ok....im really agravated so will u plz just help me!

darthscape · Post by **darthscape** » Wed Feb 11, 2004 4:49 pm

ok... i just got rid f everything cuz i dident know what i had so if theres anyone out there who is kind enough to just tell me what i need to skin and tell me were to get it i would very much apreciate it. and plz dont just send me to some random website to download stuff cuz i dont know what to download..so plzzzzzzzz help me.

GBSuperSunny · Post by **GBSuperSunny** » Wed Feb 11, 2004 5:29 pm

In order to skin, you first need Halo Map Tools 3. It's avalible at HaloMods itself. Then, you need Adobe Photoshop. You shoudn't download it, it's illegal. After that, you need the Nvidia .dds Plugin. Do a google on it. Once you have all that, check out the quick skinning tutorial at HaloMods itself.

darthscape · Post by **darthscape** » Wed Feb 11, 2004 5:44 pm

um..ok..then were do i get the acrobate thing if i cant download it

darthscape · Post by **darthscape** » Wed Feb 11, 2004 5:44 pm

i mean adobe not acrpbate...were do i get the adobe thing

GBSuperSunny · Post by **GBSuperSunny** » Wed Feb 11, 2004 5:47 pm

You need to buy it. Oh, and if you get it another way "cough," don't mention it on the forums.

darthscape · Post by **darthscape** » Wed Feb 11, 2004 5:51 pm

so alls i need is theese 3 things and i can skin

darthscape · Post by **darthscape** » Wed Feb 11, 2004 5:54 pm

is there anyother way or program that i can use other than adobe

GBSuperSunny · Post by **GBSuperSunny** » Wed Feb 11, 2004 6:11 pm

Nope, there isn't. People consider other programs to work, but they don't create a certain thing called MipMaps. MipMaps make sure that when you view the texture from far away in Halo, it doesn't turn black. Adobe Photoshop's Plugin generates them. Without them, while playing Halo, if you back away from a texture, it will fade to black. Also, while using HMT3, if you look above the texture preview when you select a texture, it will say something like "DX1" or something else. When you save your changed texture with Photoshop, make sure you have "Generate Mipmaps" selected and you save it as the correct "DX" or whatever.