• 11Apr 08

  How to Make Custom Badges and Banners for Dawn of War and All of its Expansions

  This is how to make banners and badges for Dawn of War.

  Note: I did not write this, i give full credit to the moders union.

  STEP 2 - THE SIZE: Make
  sure that the picture for your banner is 64x96 pixels (64x64 for
  badges). This is deserves its own step because if it's a single pixel
  off, the game won't recognize it and you'll never find it.

  STEP 3 - THE FORMAT: Now
  that you've got the picture you like, it's time to turn the picture
  into a .tga. You will need some form of picture editing software in
  order to do this. If you've got Photoshop, more power to you, Mr.
  Moneybags. For those of us paupers without, I recommend the Gnu Image
  Manipulation Program, or GIMP at http://www.gimp.org/.
  You'll need to download a runtime environment, but that's alright, it
  doesn't affect your system. Now that you've got the necessary programs,
  simply open your .jpg, then click "Save As". Choose the .tga extension
  from the list it provides you. It will ask if you want RLE Compression.
  NO YOU DON'T! If it's compressed, it will be the same as if you've
  saved it as a .jpg. It may also ask if you want to use the bottom left
  as the origin. If your picture is symmetrical, it doesn't much matter.
  If it has text, or has a special design, it will flip the picture, so
  just say yes. Now that your picture is ready for battle, it's time to
  get it out onto the frontline.

  STEP 4 - THE MOVE: Copy
  your picture from your My Pictures with the right click menu. This will
  save you time. Let me do this in sub-steps for the sake of ease:

  1. Go to My Computer

  2. Go to Local Disk (a.k.a. C Drive)

  3. Go to Program Files

  4. Go to THQ

  5. Go to Dawn of War - Dark Crusade (which I'm assuming we all play by now)

  6. Go to Badges (or Banners)

  7. Right Click

  8. Paste

  Now, you should see your Badge (Banner) in the folder. Last step:

  STEP 5 - THE TEST: Close
  everything out, run Dark Crusade, go to the painter, see if your art is
  on the list. If it's not, recheck steps 1-4 and make sure everything
  was done exactly. A pixel is as a pixel does. If the picture is upside
  down or inverted, go back, and resave your .tga with or without the
  "left origin" option. Once your banner (badge) is up and running, play
  it in a skirmish to make sure everything works in-game. I've used a
  number of good looking B&B's that look atrocious in-game. Sometimes
  a few colors go a long way. Now that that's done:

  STEP 6 - ENJOY: Need I say more?

  Hope this helps, and I hope to see your own personalized creations on this thread.

  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

  When
  you create your own B&B, I recommend that you open the picture with
  a transparent background. First off, if you don't, it leaves a black or
  white square on the picture that looks silly. Secondly, when you place
  it on your army, most often the color that will make up the background
  will be the secondary option, so be careful with solid color badges.

  • Posted Apr 11, 2008 5:49 am PT
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• 22Feb 08

  My Images

  Please comment on my images, i would really like to hear your opinion.

  • Posted Feb 22, 2008 3:18 pm PT
  • Category: Other
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