samurai armor

LordRevan88 · #1 (**permalink**) 08-10-2007, 10:46 PM

alright i just bought the game and it is really fun i have the collectors edition and i started my game a fighter elf and wanted to be a samurai well i bought the armor and was seriously let down that green armor is crap imo then when i got the mission to hunt down Hidea Ashuga i seen his armor and was wondering if there was any way to change the armor that you can wear to that one. if not how can i retexture the samurai armor to be more of my liking. i probably sound like a total noob but im new so dont be to hard on me

swordsman5 · #2 (**permalink**) 08-11-2007, 08:50 AM

I don't think you can re-texture the armour, this game is no-where near as moddable as many others, looking at the main parts of the armour, i.e. for torso and legs...it looks to me like all the different sets are really recoloured body skins, and not a separate item which is worn over the the body mesh. (for instance, how the hell would nipples protrude through plate mail???

It certainly doesn't look that cold in the game!

)

I would have thought that there would have been a fair amount of discussion on modding the game if it was possible, but there is virtually nothing on any of the forums. The only thing out there appears to be the character editor.

LordRevan88 · #3 (**permalink**) 08-11-2007, 03:02 PM

well that could be why i couldnt find anything but someone has done some reskins of a lotta the females to make them more revealing but i cant find were to locate the textures themselves, and for some reason my game had a glitch i went to the house of the tiger to become a samurai and after beating the ronin i went back to the tiger then received the samurai class , then after going back to fargrove i went the house of the dragon and got the same mission to defeat the ronin again i went killed him and came back it awarded me the samurai class again. then i got the quest to find the master before the assassins attack him. it was very weird.

kathycf · #4 (**permalink**) 08-11-2007, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by swordsman5

I don't think you can re-texture the armour, this game is no-where near as moddable as many others, looking at the main parts of the armour, i.e. for torso and legs...it looks to me like all the different sets are really recoloured body skins, and not a separate item which is worn over the the body mesh. ...

Retexturing armor is extremely easy to do with a graphics editor as body armor items are in bmp form. I have had no luck with shoulders and helms.

I redid several sets for mostly females, but also some stuff for males as well. Not really to make the armor more "revealing", but to add some variety to the looks or make the armor less "dowdy" looking.

As for "real" modding, well no...Dungeon Lords is not very mod friendly at all. No tools or anything, so making completely new (not re-textured) armor/spells/weapons is out of the question unfortunately.

Armor for each playable character is in it's own folder in the grn texture folder. So, for example I would go to the--
C:\Program Files\Dreamcatcher\Dungeon Lords\grn_texture\pchf

--folder if I wanted to change armor textures for females....elven females only get a couple of things specific to them, otherwise all females (elf or human) share in a pool of items. The same goes for human and elf males. The rest of the folders are specific to each race as only elves and humans have male and female.

I made a tutorial for people who wanted to use the items I made....this tutorial on where to put things would clear up any confusion for someone who wanted to make their own stuff but couldn't find the folder(s). That tutorial is within this thread: http://www.gamebanshee.com/forums/du...ins-83472.html

LordRevan88 · #5 (**permalink**) 08-11-2007, 05:14 PM

hey thanks i found the folder now and i have photoshop and some texturing skills, so to get them to show on a male elf which files would i need to edit? thanks again to both of you. i did notice a models folder has anyone tinkered with them before?

War-Wiz · #6 (**permalink**) 08-11-2007, 07:50 PM

Those model files can't be altered without the Granny 3d program AFAIK. Kinda pricey eh?

You can copy or rename files to alter your characters appearance though. Check the last couple of pages of the screen shot thread to find out how to do this.

Da Wiz

LordRevan88 · #7 (**permalink**) 08-12-2007, 12:07 PM

ah that could be why i didnt recognize the file extension. im used to seeing gmax files for kotor and other games that are mod able. um i feel stupid asking this but where is the screenshot thread i cant seem to find it?

nvm i found it forgot what a search was lol