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hello all i have decided too have a go at modding but i do not know wer to start i have all the programs needed how would i go about reskinning maps and editing warthogs and weapons looks also weapon projectiles thank you someone plz help me

tatarus1 wrote:hello all i have decided too have a go at modding but i do not know wer to start i have all the programs needed how would i go about reskinning maps and editing warthogs and weapons looks also weapon projectiles thank you someone plz help me

well im not sure abought weapons i know there in there some where i just never took the time to find emm i mostly skin veicals what you do is go in to ch2r and go in to objects i think it is find veacles and click on bitmap all the skins are in there you can extract emm and edit emm with photoshop you have to have the dds plugin tho (tha prog that you wanna use when ur extracting/injecting bitmaps is always CH2R)

What you need to do is go to whatever map you want then go to objects and then if you want to skin the battle rifel for example go to objects\weapons\rifle\battle_rifle\bitmaps\battlerifle.btm then double click on that and hit extract. Now open the extraced .dds in photoshop. you may need to dload the plugin if you need it go here: http://developer.nvidia.com/object/nv_t ... tools.html

After you change the skin how you like save it as a .dds but pay attention to what format its in (the format type is located below the inject/extract button in Ch2r). the battle rifel for example is a "DXT4/DXT5" then save it and got to objects\weapons\rifle\battle_rifle\bitmaps\battlerifle.btm again and double click then this time hit import and import in your new modified skin.
All weapns are in the objects\weapons\.

vehicles are in the objects\vehicles

hope that helped. If you have any more questions you can hit me up on AIM or PM me

thanx for the help

ok once i extracted the battle rifle bitmap opened it up and changed its colour then saved it as a dx5 i think it is with photo shop i injected it back into the map and then encryted it after that i ftped to my box and i fail to load map anyone know what i have done wrong and also i get an error now on ch2r were when i try to extract and inject files i get errors the extract one is value cannot be null parimeter name input i have downloaded it again and it still says it plz help me again

well you need to get it internal so you can edit it, or you can just change the weapons in main menu which they are internal in but it will effecet all you maps so find out how to make it internal in regular maps, which if you do or know how plz pm me

I use dot halo, because it's got a better previewer in my opinion. And the autosign feature really helps. Also, you can make it organized like Char by going to view and view file hyarchy