Invisible Icon Problem

[TheSandWraith]

Hey guys, I'm having a little problem with some icons.

So I got some WoW icons off the internet and simply added the square borders onto them using Warcraft 3 Image Renamer (this one). They were in TGA format so I imported em' into Warcraft 3 Viewer (here) Then I simply converted them into BLP. Simple right?
The problem is, when I try to open the BLP in the Viewer OR WE, they don't show up AT ALL! There is nothing there, just a blank spot, no white box, and no green box. Absolutly nothing. The file has space (~9kb) but I'm really confused. This has happened about 3 times now so I would really like to figure it out.

Any help is appreciated.

 

[-ALPHA-]

Alpha channels? blps should have it - but the tga shouldn't. Maybe you forgot that during the conversion? (I always forget to do it...)

Do they even work ingame? Or does the same problem occur?

 

[Shadow Daemon]

War3 Viewer will automatically ask about adding the alpha channel, when you're trying to convert images without it.

Anyway, you can use http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/tools-560/button-manager-v1-7-a-116280/ for putting borders and converting to BLP.

Alpha channels? blps should have it - but the tga shouldn't.

Fix: BLPs created with war3viewer. Actually, not every BLP should/will have an alpha channel.

 

[-ALPHA-]

Fix: BLPs created with war3viewer. Actually, not every BLP should/will have an alpha channel.

Oh, I've never used war3viewer for conversions... Nice to know!

 

[Deathcom3s]

I get the same problem occasionally, and they always work anyway. If they work fine in game, it's not really anything to worry about.

 

[TheSandWraith]

I know, but for some reason it's not even asking to add one. Will it be invisible if there isn't one?

BTW, the same problem does occur in-game. It just isn't visible put when I pan over it, it shows the tooltip/name and whatnot of whatever it is.

 

[TheSandWraith]

No, death, its not that. Thats just when you import or test it out, they don't load up in the editor. This, they are invisible in-game also.

Also, I've used the viewer for ALL my conversions and up until now have had no problems.

Sorry for double post.

 

[Shadow Daemon]

As far as I know, W3IR create images without alpha channel. That's first part of the issue.

The second is that, I guess, you are using old version of War3Viewer (probably, v2.2). It simply creates a 0 byte BLP file, if there's no alpha channel in source file.

 

[TheSandWraith]

Hrm, probably the W3IR not creating an alpha that is the problem, because the BLP I get does have space (~8kb).

Thanks for the help guys, I've fixed it by switching over to the Button Manager. That is a really great program and I'll use it from now on!