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Help With Bitmap Editing
I have a dds plugin for photoshop, and i am able to edit a bitmap, but when i try to inject it it says it needs to be DXT1, allthough i save it as a DXT1 with no alpha! help, this is really starting to p*** me of because i cannot edit most bitmaps.

So pls help as soon as possible

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darklord214

See, Halo 2 programs like to lie alot. When your extracting the Bitmap using Dothalo, look at the DXT format its in, at the RAW DATA window.
-Just because it says "Error, must be DXT 2" doesnt mean its DXT 2.

Ty for replying so quickley but, when i try to inject it i can save it in photoshop as dxt1, the plugin i have allows me to save it as that.

oh and where do u see what it extracting as in dot halo it says
DDS Texture File (*.dds)
and that is it.




Ty
Darklord214

Yes but are you getting an error screen when you try to reinject the bitmap back into the map?

nvm about the pm thingy

Easy Plan.
-How To Extract and Inject a Bitmap (By Me)

Step 1: Open Dothalo and scroll to the Bitm tag
Step 2: Find your Bitmap you want to edit.
Step 3: In the Raw Data Editor (where you can see a picture of the bitmap), look at what DXT the file is in.
Step 4: After looking at the DXT, Extract the Bitmap. (a good idea is to rename it with the DXT number infront so you save with the proper DXT, Example warthog_standard.dds would be 5warthog_standard.dds if it was DXT 5)
Step 5: Edit as you see fit
Step 6: Hit Save, and save it
Step 7: When it asks what DXT to save it in, look at the DXT it said in the Raw Data Editor Window.
Step 8: Click on Inject in Dothalo, and find your Bitmap
Step 9: It should say that it was done injecting the bitmap.
Step 10: Finished!
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Things to look out for
-If the bitmap is Internal, you can edit it, and reinject it and play it. If it is External(Main menu/Shared/Single_player_shared) you have to find a program called Bitmap Internalizer. Search the files forum.

Ty u r a god i missed one step in there and well ty very much onfg i hope it works i did not know it would have to be injected as another format then dxt1 ty very much tytytyty





Ty
Darklord214

Dammit now when i try to save it as dxt5 it is not letting me it is saying in photoshop that it cannot save and there is a progrm erorr
I cannot win

Sometimes, lets say the Bitm is a DXT 5, and you save it as a DXT 1, it might say "Error, this must be injected as a DXT 3. Then you save as 3 and it still wont work. So thats why you always check in the Raw Data Window.

that is just it it is dxt5 when i extract it i try to save it as dxt5 and it will not letme

oh and is dxt4/dxt5 one format because i donnot have a dxt4 format save in photoshop


Ty
Darklord214

Formats run like this
DXT 1 no alpha
DXT 1 Alpha
DXT 2/3
DXT 4/5

Really, on mine it is different for photoshop Could u recommond me a link to a plugin that will work. i have had trouble with this for a while, the type is DXt4/5 but theree is no save for both, just DXt5, and there is two, and niether work and it is saying it has an error trying to save it on both....

ty for your help

ty
Darklord214

WHoa! Tone your avatar down buddy.

lol
do u have a plugin maybe , or maybe u can help by telling me what to save it for example it says it is dxt4/dxt5, well i try to save it as dxt5 and it says that there is an error on photoshop

ok i got it to work thank you i've gotten it to work with your help ty very much

Alright, n/p. But your avatar is still to wide now.