[DDS to XBM converter]

Sorry for the necro posting, guys.... well.... who am I kidding! I'm not sorry at all.... I love necro posting! the older the better! :tongue:

 

Anyways, I want to edit Witcher 2 xbms but I can't find witcher2_texture_converter.zip anywhere and the http://filesmelt.com/dl/witcher2_texture_converter.zip link is unsurprisingly dead after 5 years. Anyone has a copy of the scripts or another way I can edit Witcher 2 xbms? I got Red Kit already installed but I honestly can't make heads or tails of it... :smile:

In case you still care, here you go:

 

http://ul.to/0pxee8q4

 

Alternatively:

 

http://www.playground.ru/files/dds_to_xbm_converter-48741/

[Power Armor TITANFALL Delivery Style]

I had a similar Idea. I dunno how it would work, but usually the game marks the last power armor that you used on the map. I think modders could use this by making this the power armor that drops down. Maybe even have a vertibird drop it down? In any case, it would make the combat much more dynamic if someone were to release a mod like this. No more walking back and forth just to get the power armor for a combat situation.

[CTD Companion Quests Werewolf Trans]

I have the same bug. What did you do to fix it?

[The armor and helments of The Immortals]

Nice film, stupid, predictable, full of bad acting (with the exception of Rourke) and some amazing designs.

 

So i watched the film again today and made a few screenshots of the helmets and clothes:

 

http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/6314/vlcsnap2012021517h15m11.jpg

http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/2276/vlcsnap2012021517h16m22.jpg

http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/7608/vlcsnap2012021517h18m26.jpg

http://img831.imageshack.us/img831/8096/vlcsnap2012021517h20m48.jpg

http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/492/vlcsnap2012021517h24m29.jpg

http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/572/vlcsnap2012021517h27m42.jpg

http://img804.imageshack.us/img804/8928/vlcsnap2012021517h28m28.jpg

http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/4808/vlcsnap2012021517h29m00.jpg

http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/3565/vlcsnap2012021517h29m12.jpg

http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/7362/vlcsnap2012021517h29m53.jpg

 

I think it's worth considering to replace them with the Dragon Priest Masks.

[DDS to XBM converter]

Whoop! Just figured it out myself.

 

It's quite simple actually. When you use quickbms to convert the files into dds, the name changes too. For example:

 

geralt__h1.xbm becomes geralt__h1_DXT1.dds/.bin

 

and

 

geralt__h1_n.xbm becomes geralt__h1_DXT5.dds/.bin

 

If you (like me) use Photoshop with the DDS-Plugin from nVidia, you should be able to open and save dds-files with Photoshop. When you save the file as a dds the nVidia Format Window pops up and asks you for further options.

 

Now to the simple yet important part. If the name of your file says "DXT5" at the end, choose DXT5 ARGB 8 bpp | interpolated alpha in the options menu, next to the SAVE Button. If it says "DXT1" choose DXT1 RGB 4 bpp | no alpha.

 

Done. You will now be able to convert it back to xbm without any bugs. Happy texturing.

[DDS to XBM converter]

A nice guide on how to use quickbms would also be nice! :thumbsup:

 

 

For some reason when i have texmod active and have it attach to tw2 my performance slows to a crawl, without any packages even.Weirdness, maybe driver or gpu setting issue.

 

Anyhow i actually tried modding the hairs too (although to black) so i know where they are (for a change ;p) Sorry for assuming all this knowledge, i will explain properly ;)

 

1) The game files are compressed in the pack0.dzip - so first you have to unpack it

see here -> http://www.gog.com/en/forum/the_witcher_2/how_to_unpack_the_pack0_dzip_for_modders - make sure you extract it somewhere, where somewhere is not inside tw2 directory.

 

2) Get the zip file http://filesmelt.com/dl/witcher2_texture_converter.zip , and get rid of the bat files inside (they don't work for me at all). Copy the entire contents in the same directory where you have quickbms (which you will have once you follow the how to unpack the pack0 file)

 

3) see attachment how your folder should look ;p

 

Now its really simple browse your extracted files (wherever you extracted pack0.dzip to) and find characters\player\model\head

 

inside you find

geralt__c1.xbm (Color)

geralt__c1_n.xbm (Normals)

geralt__c1_s.xbm (Specular)

 

Now start quickbms.exe - point it to the w2_xbm2dds.bms then in the 2nd dialog - point it to geralt__c1.xbm . It extracts the file (you can also shift select more xbm files)

 

Now you have a geralt__c1_DXT1.dds and bin , drag the dds file simply on nvdecompress.exe to get a tga, edit the tga, save it, and drag it on nvcompress to get a dds again.

 

Now rename (your modified) geralt__c1_DXT1.dds to geralt__c1.dds (so , just drop the DXT1 its something the unpack script does)

 

Now the last step is simply to run quickbms.exe again, but this time point it to w2_dds2xbm.bms - select your "new" geralt__c1.dds file and you get, tada, an xbm file that the game should read if you put it in the right place. (make sure you don't "lose" the bin file Note And don't forget to remove the dxt1 part from the bin file as well!, its required for the final step ,p)

 

So basically, to "properly" recreate the xmb file make sure do this and have these 2 files

rename geralt__c1_DXT1.dds to geralt__c1.dds

rename geralt__c1_DXT1.bin to geralt__c1.bin

then just select the DDS file when you are using quickbms (it will auto-read the bin file)

 

The right place for that particular file would be here

The Witcher 2\CookedPC\characters\player\model\head

 

Quote is from a guy/gal who goes by the name "eRe4s3r". Found it in the GOG Forums.

[DDS to XBM converter]

Hi there,

 

I wanted to make some changes on Geralt's face and eyes, for that i first have to convert the XBM files to DDS through quickbms. Quickbms pulls out two files one .dds file and one .bin file. I use PS to edit the DDS files. After that i tried to transform it back into one XBM files through the help of quickbms. That's when i received this error message:

 

incomplete input file number 1, can't read 65536 bytes.

anyway don't worry, it's possible that the BMS script has been written

to exit in this way if it's reached the end of the archive so check it

or contact its author or verify that all the files have been extracted

 

Now here's the odd thing, with some files it works like "geralt_eye_s.xbm" and with some it doesn't like "geralt_eye.xbm".

 

Can someone help me with that?

[Geralt younger face]

I actually love to see the original vision CD Projekt Red had for Geralt:

 

http://www.pcgameshardware.de/screenshots/medium/2010/03/the-witcher-2-screenshots-bilder__7_.jpg

[DA2 combat in DA:O]

So after finishing DA2 i was left with a bitter taste in my mouth. The game had a lot of potential. None of which Bioware used. The combat however really worked for me. It was fast and fun. But way too much of it.

 

Now i want to go back to DA:O but to be honest the thing i didn't like the most about DA:O was the slow combat. So i wonder, is it possible to have the dynamic and fast combat of DA2 in DA:O?

[Qunari DA2 style mod for DA:O?]

I second this, I would love a face morph that makes Sten and all the other Qunari have the bronze skin and the horns.

Far as i know Special Qunari don't have Horns. Sten is special.

Not sure what you're getting at here. Sten is "special" precisely because he DOESN'T have horns. The DA Lore is that having horns is the normal state for Qunari. Those born without them are the ones considered "special".

That's exactly what i was saying.

[Qunari DA2 style mod for DA:O?]

I second this, I would love a face morph that makes Sten and all the other Qunari have the bronze skin and the horns.

Far as i know Special Qunari don't have Horns. Sten is special.

[Crashes randomly. What should i do?]

So, i got myself some Windows 7, re-installed Fallout 3 Game of the Year Edition. Started from the beginning. Downloaded and installed some mods. Crashed randomly, tried something, CTD at start up, re-installed. Installed the mods again but minus MMM and FOOK2, play the same character, still crashes randomly.

 

I also restarted with a different character but still crashes. It doesn't crash to desktop, it just freezes.

 

Here are my mods and the load order:

 

Fallout3.esm

Anchorage.esm

ThePitt.esm

BrokenSteel.esm

PointLookout.esm

Zeta.esm

CrossModData.esm

Animy_prostitution.esm

StreetLights.esm

CRAFT.esm

CALIBR.esm

FO3 Wanderers Edition - Main File.esm

CRAFT - Activation Perk.esp

Project Beauty.esp

FO3 Wanderers Edition - Main File.esp

FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC Anchorage.esp

FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC The Pitt.esp

FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC Broken Steel.esp

FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC Point Lookout.esp

FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC Mothership Zeta.esp

FO3 Wanderers Edition - Project Beauty.esp

WeaponModKits.esp

WeaponModKits - FWE Master Release.esp

WeaponModKits - OperationAnchorage.esp

WeaponModKits - ThePitt.esp

WeaponModKits - BrokenSteel.esp

WeaponModKits - PointLookout.esp

WeaponModKits - Zeta.esp

StreetLights - Wasteland.esp

1PipboyPDA.esp

bzArmour.esp

CoD_MW2.esp

ME2_mercarmors.esp

ArmyOfTwo.esp

SShop.esp

AoT_Mask.esp

R18BodyPack.esp

 

Total active plugins: 37

Total plugins: 37

[Wanted: Killer Suit!]

Is anyone out there who could find a way to get this awesome suit into the Fallout universe?

 

I mean this one:

 

http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/8278/showgamepix9270jpeg.jpg

http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/7836/showgamepix9278jpeg.jpg

 

It's from the game "Wanted: Weapons of Fate" by GRIN.

 

It seems someone released it for garrysmod already, so i figured there must be a way to get it into Fallout 3.

 

http://www.garrysmod.org/downloads/?a=view&id=70785

[FileFront closing its doors - Not anymore!!!]

Oh my god, wow, this is heavy. Every patch, mod and other stuff are usual uploaded to filefront first and this news ... really shocking, never expected something like this would happen.