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[Javokis]

Here are the steps.

-First download The GIMP from http://www.gimp.org/downloads/
-Install it and run it
-Now create your new image by going into File/New in the GIMP menu dock.

Be sure to note that Redemption only supports the following pixel sizes when you set your width and height:

8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, and 512. As long as your picture's size is using these values for height and width then Redemption will allow them. Example: 64x128 or even 512x8 should work. Anything with those 7 values.

-Now fiddle around with the art tools. If you don't know what is what then check with The GIMP's home site.
-When you are finished go to File/Save As...
-Be sure to save the image as a Targe (.tga)


Well that's all there is to it. Your image should be saved at you desired location and ready to be applied to a model or a map in the Redemption game.

[Javokis]

Here are the steps for making transparent textures for Redemption. The GIMP makes it quite easy.

-Now open up your image in The GIMP.
-Then go to Layer/Transparency/ColorToAlpha. Here's a pic:


-Now setup how much transpency you want the texture to have. Here's a pic:


-Now save your file as instructed in the first post and you should have a transparent texture ready for use.

Give it a try!

[Javokis]

Here is a step by step tut on how to make Christof's chainmail upgrade have a transparent cape using The GIMP.

-First go into your main Vampire - Redemption folder located where ever you may have installed it.
-Find the Resources.nob file and open it with Winzip. Get winzip here: http://www.winzip.com/ if you don't have it.
-Instead of unzipping the whole dang thing just go to classic mode and let's find the specific file we want.
-The image that represents Christof's chainmail upgrade is called  Christof_Chain.tga located in 3d/Materials sub-folder of the Resources.nob file. Here's an image to help you:


-right-click  the file name and choose Extract.
-Extract the file into your main Vampire-Redemption game folder like so...


-A 3d folder should appear. Go into that folder and into the Materials folder to find the tga file.


-Be sure to remove the Read-only tag on the tga file or we wont be able to edit it.


-Now open the file with The GIMP then switch to the selection tool and let's select the cape.


-Like before lets go into the Color to Alpha option.


-Some images require you to fiddle with the Color Picker to be able to get a transparency.


-Now we can just save the image. Be sure to use Save as... the first time you save this file.


-If everything went right, you should get this result:


That's pretty much how it goes. I think The GIMP is quite a simple tool for this kind of stuff. It is a very complete program for something that is free.

[EtaYorius]

Awsome! i just got a tiny problem with gimp... what damn build i have to download? theres hell bunch of them... even the new builds are supposed to be dated to 2004... so what the hell... either way, when i downloaded gimp-2.3.14 i find no installer... heck theres no .exe file at all.. just a couple of .msc files which i cannot open or run at all... so... how do i install gimp?


!"#$%# Never mind... that gimp official site dosent have a working one... haha, i already found a site with a installer.

[Javokis]

Oh yeah... they do have link to the installer site though:

http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/stable.html

I changed the first post.

[Demortia]

Hello again, been a little while since I last dropped by.
The GIMP software looks very useful, I'll look into that myself as I still do much with Vamp ( although not recently, several projects are slowly taking shape and should appear sometime in the near future ).

If anyone will find this useful, I have gathered together a huge collection of textures  ( numbering 181 individual textures at a total size of roughly 34 megs - not including the current texture pack ) These textures range from concrete walls to all kinds of metallic walls, floors and cielings of many styles ( some are inspired by the ship Nostromo from the first Alien movie ). These were pulled from Alien versus Predator 2 with the intention of making a huge Dark Future mega texture pack for Vamp ( which would eventually weigh in at around 100 megs. )

I havent started to "nam" or prepare these new textures yet though ( but they are in TGA format ) but if anone would like a whole bunch a new textures for any projects throw me an email and I'll send them over
All the textures can be used in modern style maps alongside the existing textures already present, but having a wider range of textures should inspire new and fresh projects ( even if not for Vamp, then maybe another game that these textures can be converted to )

Bare in mind these were ripped from an existing game so I'm not sure if this will stir up any legalities ( but it shouldnt hurt for non-commercial projects )

Demortia.

[Javokis]

From what I have come to understand about conversions are that if the user owns BOTH games then it is perfectly legal. There was a discussion about converting Bloodlines maps over to Redemption and that came up. That should be true for the Bloodlines Mega Pack too.

Oh yeah and I found the NAM Tool again, which should make things real easy for people. Attached below:

[EtaYorius]

Can you add all these excelent Tuts on a zip or maybe change them to a Tutorials part in the forum? i dont want to miss any of these.

And yeah... its pretty legal to convert models and maps over to another game (least to me hahahahaha)

[Javokis]

I'll make a tutorial section when I feel I have enough tutorials to fill it. When I have a couple of more tutorials then I'll make a section.

[EtaYorius]

I manage to make a transparency texture, but for some reason it created also some strange colors arround the Icon.

Edit/
Well i learned that before applying the transparency the black filler must be completely BLACK, refill with black before applying the transparency/alpha channel.