I am completely lost

amedeus · Post by **amedeus** » Sun Dec 07, 2003 9:37 am

Uhh, first of all, I'm a dumbass. Just thought I'd get that cleared up. Second of all, where the hell do I get the .dds files? Third, I don't think I have photoshop, do I have to buy it, or is there a free download somewhere? Thanks!

Hivemind · Post by **Hivemind** » Sun Dec 07, 2003 9:38 am

u gotta buy it ($700 ) and then u get the dds files from hmt.. then u get the plugin from this site

amedeus · Post by **amedeus** » Sun Dec 07, 2003 9:43 am

which site...? And what's hmt? (Like I said... My brain doesn't work sometimes...)

Hivemind · Post by **Hivemind** » Sun Dec 07, 2003 9:49 am

THIS SITE halomods... hmt.. halo map tools

amedeus · Post by **amedeus** » Sun Dec 07, 2003 9:54 am

I've downloaded hmt a couple of times, and it doesn't work when I try to open it. I have used winrar on it, so it's not that. It tells me that I need a specific version of .Net Framework. I have .Net Framework already, but it says it can't detect it...

WaLKa · Post by **WaLKa** » Sun Dec 07, 2003 10:04 am

amedeus wrote:I've downloaded hmt a couple of times, and it doesn't work when I try to open it. I have used winrar on it, so it's not that. It tells me that I need a specific version of .Net Framework. I have .Net Framework already, but it says it can't detect it...

try downloading it... and as for photoshop, go to adobe.com to download the trial, good for 30 days

Top Gunn · Post by **Top Gunn** » Sun Dec 07, 2003 11:47 am

amedus you need that .NET framework- which is in the Readme. Btw the HMT on this site is v2 beta. Someones gotta update that.

DrLime · Post by **DrLime** » Mon Dec 08, 2003 2:49 am

WaLKa wrote:
amedeus wrote:I've downloaded hmt a couple of times, and it doesn't work when I try to open it. I have used winrar on it, so it's not that. It tells me that I need a specific version of .Net Framework. I have .Net Framework already, but it says it can't detect it...
try downloading it... and as for photoshop, go to adobe.com to download the trial, good for 30 days

But the trial does no justice to the full thing... Plus it has many restrictions...

WaLKa · Post by **WaLKa** » Mon Dec 08, 2003 4:10 am

er.... i think its just the full version for 30 days...

Hivemind · Post by **Hivemind** » Mon Dec 08, 2003 5:07 am

no.. its just a trail.. nothin as good as orignial.. not that u couldnt fix that...

WaLKa · Post by **WaLKa** » Mon Dec 08, 2003 6:59 am

Hivemind wrote:no.. its just a trail.. nothin as good as orignial.. not that u couldnt fix that...

You can edit .dds files... thats all that matters

[Ruin}Allah · Post by **[Ruin}Allah** » Tue Dec 09, 2003 5:01 pm

OK i finnaly found what i needed!! ok i have HTMv3, and photoshop, plugin and everything

. BUT

u said u can find the .dds files in HTM, yes i did, but how do u open them in photoshop!????!!!after i do that i can skin the vehicles and wepons, right?

silver · Post by **silver** » Fri Feb 20, 2004 2:20 am

ok ,,now good job on the finds and installs.Ok now to buiseness, open a map(lets ay blood gulch) ok now that u have done that, look for bit maps-3rd or 4rth one down, now that u have bit maps oppened look for somthing u want to skin, for example "banshee'' ,now click on that (banshee)ok now beside that on the left u will see save texture,click that and save it to a file. i usualy dont make a new folder, but thats me,lol.so just save as in the maps folder, ok ur done with HMT. now open photoshop when its done loading, go to file click open and find the banshee that u saved in HMT,itl be there, now that u have done that a mips map window will pop up click NO, now u can start skining ur brains out. when ur done skining go to save as in the file menu and save it, then u should see a big window pop up with a bunch of check boxes , on the top left click the one that says DXT1(1bit alfa) then save, now just load the moded skin back in to HMT just find banshee click on it but this time click inject texture, find the skined banshee (the 1 u just skined and inject it .. close HMT and open a server........THE END

and if u dont have photo shop plug in, here it

http://www.skindeep.halocity.org/files/dds_plugin.zip