Explosion decal

Garland-W · 11-03-2008, 12:35 AM

If possible, where do I find the grenade/rocket explosion decal? I would like it to be darker so it's easier to see where the grenade/rocket hit.

PartialSchism · 11-03-2008, 01:08 AM

You can find these in the "source materials" GCF. materials/decals
scorch1.vtf
scorch1.vmt
scorch1_subrect.vmt
scorch2.vtf
scorch2.vmt
scorch2_subrect.vmt
scorch3.vtf
scorch3.vmt
scorch3_subrect.vmt

make sure to point the .vmt files to the file you edit.

Garland-W · 11-03-2008, 01:26 AM

OK, now, the .vtfs are just a black square so I don't really know how to edit them. Is there something I have to change in the .vmts to make the decal darker?

PartialSchism · 11-03-2008, 04:35 AM

Its black because your viewing all colors. You need to click on view-channel-A ( thats for vtfedit ) to view the alpha channel, because the image has transparency. As for editing, i would just make a new 128 x 128 image, then save as a .png or .gif file. Then import it and save as your new .vtf

Garland-W · 11-03-2008, 01:30 PM

Thanks. I don't have any idea how I did it or what even happened, but my explosion decal is now much darker. I screwed around with some stuff and just made the decal 10x worse but then when I thought I had changed everything back to default it became perfect.

[AE] 5316 *TKZ* · 11-03-2008, 03:29 PM

actually, the explosion decal is no longer in the source GCF. I removed it in 2.0, because I needed to make it lighter. Now its in the materials/decals FF folder (if I remember correctly)

If you edit any of the source GCF images, just pop em into the corresponding folder in FF, and you'll be good to go.

The game looks to FF source folders first, if it can't find em there, then it pulls from the source engines GCF files.

[AE] 5316 *TKZ* · 11-03-2008, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Garland-W

Thanks. I don't have any idea how I did it or what even happened, but my explosion decal is now much darker. I screwed around with some stuff and just made the decal 10x worse but then when I thought I had changed everything back to default it became perfect.

Its darker because you used the original image that FF used in 1.0, which was 100 times darker. see my above post for solution

PartialSchism · 11-03-2008, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by [AE] 5316 *TKZ*

actually, the explosion decal is no longer in the source GCF. I removed it in 2.0, because I needed to make it lighter. Now its in the materials/decals FF folder (if I remember correctly)

idk about that. I didnt have any scorches, so I had to pull them from the .gcf

Firefox11 · 11-03-2008, 08:11 PM

So you are the one who took off the black explosion decal?

Kudos to you then =D In fact, I was going to post a suggestion about making the decal lighter just before 2.1 release

Thanks again!

Paft · 11-03-2008, 10:42 PM

Hmm

PartialSchism · 11-03-2008, 10:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paft

Hmm

Indeed sir.... indeed

Garland-W · 11-04-2008, 02:52 AM

Yeah, OK, I get it now (I think). What I did was that I screwed up the Decals_Lit.vtf that was already in the materials/decals folder and then I decided it was easier to just copy over the one from the source materials file which was (without me knowing) a lot darker.

If this is it, then the easiest solution to making your explosion decal darker is to just copy over the Decals_lit.vtf that you find in the source materials.gcf

[AE] 5316 *TKZ* · 11-04-2008, 03:33 PM

Yea, all I did for it was give it a bit more transparency on the alpha layer, so you wont notice any difference between it and the source original, unless you're looking at the alpha channel

11-03-2008, 12:35 AM	#1
Garland-W Understand ye yet or what? Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Sweden Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Explosion decal If possible, where do I find the grenade/rocket explosion decal? I would like it to be darker so it's easier to see where the grenade/rocket hit.

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[AE] 5316 TKZ D&A Member Fortress Forever Staff Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Windsor, Ontario Class/Position: Medic - O Gametype: CTF Affiliations: [AE] Asseater Clan Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	actually, the explosion decal is no longer in the source GCF. I removed it in 2.0, because I needed to make it lighter. Now its in the materials/decals FF folder (if I remember correctly) If you edit any of the source GCF images, just pop em into the corresponding folder in FF, and you'll be good to go. The game looks to FF source folders first, if it can't find em there, then it pulls from the source engines GCF files. __________________ ================================================== \| [AE] Clan \| Rated R - Langauge/Violence/Adult Themes ICQ #:151482789 * AIM: fl4shbang * Y!: greerjt2000 ==================================================

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[AE] 5316 TKZ D&A Member Fortress Forever Staff Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Windsor, Ontario Class/Position: Medic - O Gametype: CTF Affiliations: [AE] Asseater Clan Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Yea, all I did for it was give it a bit more transparency on the alpha layer, so you wont notice any difference between it and the source original, unless you're looking at the alpha channel __________________ ================================================== \| [AE] Clan \| Rated R - Langauge/Violence/Adult Themes ICQ #:151482789 * AIM: fl4shbang * Y!: greerjt2000 ==================================================

11-03-2008, 01:08 AM	#2
PartialSchism Keep On Keepin' On Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Mississippi Class/Position: Offense Gametype: Fun Affiliations: I'm bad at FF, and my customs suck Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	You can find these in the "source materials" GCF. materials/decals scorch1.vtf scorch1.vmt scorch1_subrect.vmt scorch2.vtf scorch2.vmt scorch2_subrect.vmt scorch3.vtf scorch3.vmt scorch3_subrect.vmt make sure to point the .vmt files to the file you edit.

11-03-2008, 01:26 AM	#3
Garland-W Understand ye yet or what? Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Sweden Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	OK, now, the .vtfs are just a black square so I don't really know how to edit them. Is there something I have to change in the .vmts to make the decal darker?

11-03-2008, 04:35 AM	#4
PartialSchism Keep On Keepin' On Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Mississippi Class/Position: Offense Gametype: Fun Affiliations: I'm bad at FF, and my customs suck Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Its black because your viewing all colors. You need to click on view-channel-A ( thats for vtfedit ) to view the alpha channel, because the image has transparency. As for editing, i would just make a new 128 x 128 image, then save as a .png or .gif file. Then import it and save as your new .vtf

11-03-2008, 01:30 PM	#5
Garland-W Understand ye yet or what? Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Sweden Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Thanks. I don't have any idea how I did it or what even happened, but my explosion decal is now much darker. I screwed around with some stuff and just made the decal 10x worse but then when I thought I had changed everything back to default it became perfect.

11-03-2008, 08:11 PM	#9
Firefox11 Join Date: Dec 2007 Class/Position: O&D: Pyro, Sniper Gametype: AvD Affiliations: FF.AvD [FF AvD/ID guild] Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	So you are the one who took off the black explosion decal? Kudos to you then =D In fact, I was going to post a suggestion about making the decal lighter just before 2.1 release Thanks again!

11-04-2008, 02:52 AM	#12
Garland-W Understand ye yet or what? Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Sweden Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Yeah, OK, I get it now (I think). What I did was that I screwed up the Decals_Lit.vtf that was already in the materials/decals folder and then I decided it was easier to just copy over the one from the source materials file which was (without me knowing) a lot darker. If this is it, then the easiest solution to making your explosion decal darker is to just copy over the Decals_lit.vtf that you find in the source materials.gcf

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