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GI-Jimbo

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Finding a texture Cast a spell
« on: 2010-07-25 23:52:25 »
I was trying to locate the texture for the "casting" texture but I can't seem to find it. The limit texture is easily found in the Final Fantasy VII folder but I can't seem to find the yellow casting one. Also when I find it I was wondering if it would be possible to make the magic casting texture a different texture then the summon casting one. I do recall the summoning one having other things in it but I believe it did use the same yellow texture. If anyone can help me locate either of these or know If what I stated before is even possible I would really appreciate it.

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nfitc1

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Re: Finding a texture Cast a spell
« Reply #1 on: 2010-07-26 11:49:58 »
I think you're looking for one (or more of) seffect1.tex - seffect3.tex. But since the game uses them so often it is left uncompressed in the data\battle folder.
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GI-Jimbo

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Re: Finding a texture Cast a spell
« Reply #2 on: 2010-07-26 14:34:08 »
Thanks for your help but now I can't seem to find a program that will open those files. I tried img2tex but that keeps giving me error 9. Any ideas?
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Re: Finding a texture Cast a spell
« Reply #3 on: 2010-07-26 22:10:34 »
Your opening the .tex files inside the magic.lgp right? Why is it not working? Try biturn.
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sithlord48

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Re: Finding a texture Cast a spell
« Reply #4 on: 2010-07-26 22:20:22 »
Quote from: GI-Jimbo on 2010-07-26 14:34:08
Thanks for your help but now I can't seem to find a program that will open those files. I tried img2tex but that keeps giving me error 9. Any ideas?

you can get a picture of the texture from the construction sheet
seffects1 seffects2 seffects3

see....
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Re: Finding a texture Cast a spell
« Reply #5 on: 2010-07-27 06:17:44 »
Dang how did I miss this one for so long.  Tech Support is for getting the game running.  Not questions about lgp files.   Moved, warned, hooray.
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GI-Jimbo

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Re: Finding a texture Cast a spell
« Reply #6 on: 2010-07-27 06:35:12 »
I can't win lol. I actually thought about which place I should post it too because I really dislike the watched thing by my name. Don't worry buddy I will get it sooner or later. I'm learning.
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obesebear

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Re: Finding a texture Cast a spell
« Reply #7 on: 2010-07-27 06:36:26 »
No worries, if you aren't sure where something goes feel free to ask, or just throw it in completely unrelated... you can't go wrong there ;)
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GI-Jimbo

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Re: Finding a texture Cast a spell
« Reply #8 on: 2010-07-27 06:40:31 »
That really is good to know thanks a lot and I really appreciate you being generous tonight hah it makes me feel a little better especially since I had a terrible past few days. Just got my wisdom teeth out I guess I could blame the pain killers on why I can't post right haha.
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nfitc1

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Re: Finding a texture Cast a spell
« Reply #9 on: 2010-07-27 11:55:03 »
Quote from: sithlord48 on 2010-07-26 22:20:22
you can get a picture of the texture from the construction sheet
seffects1 seffects2 seffects3

see....

Those are just the first of the 20+ palettes in each file. You'll need lots more images than just those to get all the effects.
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GI-Jimbo

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Re: Finding a texture Cast a spell
« Reply #10 on: 2010-07-27 15:48:16 »
I'm sorry but I really don't know what the construction sheet is. I found those images in the textures folder once but they all look green like the ones you showed me. I only want to change the yellow casting thing but if you are telling me all those green things in seffect much be changed I will give it a shot.
« Last Edit: 2010-07-27 17:48:48 by GI-Jimbo »
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Re: Finding a texture Cast a spell
« Reply #11 on: 2010-07-27 22:36:17 »
Quote from: GI-Jimbo on 2010-07-27 15:48:16
I'm sorry but I really don't know what the construction sheet is. I found those images in the textures folder once but they all look green like the ones you showed me. I only want to change the yellow casting thing but if you are telling me all those green things in seffect much be changed I will give it a shot.

It's just the palette that needs to be changed then. The shapes will all have to stay the same unless you want to change the shape of ALL of them.
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Re: Finding a texture Cast a spell
« Reply #12 on: 2010-07-27 22:49:21 »
Quote from: NFITC1 on 2010-07-27 22:36:17
Quote from: GI-Jimbo on 2010-07-27 15:48:16
I'm sorry but I really don't know what the construction sheet is. I found those images in the textures folder once but they all look green like the ones you showed me. I only want to change the yellow casting thing but if you are telling me all those green things in seffect much be changed I will give it a shot.

It's just the palette that needs to be changed then. The shapes will all have to stay the same unless you want to change the shape of ALL of them.

Not really, you could change shapes on just the ones you wanted to. The thing with those textures is not all image data is used with every single pallete swap.
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Re: Finding a texture Cast a spell
« Reply #13 on: 2010-07-27 23:01:31 »
What determines the colour of the palette when, say, a summon rather than spell is used?
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sithlord48

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Re: Finding a texture Cast a spell
« Reply #14 on: 2010-07-27 23:21:47 »
I thought it just applied the palette at runtime. perhaps by using an index for the color data(like some formats allow)
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Re: Finding a texture Cast a spell
« Reply #15 on: 2010-07-27 23:24:26 »
Nope, all the palletes are hardcoded into the tex file. The game just calls whichever one it needs at the time.
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