Static Billboards

Posted By: ETbyrne

Tutorial By: Kendo

After having a look I saw that there were several topics on new signs, but no tutorial on how to make them.

It's not that hard, what you need is:

Adobe Photoshop "http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/main.html

Photoshop DDS Plug In "http://gendev.game-mod.net/pafiledb.php?action=file&id=6

We will be making a custom Advert. To do that, make a new image in Photoshop. The dimensions must be 512x256.

Now draw what ever you want. Here's what I used:

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y2/KendoTHM/deep_space1.jpg

Now what you have to do is convert it to .DDS:

-Go to 'Save As' under 'File' -Select '.DDS' from the drop down menu under 'Format' (default should be '.PSD') -The name [b]has[/b] to be 'image.dds'

Now you should get a list of all the fancy options. Just leave it at default. When you open the '.DDS' file (when pressing 'Yes' when it tries to open the file), you'll get something like this:

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y2/KendoTHM/DeepSpace2.jpg

All you have to do now is zip the '.DDS' file, rename the zip to the name of your new advert and pack it into [b]GameData\Skins\Any\Advertisement[/b] and voilà :D Heres how mine looks ingame:

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y2/KendoTHM/deepspace3.jpg

For the road signs like the 'Green Left', etc., you'll have to use the dimensions '256x256'. After that all the steps are the same, except that you put the '.zip' file in 'GameData\Skins\[Environment]\Signs'. For the demo (seeming there is only one enviroment), the enviroment will be 'Island'.

That's all, if I missed anything, just edit it in.

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