Help with Editing Doodad "Runes" Texture

[Mechanic]

Hello. I need help on how to edit the Doodad Unit called "Runes" on Retera's model editor. I want to rewrite the symbols to whatever I want, like "Battleships," but the problem is, when I pulled the texture out of this "Runes," it whole filled red. How do I get to rewrite the "Runes" symbols? Thanks.

 

[The_Silent]

You need an image editor that can discern alpha layers, like Gimp. Once you have that, the process of redrawing the runs is straight forward.

 

[Mechanic]

I have Warcraft Viewer. Would that work? Or what kind of image editor?

 

[The_Silent]

You need to edit the texture. So you need to be able to convert it to tga, edit it with an editor that can see alpha layers, such as GIMP - GNU Image Manipulation Program or photoshop, and then convert it back to blp after you have edited it.

 

[Mechanic]

Warcraft Viewer can convert it to TGA. I am going to try IrfanView to see if I can see the layers as TGA.

 

[The_Silent]

You just have to be able to edit the texture too, as the runes are just parts of the alpha layer that is not 100% transparent.

 

[Mechanic]

Ah... got it! Thanks.

 

[Mechanic]

Awwww. It's not showing in texture image viewer when I imported the customized texture. I was testing it to see if it works. I used Warcraft Viewer to convert the texture to TGA from BLP, and then I used IrfanView to edit some of the texture, and saved it as TGA, and then used Warcraft Viewer to convert it back to BLP from TGA, and imported it on Retera's model editor and it doesn't show anything in image viewer. It does show on Warcraft Viewer. Weird.

 

[The_Silent]

Have you tried it ingame? Might just be a quirk with Retera's model editor.

 

[Mechanic]

Oh. I haven't tried it in game yet.

 

[Mechanic]

Sigh. It's all red out.

 

[Mechanic]

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