Stickers??

[tomxp411]

How do I create a custom sticker for my car? Can anyone point me to the right place? The stickers I created for my original TrackMania car don't work in TM2...

[Balmung]

The Stickers self must Name "Sticker.tga" (with Alpha) and have a "Icon.dds" (Size 64x64 DXT1 no Alpha) on its side and both must saved in "\ManiaPlanet\Media\Painter\Stickers\StickerName\"

[tomxp411]

Awesome. I will try that tonight.

Thank you.

[Antlions]

Can someone help me figure out what's wrong with my sticker? It doesn't show up in the list in-game. I've tried all sorts of things - turning on RLE compression, putting it in a .zip, even capitalisation on the file names. I had the folder in ManiaPlanet\Media\Painter\Stickers, with the folder containing the .tga and the DXT1 .dds file. It might just be something obvious I'm missing.

Here's a download for the .zip containing the folder with the .tga and .dds
http://filesmelt.com/dl/Cancer.zip

[Balmung]

The Stickers self must Name "Sticker.tga" (with Alpha) and have a "Icon.dds" (Size 64x64 DXT1 no Alpha) on its side and both must saved in "\ManiaPlanet\Media\Painter\Stickers\StickerName\"

Your Sticker is named "Cancer.tga"...

[Antlions]

The Stickers self must Name "Sticker.tga" (with Alpha) and have a "Icon.dds" (Size 64x64 DXT1 no Alpha) on its side and both must saved in "\ManiaPlanet\Media\Painter\Stickers\StickerName\"

Your Sticker is named "Cancer.tga"...

Oh, right. I knew it would be something stupid. Thanks.

[GittyRivers]

The Stickers self must Name "Sticker.tga" (with Alpha) and have a "Icon.dds" (Size 64x64 DXT1 no Alpha) on its side and both must saved in "\ManiaPlanet\Media\Painter\Stickers\StickerName\"

I really need help understanding. I did put your car paint editor in easy though..

I don't know what: with Alpha means? I have made a folder in Painter\Sticker.tga\namesticker.tga
I am trying to do this with Irfanview ( was able to convert some .jpg's to .tga's) so I can make some 64x64 icons, should their file name be >Icon.dds and do I put them one with each sticker and each in its own folder? What is DXT1 no Alpha? mean?

[Balmung]

Congratulation, you did wrong what you can do wrong. XD

1. "\ManiaPlanet\Media\Painter\Stickers\StickerName\" example: "\ManiaPlanet\Media\Painter\Stickers\MyTestSticker\Sticker.tga" and "\ManiaPlanet\Media\Painter\Stickers\MyTestSticker\Icon.dds" ... "MayTestSticker" = any Name you want for one Sticker, all other must named like it is, create another folder for another Sticker.

2. forget Irfanview, you need a Image Editor like GIMP (free) or Photoshop to create a Alpha Channel for the tga and to create a Icon.dds file.

3. all other... use Google what a Alpha Channel is and how you create it with an Image Editor, same like the DDS File Format.

[GittyRivers]

Thanks again Balmung I will keep at it with your info