How to make a book into a note item? and another re texture grunt question.

[Sammi79]

Hi,

for my first request for development support, I would like to make a copy of one of the ornamental books into an item that is picked up like a note, and adds to the journal. How would I go about this using the model editor? I have several working notes with an extra_english.lang file, but am unsure about how to proceed in this endeavor.

Also, I have looked at the re texture grunt thread, and I have tried to do the same without success. I have:

1) created a new folder named shadow_grunt, with copies of all the original files, renamed appropriately.

2) edited the .ent file to reference the renamed files and paths.

3) edited the textures shadow_grunt/_nrm/_spec using Photoshop, but I am unsure about wether or not I am saving the files in the correct format, as the material editor does not seem to be functioning properly. The diffuse is saved as .dds using DXT1 format to avoid having an alpha channel (otherwise I can't get it into the editor at all), the normal and specular are saved as .dds using DXT5 format following the wiki. All are saved with 8 mip maps and they are identical in size to the original files.

4) Using these modified texture files I load into the material editor and the preview is as I expect, so then I save over the old .mat file - but this is now a different size file ??.

5) loaded shadow_grunt into the model editor, and but grunt still has the original texture ??

All files shadow_grunt files are saved in redist/custom_stories/(mystory)/entities/enemy/shadow_grunt/ folder, and I have made the folder redist/custom_stories/(mystory)/entities/item/diary_book/ to keep my files separate from the originals, is this wrong?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Regards, Sam.