[Mod Request] Kaer Morhen Enhaced Textures

[Nichenstein23]

[Mod Request] Kaer Morhen Enhaced Textures

Can anyone confirm if the following .tga filese are editable ? cooked\environment\architecture\human\kaer_morhen\kaer_morhen_exterior\exterior_textures or cooked\environment\architecture\human\kaer_morhen\ any tga or mesh filese. Has anyone been able to work with them?
So far i could uncook/extract edit files and pack them in to a mod with a few errors but nothing changes when testing it.

Have been trying for several attempts to make a Kaer Morhen Enhanced Textures Mod but its never working.

 

[arz0]

Just tested, and i have been able to edit said textures and have them show up in game.

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Are you sure that you are importing your edited .tga textures into an .xbm format, and then creating a texture cache before packing?
You cant just take your edited .tga files and pack them.
When finished you should have 3 files in your mod's content folder called;

texture.cache
metadata.store
blob0.bundle

 

[Nichenstein23]

Thank you for testing it !
I am currently using W3 Oven and imports all mod files automatically.
And i do get in the packed folder texture.cahe metdata.store blob0.bundle

Can you please elaborate a bit what you did and how you managed?

 

[arz0]

I personally dont use any of the pre made modding tools, such as w3 oven.
I use my own workspace that i made myself, and therefore i don't know how helpful i can be.

I run a program called directory opus, which allows me to set up custom buttons, which i have assigned to custom batch scripts.

Spoiler

Here are these batch scripts, which shouldn't be unfamiliar, if you know the modkit commands.

@leavedoswindowopen
@externalonly
echo on
cd /d D:\ModKit\modkit_tools\bin\x64
call wcc_lite export -depot=D:\ModKit\Workspace\raw_uncooked\ -file={filepath} -out={filepath|ext=tga}

@externalonly
@leavedoswindowopen
echo on
cd /d D:\ModKit\modkit_tools\bin\x64
call wcc_lite import -depot=D:\ModKit\Workspace\raw_uncooked\ -file={filepath} -out={sourcepath}{file|ext=xbm}

@leavedoswindowopen
echo on
cd /d D:\ModKit\modkit_tools\bin\x64
call wcc_lite cook -platform=pc -mod="{filepath}" -basedir="{filepath}" -outdir=D:\ModKit\Workspace\mods_cooked\"{file}"
call wcc_lite buildcache textures -basedir="{filepath}" -platform=pc -db=D:\ModKit\Workspace\mods_cooked\{file}\cook.db -out=D:\ModKit\Workspace\mods_finished\mod"{file}"\content\texture.cache
call wcc_lite pack -dir=D:\ModKit\Workspace\mods_cooked\"{file}" -outdir=D:\ModKit\Workspace\mods_finished\mod"{file}"\content\
call wcc_lite metadatastore -path=D:\ModKit\Workspace\mods_finished\mod"{file}"\content\

Where you see {filepath} or {file} is a opus specific variable, that substitutes in the directory/filename/path of what i have selected in the explorer window into the batch script.

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You have to be careful, some of the texture file's names can cause problems, unless you put them in quotes.

For example the file:
kaer_morhen_floor_array.texarray.texture_0.xbm

if not put in quotes, wcc_lite will read it as:
kaer_morhen_floor_array.texarray

which is a different file altogether, so it throws an error.


In the end you should have something that looks like this:

D:\ModKit\Workspace\mods_projects>cd /d D:\ModKit\modkit_tools\bin\x64

D:\ModKit\modkit_tools\bin\x64>call wcc_lite cook -platform=pc -mod=D:\ModKit\Workspace\mods_projects\WallTexture\ -basedir=D:\ModKit\Workspace\mods_projects\WallTexture\ -outdir=D:\ModKit\Workspace\mods_cooked\WallTexture
[2017.06.29 17:48:46][Info][WCC] Starting commandlet 'cook'
[2017.06.29 17:48:46][Info][WCC] ---------------------------------------------------------------
[2017.06.29 17:48:46][Info][WCC] Custom base directory set to 'D:\ModKit\Workspace\mods_projects\WallTexture\'
[2017.06.29 17:48:46][Info][WCC] Found 1 files in mod directory 'D:\ModKit\Workspace\mods_projects\WallTexture\'
[2017.06.29 17:48:46][Info][WCC] Cooker OUTPUT PATH override to 'D:\ModKit\Workspace\mods_cooked\WallTexture\'
[2017.06.29 17:48:46][Info][WCC] Loading cooker data base...
[2017.06.29 17:48:46][Warning][WCC] Failed to load existing cooking data base from 'D:\ModKit\Workspace\mods_cooked\WallTexture\cook.db'. New one will be generated.
[2017.06.29 17:48:46][Info][WCC] Found 1 files in the initial cooking list
Pass 0, cooked 1 files in 0.03s
[2017.06.29 17:48:46][Info][WCC] Cooker data base saved in 0.00s (1 entries, 0.00 MB)
[2017.06.29 17:48:46][Info][WCC] Cooking finished in 0.03s
[2017.06.29 17:48:46][Info][WCC] Cooked 1 files in total
[2017.06.29 17:48:46][Info][WCC] Total loading time: 0.00s
[2017.06.29 17:48:46][Info][WCC] Total saving time: 0.00s
[2017.06.29 17:48:46][Info][WCC] Total cooking time: 0.00s (1 objects)
[2017.06.29 17:48:46][Info][WCC] Per class cooking stats (1 classes):
[2017.06.29 17:48:46][Info][WCC]   0.000s: CBitmapTexture (1 objects)
[2017.06.29 17:48:46][Info][WCC] Cooker data base saved in 0.00s (1 entries, 0.00 MB)
[2017.06.29 17:48:46][Info][WCC] ---------------------------------------------------------------

D:\ModKit\modkit_tools\bin\x64>call wcc_lite buildcache textures -basedir=D:\ModKit\Workspace\mods_projects\WallTexture\ -platform=pc -db=D:\ModKit\Workspace\mods_cooked\WallTexture\cook.db -out=D:\ModKit\Workspace\mods_finished\modWallTexture\content\texture.cache
[2017.06.29 17:49:06][Info][WCC] Starting commandlet 'buildcache'
[2017.06.29 17:49:06][Info][WCC] ---------------------------------------------------------------
[2017.06.29 17:49:06][Info][WCC] Remapped depot directory to 'D:\ModKit\Workspace\mods_projects\WallTexture\'
[2017.06.29 17:49:06][Info][WCC] Loading cooker data base...
[2017.06.29 17:49:06][Info][WCC] Parsing cooker data base...
[2017.06.29 17:49:06][Info][WCC] Parsed 1 existing entries from cooker data base in 0.00s
[2017.06.29 17:49:06][Info][WCC] Found 1 files to process
[2017.06.29 17:49:06][Info][WCC] Processing 'environment\architecture\human\kaer_morhen\kaer_morhen_interior\textures\kaer_morhen_interior_window.xbm'...
[2017.06.29 17:49:06][Info][WCC] Flushing texture cache...
[2017.06.29 17:49:06][Info][WCC] Texture cache closed
[2017.06.29 17:49:06][Info][WCC] ---------------------------------------------------------------

D:\ModKit\modkit_tools\bin\x64>call wcc_lite pack -dir=D:\ModKit\Workspace\mods_cooked\WallTexture -outdir=D:\ModKit\Workspace\mods_finished\modWallTexture\content\
[2017.06.29 17:49:24][Info][WCC] Starting commandlet 'pack'
[2017.06.29 17:49:24][Info][WCC] ---------------------------------------------------------------
[2017.06.29 17:49:24][Info][WCC] Compressing 'environment\architecture\human\kaer_morhen\kaer_morhen_interior\textures\kaer_morhen_interior_window.xbm'...
[2017.06.29 17:49:24][Info][WCC] Bundle 'D:\ModKit\Workspace\mods_finished\modWallTexture\content\blob0.bundle' saved, 1 files, 8.00 KB of data
[2017.06.29 17:49:24][Info][WCC] ---------------------------------------------------------------

D:\ModKit\modkit_tools\bin\x64>call wcc_lite metadatastore -path=D:\ModKit\Workspace\mods_finished\modWallTexture\content\
[2017.06.29 17:49:44][Info][WCC] Starting commandlet 'metadatastore'
[2017.06.29 17:49:44][Info][WCC] ---------------------------------------------------------------
[2017.06.29 17:49:44][Info][WCC] Bundle input directory: 'D:\ModKit\Workspace\mods_finished\modWallTexture\content\'
[2017.06.29 17:49:44][Info][WCC] Store output path: 'D:\ModKit\Workspace\mods_finished\modWallTexture\content\metadata.store'
[2017.06.29 17:49:44][Info][WCC] Loaded 1 bundles with 1 entries
[2017.06.29 17:49:44][Info][WCC] Ignored censorship for 0 files
[2017.06.29 17:49:44][Info][WCC] Analyzing buffers....
[2017.06.29 17:49:44][Info][WCC] Number of buffers: 0
[2017.06.29 17:49:44][Info][WCC] Number of files with buffers: 0
[2017.06.29 17:49:44][Info][WCC] Max buffer ID: 0
[2017.06.29 17:49:44][Info][WCC] Exported 0.22 KB of text (discardable)
[2017.06.29 17:49:44][Info][WCC] Exported 1 bundles (0.05 KB)
[2017.06.29 17:49:44][Info][WCC] Exported 1 entries (0.04 KB)
[2017.06.29 17:49:44][Info][WCC] Exported 1 files (0.06 KB)
[2017.06.29 17:49:44][Info][WCC] Created 0 buffers (0.00 KB)
[2017.06.29 17:49:44][Info][WCC] Created 0.08 KB in initialization data
[2017.06.29 17:49:44][Info][WCC]   Bundle blob0.bundle:
[2017.06.29 17:49:44][Info][WCC]     NumEntries: 1
[2017.06.29 17:49:44][Info][WCC]     NumBuffers: 0
[2017.06.29 17:49:44][Info][WCC]     NumResources: 1 (0 owning buffers)
[2017.06.29 17:49:44][Info][WCC]     TotalDataSize: 0.81 KB
[2017.06.29 17:49:44][Info][WCC]     BurstDataSize: 7.66 KB
[2017.06.29 17:49:44][Info][WCC] -------------------------------------------------------
[2017.06.29 17:49:44][Info][WCC] -- Per extension stats for normal files
[2017.06.29 17:49:44][Info][WCC] -------------------------------------------------------
[2017.06.29 17:49:44][Info][WCC]    xbm: 1 files, 0.00 MB -> 0.00 MB (ratio: 0.792)
[2017.06.29 17:49:44][Info][WCC] -------------------------------------------------------
[2017.06.29 17:49:44][Info][WCC] -------------------------------------------------------
[2017.06.29 17:49:44][Info][WCC] -- Compression statistics for xbm
[2017.06.29 17:49:44][Info][WCC] -------------------------------------------------------
[2017.06.29 17:49:44][Info][WCC]   lz4hc: 1 files, 0.00MB -> 0.00MB (ratio: 0.792)
[2017.06.29 17:49:44][Info][WCC] -------------------------------------------------------
[2017.06.29 17:49:44][Info][WCC] -------------------------------------------------------
[2017.06.29 17:49:44][Info][WCC] -- Per extension stats for buffer files
[2017.06.29 17:49:44][Info][WCC] -------------------------------------------------------
[2017.06.29 17:49:44][Info][WCC] -------------------------------------------------------
[2017.06.29 17:49:44][Info][WCC] -------------------------------------------------------
[2017.06.29 17:49:44][Info][WCC] -- Compression statistics for totals
[2017.06.29 17:49:44][Info][WCC] -------------------------------------------------------
[2017.06.29 17:49:44][Info][WCC]   lz4hc: 1 files, 0.00MB -> 0.00MB (ratio: 0.792)
[2017.06.29 17:49:44][Info][WCC] -------------------------------------------------------
[2017.06.29 17:49:44][Info][WCC] Building the metadata store took 0.1 sec ( 1 bundles, 1 file entries )
[2017.06.29 17:49:44][Info][WCC] ---------------------------------------------------------------

D:\ModKit\modkit_tools\bin\x64>

The way i did it is:

1) Create a new folder for this particular mod, in my "mods_projects" directory.
2) Copy over the .tga file from my uncooked folder into that new folder, with the folder structure.
3) Edit the texture (i use photoshop)
4) Now I in my case i just click the file and chose "Import (.tga)" from that menu.
5) Now i have an .xbm file in that same folder.
6) I click on the folder i created for this mod, at the base of the folder tree, and select, "cook and pack (inc texture cache)"
7) And once that finished i go to my "mods_finished" folder and i'll have a finished mod.