Noob Question...

Re: Noob Question... Posted by SnarkSephiroth on Thu Jan 22nd 2004 at 9:36pm

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I just wanted to ask you guys how I take a picture like the one Cassius has supplied (cliff texture) and turn it into a .wad so I can use it in Hammer. Just need to know.

Re: Noob Question... Posted by Leperous on Thu Jan 22nd 2004 at 9:38pm

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Wally. It's pretty easy to use, just make a new WAD, and then paste images into it as new textures (bearing in mind they have to be 256 colours, and Wally isn't terribly good at converting them...)

Re: Noob Question... Posted by SnarkSephiroth on Thu Jan 22nd 2004 at 9:46pm

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Thanks Lep, that helps. :biggrin:

Re: Noob Question... Posted by Orpheus on Thu Jan 22nd 2004 at 9:59pm

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wally can be fickle, i have found its a bitch at times for no apparent reason, but it will eventually produce something, most times even something useful

to make a wad you will need to look for wildcards (not the mapper variety but image ones) so you will need in your case a "*.jpg" without the quotes.

i cannot remember all the steps involved, but i do know thats a vital one.

wally otherwise is self explanatory.

hope that helps.

Re: Noob Question... Posted by Cassius on Fri Jan 23rd 2004 at 12:32am

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Art forum next time :biggrin:

Re: Noob Question... Posted by Campaignjunkie on Fri Jan 23rd 2004 at 2:49am

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.jpg is a horrible format to import into a 256 color format, especially with Wally. Use some other program (Photoshop, PSP) to convert it to either 8-bit PNG or 8-bit BMP, then import into a WAD, and you'll get much more accurate/better results.

Re: Noob Question... Posted by Gorbachev on Fri Jan 23rd 2004 at 6:41am

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Campaignjunkie said:
.jpg is a horrible format to import into a 256 color format, especially with Wally. Use some other program (Photoshop, PSP) to convert it to either 8-bit PNG or 8-bit BMP, then import into a WAD, and you'll get much more accurate/better results.

I concur, I'm partial to the .bmp but I imagine that .png files work too. A .jpg will most likely create a blurry texture because of the optimization.

Re: Noob Question... Posted by matt on Fri Jan 23rd 2004 at 8:41am

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Don't forget you need to re-mip your images once they are in wally. And make sure all their dimensions are divisable by eight, or you will be screwed, so to speak, (ie 64x64, 160x96)