UDK Cascade flipbooks
Hi all,
hope this is the right forum to ask such questions.
I'm a very beginner and trying to figure out why my flipbooks are not working to create fire in UDK Cascade. If I use pre-made flipbooks, everything works properly. I'm sure I'm missing a step while creating flipbooks.
I downloaded this Fire Set from CGtextures, and created this .tga file in Photoshop(the screenshot shows the pds file with all the layers still un-merged):
I'm not sure if I have to do anything else, I just tried to align them with rulers as good as possible, but if I import it to UDK, create a material and create a new particle system with the proper Sub UV settings, it creates a fire not even close looking to a fire, it's all messed up and doesn't seem to recognize WHERE the first, second, third etc. images start and end.
Any Ideas what I'm doing wrong?
hope this is the right forum to ask such questions.
I'm a very beginner and trying to figure out why my flipbooks are not working to create fire in UDK Cascade. If I use pre-made flipbooks, everything works properly. I'm sure I'm missing a step while creating flipbooks.
I downloaded this Fire Set from CGtextures, and created this .tga file in Photoshop(the screenshot shows the pds file with all the layers still un-merged):
I'm not sure if I have to do anything else, I just tried to align them with rulers as good as possible, but if I import it to UDK, create a material and create a new particle system with the proper Sub UV settings, it creates a fire not even close looking to a fire, it's all messed up and doesn't seem to recognize WHERE the first, second, third etc. images start and end.
Any Ideas what I'm doing wrong?
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I normally have all frames in a folder, for example 001.tga, 002.tga.
Then use photoshop>automate>contact sheet II
This will open a dialog to create a contact sheet. You should navigate to your folder containing your frames.
you'll need to remove any padding and any text, and put in how many frames you want on X and Y (normally 4x4) It'll then say how big your frames will be (often it's 1 px out! but this hasn't caused me any issues) then let it do it's thing, and it should work.
Thanks, will try as soon as I'm home tonight.
Thanks