Author Topic: Using RW:ED Textures in RA2? (Read 9253 times)

Ducky · « **on:** June 06, 2012, 10:12:22 AM »

Hi guys I'm new here and I've just posted in the new members section.
I don't know whether this has been mentioned before or whether its a good suggestion but here goes. After using QuickBMS to open the PCMusic and Lumpy files in Robot Wars: Extreme Destruction, I found the textures. I'm sure many of you have done this before. They seem quite good quality and are mostly .TGA files. My suggestion is could we use these textures to make better RA2 modded bots and arenas. Here's two samples; A section of the Robot Wars Arena and Hypno Disk's disk.

Thyrus · « **Reply #1 on:** June 06, 2012, 10:14:09 AM »

hey there! welcome to GTM.
I think this idea is worth a try. shouldn`t be to hard to do

Ducky · « **Reply #2 on:** June 06, 2012, 10:18:35 AM »

Yay possibly a good suggestion! It means we could use all of the textures from all of the arenas and bots from the game. The TV Studio arena floor for example seems to be in six sections.

cephalopod · « **Reply #3 on:** June 06, 2012, 10:24:03 AM »

I'm not actually convinced anyone's done this yet. Nice job.

Ducky · « **Reply #4 on:** June 06, 2012, 10:28:25 AM »

I'm afraid I don't have a clue how to do it though as I'm new to RA2...

JoeBlo · « **Reply #5 on:** June 06, 2012, 10:36:24 AM »

nothing to it really in RA2.. arena's and components each have "maps" folders

you will find the graphics there.. you cannot do a file swap but with some quick photoshop work (or those silly freebie programs you lot all love so much :P) put the flat artwork into the existing bitmap or targa image files and match it all up nicely

Mecha · « **Reply #6 on:** June 06, 2012, 10:40:16 AM »

I like the idea. but i really don't know how it would work, that's just me though.

cephalopod · « **Reply #7 on:** June 06, 2012, 10:43:16 AM »

It'd be much more difficult for the RW arena I guess, because all the dimensions will be slightly different. In fact, I believe everything is flipped horizontally in the RA2 RW arena.

Ducky · « **Reply #8 on:** June 06, 2012, 10:50:52 AM »

Yes it is back to front I noticed that too. I've just put all of the images together to make the full Robot Wars Arena floor plan! Not sure if it will work or not...

cephalopod · « **Reply #9 on:** June 06, 2012, 10:57:39 AM »

The Hypnodisc texture would be quite easy to implement though.
*goes to look through files*
In the file Robot Arena 2>Components>Hypnodisc>maps there is a bmp file for the hypnodisc disc. It would be fairly easy to size down the image you pulled out of ED and put it over the still-very-nice version in there.

Gazea2 · « **Reply #10 on:** June 06, 2012, 11:00:27 AM »

Yeah, RA2's files aren't too hard to mod although they can be a bit weird sometimes. Make sure you backup everything before you do something too drastic.

cephalopod · « **Reply #11 on:** June 06, 2012, 11:05:09 AM »

There we go, just edited the map. Looks pretty cool, actually.

Mecha · « **Reply #12 on:** June 06, 2012, 11:06:03 AM »

How did you do it that fast? O_o
i really like it though.

JoeBlo · « **Reply #13 on:** June 06, 2012, 11:09:01 AM »

Quote from: Mechadino on June 06, 2012, 11:06:03 AM

How did you do it that fast? O_o

Uh Take the time to read posts?

Its just some Bitmap editing for RA2.. kids stuff.

Nice work Craaig.

cephalopod · « **Reply #14 on:** June 06, 2012, 11:09:42 AM »

Magical ninja my friend, magical ninja.
If anyone wants that, just extract this to your RA2 directory, and overwrite as necessary. (Didn't want to upload a bmp to the server :P)

EDIT: Thanks JB :P
Also, YAY POST 3000. :)

Mecha · « **Reply #15 on:** June 06, 2012, 11:10:40 AM »

Quote from: JoeBlo on June 06, 2012, 11:09:01 AM

Uh Take the time to read posts?

i did, i didn't know you could do it that fast.

Thyrus · « **Reply #16 on:** June 06, 2012, 11:10:57 AM »

I like this skin better than the DSL one. nice bmpswapjob there craaaig :)

Ducky · « **Reply #17 on:** June 06, 2012, 11:27:50 AM »

Heres some more Hypno-Disk Textures from RW:ED...

Any more required for a full reskin?

cephalopod · « **Reply #18 on:** June 06, 2012, 11:40:24 AM »

I'm not sure the rest will be so easy, as the components aren't the same as they would be on the RW Hypnodisc - the wheels aren't even perfectly round in, and the teeth sure aren't that shape, but they could be used with a bit of work.

Ducky · « **Reply #19 on:** June 06, 2012, 12:41:41 PM »

Well I've reskinned the wheels and they look nice. But the disk and body have turned out like this. What have I done wrong?