Why my icon can't work?

[jamesliew]

I use Irfan View change the icon into TGA, then I use Wc3 Image Extractor II change it into blp. After I import it into warcraft, the seem to invisible.

 

[Ruination]

Make an actual folder on your computer within the warcraft directory called replaceableTextures\commandbuttons. Make another one for commandbuttonsdisabled. When you import them, change their path to that path, and you should be able to preview them in the object editor like blizz icons. I use wc3Viewer to convert blizz icons and it works perfectly--try that if you don't have any luck.

P.S. I THINK making that path on your computer is what enables you to preview them, maybe not. That is how I understood it. Maybe all you'll need to do is put that path when you import them but you can keep them anywhere on your computer, I dunno.

 

[Ruination]

Make an actual folder on your computer within the warcraft directory called replaceableTextures\commandbuttons. Make another one for commandbuttonsdisabled. Keep your BTNs in the commndbuttons folder, and your DISBTNs in the other. When you import them, change their path to that path, and you should be able to preview them in the object editor like blizz icons. I use wc3Viewer to convert blizz icons and it works perfectly--try that if you don't have any luck.

P.S. I THINK making that path on your computer is what enables you to preview them, maybe not. That is how I understood it. Maybe all you'll need to do is put that path when you import them but you can keep them anywhere on your computer, I dunno.

Right...this is the second time it has double posted on me--why does that happen?

 

[Jazradel]

Its just something that sometimes happens. My school internet does it all the time.

I don't think creating folders actually does anything by the way.

Your problem is with the alpha path of your icon. You'll have to describe in more detail what you did.

 

[Ruination]

Most problems that arise are that the icon is a green square, so perhaps your problem is different. Try Wc3Viewer and maybe you'll have more luck.

Oh yes and there is something called an alpha channel that Wc3Viewer will create for you and maybe that is what your icons are lacking. Jaz can you tell me what this alpha thing is?

 

[Darg]

Ruination is on the ball there, do NOT use Image Extractor to convert icons to blp, you MUST use warcraft 3 viewer. That is beacuse w3v adds the required alpha channel to the icons, IE does not.

re: previewing icons in the object editor

putting the icons in the replaceableTextures\commandbuttons is not necessary anymore, that was a RoC thing. In TFT, once you import the icons with the import manager, it reads the icon image from wherever the icon is sitting on your hard drive. If you move your icons around on your hard drive though, you will lose the preview then and you must reimport to get it back.

The main reason to put icons in the replaceableTextures\commandbuttons folder these days is just so you can organise things nicely.

 

[Ruination]

Aw gotcha Darg thanks. Can you or someone describe briefly what the heck an alpha channel is? I just want to understand a bit better if I can. I know nothing about such things.

 

[jamesliew]

After I import into warcraft III tft, I change the directory to ReplaceableTextures\CommandButtons\BTNPoison_Gas_Grenade. Also can't.

 

[jamesliew]

It work Thanks.