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Textures won't appear (now resolved)

January 31, 2009 4:13:20 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire ForumsSins of a Solar Empire Forums

I've been learning how to mod, and learning a lot but I'm having trouble getting textures to work in-game.  I've been using XSI Mod Tool and GIMP.  I have read the documentation that comes with the tools for modding.  I have the DDS plugin for GIMP.  I can get models to load in-game, but they are untextured, even though I have a -cl.dds texture attached.  After doing some tests, I've narrowed the problem down to the texture file; the mesh file appears to be fine.

Any ideas why this might be happening?

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TheBaldE
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Reply #1 February 1, 2009 3:50:24 AM
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Where did you drop the texture files?

Make sure you have them in the correct spot in the sins directory.

Also, make sure the mesh file is pointing at them...

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Reply #2 February 1, 2009 11:09:58 AM
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Make sure the XSI file doesn't have multiple materials, and that the alpha channel in the -cl texture isn't completely white.

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Reply #3 February 2, 2009 9:25:33 PM
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Thanks for your posts, I've figured out my texture problem.

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Make sure the XSI file doesn't have multiple materials, and that the alpha channel in the -cl texture isn't completely white.

You're right about the alpha channel, I found that making my -cl texture completely transparent made it appear, although I don't understand exactly why this is.

Thanks!

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