Guild of Writers

This tutorial will teach you how to replace an existing long T-shirt design with your own custom design.  

Note: this is easier than adding a new design, which is not covered here.

== Preparations ==

 '''CAUTION!'''  You will be modifying the original GlobalClothing 
 age files.  If you make a mistake during this tutorial, you may
 corrupt the game files, preventing URU from running.  So, '''MAKE'''
 '''A BACKUP OF YOUR URU FOLDER!''' (At the very least, make a copy of
 all the GlobalClothing* files within your URU's "dat" folder.) 

Next, you will need to download and install the following software:

* [http://share.hoikas.com/prpex/rv06.zip PRP Explorer v6] (for replacing the textures)
* [http://uru.zrax.net/PlasmaShop/PlasmaShop-2.2.zip PlasmaShop] (for re-computing the GlobalClothing age's sum file)

== Creating Your Own T-Shirt Textures ==

''TO DO: describe how to do this''

For now, you can use the Mysterium 2008 T-shirt textures found in this zip file ([http://www.bergen-hill.com/rtr/data/Mysterium08ShirtTextures.zip Mysterium08ShirtTextures.zip]) for the next step:

* icon_m08shirt.dds (the T-shirt icon that appears in your closet)
* m08shirt.dds (the T-shirt texture)
* m08shirt_tintmask.dds (the mask that tells URU which portions of the shirt can change color)

== Replacing An Existing T-Shirt Design ==

We are going to replace the Riven long T-shirt design for this tutorial.

* Start PRP Explorer v6.
** If it asks you whether you want to unpack and decompyle your Python files, click "No".
* In the list of ages on the left, locate the GlobalClothing age and click on the "+" next to it.  You will see a list of the age's "pages" (or PRP files).
[[Image:tshirt_01.jpg]]
* Locate the "Male" page in the list and click on the "+" next to it. You will see a list of the Male page's object types.
[[Image:tshirt_02.jpg]]
* Locate the "MipMap" object type in the list and click on the "+" next to it.  You will see a list of the MipMap objects (i.e. textures).  Note: since these textures have long names, you will need to move the divider over to the right until you can see the whole name.
[[Image:tshirt_03.jpg]]
* The first texture that we will replace is the Riven T-shirt icon.  Locate the "icon_mtorso_tshirtriven&2A20#0.hsm" texture and right click on it.  On the pop-up menu that appears, choose "Replace Image".
[[Image:tshirt_04.jpg]]
* In the file browser that appears, double-click on your T-shirt icon DDS file (e.g. icon_m08shirt.dds).  This will replace the Riven T-shirt icon with yours.