Texture Tutorial and help

[Heblem]

Jan, I meant the 7th digit starting from 0x... not from F.. thanks! will keep that in mind 

Pat, you can start ordering from the 6th digit (0xF4C#####), which you get 8 different units to pic... lets say you pick 3 (you can pick 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7)

Then your IID is like this...
0xF4C3####

The wealth dependent, so as the suggested number I'll pick the first one... (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, a, b, c, d, e, f)
0xF4C34###

Tehn the 8 and 9 digits to pick any you like, i'll put 66  (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, a, b, c, d, e, f) eg. many orders like 66, c4, f8, 14, 5c, 9d, etc etc...
0xF4C3466#

Then the last should be 0
0xF4C34660, and there you go, you got an IDD.

You can do over 2,000 textures 

edited the values you can use...

Edited by BarbyW as this is very confusing. You ONLY need to take that digit 5 uses anything from 4 to f as SC4Tool will take care of everything else.

[Pat]

OK I think I am starting to grasp the knowladge here... So as long as I dont reuse that number IE 0xF4C34660 I would be safe? But could I change up the 66 to say IE 55 for the next texture and do I still have to change the 34 or could I leave that alone and be good cause I just changed the 66?

[Heblem]

Ive used 66 just as any number i got in head... you can use 66, c4, f8, 14, 5c, 9d, etc etc...

As for 34, again its another number I picked, you can pick from 1 to 7 (first digit) and 4 to F (second digit), the example was 34, but could be 7F, 4A, 25, etc etc

btw ive edited my post for better understanding 

[BarbyW]

First of all, Heblem is confusing you with including the 0x in the calculations. Ignore that 0x and count from the left in the range given.
I downloaded your pack and see that you have started your numbering with f4c00044. Let's look at this:
f4c0 is your personal IID family range
0 is the wealth level indicator
04 indicate dilapidation levels
4 indicates the zoom level
If you are not making a set of textures that change with wealth then you need to make sure that your first texture begins f4c04000. SC4Tool will take care of the 6 to 8th digits for you. Each time you make a set of textures just keep an eye on digit 5.
The important thing to check is the fifth digit. As a rule of thumb do not use 0,1, 2, or 3 in that position.

[Pat]

Hey Barby thank you for stopping in.... So is that why when I did a test lot in LE it worked just fine but when I went into the game all I got was just the first texture in the Dat file I had made showing up on the whole lot...  the lot size was 6x6... I used all the textures I had made...  But still I had just the first texture with the straight paw prints showing on the whole 6x6 lot...

So as long as I make sure that the start of the IID looks like so f4c04 is like and then I use the next free IID button I should be OK?

[BarbyW]

Yes you should but just keep an eye on digit 5 in Sc4Tool every time you make a set of textures. SC4Tool will take care of everything else apart from that.

[Pat]

Barby thank you soo much, I think I follow now....

[Heblem]

Barby, so im doing it wrong again...    need to know before to continue making more and more incorrect textures... 

Thanks for your help!

[BarbyW]

I forgot I had posted this at the start of SC4D but it may help you with making your textures.

http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=9.0

[Pat]

thanks for the pointer there Barby!!!