importing textures

[Ren Höek]

I have a question about importing new textures:

in UE version 1 I created a lot of my own textures (using photoshop, illustrator e.d.) and also detail textures. now i have the new ut or ue 2 version and if i now import the same pcx (or bmp) files i just get a disturbed, unrecognisable image of all the pcx files i had created.

someone please help me out becouse me old map in wich I put many day's of work is now really ****ed-up and the new map i'm creating could use some new textures as well

(ps.: excuse my enlish, I'm Dutch)

[TaoPaiPai]

make sure you import the textures as 8-bits palettized that might be the problem.24-bits textures cause this kind of weirdness.
(hey aren't you a chihuahua?)

[ChrisToth.hu]

And try to avoid textures with dimensions greater than 256*256.

[Fuzzpilz]

This is intriguing. Either you palettized your textures back when you used UnrealEd 1, or it had a feature that automatically palettized true-color images on importing.

[ChrisToth.hu]

UnrealEd 1 was very dumb. At least worse than UEd 2. So I don't think it could change palette settings.

[Fuzzpilz]

ChrisToth.hu, you seem to have been fairly active over the last few days. A lot of spare time, have you? :)

[ChrisToth.hu]

Yeah. Holidays and stuff.
It's 2:15AM here in Hungary and I'm still writing on the forum. :)

[Fuzzpilz]

And now it's 2:25, in Hungary as well as in Germany. :)

[ChrisToth.hu]

Guten Abend/Morgen.

[Fuzzpilz]

I wish I could reply to that in Hungarian. (or Magyarian, or whatever it really is called)

[ChrisToth.hu]

:)

Guten Abend = Jó estét
Guten Morgen = Jó reggelt
Guten Tag = Jó napot
....

:D

[Fuzzpilz]

Thank you. Now I can appear to be Hungarian if ever I visit Hungary. ;)

[Ren Höek]

thx TaoPaiPai 4 your help, i palettized the textures like u said and now the are visible in the editor, problem remains that they don't work in the game so this might be the 24 - 8 bit problem, can u tell me how i can transform a pcx to 8 bits?? (using adobe photoshop for instance?)

(ps.: excuse my enlish, it sux)

[Ren Höek]

ohw yeah...
and..
NO, I'm not a chihuahua, not a mosquito either!!!
I'm a RAT!!!!!!!!!!!!;););););););););)

[TaoPaiPai]

ren hoëk:
If the textures are visible in the editor they should work in the game.Now I'm sure you remembered to save your textures in a utx package after you had them imported didn't you ;)
Don't worry my english suks as well.
About the chihuahua thing:is ren hoëk really your name?

fuzzpilz:Yes ,cristoth.u OWNZ this forum.I imagine him wandering across the posts shouting 'I am the alpha and the Omega'
;) ;)

[ChrisToth.hu]

Fear me. I am superior....hehehehe.

Actually not. I've just have a lot of time for the holidays and I like this forum since we have a community here...

[TaoPaiPai]

Yeah nice community.
I also tend to post a lot when I'm waiting for my maps/scripts to compile.

[ChrisToth.hu]

Hehe. I spend that time by having a snack or feeding my pet rodent.

[ChrisToth.hu]

I can remember. Worldcraft spent days with rebuilding my maps. -> going on holiday :)

[Fuzzpilz]

I'm really happy it isn't that way with UnrealEd. Normally, my PC crashes every three hours or something like that when I don't do anything to it. When I touch it, it usually takes an hour for it to crash, most of the time with exception 0E.

[ChrisToth.hu]

My computer has a built-in unsaved stuff detection. If I ever forget to save anything my computer crashes and prevents me from recovering the lost stuff at all costs.

[Ren Höek]

yea ofcourse i saved the tex. first. In ued 1 my textures worked when i had no black in them, just rgb colours. the rest didn't matter (exept 4 the size) but I have'nt expirimented a lot jet with it so i might work it out myselfe.

about my name..., do you know 'the ren & stipy show'?, see ren is my faforite character (toon), my real name is niels

about rebuilding a map?? this guy said he feeds his pats meanwhile, damn... when i rebuild it, it takes about an hour to complete, (on a amd k62 333mhz), i have to build al parts and movers in a different map and then import them to the original map to decrease the need to rebuild the map... if only i had a fast pc......

happy new year to all!!!!!!....by the way

(ps: e.m.e.)

[Fuzzpilz]

An HOUR? I have a K6 233, and it very seldom takes even half an hour with levels at about 800 brushes. Any programs running in the background, any screensavers enabled?

[TaoPaiPai]

1 hour! definitely there's a problem.
About ren&stimpy,yes I know it (that's why i talked of chihuahua,I was just wondering maybe that's someone's real name.But I know I'm stupid Ooooh yes sooo stupeed.Happy happy joy joy.

[ChrisToth.hu]

I have an idea to decrease the work/load time. It works for me...

I'll post a thread on it, because I've got qustions too.