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I want to hack swcw3 to change hero's photo i tried to find the file that containing the images but i don't found it please help!

picture files in SW are dds files. check data/texture/interface/pilot/32+64+128 and look for Hero_egt2.dds files.

Good luck.

ok thanks.

He is exactly correct, there are only those 3 files to edit.

Another tip, if you go into \Data\LocData\English\Voice\Hero\, there are 16 .wav files which the hero will use as his voice.

In this thread ( http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=13727 ), the 2nd post (by Gui DURANDAL) contains a 30Mb zip file of voices taken from the other games in the series. You can rename them and put them in the hero's folder if you like. This means if you use a girl picture for the hero you can give the hero a girl voice too :cool:

I replaced the file but now in game the photos are blanc......

A good idea... now all that i need to do is to change my sex and the hard part...to change the photo...

You need to use .dds format and the size needs to match exactly. 32x32, 64x64, and 128x128. I don't remember what editor I used (got a new computer now) when I was modding last time though, sorry :/

I tried with DXTBmp .....

I used IrfanView (with a dds plugin) wich worked like a charm.

i tried with irfanview but i can't save in .dds ....format i downloaded format plugin 4.3 the ewest from irfanview website....

I did i did ....... :grin: with DXTBmp!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry, my bad forgot I used Gimp to create dds files and then tweeked them with IrfanView. But glad it all worked out for you, it's always good fun when you have an idee to mod something and it works too!

it worked one time....:grin:
Now....:rolleyes:

Strange, usually it either works or works not. What happened CTD?

I replaced the photo it worked just one time...... when i closed the game and i started again the image was blank again.....

CTD? What's this?

CTD = crash to desktop.

No, the game is running but the photo is blank....

Don't think I can help you with this. Have you tried the original picture, does that still work?

Do you know there is a log file?, in the Star Wolves 3 - Civil War directory there is a file LOGfile.txt, perhaps there is an error message related to your problem.

Now there isn't any message but i replace the photos every time i start the game.....

No message, hmmm. Replacing the photo's shouldn't matter, the LOGfile is regenerated every time you launch SW.
I'm running out of ideas, sorry.

i don't care anymore......:o

Does anyone know how to do the game funnier or more exciting??

Been toying forever with the idea of systems where open conflict happens all the time, allowing you to pick sides and join massive battles - but the state the scripting is in isn't really conducive to translating these things into actual code. Would be great to get the random mission generator up and running too. Meh.

Is there any mod for sw 1 ?? this it will be real fun.....:grin::grin::grin::lol:

Check here.

It is doable, even possible to make it randomised. I do not know a whole lot about Lua, but I was able to cobble together something by modifying the randomcontact script which resulted in the convoy mod I made awile back. It is not perfect, infact I had to make a lot of workarounds/shortcuts to get it working since I am not the best LUA scripter around, but it does work. Most of the time it involves random fleets passing by, but it is not very hard to find factionally opposed fleets meeting and fighting.

Given, fleet engagements are and probably should be pretty rare, both for realism and balance reasons.

I used GIMP with dds plugin. Worked like a charm, no issues with it.

I need some background for my to make it to look like other players 's avatars.... Can anyone help me??

I've made my avatar about a year ago using Photoshop + nvidia dds plugin. Post a link to your image. I hope I still remember how to do this.

That isn't cool , i want to make it myself..... it is funnier ..... anyway found it but something else ... if i edit a ship by converting dds in jpeg , edit and convert back in dds will work?

yes but don't use jpeg. PNG is much better, especially, when you have image with transparency.

Ready to put my face on naginata..... my name on yari......

I made a file .dds with a edited ship... but i have some strange lights........ take a look....

IIRC dds files have several quality options. Check parameters of the original dds and try to save your modified image with exact the same parameters. Nvidia made very handy dds viewer that clearly shows these parameters.

understood i saw that there are a lot of .dds (24 bit ,32 bit , no alpha..etc)

i choose the dds 1 dxt... this in this format are all dds files in sw3 but i have the same reflections.... when i travel in portals the color changes between blue , yellow ,green and red :D.... i think because i convert file in png and when i edit it with paint it change it in jpeg....

Are there any strategy or tactical guides??

I don't think so. It's not a Total War or Heart of Iron. It's simple, small scale tactical game. If you have any problems just ask.

I don't have any problems now... but i had and i think others have or will have.... i saw a lot of times beginners who think that the game is to hard to be played and they need something like that... For example when i played first time i bought the cheapest missiles and just repair systems ...

anyone who made new fighters or motherships or equipment can you upload it?

Anything new? AoV q1 2012 no fun.... maybe some biiiiig mods? or something?:-P

The problem is, we've been waiting for the standalone expansion to come out; if we do more stuff now it'll just be more painful when the new game breaks it and we have to do it over again :)

:lol::lol:This is crazy....

I have a problem with sw 1 .... at the end of the game in "unknown" system where you need to extract power supply from the precursor portal i put my ms in position with phantom inside and nothing happens i've waited 30 min and nothing....

Resolved.... If use alien technology with Phantom's perks the script don't allow you to use him... I've put the precursor weapon's on ms... and then anything was well.... :grin::grin:

:grin: ;)