[TUT] Custom Spray Paint Guide

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[TUT] Custom Spray Paint Guide

#1 Post by Ministry » Thu Oct 11, 2007 3:57 am

How To Make A
Custom Spray Paint
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Welcome To my guide on how to make a custom spray paint. This guide is step by step so almost everyone should be able to do it (If you follow all the steps correctly).

What you will need:
The main application you'll need is Decal Converter.
Click [Here] To get it. (Toatle File Size: 140.62Kb)
Click the link and wait, Your download window will appear.

Installing Decal Converter
Once you have finished downloading it click open;IE Differs.
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A screen should come up asking you about extracting it,Click the buttons in this procedure.
Next > Next > Wait Till Screen Changes > Finish. Thats if your using Self Extractor Or Yeah.
The Decal Converter folder will appear, Click into the folder you see and you should have all these files.
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Now double click on the Paint Brush Icon named 'Decal Converter'
And a window the same as this will appear.

Making your Spray Paint
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Now click File > Open Picture...
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Now browse to the picture file you wish to open(.BMP,.GIF,.JPG Only)
In this case Im opening Avy.jpg
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Then opening window should go away and the main Decal Converter window will be back, Except this time it will have your selected picture there. Like so..
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Now it puts the Width and Hight to max by its self, And sometimes results in the picture being to tall and to skinny, Which makes the picture hard too see.. So make the width and hight accurate to how you like it, There is a max on the max it can be.
When your happy with your width and hight click the 'Decal' menu and then click 'Make Decal...'
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Once clicked a box will show up like this...
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Now click the 'Add...' Button and browse to your desktop Usually in this layout;
C:/Documents and settings/(Account Name)/Desktop, Then click Ok.
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Now the previous window will be back but with 'Desktop' Instead of 'cstrike'.
Tick the box with 'Default game for decals' And then click 'Ok' again.
A window will come up with some text, Nothing important there, Just click ok.
Now go to your desktop and find the file called 'pldecal.wad' And Right click and rename it...
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Now the name box will be highlighted press the Delete/Back Space key and type the exact following 'tempdecal.wad' And then press enter.
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Now click the Icon and Hold ctrl And press C.
Now browse to your counter-strike directory; An easy way to do this if you have a shortcut on your desktop for counter-strike right click it and click properties, Then click Find Target. When the window appears double-click on the folder named 'cstrike'.
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When the folder opens press Ctrl then press V; It will prompt you too overwrite a file Just click
Yes.
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When its finished copying in Right click the file and go to properties.
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When the properties window appears make sure the Read-Only check box is ticked. If so click ok.
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Now your almost finished, Launch counter-strike and Join or create a new game, Go upto a wall and Spray your tag, And it should be the one you chose earlier!
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Most of the time your picture isn't as clear as what it looks outside the game, There's not much you can do about this, Its mostly the game.

Transperent Background
Im not 100% how you do the transperant feature so I'll learn how to do it then write this section. ~Thanks.

This concludes the guide for now, Pm me if theres anything else I should add in, I'll expand on the guide In later times, Enjoy~! [Sticky Please]

Written Completely By Ministry, Say thanks next time you see him ^^"
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Re: [TUT] Custom Spray Paint Guide

#2 Post by skaterbasist » Thu Oct 11, 2007 9:24 am

There's a program that's easier and more user-friendly :)

I forgot what it was called...last time I used it was about 5 years ago. But if I remember, its called HL Logo Creator; after you setup the settings, it creates it in seconds.

I'm not sure how it compares to this one or which one if more effective... ill give this one a try when I have time. Kudos to your guide...

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Re: [TUT] Custom Spray Paint Guide

#3 Post by Ministry » Thu Oct 11, 2007 9:54 am

I'll test it on the tag I'm making for a mate, Thanks for the suggestion.

Edit: Downloaded that Half-Life Logo Editor, I don't see how its user friendly, At all, You have to use BitMaps, You select the Direct Hl.Exe file, Not the cstrike, You can't make the pldecal.wad Seperate, Its alot harder, I'd use Decal Converter Over this program anyday, Sorry Skater :D
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Re: [TUT] Custom Spray Paint Guide

#4 Post by .Fila » Thu Oct 11, 2007 10:45 am

skaterbasist wrote:There's a program that's easier and more user-friendly :)

I forgot what it was called...last time I used it was about 5 years ago. But if I remember, its called HL Logo Creator; after you setup the settings, it creates it in seconds.

I'm not sure how it compares to this one or which one if more effective... ill give this one a try when I have time. Kudos to your guide...

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hl logo creator is so fucking gay to me...adjust the setting and all this whop-d whoop...too much complication and what not....but everybody thats help do my custom spray doesnt work....ministry tried out mine custom spray that he made for me and it worked on his computer...but when i tried that ddint work...so im thinking its my cs..so im going to unistall cs and reinstall see if it works or someshit.....
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Re: [TUT] Custom Spray Paint Guide

#5 Post by vinyard » Thu Oct 11, 2007 1:38 pm

Nice tutorial Ministry. I'll definitely test it out later on today & give you feedback on it. :)

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#6 Post by zero86ea » Thu Oct 11, 2007 2:13 pm

Ministry wrote:I'll test it on the tag I'm making for a mate, Thanks for the suggestion.

Edit: Downloaded that Half-Life Logo Editor, I don't see how its user friendly, At all, You have to use BitMaps, You select the Direct Hl.Exe file, Not the cstrike, You can't make the pldecal.wad Seperate, Its alot harder, I'd use Decal Converter Over this program anyday, Sorry Skater :D
That is exactly true! Half-Life Loge Creator sucks ass and i know this from experience...finally i find something that works better!
thx alot Ministry!

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#7 Post by zero86ea » Thu Oct 11, 2007 2:20 pm

For some reason when i open the image that i want to use for a spray, i get this:
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I'm not able to see the picture i load...anybody know why?

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Re: [TUT] Custom Spray Paint Guide

#8 Post by Ministry » Sat Oct 13, 2007 4:36 am

Possibly your Vista?
I don't know.

Also, Thanks for all the positive comments, Appreciate it lots!
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#9 Post by zero86ea » Sat Oct 13, 2007 4:45 am

Vinyard do you have any idea why? I doubt its an issue w/ Vista, you think?!
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Re: [TUT] Custom Spray Paint Guide

#10 Post by jelli_belli » Wed Oct 17, 2007 2:07 am

Thank u ministry.

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