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backdrop image tutorial

batuta
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Post by batuta » Sun Jan 24, 2021 3:13 pm

Hello, I am looking for a tutorial that will teach me how to prepare, for example, an image downloaded from the internet as a nebula and use it as a background.
Thanks a lot.

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Post by Ace Antilles » Tue Feb 23, 2021 3:13 pm

batuta wrote:
Sun Jan 24, 2021 3:13 pm
Hello, I am looking for a tutorial that will teach me how to prepare, for example, an image downloaded from the internet as a nebula and use it as a background.
Thanks a lot.
I can't give you a full tutorial but a quick reply.
Create an image up to 512x512. Save it as a png if it has transparency. Add it to a dat file as Format25.

Take a look in the XWA folder at Readme\Upgrades\SuperBackdropPatchv3.1_Readme.pdf

There's a lot of info in there. Also look at the Planet.dat files with the XWA Dat Explorer and Editor from the XwaToolsDownloader on the Download page.
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Post by batuta » Tue Feb 23, 2021 4:37 pm

Thank you very much

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