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[[Category: | [[Category:Texturing_Tutorials]] | ||
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{{Tools|req0=[[GIMP]] + 2 Plugins|req1=[[The Elder Scrolls Construction Set|Construction Set]]|req2=[[BSA Unpackers]]}} | |||
'''The goal of this tutorial is to teach you a way to retexture the Gray Fox wanted posters. You will need the following programs to follow this tutorial.''' | '''The goal of this tutorial is to teach you a way to retexture the Gray Fox wanted posters. You will need the following programs to follow this tutorial.''' | ||
[ | [[GIMP]] | ||
[ | [[DDS Tools#GIMP_DDS_Plugin|Gimp DDS plugin]] | ||
[ | [[TES Construction Set]] | ||
You'll also need one of the following programs to unpack the necessary dds files from your bsa file. | You'll also need one of the following programs to unpack the necessary dds files from your bsa file. | ||
[ | [[OBMM|Oblivion Mod Manager]] (If you don't have this I highly recommend it as unpacking files from your bsa's is just a small feature of this great program). | ||
[[BSA Commander]] | |||
[[TES4BSA]] | |||
[ | [[BSA Unpacker]] | ||
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'''Note''': My tutorial will directly contradict some retexturing tutorials I've read on this website. My method also sets up some of the files differently then vanilla Oblivion sets up these files. I have tried their ways to do this and it didn't work for me. I've tried many other combinations and this seems to be the only one that works on my system. Feel free to experiment if you wish. | '''Note''': My tutorial will directly contradict some retexturing tutorials I've read on this website. My method also sets up some of the files differently then vanilla Oblivion sets up these files. I have tried their ways to do this and it didn't work for me. I've tried many other combinations and this seems to be the only one that works on my system. Feel free to experiment if you wish. | ||
== Step by step instructions == | |||
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'''5.''' With your cropped image, go to Image-->Scale Image. Make sure the height and width are set to pixels and click on the chain so that it's not connected as you don't want to keep the same ratio. Scale your image to 222X232. Your settings should match the picture below before you select Scale. | '''5.''' With your cropped image, go to Image-->Scale Image. Make sure the height and width are set to pixels and click on the chain so that it's not connected as you don't want to keep the same ratio. Scale your image to 222X232. Your settings should match the picture below before you select Scale. | ||
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'''6.''' With your newly resized image go to Edit-->Copy | '''6.''' With your newly resized image go to Edit-->Copy | ||
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'''9.''' When your satisfied with the way it looks go to File-->Save As. You don't need to rename the file for this tutorial, so select Save. On the warning screen that comes up next select Replace. As far as your DDS settings go select DXT1 compression and make sure create mipmaps is checked. Your settings should match the picture below before saving. | '''9.''' When your satisfied with the way it looks go to File-->Save As. You don't need to rename the file for this tutorial, so select Save. On the warning screen that comes up next select Replace. As far as your DDS settings go select DXT1 compression and make sure create mipmaps is checked. Your settings should match the picture below before saving. | ||
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If you | '''Note:''' There is a script attached to this poster. From what I can tell it makes it so that the Gray Fox and Hieronymus Lex are now topics that you can talk to people about. I like to leave this alone as I am not aiming to alter gameplay. If you feel this is something that you don't want to happen you can remove it by selecting the "NONE" option (at the top of the list) from the drop down box where you'll currently see "TGReadWantedPoster" I do not recommend going into the script and deleting the information inside. | ||
== See Also == | |||
* [[Book Formatting]] | |||