Transition textures

[klavan 0]

Hi all.

I'd like to create some transition textures for the map i'm currenty editing, since i want to use the standard OFP ones, but i've noticed that many are missing.

Is there any tool that can do this in a simple and fast way? I'm not good with Pothoshop and similar.....

Thank you

Klavan

[.kju 3245]

visitor or pal2pace (well this is used by visitor as well, yet you can run in seperately too). do a search here for pal2pace.

[klavan 0]

I've searched but i didn't find any direct link to pal2pace. However in the wgl nogova release topic i found you have credited Dschulle for PANTool and pal2pace help. Is it included in such tool?

Klavan

[.kju 3245]

link with some info bits

[blackjack-VS- 0]

i would like to help but i didnt understand what are transition textures,,, can u be more specific?

[klavan 0]

@blackjack[VS

They are the "mixed" textures used in the maps with two or more different types of terrain.

@Q

OK i realized the pal2pace is already in my HD. However i'm not sure how to get it to work.

If i write soemthing like this:

Quote[/b] ]pal2pace -combine a2.tga g4.tga f2.tga e1.tga e1f2g4a2.pac

Is the pal2pace called automatically? Where i have to store the textures before to make the transition? And where the textures are saved to?

Can i do it only with notepad?

Thank you very much.

klavan

PS

PanTool seems to work but only if the texture have a two letters long name exclusively. So no transitions are possibile with more than two types of textures. Or am i missing something?

[.kju 3245]

do you have pal2pace.exe or just the dll ?

if you do have the exe, well you need to go to the windows command shell (start - run - cmd). go to the folder where the exe lies (and your basic textures as well - which also must be TGA format ! ). then you enter the command.

as for doing it with PanTool: well rename your textures for now and rename them back afterwards (lupas rename).

[Snake Man 407]

Important note! If you do not use the 2 character filenames for textures, then the transition feature will not work in WrpTool (I dont know about visitor).

[klavan 0]

Well, i think i need a step by step tut on how to get those transition textures.....

Here's what i did:

1-Placed two .tga files in the same pal2pace.exe folder

2-Ran the tool (i double clicked on it and it works)

3-Wrote something like this in the pal2pace window after the click enter to continue line:

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">

pal2pace -combine pt.tga ps.tga 12.pac

After pressing enter the result is no result.

@Snakeman

Thank you for the hint.

Klavan

[.kju 3245]

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">pal2pace -combine a2.tga g4.tga f2.tga e1.tga e1f2g4a2.pac

.\pal2pace\pal2pace -combine 4.tga 3.tga 2.tga 1.tga 1234.pac (watch how the order works ! )

you always need to enter all four pieces of the texture (top-left, top-right, down-left, down-right - not the right order, cant remember. you have to try yourself).

so in your case properbly

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">pal2pace -combine pt.tga pt.tga ps.tga ps.tga pspsptpt.pac

or

pal2pace -combine pt.tga ps.tga pt.tga ps.tga psptpspt.pac

also in windows you need to switch to commander prompt as i wrote ! simple double click is no go.