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Revision as of 09:30, 30 July 2008

This tutorial will teach you how to replace an existing long T-shirt design with your own custom design.

Note: this is easier than adding a new design, which is not covered here.

Preparations

CAUTION!  You will be modifying the original GlobalClothing 
age files.  If you make a mistake during this tutorial, you may
corrupt the game files, preventing URU from running.  So, MAKE
A BACKUP OF YOUR URU FOLDER! (At the very least, make a copy of
all the GlobalClothing* files within your URU's "dat" folder.) 

Next, you will need to download and install the following software:

• PRP Explorer v6 (for replacing the textures)
• PlasmaShop (for re-computing the GlobalClothing age's sum file)

Creating Your Own T-Shirt Textures

TO DO: describe how to do this

For now, you can use the Mysterium 2008 T-shirt textures found in this zip file (Mysterium08ShirtTextures.zip) for the next step:

• icon_m08shirt.dds (the T-shirt icon that appears in your closet)
• m08shirt.dds (the T-shirt texture)
• m08shirt_tintmask.dds (the mask that tells URU which portions of the shirt can change color)

Replacing An Existing T-Shirt Design

We are going to replace the Riven long T-shirt design for this tutorial.

• Start PRP Explorer v6.
  • If it asks you whether you want to unpack and decompyle your Python files, click "No".
• In the list of ages on the left, locate the GlobalClothing age and click on the "+" next to it. You will see a list of the age's "pages" (or PRP files).

File:Tshirt 01.jpg

• Locate the "Male" page in the list and click on the "+" next to it. You will see a list of the Male page's object types.

File:Tshirt 02.jpg

• Locate the "MipMap" object type in the list and click on the "+" next to it. You will see a list of the MipMap objects (i.e. textures). Note: since these textures have long names, you will need to move the divider over to the right until you can see the whole name.

File:Tshirt 03.jpg

• The first texture that we will replace is the Riven T-shirt icon. Locate the "icon_mtorso_tshirtriven&2A20#0.hsm" texture and right-click on it. On the pop-up menu that appears, choose "Replace Image".

File:Tshirt 04.jpg

• In the file browser that appears, double-click on your T-shirt icon DDS file (e.g. icon_m08shirt.dds). This will replace the Riven T-shirt icon with yours.
• Next, we'll replace the Riven T-shirt design. Locate the "mtorso_longsleeve04_base&2A0#0.hsm" texture and right-click on it. On the pop-up menu that appears, choose "Replace Image".

• In the file browser that appears, double-click on your T-shirt design DDS file (e.g. m08shirt.dds). This will replace the Riven T-shirt design with yours.
• Finally, we'll replace the Riven T-shirt tint mask. Locate the "mtorso_longsleeve04_tint1&2A0#0.hsm" texture and right-click on it. On the pop-up menu that appears, choose "Replace Image".

File:Tshirt 06.jpg

• In the file browser that appears, double-click on your T-shirt tint mask DDS file (e.g. m08shirt_tintmask.dds). This will replace the Riven T-shirt tint mask with yours.
• Exit PRP Explorer.

Since we have modified the GlobalClothing pages, we need to recompute the age's checksum. Here are the steps to do this:

• Start PlasmaShop.
• In the list of URU folders...