DarkMax on 20/6/2010 at 22:34
Hi everyone, i know someone used some of Thief 3 textures in a Thief 2 fm... but how to do that? what progam do i need? thanks in advance.:)
Tiens on 21/6/2010 at 06:27
I don't understand what answer your are waiting for, sorry. It's TDS editing forum.
Beleg Cúthalion on 21/6/2010 at 07:08
You can open the dds files with Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro if you first find and install the corresponding (
http://developer.nvidia.com/object/photoshop_dds_plugins.html) nVidia plug-in. How to get those into DromEd is a different matter, though, about which I know close to nothing.
Tiens on 21/6/2010 at 07:25
Quote Posted by Beleg Cuthalion
You can open the dds files with Photoshop...
I think, it is not that primitive,
Beleg. You forget that T2 textures doesn't have a normal version for shadows imitation. Simple changing of the file format will give an ugly flat picture without any verisimilitude. I'm so sure in it because I'm trying to create a TDS texture from T2 texture right now, and it's a real pain in the ass.
DarkMax does really need a tutorial about creating texture for T2 from multi-mapped textures of TDS kind.
Melan on 21/6/2010 at 07:28
Here is how to do it:
1) Open the DDS files as Beleg suggested
2) Resize them to a max of 256x256 and save them as BMPs
3) Convert the textures to a common palette Thief can recognise (otherwise they show up weird). The best way to do it is with Bright183.exe; you can find a thread on using it (
http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=99850) here.
4) Use them in your mission
Note that this is not exactly legal by the T3 license, and some people object to doing it at all.
[edit]Tiens does have a point there. Sometimes, lowering the gamma of an image helps it look good in Thief, however.
DarkMax on 21/6/2010 at 08:13
I know how to make them work in thief 2 but i don't know where are them in Thief 3 folder...:confused:
nomad of the pacific on 21/6/2010 at 09:07
They're packed in the .ibt files, so you can't get them from the game version. You'll need to download the editor to have access to the .dds files, I think.
Beleg Cúthalion on 21/6/2010 at 11:57
...or install JohnP's high-res texture pack in order to get the even bigger dds files into CONTENT\T3\PC Textures\Dynamically Loaded.
Tiens on 21/6/2010 at 13:52
Remember that JohnP forbids to change his textures without his permission. It's written in the readme to the pack.
