A little problem with skinning

[AlbinoPickleX]

I am using gimp. I have been using this tutorial to learn how to skin with gimp. So I downloaded the gimp dds plug in and installed it into the plug-ins file. Next I used Vercingetorix's PAK Extractor and used it succesfully. Then i went to the textures folder and tried to open a skin but this pops up

GL_ARB_Texture_compression is not supported by your open GL implementation

Opening 'C:\Program files\The Creative Assembly\Rome-Total War\data\packs\DATA\MODELS_UNIT\TEXTURES\UNIT_CARTHAGE_PELTAST.TGA.DDS failed: plugin could not open image

So I cant open any skin! Its very strange. So Im wondering if the plug-in is wrong any answers?

this is where I downloaded it from, I downloaded the second one.

(I hope someone can help me, I think there are few peop;e who skin with gimp :tooth: )

[AlbinoPickleX]

Is nobody going to help me??

[AlbinoPickleX]

I might have found the problem, it says copy the new textures folder into models_units and I didnt do that but I did it but it still doesnt work.

[Dirty Peasant]

Its plug-in fault i think.It has nothink to do with the folders.

[AlbinoPickleX]

Well I reinstalled the plug in and it still doesnt work! What did i do wrong? I extracted everything to plugins folder. And thats what the tutorial says to do.

[Alexanderthefantastic]

http://nifelheim.dyndns.org/~cocidiu...gimp-dds-win32

Well that is the link I used and I think it is the one you used too. If it's not working I really don't know. You could always use another programme to convert it to a .tga and then edit and convert it back I suppose...

[AlbinoPickleX]

Well when I installed it all I did was extract the contents to the plug-ins folder was there a step I missed?

[AlbinoPickleX]

Is there any other free program that is able to skin units for rtw? If there is Ill try it out. Just tell me the name and link to download.

[vikrant]

try gimp
google it and u will find it {freeware}
their is also a plugin for gimp
good luck

ps u can find the link here in tutorial {modification resources} section in some tuorial re gimp

[AlbinoPickleX]

If you will kindly read my first sentence in first post it says that I am using gimp, but thats ok, I dont read all the posts of a thread either. But Im just having problems with the dds plug in.

[vikrant]

wow sory
so u can always try photoshop
but hey thats not free
but can use trial version

[AlbinoPickleX]

Well, I guess Ill keep trying with gimp. But does anyone no what I did wrong with the plugin? Like I stated, I extracted the contents into the plugins folder and I used winrar. Anything wrong with that?

[vikrant]

i just reinstalled gimp and plugins and it is working properly
do u have gtk 2 runtime environment installed on ur pc

open gimp and click on xtns tab in next to file tab and go plugin browser brows around this do u see dds save and dds open plugins
and tell me


edit : i browsed on the internet and i found this
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archive...er/005388.html
its ur hardware particularly video driver fault may be basement guys can help u
other wise i suggest use photoshop

BTW WHICH GPU u have
try to update video drivers it may help u

[AlbinoPickleX]

What do you mean by gtk runtime? I have no idea what that is. But I will try to reinstall gimp again.

Edit: Yes I do have gtk runtime, I downloaded before installing gimp should I not get it this time?

[vikrant]

so did it worked if it dint go to link i mentioned
and download lattest drivers for ur gpu {or graphics card}

i browsed on the internet and i found this
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archiv...ber/005388.html
its ur hardware particularly video driver fault may be basement guys can help u
other wise i suggest use photoshop

[AlbinoPickleX]

Where can I get the latest drivers, and that link that you posted did not really help. Also, would it work if I downloaded photoshop demo and tried skinning with it?

[vikrant]

priginally posted on that link
I recently added a DDS plugin to The Gimp, now when trying to save an image as
DDS, Gimp replies:
"GL_ARB_texture_compression is not supported by your OpenGL implementation."

So I googled around and found Mesa doesn't support this (I am running XOrg
6.8.1 with the radeon driver on a Radeon 9800Pro).
Heard there where some patches, but before immersing into patch orgies I
thought I ask the list whether there are other workarounds to this.

I am aware that ATI's fglrx driver module would provide such functions, but
fglrx has serious bugs and other issues, especially with video overlay,
besides they don't support XOrg yet and the driver won't build on 6.8 anyway,
so this is no option.

Dex
mesa cvs had support for compressed textures on radeon, r200, and i8xx
chips. Due to licensing issues and what exactly you are tying to do,
you may or may not need the external compression lib. There is no
open 3d support for r300 chips (such as yours) as of yet.

Alex

So, am I stuck with R300 altogether or would said external compression lib
provide the needed tc/s3tc?
If so, where do I get that lib?
I installed a lib called libtxc_dxtn, is that it? (in which cae I did
something wrong since Gimp still complains)

Dex

so it was dissussoi on another site
now for driver part
do u have graphic card installled
if yes then visit the manufacturers home page for lattest drivers
if u have onboard then
download drivers for that
u can google the chip set no

to find out which gpu u have go to device manager then click on graphic adapters and note down the model name

[AlbinoPickleX]

I believe I have a nvidia gefore something something(I forget the numbers). And also is it possible to try skinning with photoshop demo? Or if I purchased photoshop would skinning might work, or is it a problem with my comp. that cant load dds?

[vikrant]

first u download photoshop trial version
if it works u can buy it

[AlbinoPickleX]

Ok I did what you said and downloaded a new graphics driver from nvidia and that didnt work.