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[Tutorial] How to make a custom decal! - Homicide13 - 09-18-2011
This is a tutorial on how to make a custom decal.
First, find or create an image (can be of several different formats, though the ones that I know that work are .dds and .png: I use .png files for my custom story) that you wish to use as your decal. Make sure that the image you use is a mirror image (you can just flip it in gimp or something) of what you want (think like a stamp).
Next, open the material editor. As shown below, make sure the type is "decal", the blend mode is "alpha," and the "diffuse" box is checked (don't bother touching any of the other settings). Open the file you wish to use as your decal, and then save the .mat file somewhere in your amnesia directory (for my custom story I save the decals in the root directory under textures\decals)
![[Image: 688VT.png]](http://i.imgur.com/688VT.png)
To place the decal, simply open the level editor, search for decals, and find the .mat file you saved earlier. select and place in your map!
![[Image: PFqpF.png]](http://i.imgur.com/PFqpF.png)
RE: [Tutorial] How to make a custom decal! - Tanshaydar - 09-18-2011
You should reverse the picture vertically to see it properly, or otherwise it will be reversed in game.
RE: [Tutorial] How to make a custom decal! - TheKataKombs - 09-18-2011
Doesnt work for me. I do the exact same thing as you do, but when i place it and look at it in-game, its not there. :S
RE: [Tutorial] How to make a custom decal! - Homicide13 - 09-18-2011
(09-18-2011, 01:14 PM)Tanshaydar Wrote: You should reverse the picture vertically to see it properly, or otherwise it will be reversed in game.right, forgot to include that bit
thanks for pointing that out
kata: can you see it in the level editor? it works fine for me o.o
RE: [Tutorial] How to make a custom decal! - TheKataKombs - 09-18-2011
(09-18-2011, 06:08 PM)Homicide13 Wrote:i can see it perfectly fine in the level editor, but i cant see it In-game(09-18-2011, 01:14 PM)Tanshaydar Wrote: You should reverse the picture vertically to see it properly, or otherwise it will be reversed in game.right, forgot to include that bit
thanks for pointing that out
kata: can you see it in the level editor? it works fine for me o.o
RE: [Tutorial] How to make a custom decal! - Homicide13 - 09-18-2011
That sounds like it could be a cache problem. How do you test your maps? Try going into your map folder and deleting all the .map_cache files. (of course you'll have to do this every time you test something if you don't set up a dev environment)
RE: [Tutorial] How to make a custom decal! - TheKataKombs - 09-19-2011
(09-18-2011, 09:04 PM)Homicide13 Wrote: That sounds like it could be a cache problem. How do you test your maps? Try going into your map folder and deleting all the .map_cache files. (of course you'll have to do this every time you test something if you don't set up a dev environment)ok thanx. I'll try it out
RE: [Tutorial] How to make a custom decal! - JenniferOrange - 09-23-2011
THANKYOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU FOR THIS.
I've got mine coming out like this:
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What'd I do wrong? o_o
RE: [Tutorial] How to make a custom decal! - Tanshaydar - 09-23-2011
In material editor, make it MUL or MULx2, I don't remember exactly, but that will take out the blackness.
RE: [Tutorial] How to make a custom decal! - Homicide13 - 09-23-2011
hm, are you sure the image you're using has an alpha level?