So I've been altering or in some cases making my own icons, mainly for spells so that I don't get lost in the midst of ingame chaos. (Where did you go, arcane empowerment!)
When I go to save them in photoshop, I get the option of saving them as a variety of .dds formats. When I did my first few, I didn't realise and saved it with no alpha channel (whoops!). But now, I have been saving them as DXT3 8 bit / explicit alpha. It seems to work fine, but the new icon file sizes are smaller.
So I am wondering. Is that the one I should be saving them as? Is there one I'm supposed to be using and will not using it cause potential problems in the future?
And my other question. I have been considering altering some of the actual UI graphics (windows, health bars, etc etc), but it can be confusing working out which bit is which. Is there anywhere that has a diagram or something to tell you exactly what each UI element is and what it fits with? Or is it trial and error? =P
When I go to save them in photoshop, I get the option of saving them as a variety of .dds formats. When I did my first few, I didn't realise and saved it with no alpha channel (whoops!). But now, I have been saving them as DXT3 8 bit / explicit alpha. It seems to work fine, but the new icon file sizes are smaller.
So I am wondering. Is that the one I should be saving them as? Is there one I'm supposed to be using and will not using it cause potential problems in the future?
And my other question. I have been considering altering some of the actual UI graphics (windows, health bars, etc etc), but it can be confusing working out which bit is which. Is there anywhere that has a diagram or something to tell you exactly what each UI element is and what it fits with? Or is it trial and error? =P