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02-16-2007, 10:18 AM#1
bowzerbro
Thank you notes at end of post

Hey there, I entered here to pre-release stuff that I was planing to release in one big box of goodies, but because of problems encountered along the way to perfection and glorious lemonade, mm lemonade; I came across a horribly horrifying problem that I first thought was my model mod. But as it turns out, it is all in the textures I am working with.
No matter how I make my .blp-files they refuses to work! :\
I even installed Photoshop just to see if saving TGA 32Bit would make any difference. Nothing changed, model wont load ingame.
I have searched the forum and other forums a few times, looked through a few posts and read peoples solves. Believe that most I came across was stuff I already tried.

List of things I have tried:
Works
- Using same model with original texture. (lacks parts I want)
- Using any texture from the .mpq
- Morphing models making sure geo sets are splited using textures from many units from within the .mpq
Wont work
- Any form of custom texture mods.
- Making .tga 24-bit in PSP, adding alpha layers and saving them as "Alpha1" or "Alpha 1", one layer only. Merging after adding layer to alpha, not merging, merging group. On every type of save I tried tga2blp with: Wc3 Image Extractor II, Warcraft 3 Viewer and BLPaletter.
- Making .tga 32-bit in PS9(CS2). Same programs to tga2blp .. same results.
- 100% clean model directly from MPQ with any type of modified texture.
- 100% clean texture adding only small custom parts.
- Resizing 128x128, 128x256, 256x256 .. should it matter?

Requests
Textures:
- Fixed version for all attached skins.
- Wooden Helmet.
Models:
none

List of current modified models
- Action hero villanger, aka Dink Smallhead! (just a nick because all models I make will be made to fit him, he may get updated with thiner arms to fit armors, wrist guards and other items.)
- Footman Helmet
- Champion Helmet
- Mask of Death
- Dread Lord's Wings

Will add as soon as textures had fixes:
- Flaming Lords Helmet v1 (Helmet of Battlethirst, using icon as concept) using HumanHelmetByShadow. No proper credits given .. -__-;

List of current models by me - none so far.
- Knights Helmet, maybe.. If I manage to get started. Have a project to finish(map, models are for it).


Now I must sleep. almost noon and I haven't slept tonight


Special thanks to:
Nasrudin - Helped me out with dread wings and a few other things.
Guesst - Helped me out several times. And provided at least one tool.
Rao Dao Zao - Shared some info that can prove useful.
Oinkerwinkle - Lovely tools.
PitzerMike - Helped me out once and supplies some nice tools.
YobGuls' file converter
PSP and PS9? .. Not yet ;p
Sorry if I forgot anything. Will add you if you feel uncredited.