I've been trying to figure out how to edit the graphics that are used when you pick up an item that is added to your inventory. In game you can see an icon, but if you open the file in Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro, it appears as a white square. How do I view what the game is seeing in these files?
(http://i.imgur.com/5SHtjmc.jpg)
What you see in game can be found in the alpha channel of the .tga
Thanks, these programs don't seem to handle Targa files like they should.
Photoshop does, it's not like Gimp though, if that's what you've used in the past. It's a separate color layer I believe.
I haven't used GIMP in quite a while. When I upgraded Photoshop to a newer version it stopped handling TGA properly. Areas that are supposed to be transparent will appear white as though the layer has been forced to be a background, but it only does this when saving out as TGA. If I save the file out as PSD and then use a website to convert it to TGA, the problem goes away.
Wouldn't make sense for Photoshop to not support TGA alpha's (unless the charge extra for that feature now). Do a search online to see how to do it.
I've heard others complain about it in years past. I don't think it's intentional but rather a bug in how it handles them.