Help Transparent Background To .utx From Tagra

[Icarus Dev]

Hello MXC community , i am new to L2 client editing and i would like your knowledge in some stuff.. well , as the title says my question is this, i took a picture from a .utx file exported it into dds, then edited it with photoshop and saved it as tagra ( .tga ) well when i import it i do it to the same way it was before , it was DXT3 and i do it 3 too.. Now.. what goes wrong.. pic is  512 x 256  but the "painted" area is about 380 x 256  the other should be transparent..when i exported it this area was black but on Unreal i saw it transparent..  So, how can i make this area look transparent agian while i import it ? this was my first questionm, and i have another one. after i finish and import it i encode it place the encoded file in systextures but i get an error and l2 does not open..any ideas why? thanks for your time reading this everyone , i hope i get some answers !

[`iAndre]

Have a look here. It's almost the same.
http://www.maxcheaters.com/topic/168739-how-to-create-your-own-icon-how-to-import-it/

Also, about transparency.
Just save it without bg as a tga and you'll be fine.

Edited April 26, 2014 by `iAndre

[Icarus Dev]

thanks for your fast replay iAndre !! well , i did save it without background in the area that i wanted transparent , i did delete backfround and with the brush i cleared all the area but when i import it  this area appears as white :/

[`iAndre]

I 'll search it later , and i'll let you know.

[DONALD TRUMP 2016]

no............

 

you have to make a alpha channel for it. the white parts of it is the part that it will SHOW and the black parts is the parts you want to be transparent.

 

import, right click, go to properties or something and make sure alpha texture=true

[Icarus Dev]

i don't think that the problem is there cause when i exported it as a .dds from .utx the images that i could see had transparent bg. and within the photoshop i saw the alpha channel and it was working..but as soon i import it again there is a bg with black colour..however when i open the game i notice that this black bg is not appeared BUT the image quality is totally wasted 

[DONALD TRUMP 2016]

export it withiout mip maps

[Icarus Dev]

any guide on how can i do this? as i sayed i am really new to this and try to find everything by myself , i have zero help so it's kinda hard but i like it :) i would appreciate it if you told  me how i can do that and plus i already thank you guys for answering first place.....

* i know how to import without mipmaps but how can i export without them?

Edited April 27, 2014 by kostis007

[Icarus Dev]

well thanks for the ansers to both of you guys after 20 hours of hard core reading every pdf available i managed to make clear to my mind of what Mipmaps are and finally i was able to recreate the image i wanted from scratch with it's alpha channel Mipmaps and everything and it's working perfect !! thanks for your support , it's really appreciated !! :)

 

*here is something that helped me realise of the use of Mipmaps and helped me made up my mind 
http://wiki.beyondunreal.com/Legacy:MipMap

[Vision]

well thanks for the ansers to both of you guys after 20 hours of hard core reading every pdf available i managed to make clear to my mind of what Mipmaps are and finally i was able to recreate the image i wanted from scratch with it's alpha channel Mipmaps and everything and it's working perfect !! thanks for your support , it's really appreciated !! :)

 

*here is something that helped me realise of the use of Mipmaps and helped me made up my mind 

http://wiki.beyondunreal.com/Legacy:MipMap

 

Glad that you find solution.