Skins turning black far away

Mr_V · Post by **Mr_V** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 9:46 pm

When I try to skin things they get darker the farther you are from it. Can someone let me know what I'm missing?

kibito87 · Post by **kibito87** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 9:47 pm

Remove the lower LOD's from the map.

*cough* H2 Machinima Companion *cough*

ScottyGEE · Post by **ScottyGEE** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 10:01 pm

That's an odd occurance! o_O
The LOD remover I dont think helps too much in this situation...It may do :S

but anyway, what have you done to the map already...You may have some holes in the bitmap area or somewhere else because I've had bitmap problems when there are holes in the map

Mr_V · Post by **Mr_V** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 10:07 pm

H2 Machinima Companion didn't work.

Scotty, all I have done is modify the one "pitted_generic.dds" bitmap. Saved as DXT1 1bit Alpha and no MIP maps. And it was extracted/injected with dothalo.

Pyroman · Post by **Pyroman** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 10:26 pm

Turn MIP maps on bro.

Mr_V · Post by **Mr_V** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 11:25 pm

Pyroman wrote:Turn MIP maps on bro.

Yeah that fixed it. Thanks.

StalkingGrunt911 · Post by **StalkingGrunt911** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 5:04 am

When saving the file as a .dds check off "Generate MIP Maps".

Edit: Err...I didn't see that it was already posted...I should have scrolled down.

bibbit · Post by **bibbit** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 7:52 am

Sorry if this is considered a bump, but how would you go about this using M$ Paint?

Mr_V · Post by **Mr_V** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 7:55 am

bibbit wrote:Sorry if this is considered a bump, but how would you go about this using M$ Paint?

You can't. Try using GIMP; it's free and similar to Photoshop. You'll need this DDS Plugin.

bibbit · Post by **bibbit** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 9:06 am

Oh yeah, I need GIMP, duh. Never used it, but Ill try it.