Another transparentcy question

[Hollywood]

I'm stumped and just can't figure it out.

I'm trying to edit the stcs file in the cram32 (the one with stadium textures). I just can't seem to get my transparentcy to show up.

I understand now that a bmp can't have transparency so png is probably should be used here? How can you export as a png?

I've tried exporting with fshed and choosing 24 bit + alpha. When I export the file originally I have 2 bmps, xxxxx_a and xxxxx (just a normal bmp that shows the images and the first shows the transparentcy.)

Now I've read you can edit one of these to make it work but when it comes time to importing it back in, I still have two files, the images and the transparentcy one. Which one do you use? You need both of them so how can it be done?

Man, I'm at my wits end and my girlfriend won't stop screaming at me to get off the computer. I know its something easy I'm not doing so please help.

Please, any idea where I'm going wrong? I'm about to hurt my computer or myself!

[five]

I can only get it to work using tga files and alpha layers and saving it as 32 bit.

[Hollywood]

Five,

I've tried saving the export of the stcs file though fshed as xxxx.tga. It saves but when I go to open it in PSP8 it says it can't open because it's not a valid file.

How do you make it a tga file?

[five]

I'm working on the file in photoshop and importing it into fshED.

I get what you're trying to do now. Just use nfshtool to export the files.

[Hollywood]

I just start trying nfshtool. I think it will work if I figure it out. I'm wondering why there is 5 different sizes of the stcs file after opening the cram32 fsh with nfshtoll?

I assume I would edit the last bmp of it since it is the largest in size. Just trying to re-create the FSH file after editing it. Says I just run the index fsh in the bmp folder it creates. I'm missing something cause it doesn't seem to be working.

[five]

Here is what I do, I use nfshtool as a reference, then I create whatever it is that I'm making.

I then open fshED and import in the new file. That way you don't have to create 5 files.

[Hollywood]

Five, what file do you import into fshed after editing? You lose the transparency of anything if its a bmp so that can be it.

four lettered word! :x

I just can't figure this out.

[five]

Alright, two methods, the tga method (with an alpha layer) 32 bit. The other is to have it bmp with an alpha .bmp as well. xxx.bmp and xxx-a.bmp

[Hollywood]

The tga file thing isn't working for me. Don't know how to properly convert a file to a tga for starters.

I'm right there with the bmp with an alpha .bmp. (xx.bmp and xxx-a.bmp.)

But my question was, which file are you going to import? I have the edited xxx.bmp and the xxx-a.bmp

Is there a way to make them one? Because each one keeps overwriting the other on when I try to import them.

It does suck being stupid.... 8O

[five]

They should be the same name and one of them just have -a at the end.

Import the one without the -a. Are you using photoshop?

[Hollywood]

Using paint shop pro 8.

So your saying all you need to import is the file without the -a? But wouldn't that make it not have transparency since -a is the transparent file?

[five]

It's doing it automatically, try it and see if it works.

Does paint shop, not have the option of saving as .tga?

[Hollywood]

It does have a option of saving as .tga. So if you save a bmp as a tga it would work also?

I'll give the 24 bit and alpha a try again.

[Hollywood]

Didn't work. :cry:

Still no transparency. I don't know what I'm doing wrong, obviously! :lol:

[Hollywood]

I've finally figured it out. I went through nfshtool. I'm editing all 5 sctrs files in the cram32 but oh well.

[Hollywood]

I've finally figured it out. I went through nfshtool. I'm editing all 5 stcs files in the cram32 but oh well. Thanks for your help five.

[five]

That's the hard way, but okay.