Guerilla problems; can't open tifs

[helljumper2]

Following Kirk's tutorials, when i do the command

tool bitmaps <my directory> to change the .tif to a .bitmap,

it gives the error

"WARNING: bitmap with greater than 1-bit alpha being compressed as DXT1" and it fails to create a new tag.

The tutorial then goes to say to open it in Guerilla and change things, etc...

Now, I can't open the .tif in Guerilla (following the tutorial) because i keep getting this error message:

" you need to set your working directory. "

How do I fix this? Thank you for your help.

[Danke]

The tutorial then goes to say to open it in Guerilla and change things, etc...

Sounds like it spit out a .bitmap that's messed up.

Get rid of the alpha (unless you need it) and try it again.

[MJBoa]

You don't open the .tif in geurilla, open the .bitmap that was created.

[helljumper2]

The tutorial then goes to say to open it in Guerilla and change things, etc...

Sounds like it spit out a .bitmap that's messed up.

Get rid of the alpha (unless you need it) and try it again.

How would I remove the alpha in Paintshop Pro?

[helljumper2]

I've also discovered a new error (maybe) in tool. When doing the bitmaps command, it would say the bitmap tag is the same as the directory, would that prevent it from creating the tag?