help with injecting textures

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help with injecting textures

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ok i got a dds plugin for photoshop, edited what i wanted to(just the rocket smoke for a test), and i tried to inject it, it said it needs to be a DXT2 or 3 so i opened it in hex editor, it was already a 3 so i made it a 2 and ti still doesnt work. help plz?
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Post by Pie »

resave it but as DXT1 or DXT2 or something....i have never used a hex editor for that....try just a simpel pistol solid color skin to see if it is the plugin or not
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Post by jimmy3sacs »

now i just switched it to DXT1 and tried it in HMT and it said file must be DXT1. *raises wtf flag*
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Post by jimmy3sacs »

oh well what should i do

-edit

photoshop doesnt save as DXT1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5. wanna help me out there too
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Post by Pie »

the dds plugin should have a thin pop up when saving as a .dds files about that whole dxt thing
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Post by jimmy3sacs »

oh... that... lol lemme look at it really fast.

edit--

yeah i saved it asa DXT3 before. should i try DXT1 with no alpha?
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oki doki

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Post by jimmy3sacs »

ok whatever i change it to is what it asks for. i changed it to DXT1 and it asks for DXT1 i change it to DXT2 it asks for DXT2 etc. why?
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Post by jimmy3sacs »

*raises wtf flag with other hand* this is stupid. someone tell me whats going on!!!! whatever i change it to it says it needs it!!!! W.T.F.
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Post by jimmy3sacs »

BOOYA!!!!!!! i figured it out. although it needed a DXT.... i changed it to a 32 bit ARGB and for some reason (only God and computer geeks know) it worked... strange
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you triple posted lol...be careful, people might flame you (but i'm nice)
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Post by jimmy3sacs »

you know, i just forget to puish the edit button sometimes..... i iz a blondae
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