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"[If life=Dota] I'd have quit long ago" -- Acehart
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As my map grows, I have found it necessary to convert the item icons from their .TGA roots to .BLP to save filesize (I've been able to save the greater part of a meg in doing this).
On the tutorial site (http://www.world-editor-tutorials.thehelper.net/skinning.php), you recommend using the "Warcraft III Image Extractor II" file. I found this utility to be flawed in the task I set it to - namely, it does not add the "Alpha Channel" to the TGA files being converted. This results in black, blank boxes in the game for all the converted icons, and some wasted time. I even got an .OCX error which I had to manually fix upon my first use of that program.
Doing some searches back to forum topics on the subject of .TGA to .BLP conversions, I've noted some unresolved issues from this and would like to make a suggestion that you change the recommended software from the Extractor II to The Prophet's WarcraftIIIViewer software ( available at http://www.wc3sear.ch/index.php?p=Tools&ID=11&sid= ) which actually does prompt you to add the alpha channel and has some nice features, such as the insanely useful batch conversion utility so you can convert those 100 icons all at once instead of one by one.
Just may save some people some time and headaches.
On the tutorial site (http://www.world-editor-tutorials.thehelper.net/skinning.php), you recommend using the "Warcraft III Image Extractor II" file. I found this utility to be flawed in the task I set it to - namely, it does not add the "Alpha Channel" to the TGA files being converted. This results in black, blank boxes in the game for all the converted icons, and some wasted time. I even got an .OCX error which I had to manually fix upon my first use of that program.
Doing some searches back to forum topics on the subject of .TGA to .BLP conversions, I've noted some unresolved issues from this and would like to make a suggestion that you change the recommended software from the Extractor II to The Prophet's WarcraftIIIViewer software ( available at http://www.wc3sear.ch/index.php?p=Tools&ID=11&sid= ) which actually does prompt you to add the alpha channel and has some nice features, such as the insanely useful batch conversion utility so you can convert those 100 icons all at once instead of one by one.
Just may save some people some time and headaches.