[GUIDE]How to make the texture of your weapon move.Video tutorial, Pictures.SbS.

[Thelasthero]

Hi all. Today i am going to teach you how to make the texture of your weapon move. To make it simpler, i am going to teach you

 

how to add textures like in demonic weapons. :)

 

Pictures download link: http://www.4shared.com/file/115726032/da819581/Pictures.html

 

                                    [glow=red,2,300]1.Download Programs[/glow]

 

First you have to download these programs: http://www.4shared.com/file/112914148/66d36dca/Programs.html (UTPT,

 

UnrealEngine2, L2UtxFixer). Extract the folder somewhere, and install unreal.

 

                                    [glow=red,2,300]2.Make LineageWeaponsTex-fixed.utx file.[/glow]

 

2.Now go to (your client folder)\systextures\ and find the file LineageWeaponsTex.utx. Make a copy of this where ever you want,

 

and one in the Programs folder you downloaded before. Open L2utxfixer and press Load UTX File, and select the

 

LineageWeaponsTex.utx . Then a window will apear. Press OK . In the folder a file called: LineageWeaponsTex.utx-fixed created

 

right? :P

 

                                    [glow=red,2,300]3.Make the weapon you want tga with UTPT.[/glow]

 

Open UTPT and go to file>options>extracting and select there the place you want the tgas to extract . Then press open

 

and open LineageWeaponsTex-fixed.utx. Here we can choose what weapon we want. Let's take an example i want imperial shield.

 

I find in the list where is the shield, find its texture under it and press right click at the texture>extract as>

 

First Mip Map TGA . Now in the file you choose before (in options>extracting), you will have you shield's texture as tga .

 

Open it with photoshop .

 

                                    [glow=red,2,300]4.Make tga ready for unreal with photoshop.[/glow]

 

Now in photoshop, select the magic wand tool and click near the imperial shield (NOT IN IT!!!) . Then you select the brush

 

tool, with color black and you draw the place you made with magic wand tool . When you draw it, you select again magic

 

wand tool and click at the rest of the shield that you didn't draw, and draw it. (NOT IN THE SHIELD NEAR IT!!!). Then select again

 

the magic wand tool and click near the shield. It must have placed all of the gray place now with magic wand tool.

 

Ok don't close the place we made with magic wand tool and go to the small windows on the right side of the screen

 

and go to channels and click alpha 1 . Then in alpha 1 you must see the place with magic wand tool. Draw it with black.

 

Now at the left side of the screen press File>SaveAs and add the name "ALPHA" as tga save it .

 

Don't close photoshop yet. Now at chanels small window press at the RGB, and then at the top of the screen, press

 

Image>Adjustments>Desaturate . Press File>SaveAs with name "BETA" as tga .

 

(here do the same thing with every kind of weapon)

 

We have one more thing with photoshop. Press File>New with name Untitled - 1 and preset Custom. Width:512 pixels

 

Height: 512 pixels, Resolution: 72 pixels/inch, color mode: RGBColor 8bits and background contents:White. Create it. .

 

Ok now here you can draw the texture that you want to move. Or you can open it as another file, place the whole picture

 

with Rectangular Marquee Tool, press ctrl+c and ctrl+v at the file you created. Here is one nice texture:

 

http://www.imageshack.gr/view.php?file=zy7na3q5ace2ej05ret9.gif  If you like it press right click on it

 

and save image as and save it. Then open it with photoshop and place it with Rectangular Marquee Tool and ctrl+c and

 

ctrl+v at the file you created (Pic 28,29). Press File>SaveAs and add name texture, as tga . HeHe We finished with photoshop :P .

 

                                     [glow=red,2,300]5.Make the utx file with unreal.[/glow]

 

Now open unrealed and it will open two windows. The small one make it to be big . Press File>Import and select

 

all the file that we made with photo shop.(ALPHA,BETA,TEXTURE). Press open . Then here where it says Package

 

enter name:custom, where it says group enter name:texture and don't change the name. Compression:DXT3

 

(THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT). Press OKALL . Now at the top of the left press file>new

 

and add name animation. At materialclass select TexPanner and press new . It will make a window TexPanner Properties. Move it at the

 

right side and press one left click at the texture you want to move . (it must be in the window if you imported it).

 

Now bring back the window with the propeties and press one left click where it says Material, and press use.

 

Now you can see the texture moving right there. If you want to make it move faster add more time at PanRate .

 

When you add your time close the propeties. Ok now press File>New and add name bythelasthero and press new .

 

Now make one left click at the texture ALPHA you imported and make one click at the propeties at Diffuse

 

and press use . Now make another click at Opacity Use. Now make one left click at the texture we made that moves

 

(texpanner), the texpanner(with the name animation) . Click at propeties the Specular and press use . Now make one left

 

click at the texture BETA and click at propeties SpecularityMask and press use . Now at outputblending

 

add OB_MASKED and at twosided true . Close the propeties. Press File>Save and save it to C:\ with name custom .

 

                                     [glow=red,2,300]6.Encrypt the file.[/glow]

 

Now download this encrypt folder: http://www.4shared.com/file/113001708/8df45782/encrypt_folder.html and extract it somewhere.

 

Place the custom.utx that we created with unreal at C:\ at encrypt folder . Run encrypt custom.utx.

 

Now it created us a file enc-custom.utx. Delete the official custom.utx from the file and rename enc-custom.utx to

 

custom.utx.

 

                        [glow=red,2,300]7.Put the file to your client and add the texture with fileedit.[/glow]

 

Now copy the custom.utx and paste it at (your client folder)\systextures. Then download the file edit here:

 

http://www.4shared.com/file/113002282/b1865991/_2__L2_FileEdit65.html and open it and go to

 

(your client folder)\system\ and open weapongrp.dat. There search for the weapon you edited, for example i search

 

for imperial shield, my id is 6678 , i don't know yours you must find it. Now in the line that your weapon is find

 

where it says LineageWeaponsTex.imperial_shield or whatever it says(but it must say first LineageWeaponsTex.)

 

and replace it with custom.texture.bythelasthero. Now press save&encrypt and save it as version 413.

 

                                               [glow=red,2,300]8.How to play.[/glow]

 

Open or restart your server and open l2.exe. Add your account and log in with your char.

 

Press //itemcreate and add the id of your item. :P :P :P :P :P :P . XaXaXa.

 

                                            [glow=red,2,300]Have Fun!!![/glow]

 

This guide is created by me and not c/p.

 

[glow=red,2,300]Pictures added.[/glow]

 

[glow=red,2,300]Results video added.[/glow]

 

 

[glow=red,2,300]Tutorial video added.[/glow]

 

[MasterDisaster]

Same As On The AIO Topic...It's Really Helpfull But A Bit Non-Approachable...Such Posts Should Have Colors And Generally Edit The Text...Put Underlines,bold,italic,colors,center...blabla..All This Staff You Know..Then It Will Be Much Better...

[Thelasthero]

Same As On The AIO Topic...It's Really Helpfull But A Bit Non-Approachable...Such Posts Should Have Colors And Generally Edit The Text...Put Underlines,bold,italic,colors,center...blabla..All This Staff You Know..Then It Will Be Much Better...

i think now is better

[MasterDisaster]

i think now is better

Yes It Is Exactly What I Meant...Good Job Again Br0...Keep It Up...!!

[Vkouk]

I think that you have to put images so it could be more usefull..Anyway thanks man..:D

[justnoname]

a nice tutorial but with pictures would be a great one!

 

btw if you use print screen for the pictures i dont think they save anywhere... everytime i want to take a pic i press print screen and then i open the paint tool and i paste it...

[Thelasthero]

a nice tutorial but with pictures would be a great one!

 

btw if you use print screen for the pictures i dont think they save anywhere... everytime i want to take a pic i press print screen and then i open the paint tool and i paste it...

thanks man you helped me a lot. I will add pictures soon.

 

I fixed some silly mistackes like when i wanted to say copy i wrote alt+c not ctrl+c :P. And some other mistackes.

 

Soon pictures will be added.

[anh]

thank share,what is it ?

[Thelasthero]

thank share,what is it ?

lol this is guide

 

Pictures added.

 

[KaL]

Nice guide! Thanks !

[Thelasthero]

Because i was so good today, i uploaded pictures in the topic, too, to be easier. Now i think it is much easier for you to understand it. Have Nice Modding :) .

[GrisoM]

Add a video of the final work and i will ask a mod to give you karma :P

 

Really nice guide, i will read it with patience and try to do one.

[Thelasthero]

Add a video of the final work and i will ask a mod to give you karma :P

 

Really nice guide, i will read it with patience and try to do one.

can you tell me how i make video?

[Vkouk]

can you tell me how i make video?

with hypercam..Is a very good program..;)

[Thelasthero]

with hypercam..Is a very good program..;)

ok legolas thanks i will try

Add a video of the final work and i will ask a mod to give you karma :P

 

Really nice guide, i will read it with patience and try to do one.

i made a video. See at the end of the guide