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Monday, December 29, 2008

Left4Dead: create Transparent animated sprays

Creating static sprays with transparancy

- preperation
1. create new image in photoshop -> 256x256px with transparent background . then you can add any images you want on top of it.
2. save as .png

- Creating static sprays with transparancy
1. download VTF Edit here Nem's Tools [VTFLib - Download - VTFEdit v1.2.5 Full]
2. install VTF Edit.
3. run VTF Edit,
4. File -> Import
5. on"VTF Options", go to "general" tab.
6. uncheck "mipmap",
normal format : DXT 1,
Alpha DXT 5,
texture type : Environment map

click "OK"

7. file -> save as, to save your new spray (.VTF)
8. run L4D and go to multiplayer option touse the spray (press t to spray)

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Creating animated sprays with transparancy

- need to know
max resolution is 256x256pixels. max filesize is about 256kKB. if you exeed on of these, your spray wont be displayed.
if you want to make animated sprays from animated gif, you can split the .gif frame by frame to individual .png.
You can use Ulead GIF animator, Acdsee ad many other apps

Creating animated sprays with transparancy
1. download VTF Edit Nem's Tools [VTFLib - Download - VTFEdit v1.2.5 Full]
2. install VTF Edit.
3. run VTF Edit,
4. File -> Import, then select all the frames.
5. at "VTF Options", go to "general" tab.
6. uncheck "mipmap",
normal format : DXT 1,
Alpha DXT 5,
texture type : animated texture

click "OK"

7. file -> save as, to save your animated sprays
8. run L4D then choose your animated sprays

here some sprays i created
8bit megaman spray (megaman 9)
book of darkness spray (nanoha)

screenshot