf0rce

Is there any chance this mod will incorporate cartography facilities?

You can run multiple mods at once, just get the cartography one.

numma_cway · Sep 18, 2009, 11:48 AM // 11:48

The UT sounds stopped working with the current game update.

headlesshobbs · Sep 18, 2009, 05:39 PM // 17:39

Yup, I noted that too.

EDIT: starting to miss the sounds already.

Burton2000 · Sep 18, 2009, 06:30 PM // 18:30

Yeah a fix would be awesome please kuntz

Brett Kuntz · Sep 21, 2009, 07:36 PM // 19:36

I will get an update to you guys today, but a bit later, busy this afternoon for a bit.

Brett Kuntz · Sep 22, 2009, 09:13 PM // 21:13

Updated to 2.4. I didn't actually load into any PvP to test out the sounds out, kinda just assumed they'd work. Let me know if they don't!

headlesshobbs · Sep 25, 2009, 03:15 AM // 03:15

I tested it with JQ and all the sounds are working fine. Good job with the update.

End · Sep 30, 2009, 11:01 PM // 23:01

I've been having issues with the sounds not working if stuff dies to quickly...granted I really just wanted this for the armor XD

Brett Kuntz · Oct 15, 2009, 12:37 AM // 00:37

Hey guys, Anet is removing the Graphics.dll "trick" from the game in an upcoming update due to reasons other than KSMod. They gave me a heads up about this change so I will need to change the way KSMod loads for the mod to work again. So keep using it as normal for now, but know eventually it wont work. When I get some time I'll update KSMod to a simple .EXE that will load Guild Wars + the Mod all at once for ya, and you'll have to create a new desktop icon for it or whatever.

Obrien Xp · Oct 15, 2009, 01:03 AM // 01:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brett Kuntz

Hey guys, Anet is removing the Graphics.dll "trick" from the game in an upcoming update due to reasons other than KSMod. They gave me a heads up about this change so I will need to change the way KSMod loads for the mod to work again. So keep using it as normal for now, but know eventually it wont work. When I get some time I'll update KSMod to a simple .EXE that will load Guild Wars + the Mod all at once for ya, and you'll have to create a new desktop icon for it or whatever.

Do you have an estimate on how long this will take by any chance?

tyvm for the heads up!

Ashantara · Oct 15, 2009, 01:12 AM // 01:12

Brett, that really s*cks.

Good luck with finding a new way of implementing the mod!

headlesshobbs · Oct 15, 2009, 01:14 AM // 01:14

If they were to update the game itself so the HD detail was enabled, this wouldn't be a problem anymore but I still find it too enjoyable with the UT sounds included.

Thanks for letting us know ahead of time.