NASCAR 09 Custom Car Thread

[chippyr]

My friend made this car for me in NR2003, so i Changed it to fit the template for nascar 09. Took me 5 hours and I still want to make it better. But anyway, here it is.

[avrbas]

Quote: Originally Posted by GJEM

Sorry avrbas I'm still kinda confused with this part. Do I just search for DDS Converter 2 and download it? so PSD will work or...?

http://files.filefront.com/DDS+Conve.../fileinfo.html Thats where I d/l DDS Converter 2.

You need that if your Photoshop or other paint program does not save .dds (I have Photoshop 7 and .dds is not listed in the format dropdown). Below is a step-by-step on converting a psd file to dds, hopefully it helps anyone else wondering how to do it. Really make sure DXT1 is clicked and Build mipmaps is not clicked (Under Options); Paint Booth will come back with an error and list those as possible reasons



So after you finished the convert, you're good to go to load up on your EA Locker. Hopefully that helps out and you can now load your custom car you've made, if not I'll try to help out the best I can

[GJEM]

Thanks for the quick tutorial I was able to upload it.

[GJEM]

Sorry for the streaky pics I have a Canon Rebel XT but this was the only setting I could take a pic on w/o the flash so bare with me but you get the point the car came out pretty good IMO.

[Scott]

Quote: Originally Posted by GJEM

Sorry for the streaky pics I have a Canon Rebel XT but this was the only setting I could take a pic on w/o the flash so bare with me but you get the point the car came out pretty good IMO. http://ourhealthcommunity.com/PhotoA...up_car_003.jpg http://ourhealthcommunity.com/PhotoA...up_car_004.jpg http://ourhealthcommunity.com/PhotoA...up_car_005.jpg http://ourhealthcommunity.com/PhotoA...up_car_002.jpg I would have just posted the pics but there just a tad to big and I didn't feel like going in and resizing them all.

Great job on that.

[GJEM]

Quote: Originally Posted by Scott

Great job on that.

Thanks that was my first ever shot at it I know I'll get better but it came out pretty good for my first try. The car looks way better then the pictures show I put a lot of detail in the paint that's more "Ghost" like and under certain lighting conditions you'll see them pop up here and there it's really cool to have a glare down a straight away or around a corner and see different images and designs pop out.

[avrbas]

Quote: Originally Posted by GJEM

Thanks for the quick tutorial I was able to upload it.

Very cool! Glad it worked out and I was able to help

I just noticed, make sure you turn off the Reference Layer (Purple, 1st in the Layer window) or you'll get the grid lines to show up in-game. Can't wait to see what else ya got

[Jeffrey99]

Quote: Originally Posted by GJEM

In your opinion what's the easiest program to use for this feature? I'm sure some of you have only used one program so that's a difficult question to answer but I have Photoshop but for some reason I'm having a tough time with it, I just can't seem to get anything to look good and I went to upload one I did that was alright I guess just to get used to the process and found out I can't save it in the proper format .dds wasn't an option . Then I said well I'll try Paint.net and then couldn't download it, all I got was a page full of code. Any help guys would be great. Thanks

The big program now is Photoshop but I myself use paint shop pro. Thats what I started out on. Paint.net is also ok, just not as easy for me to get from point a to point b. Since Paint Shop Pro doesn't have a save as dds option, I have to use Paint.net to convert the image to upload to ea servers.

[csujd]

This is my first attempt at doing this. It's of course a Denver Bronco car.

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k1...mplate-1-1.jpg

[Limadawg]

Quote: Originally Posted by Jeffrey99

The big program now is Photoshop but I myself use paint shop pro. Thats what I started out on. Paint.net is also ok, just not as easy for me to get from point a to point b. Since Paint Shop Pro doesn't have a save as dds option, I have to use Paint.net to convert the image to upload to ea servers.

I use paint shop pro also and found a dds plugin for it online. I just save the job as dds right in paint shop pro and it works great.

Just looked around and found the plugin for ya if you wanna give it a try. Just download the file below and place it in the plugins folder in paint shop pro located in program files. I'm pretty sure thats all I had to do, it's been a while since I installed it.

When you save as dds in psp a window will pop up. In the save format box click on NO ALPHA(DXT1), then right below that in the mip maps box clock on NO MIP MAPS, then click the save button in the save format box. Then ok for anything else that pops up.
Good luck!

http://www.box.net/shared/r0684df8kw