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   User_1205226

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   03 June 2014, 4:10PM

   Here what I did for texture:
   Open bb05.dds
   Open Your image, resize it as the same measure as bb05.dds
   Paste Your image over the bb05.dds in my graphic program. Flatten image.
   Save it as Orion.dds DXT1
   
   Now the Normal map is still the one from the bb05 - the bb05_n.dds
   
   Either you make a proper normal map to match your degradation.
   or you remake you texture using the Vanilla normal map as guide.
   
   Then you would Open a copy of a billboard and link the texture to it.
   
   http://www.mediafire.com/download/win009jk92atg2y/Orion.dds
   
   You are welcome.
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      RileyEvan

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      04 June 2014, 12:14AM

      You've been more helpful then I can possibly say. When my work is done, you're definitely going to be in my list of thanks.
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   Enderverse

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   03 June 2014, 11:21AM

   If you have GIMP (it's free) you'll have to find and download the GIMP dds plugin (https://code.google.com/p/gimp-dds/downloads/list) and follow the instructions to install it into GIMP. Then, load this up in GIMP.
   Go to File>Export...
   The Name field MUST end in .dds, like "inserttexturenamehere.dds"
   The dropdown menu at the bottom right should be changed to "DDS image (*.dds)". Hit Export and a new menu will pop up. For Compression, choose between BC1/DXT1, BC2/DXT3, or BC3/DXT5 (I don't know the differences really, just that these ones will work. I usually use the last one).
   For Mipmaps, choose "Generate mipmaps" and hit OK. Done.
   I use GIMP 2.8.6, but I'm sure the plugin works for newer and some older versions. If you use Photoshop, the dds function is already built in I believe and so the process should generally be the same, perhaps even easier (I'd google it). Good luck, I'm a noob modder so trust me at your own risk.