Author Topic: hhow to make custom decals? (Read 2162 times)

king mager · « **on:** October 22, 2008, 04:55:18 PM »

hi, i always wondered how people have custom decals with like the bots name on it and stuff and i was wondering how u do that? im probly in the wrong forums but go easy cuz im new here.

Reier · « **Reply #1 on:** October 22, 2008, 04:56:01 PM »

There's some tutorials on the CD.

king mager · « **Reply #2 on:** October 22, 2008, 05:03:09 PM »

i have the downloaded version tho

somestrangeguy · « **Reply #3 on:** October 22, 2008, 05:07:15 PM »

You could try searching from the RA2 Wiki

Naryar · « **Reply #4 on:** October 22, 2008, 05:12:26 PM »

RTFM!

king mager · « **Reply #5 on:** October 22, 2008, 05:16:15 PM »

yeaa......and wat is RTFM naryar? i tried the ra2 wiki but has no pictures?

king mager · « **Reply #6 on:** October 22, 2008, 05:28:02 PM »

ok.....

Somebody · « **Reply #7 on:** October 22, 2008, 06:06:58 PM »

It is not a decal, it is called Skinning.

king mager · « **Reply #8 on:** October 22, 2008, 06:51:48 PM »

OK well how do u "skin"

Clickbeetle · « **Reply #9 on:** October 22, 2008, 11:01:15 PM »

Click the "Export Paint Template" button in the bot lab. It will save a .bmp in the Custom Textures folder. Then edit this file with Paint or, preferably, something more sophisticated. When you're done go back in the bot lab and click "Import Custom Paint".

Somebody · « **Reply #10 on:** October 23, 2008, 06:09:06 AM »

You go to the Paint screen, look under where the bot is, find "Export Paint Template" and click it. Name it what the name of your bot is. Then you can open it in a program such as Paint, paint some stuff on it, and save it. Then go back in, import it into yourgame, and voila, it is skinned.

Gigafrost · « **Reply #11 on:** October 23, 2008, 11:50:11 AM »

-Sigh- To answer your previous question without all the hoopla... To create custom decals, you need to create either a BMP, or TGA image file... I recommend that you google in Paint.Net and download it to edit these images unless you have photoshop. Keep in mind though that:

TGA Files are a bit harder to create, but can be used to create transparent decals.

BMP Files are easy to make but are always opaque.

The file size that you save the image in must be either 12 or 16 KB. otherwise it would show up as a jumbled up image or might crash the game.

Go into your Robot Arena Folder or type in C:\Program Files\Infogrames\Robot Arena 2\Texture Library\decals and open up one of those files in the folder. Delete the image and create a new one, then press save as. Make a new name for the image and click save. If it asks you what type to save it as, check the radio buttons that would make the file size either 16 or 12 KB. Then save.

Load RA2, go to the decals in the TEAM HQ and you should see your new decal.

king mager · « **Reply #12 on:** October 23, 2008, 05:26:02 PM »

it worked yaaay