Driving me crazy: How to skin

santamaycry · Post by **santamaycry** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 7:59 pm

ive looked everywhere, can someone give me a tutorial on what i will need and how to go about skinning halo 2?

jfoster1234 · Post by **jfoster1234** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 8:40 pm

photoshop, dotalo or ch2r or etc., and the photoshop plugin. oh yeah, a trip to the skinning forum

VGman17 · Post by **VGman17** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 8:45 pm

This is what got me started:

[quote]Skinning

By J Unit 0524

Skinning is pretty easy so heres a small tutorial on it.

NOTE: Make sure that mainmenu.map, shared.map, and sp shaered.map are in the same directory as the map your editing because the weapon and vehicle skins are external.

* Open ADI and the map.
* Go to bitm tag.
* Find the bitmap and click save texture.
* Take note of the type it is (DXT1, DXT 2/3. DTX 4/5)
* Open the DDS in a program that supports it, most people use Adobe Photoshop.
* Now feel free to edit it as you please, just don

santamaycry · Post by **santamaycry** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 8:46 pm

thank you SO MUCH MAN! that is JUST what i wanted, i love you

VGman17 · Post by **VGman17** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 9:15 pm

Such a relief when you finally get it : )

Dojorkan · Post by **Dojorkan** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 9:28 pm

On the topic of this, can I have a link to ADI?

VGman17 · Post by **VGman17** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 9:34 pm

Halo 2 Modding Programs (including ADI)

They're on the files fourm.

santamaycry · Post by **santamaycry** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 1:29 am

um. forsome reasoni get some error when i export the bitmap, and im getting .meta files, not bitmaps

vaticinator · Post by **vaticinator** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 5:56 am

ok ive so far done all up to where im supposed to 'save texture' and nothing happens, doing the other 1 just has it show up as like (something).meta, everything is always .meta i hate freaking .meta, those four cursed letters make evrything so difficult. mainly i just want the /military/covcapship/textures. if anyone can help plz PM me

VGman17 · Post by **VGman17** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 9:54 am

vaticinator wrote:ok ive so far done all up to where im supposed to 'save texture' and nothing happens, doing the other 1 just has it show up as like (something).meta, everything is always .meta i hate freaking .meta, those four cursed letters make evrything so difficult. mainly i just want the /military/covcapship/textures. if anyone can help plz PM me

ADI will not allow you to extract or inject a tecture, while another process (another program) has the map open also; I think that may be your problem.

VGman17 · Post by **VGman17** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 10:29 am

I hate to doble post but for anyone still having a problem:

First, your going to open ADI. Go to the [bitm] Bitmap Texture Tags. Find the one you want (green). Next, click the button that's in purple (it's the raw data editor). Make note of what's in red, the format of the file, you'll need it later. Click save texture (orange). Now open up Photoshop (or any .dds editor). Edit it how you like. Save it. (note: you must haev the .dds plugin). This screen will appear:

Make sure whatever was in red, in the first picture, is checked off here. Now, go back to ADI. Click Inject Texture (blue). Close the Map. Sign it. FTP-it. Clear your cache drives (xyz). Enjoy.

santamaycry · Post by **santamaycry** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 1:36 pm

thank you i was hitting export bitmap

why do you have skin previews?

kornbread · Post by **kornbread** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 2:33 pm

What is the difference between saving bitmap, and saving texture?

vaticinator · Post by **vaticinator** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 5:41 pm

ive got photoshop cs and im installing it now, because none of that DXT1 stuff was showing up just a blank box, do i need to have PS and the dds plugin inthe plugins DIR installed?

vaticinator · Post by **vaticinator** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 6:01 pm

this is all i see when i go to it

VGman17 · Post by **VGman17** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 8:08 pm

vaticinator wrote:ive got photoshop cs and im installing it now, because none of that DXT1 stuff was showing up just a blank box, do i need to have PS and the dds plugin inthe plugins DIR installed?

Yes, you should put the .dds plugin in something along the lines of: "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop CS\Plug-Ins\File Formats"

VGman17 · Post by **VGman17** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 8:15 pm

vaticinator wrote:this is all i see when i go to it

Did you inject that with insolence? Because, I can't seem to find that tag.

EDIT: Sorry about the double post.

vaticinator · Post by **vaticinator** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 8:37 pm

thats in ADI from the descenion map cos i dont have a modded xbox and im trying to extract the textures for the covcapship

vaticinator · Post by **vaticinator** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 9:44 pm

all the uvw co ords r there and i still cant extract the maps so if anyone can send them to me if they can get them its would be greatly appreciated. i need it for an animation in max im doing

HaloFreAK1922 · Post by **HaloFreAK1922** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 1:30 pm

i might do some skinning but what do you mean by clear all your cache drives[x,y,z] i would actually need an EXTREMELY detailed answer please : )