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How to make blocky iron sights+scopes

Postby Energyx » Sat Jan 21, 2012 1:05 am

Hay guys im pretty decent at modding normal scopes but i cant do blocky iron sights for the guns i mod and i think they make shooting them better and more acurate so i was wondering if any one had a guide or a video they could show to make blocky iron sights and scopes .

Thanxs for reading :)*
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Re: How to make blocky iron sights+scopes

Postby Hotketchup » Sun Jan 22, 2012 12:02 am

.Open up your gun Slab 6.

.Do some editing on the gun (From the position you would normally be looking down sights, you will be taking a screen shot), so that it would look better when adding detail to the sight.

.Take said screen shot. You can use a Screen capping program or press "prt sc" and paste to MS paint or any other image editing program.

.Open in any image editing program, and make the grey from slab 6 white with the bucket tool. (Completely optional)

.Center the image in MS Paint, doing it later can cause disaster depending on what program you use to make the sight in.

.Save your sight with the white background and open up your desired sight makeing program, and load said white-backgrounded image.

.Set the background to transparent.

.Erase ALL the white ACCURATELY, if you use Sumo Paint, use the rectangular select tool to select the white spot next to the sight and move them somewhere else, erase that later when you're done. (This step IS required and MUST be done, or else your sight will be unusable, and pointless.)
Save.

.Replace other .PNG in Ace of Spades folder

Now you can enjoy your new blocky sights

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Re: How to make blocky iron sights+scopes

Postby SIMOX » Sun Jan 22, 2012 1:08 am

Or you can do it my way:

1. Open google
2. Find your weapon ironsight picture
3. Model it in SLAB6 as best as possible.
4. Strech your screen down a bit, or go fullscreen
5. Press "T" for nicer blocks effect
6. Press "R" twice
7. Set backroung color to bright white or other color that weapon does not have.
8. Align the ironsight
9. Take screenshot
10. Open it through GIMP (If you don't have it - Download it)
11. Add alpha channel.
12. Cut out white background
13. Make sure all letters, numbers and cursor are cut out too.
14. Add your little aiming thingy.
15. Create new file (800x600 with alpha channel)
16. Paint center of the screen in 4 pixels. Center of the screen is 400,300 ; 400,301 ; 401,300 ; 401,301
17. Copy your ironsight to new file and align it with red dot. Your aiming thingy should cover only 2 pixels of it.
18. Then delete rest of the red blocks
19. Cut out the aiming thingy area and add it as a new layer.
20. Switch to other layer and add blur to it through: Tools>GEGL>Box-blur (2-1 is fine)
21. Press right click on the aiming thingy layer and select "Merge down"
22. Then use color picker tool to get color and paint small spaces that bluring created.
23. If you are happy with it click save or save as.
24. Save it as "Filename.png"
25. Enjoy ;D
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Re: How to make blocky iron sights+scopes

Postby Energyx » Sun Jan 22, 2012 4:44 am

thanxs for the help guys i only have some questions though how do i find the center using MS Paint ? and how do i mark the centre
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Re: How to make blocky iron sights+scopes

Postby SIMOX » Sun Jan 22, 2012 2:01 pm

Energyx wrote:thanxs for the help guys i only have some questions though how do i find the center using MS Paint ? and how do i mark the centre


I don't suggest using MS paint cuz you won't be able to add alpha channel, in other words you won't see through your scope/sight in-game. There will be white background. Try using Paint.net, sumo paint or GIMP. And the center of the image (800x600) is:
300,400
300,401
301,400
301,401
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Re: How to make blocky iron sights+scopes

Postby Energyx » Thu Jan 26, 2012 10:07 pm

Thanxs a lot simonx your instruction really helped me i finally got the hang of making iron sights :) thanxs for all the Help man its really apreciated

thanxs also for your help Hot Ketchup i jsut couldnt follow your one probably but thanxs for trying to help me ;)
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Re: How to make blocky iron sights+scopes

Postby Space101 » Sat Feb 25, 2012 9:31 pm

I've been trying for hours to figure out how to use the fucking scissors, Y U NO WORK!?!!?!?
Mind explaining how to use the FUCKING SCISSORS SIMOOOOXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.









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Re: How to make blocky iron sights+scopes

Postby Ireland » Fri Mar 09, 2012 12:06 am

Space don't use the scissors if you're using PS use the rectangular marquee the lasso tool or the quick select/magic wand, these things will do your cut fast and clean.
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Re: How to make blocky iron sights+scopes

Postby Space101 » Fri Mar 09, 2012 6:57 pm

THANX
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Re: How to make blocky iron sights+scopes

Postby killerkarate » Sun Apr 15, 2012 5:50 am

Simox, how do you set the backround color in slab 6
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Re: How to make blocky iron sights+scopes

Postby SIMOX » Sun Apr 15, 2012 11:12 am

killerkarate wrote:Simox, how do you set the backround color in slab 6

Move your mouse on the color in the colors palette and press "B"
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Re: How to make blocky iron sights+scopes

Postby killerkarate » Sun Apr 15, 2012 6:48 pm

thank you
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Re: How to make blocky iron sights+scopes

Postby Ultimario » Mon Apr 30, 2012 12:44 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FdR1g1Qo-8 this is my video so have fun
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Re: How to make blocky iron sights+scopes

Postby HaloWarLord711 » Mon May 07, 2012 11:46 pm

this helps a lot thanks :)
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Re: How to make blocky iron sights+scopes

Postby calmchowder » Sun May 13, 2012 4:29 pm

HOLY. Thank you Simox!
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