Opening Textures in Elite Units of America

**♔Sir Digby Chicken Caesar♔** · December 08, 2009, 06:56 PM

I wanted to do a few small change's to the Tarleton's Light Dragoons skin (I think CA has done a very good job on this skin it was just small things like head band colour collar cuffs etc) .. But I'm unable to open the diffuse file?

Are they blocked in some way??

Cheers ...

**jarnomiedema** · December 08, 2009, 10:10 PM

Yep, it's the same crap all over again it seems.. The files are protected and therefore cannot be changed by modders. Protecting the models I understand, but protecting the textures? What's wrong with editing the textures to add / change whatever you wish? It's not like we're giving the models away with it! You'd still need the DLC to use them!!

This is one of the many reasons why Empire: TW sometimes frustrates me to no end..

I believe I read somewhere when the publicity machine for this game was going full force on us that Empire: TW would be the most mod-friendly Total War in the series.. Yeah, so much for THAT promise..

**♔Sir Digby Chicken Caesar♔** · December 09, 2009, 04:42 AM

I really thought it must be me as there is no reason to block a texture 'cuz as you said, you must have the DLC to use them.
Blocking the models bugged me but I could understand it , this just

s me off !

**T.C.** · December 13, 2009, 01:35 PM

Originally Posted by jarnomiedema

Yep, it's the same crap all over again it seems.. The files are protected and therefore cannot be changed by modders. Protecting the models I understand, but protecting the textures? What's wrong with editing the textures to add / change whatever you wish? It's not like we're giving the models away with it! You'd still need the DLC to use them!!

This is one of the many reasons why Empire: TW sometimes frustrates me to no end..

I believe I read somewhere when the publicity machine for this game was going full force on us that Empire: TW would be the most mod-friendly Total War in the series.. Yeah, so much for THAT promise..

See thats the problem - you dont need the model to use them. You can just copy and paste things, like faces, onto other units without much hassle. I, and other modders, are doing it - when they dont protect things this happens

**Ftmch** · December 11, 2009, 11:37 AM

I can open the textures without any problems, I just extracted them with the packfilemanager and opened them in Photoshop (but I guess you'll need a .dds plugin aswell)

**♔Sir Digby Chicken Caesar♔** · December 14, 2009, 04:31 PM

Originally Posted by Ftmch

I can open the textures without any problems, I just extracted them with the packfilemanager and opened them in Photoshop (but I guess you'll need a .dds plugin aswell)

Thats odd

I got photoshop with DDS plug-in and still can't open them?
Edit: Also tried in 'IrfanView + DXTBmp' and they can't open them

though I can open any of the older ones

**Port** · December 15, 2009, 06:20 AM

I am not assured that it is a plug-in, but try. http://openfile.ru/474088/
All at me opens.

**Thalion** · December 28, 2009, 07:53 AM

I also have problems opening the new files provided by the DLC. How exactly do you open the files? I get an error in PS everytime

**EmperorBatman999** · December 12, 2009, 06:41 PM

If you do figure out a way to open them, can you make Lee's Legion look more different? They look too much like Tarleton's guys.

**Port** · January 04, 2010, 07:43 AM

The reference above - on DDS plug-in, with its help I opened files.

**♔Sir Digby Chicken Caesar♔** · January 05, 2010, 12:44 PM

Originally Posted by Port

The reference above - on DDS plug-in, with its help I opened files.

I can't understand that site mate

**Thalion** · January 06, 2010, 03:38 AM

I have found a solution. The problem was not the plugin it was the packfilemanger. It semms that in v1.12 the dds files get corruptet when extracting them. My solution was mixing PFM1.13beta with the common.dll fom the DBEditor 1.7, however this works only on 32 Bit OS (tested only on WinXP32).

**♔Sir Digby Chicken Caesar♔** · January 06, 2010, 01:15 PM

Originally Posted by Thalion

I have found a solution. The problem was not the plugin it was the packfilemanger. It semms that in v1.12 the dds files get corruptet when extracting them. My solution was mixing PFM1.13beta with the common.dll fom the DBEditor 1.7, however this works only on 32 Bit OS (tested only on WinXP32).

I replaced the Common.dll from DBE but in the PFM v1.12 file and it works !!!

Cheers mate