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Title: flipping the textures and they are still....
Post by timothyj67 on Nov 16^th, 2010 at 5:04pm

Hey I just tried to view Main02.dds and I flipped the texture and near the rear of the fuselage the MARINES and the text next to it came out upside down...
What am I doing wrong??

Title: Re: flipping the textures and they are still....
Post by Markoz on Nov 16^th, 2010 at 10:22pm

You need to flip the image VERTICALLY. Not horizontally. Which is what it looks like you have done. This only applies to the DDS formatted textures and not BMP ones.

So create your livery in BMP so everything looks normal when you are creating it. Then use a program like DXTBmp.exe to flip the Image and Alpha (if it has an Alpha), then save as a DDS DXT3 or DDS DXT5. That should sort it out.

Mark

Title: Re: flipping the textures and they are still....
Post by timothyj67 on Nov 16^th, 2010 at 11:20pm

I use dxt bmp and it only gives a option to flip the image Horizontal not vertical. I also tried flipping it with alpha and that didnt work at all..Now when I do them in Photoshop do I need to flip the canvas or anything..This shouldnt be that hard there is other paint jobs of the cs f-18 why am I having such a hard time with this.

Title: Re: flipping the textures and they are still....
Post by 000rick000 on Nov 17^th, 2010 at 1:01am

No, there should be along the bottom starting at the far right a row of icons. �Starting on the right working left, a magnifying glass, LEFT/RIGHT arrow (horizontal flip), and finally UP/DOWN arrow (vertical flip). �I am using v.4.00.96 � By the way both flip options flip the Alpha channel as well, by default. You want this. Hope this helps.

Title: Re: flipping the textures and they are still....
Post by timothyj67 on Nov 17^th, 2010 at 1:19am

Okay I updated to 4.00.96 and went to the bars at the lower left ..the up and up/down (vertical bar) and clicked it.. Still.
Doing the same thing.
Can I send you the bmp image have you take a look.
This is getting starting to piss me off.

Title: Re: flipping the textures and they are still....
Post by timothyj67 on Nov 17^th, 2010 at 1:44am

UPDATE:
I looked at another repaint to see what they did, and I was painting the letters on incorrect in the first place..
Also, that text behind the reflective strip is wrong on the paintkit..So Im going to fix that.
But anyways, Im making progress.
I cant wait!!! lol To figure out the cockpit texture..lol

Title: Re: flipping the textures and they are still....
Post by timothyj67 on Nov 17^th, 2010 at 2:12am

oKAY THERE...
I fixed it so you cant even see that old text anymore..
And I fixed the MARINES to be going in the right direction.

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Title: Re: flipping the textures and they are still....
Post by Markoz on Nov 17^th, 2010 at 7:28am

Quote:

Mine flips it the same. DXTBmp only gives an option to FLIP or MIRROR. The reason I'm calling it "flipping it vertically" is because if you flip an image vertically in MSPaint, it flips it in the same way that DXTBmp flips the image. So I assume it is vertically. Also. MSPaint flips horizontally in the same way that DXTBmp mirrors the image.

Quote:

oKAY THERE...
I fixed it so you cant even see that old text anymore..
And I fixed the MARINES to be going in the right direction.

The word SENIRAM (MARINES) is still like looking at it in a mirror. And the letters DT are mirrored as well. I would say it isn't fixed yet. ;)

Mark

Title: Re: flipping the textures and they are still....
Post by timothyj67 on Nov 18^th, 2010 at 11:40pm

Ha I noticed that the MARINES was incorrect also after I posted that..So Yea its going to be fixed..
Ty for the input.

Title: Re: flipping the textures and they are still....
Post by timothyj67 on Nov 20^th, 2010 at 4:10am

Coming along..lol
Ty all for your help.
Now, what is the best way to tackle the canopy???