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Content creation => Texturing and 2D Art => Topic started by: Bhalandros on February 26, 2017, 06:45:05 pm

Title: Custom textures dissappear at far camera
Post by: Bhalandros on February 26, 2017, 06:45:05 pm

Hello. I've been trying to change one of the demon hunter's tattoos color to blue. It appears perfect on short range (1st Image) but appears weirdly with a little zoom out (2nd image). Also happens for custom skins (i tried to change draenei to red, when you got far it turned black) but no photos of that, I erased it because it didn't work.

Images:
[attachment=1:839usy88]WoWScrnShot_022617_183519.jpg[/attachment:839usy88]
[attachment=0:839usy88]WoWScrnShot_022617_184238.jpg[/attachment:839usy88]

Anyone had this problem and if so, how did you fix it (if at all?)
Thanks in advance to everyone!

Title: Re: Custom textures dissappear at far camera
Post by: Amaroth on February 26, 2017, 08:57:04 pm

Do you use Photoshop BLP plugin, or do you edit textures as PNGs and then convert them to BLP?

Title: Re: Custom textures dissappear at far camera
Post by: Bhalandros on February 27, 2017, 10:03:41 am

PNG and then to BLP with a separate program. I use Paint.net, can't afford Photoshop right now

Title: Re: Custom textures dissappear at far camera
Post by: Amaroth on February 27, 2017, 11:53:14 am

BLPConverter is considered unreliable. You may also have some settings on it wrong (version or whatever else - there are many variables here), but even with all set properly you can always get some random issues when using PNG to BLP conversion overall.

Title: Re: Custom textures dissappear at far camera
Post by: Bhalandros on February 27, 2017, 03:11:47 pm

What should I use then? Any converter that is reliable or do I have to download a Photoshop trial?

Title: Re: Custom textures dissappear at far camera
Post by: Amaroth on February 27, 2017, 05:37:55 pm

Photoshop is the only clean way around. You should be fine with PNG to BLP conversions, but they just might not sometimes work for 100%.

Title: Re: Custom textures dissappear at far camera
Post by: Bhalandros on February 27, 2017, 09:16:31 pm

Hey, I got a trial of photoshop, it asks me for compression and alpha depth, what do I choose?

Title: Re: Custom textures dissappear at far camera
Post by: Bhalandros on February 27, 2017, 11:27:20 pm

Did this with default options, this is a thing now. Will test the rest of options tomorrow
[attachment=0:325d5nol]WoWScrnShot_022717_232511.jpg[/attachment:325d5nol]
Thanks though