Hmm! mine works fine with vistas 32 SP2, Gimp 2.6.8. I do have 2.07 dds plugin though. Are you sure it is installed in the correct location in "Program Files > GIMP-2.0 > lib > gimp > 2.0 > plug-ins".

@super, i think you misunderstand gimp works great to the limited capacity that i can use it for (still learning) it was dds converter that didnt work (idk if gimp has a converter)

@syneptus, i mean the actual projectile textures (in the textures folder) (dont know why i didnt just say projetile color). i noticed that its not just tga's either but any texture that has a black 'background' in it as when i change the color with color balance tool (in gimp) to get a deeper more detailed color it affects the black around it. then when used in game the black does not show but the hue of the color change that was applied to it still does. (though this doesnt seem to apply to beams i.e. advent and vasari)

so what your saying is (if i understand this correctly) to get rid of this black or null coloring i'd have to change the files in particle forge? i had tryed to import a tga/dds file but it only takes .particle files and i have no experience with partic forge.

no worries, i think we were talking about 2 different things.

will the fill tool get it all after changeing the hue and all that (it should since the black is being colored evenly with only the projectile being colored unevenly b/c of its 'shade regions' right?). if all gos well i'll post some pics.

I need that.

thank you