Yeah it always worked for me but now i used to make textures and other stuff with Photoshop CS2 so now i am a little stuck cause my settings aint the way they were and i kind a forgot what was the settings for cod 2 menu background pictures,

I created a picture that is 2048x512 and i am using DXT5 Interpolated Alpha and no MIP maps so i got the picture the way it should be all i need now is to know what settings to use to make it work? i know where to place it how to convert and everything with the .dds and .iwi and such.

Like most of you heard i am making Cod 2 Vietnam mod i made everything in the menu all now i need is those settings for photoshop i could add the Vietnam Background for cod 2 :) then it will be mostly mapping/some modding left for BETA release.

i have images folder in my mod and i just place the background_american_w.iwi in it and it should work but when i start the mod it just goes to desktop then back to game ad it should show the menu but all it shows is black screen... little confused here first time ran into this kind of stuff

Anyone please? its same as Skinning or making Textures and all u need to tell me is what settings i use

Well i did all the progress iwi2dds then then i opened it with out mipmaps tried also with mipmaps then after i edit i save it as .dds file and i tried all these settings:

DXT1 no alpha - MIP maps
DXT1 no alpha - no MIP maps

DXT1 1 bit alpha - MIP maps
DXT1 1 bit alpha - no MIP maps

DXT5 interpolated alpha - MIP maps
DXT5 interpolated alpha - no MIP maps


So witch of these settings should it be?? i always use
DXT5 Interpolated alpha - no MIP maps for other cods and for texturing, but cod 2 is somehow different. I don't know why it doesn't work.

so i place the background_american_w.iwi to my zzz_vietnam.iwd in images folder but in game once i launch the mod i dont get the menu background idk why? It doesn't even launch menu when i start it all i get is black screen, idk why with out the background_american_w.iwi file my mod works fine...

My image is 2048x512 Size i made it like in the tutorial cause my own things didn't work so i tried the tutorial still dont work.

I am using Photoshop CS2 i got iwi2dds dds2iwi modelexporter modelimporter pakscape zip winrar i mean i got everything to do anything based on call of duty artistic stuff and cod mapping stuff,

I know how to use asset manager i know compile tools i do mean all of it. It is first time i ran into this problem.

Can you find the default backgrounds? You could look at their properties and find out that way I believe.

I cannot know original background settings only the pixels and size of file but i tried both normal image size witch is 1024x512 and i used the double sized like on tutorial 2048x512 witch picture on right and black on left, all i need is for you to try to create your background and see what settings you use with photoshop to make it work, witch DXT and with or without MIP maps.

All i need is to get this background of mine working and then all i need is to make 1 Vietnam Map! and then i can test the mod and even probably release BETA

Just find out what works for yourself.

I don't even have CoD2 installed and it's the same amount of work for anyone else as it is for you. Just save it however many times for each possible setting then try each one at a time.

Yeah but i did and it doesn't work.

I have a folder called zzz_vietnam in my call of duty 2 directory and inside that folder i have zzz_vietnam.iwd and i have all my mod files inside that file like sounds folder and xmodel folder everything but once i place the background_american_w.iwi inside zzz_vietnam.iwd images folder i go to cod2mp and i have a mod that allows me to select mods like in cod4 or codwaw so once i select my mod it goes to desktop then loads back to game with my mod but all i see is BLACK SCREEN.... i mean why i got a normal file like i said i tried with 1024x512 and 2048x512 pixel sized files neither work but if i remove/delete the background_american_w.iwi from the mod images folder then it loads up the menu and everything works fine i can play the mod and everything so that is what i dont Understand,

It used to work in cod4 with the background and then i used DXT5 interpolated alpha - no MIP maps.

This may help;

http://modsonline.com/Tutorials-read-393.html

By background do you mean Menus? Or Load screens for maps? Either way its going to 1024*1024 i imagine and DTX1 is fine unless alpha is required.

MrDeanie -
thank you but no thank you, I just edit original background image and that's all then it should work once it is in images folder but it doesn't it used to work before so i tried the tutorial for double the size of image and it doesn't work either,



Zeroy -
I mean "Main Menu Background Image" the original one is called background_american_w.iwi and it is 1024x512 pixels but i edit it and it should work it does not that is why i tried tutorial for double the size 2048x512 and using left half as image and right half as black,

Neither work,