[TUT] Addin your Own Map Preview Pics

[The Reepr]

Found By Reepr

[Halo 2] Adding Map Preview Pictures

By: Tural


What you will need:
• Mainmenu DDS Slots Patch, by DWells55 (Link)
• Super PPF, by low8 (Link) (Tutorial)
• Ch2r, by XIU (Link)
• Photoshop, by Adobe (Link)
• Photoshop DDS Plugin (Link - Ignore the BitmControll.dll)
• At least some Photoshop knowledge
• Your Halo 2 mainmenu.map


Tutorial:
• Apply DWell55's.sppf file using Super PFF (Tutorial)

• Open Ch2r
• Open the mainmenu.map you applied the patch to
• Navigate to ui\code_global_bitmaps
• Double click multiplayer12.bitm
• Click "Extract" and save the image somewhere

• Open the DDS you just extracted with Photoshop
• Find the preview picture you want, paste it into Photoshop as a new layer
• Now crop the image to the same size as the original (Pic)
• File > Save As
• Select DDS as the file type
• In the DDS format box, select 8:8:8:8 ARGB (32 Bit) as the format
• Select the "No MIP Maps" button
• Save (Pic)

• Go back to Ch2r
• Navigate to ui\code_global_bitmaps again
• Double click multiplayer12.bitm again
• In the dropdown box, select "Old Bitmap Editor"
• Click Inject
• Find your newly created DDS image
• After it says "Texture Successfully Imported" or something to that effect, close Ch2r

[LoFFireyGrave]

i can't find the patch anywhere and i need it!

[David5534]

So much easier to use menu menu menu.

[discgolfer72]

agreed menu menu menu is a great app

here is a link to dl it
Menu_Menu_Menu_1.1.exe - FileFront.com

[redxx]

Yes it is