Retexture a Torchlight Texture
(open source way)
after this tutorial you can do like this :
you need :
original torchlight game : http://www.torchlightgame.com
GIMP : http://www.gimp.org (you can ask google for alternative download server)
new link for DDS Plugin : http://code.google.com/p/gimp-dds/downloads/list
description DDS Plugin : http://code.google.com/p/gimp-dds/#Downloads
1. download and install gimp.
2. download and install the dds plugin (read the readme whrere to install).
3. unzip Pak.zip in your custom folder. you find Pak.zip in Torchlight install folder.
4. go to this unpacked media folder, there you find models and in models folder you find all models and textures. example the cat_pet.dds in the Cat folder.
5. start gimp and open the cat_pet.dds file.
6. retexture the image as you like.
7. save the image as dds and assign "generate mipmap".
8a. make a backup copy of Pak.zip !
8b. open Pak.zip from the folder you have installed torchlight.
9. go to folder "media\models\Cat\" and replace the cat_pet.dds with your new cat_pet.dds file.
have fun
here you can download my example : viewtopic.php?f=20&t=2782
optional
for dds image browsing you can use irfanview :
http://www.irfanview.de/
note: you need the plugins from there too.
