(Temp Tutorial) How to make Reskins with Texmod

[Wizard]

Thanks to Chrrox, we have tools to extract the .BIG files and a script to rip textures from the game. You can find those tools here :
deadrising2mods.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=dr2tools&thread=4


While we can rip the textures from the game, we CURRENTLY have no way of getting them back in-game.

So for now, to make Reskins just use TexMod =]

TexMod is a very simple program to use but is very effective!

You rip the textures from the game you want to edit, use a program that can modify the texture format you ripped the texture as, save them, pack them up using the "Packing Build" button, then you can release the file it makes!

You can download TexMod here
www.bigdownload.com/games/texmod/pc/texmod/

If you have any questions, don't be afraid to ask!

Update from anno1404 01/09/2010:

It is now possible to get edited textures back in the game without Texmod.

Forum Locked please go to:

Reskins with Hex editor

expanded and clarified instructions on how to create reskins directly, without texmod.

Reskins with Texmod
Using TexMod

[dany25]

You need an hexadecimal editor just copy and past the header from your original bct into your dds and remove the .dds extension

I tested to edit the textures directly that's work but with strange bug:

My step by step:

1. I converted the chest_default.tex with quickbms to dds
2. I extracted the chest_default.tex with Gibbed's tools
3. I edited the cr_jacket_cm.dds with xnview (just add a wave effect)
4. I use Ultra Edit for copy the coding header of cr_jacket_cm (from Gibbed's tools) into the edited cr_jacket_cm.dds
5. I rename cr_jacket_cm.dds into cr_jacket_cm
6. I build back chest_default and rename chest_default.tex
7. I copy my new chest_default.tex into npcs and build npcs.big

Update by Anon1404:

expanded and clarified instructions.

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[dany25]

the bug

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[Wizard]

Oct 5, 2010 8:47:36 GMT -5 dany25 said:

the bug

You must have saved the texture edit in the wrong format, to get an error like that.

[dany25]

i uploaded my test if you want to see

www.sendspace.com/file/3952bs

[Wizard]

Oct 5, 2010 9:05:31 GMT -5 dany25 said:

i uploaded my test if you want to see

www.sendspace.com/file/3952bs

What was the original texture format you ripped the texture as?

[dany25]

I edited the original dds file cr_jacket_cm.dds from quickbms script and adding the header from the cr_jacket_cm file from Gibbed's tools into the dds
but i suppose the problem come from the other textures like normal maps...

[shamrock91]

Is the header literally the first line in the hex editor?

[dany25]

(the bug come from Xnview) also for the header/top of the file look at the screenshots:

deadrising2mods.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=gotopost&board=dr2general&thread=36&post=301

[anno1404]

Danny, thanks for the tutorial.

I am in the processes of rewriting this tutorial with screen shots and possibly a video. You are welcome to help me edit this page, no registration is required to edit.

See also moloko's excellent tutorial on model swaps:

Mod:Model_Swap

[anno1404]

Please go to:

Reskins with Hex editor

expanded and clarified instructions on how to create reskins directly, without texmod.

Reskins with Texmod
Using TexMod