need to know how to make reticles on mac

chocolate10 · Post by **chocolate10** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 10:42 am

im using a mac and i would like to know how to make my own reticles can someone show/tell me how to make them?

Teh_Kitsune · Post by **Teh_Kitsune** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 11:06 am

what you do to make reticles is open hmt > bitmaps > ui/hud/bitmaps/combined/hud_reticles

you should recognize the bitmaps. then extract the dds, edit, etc

and remember to save the dds as ARGB 8

chocolate10 · Post by **chocolate10** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 11:23 am

i tried doing that but when i inject nothing happens to reticle

wher can i get a program that saves as argb8

Teh_Kitsune · Post by **Teh_Kitsune** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 11:47 am

Well, considering this is pretty much skinning.

read this, and it will tell you how to save stuff as DDS files and such..

http://forums.halomods.com/viewtopic.php?t=73891

timmy42 · Post by **timmy42** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 11:56 am

chocolate, Graphic Converter is the only program on the mac that I know of that has .dds saving capabilities. and even then, I still struggle saving that format.

go to www.apple.com and download the graphic converter demo and try that program. just use the websites search function...or you can search for SquishDDS...

I am searching for a method to save files with A8R8G8B8. DDS is not a problem, but the option to save with 8-bit alpha ^ ^ ^ I can't find...maybe I should learn to make my own program to do so eh?

chocolate10 · Post by **chocolate10** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 12:55 pm

yeah i have squishdds and all it has is dxt 1,2,3,4,5,and 5 normal map anyway can you help me use graphic converter

is there a way to save as argb8 with squish dds?

Teh_Kitsune · Post by **Teh_Kitsune** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 1:53 pm

Not familiar with it, if it doesn't give the option to do so look for some plugins or something.

If all else fails you could use CE's HEK and make a .TIF format, compile, convert, etc..

chocolate10 · Post by **chocolate10** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 2:01 pm

well i guess theres no way i can do it but i can post my new reticels if all else fails

timmy42 · Post by **timmy42** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 2:27 pm

yea... graphic converter does not give you the option to save as A8R8G8B8... nor does SquishDDS...

I am not familiar with that method you posted Kitsune... but by CE you mean Custom Edition??

Pepsi · Post by **Pepsi** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 3:50 pm

or you can ask someone to save it for you. you send them the file in .TIF format and they can save it correctly for you. this would be very tedious but heh.. i dont know mac's either.

Teh_Kitsune · Post by **Teh_Kitsune** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 4:25 pm

timmy42 wrote: I am not familiar with that method you posted Kitsune... but by CE you mean Custom Edition??

yeah CE, HEK = Halo Editing Kit.

using the program "tool" (used by the cmd prompt), you can add a tif into the data folder (ex: data/vehicles/blah) and compile it to a .Bitmap.. then tag it, then convert/import into PC.. long process ftl

doesn't gimp support DDS files?..

Andrew_b · Post by **Andrew_b** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 4:31 pm

LOL. Tool is nothing close to command prompt. You just use command prompt to run tool.

chocolate10 · Post by **chocolate10** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 4:47 pm

yeah i might give to someone to put in my bitsmap

bcnipod · Post by **bcnipod** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 11:06 am

or you could do what I do now. which is not use HMT,

chocolate10 · Post by **chocolate10** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 2:26 pm

um......how will that help

Teh_Kitsune · Post by **Teh_Kitsune** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 2:50 pm

bcnipod wrote:or you could do what I do now. which is not use HMT,

and what do you do/use to inject meta and crap into a map?

timmy42 · Post by **timmy42** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 3:20 pm

eschaton can do that, I believe... and so can HHK... I believe...

I use HMT for bitmaps

Altimit01 · Post by **Altimit01** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 7:22 pm

He's just spoiled is all. It's such a shame HMT doesn't seem to work for import/export of that particular bitmap. Needs a dds inject which is incredibly tedious on a mac. What with dds expanding to DirectDraw Surface and all.

bcnipod · Post by **bcnipod** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 6:21 am

Altimit01 wrote:He's just spoiled is all. It's such a shame HMT doesn't seem to work for import/export of that particular bitmap. Needs a dds inject which is incredibly tedious on a mac. What with dds expanding to DirectDraw Surface and all.

No, I just don't use HMT as a rule, it sucks. I used to use it before I got Eschaton 0.5, then after that I never skinned again.

JK-47 · Post by **JK-47** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 10:10 am

Maybe if you're a mac user. I've been using HMT since the beginning and it works great for me still :D