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--- arma:tools:pal2pace [2007/07/10 09:52] – external edit 127.0.0.1
+++ arma:tools:pal2pace [2024/08/01 15:28] (current) – links added. snakeman
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-====== Pal2PacE ======
+====== ArmA 1 Pal2PacE ======
+[[https://www.pmctactical.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=42|ArmA 1 Forum]], [[:arma|ArmA 1 Home]], [[arma:config|ArmA 1 Config]], [[arma:tools|ArmA 1 Tools]], [[arma:file_formats|ArmA 1 File Formats]], [[arma:missions|ArmA 1 Missions]], [[arma:modeling|ArmA 1 3D Modeling]], [[arma:terrain|ArmA 1 Terrain]], [[arma:texturing|ArmA 1 Texturing]], [[arma:scripting|ArmA 1 Scripting]]
+**ArmA 1** aka Armed Assault (ArmA)
+The official BIS tool Pal2PacE is a command line tool for texture conversion. The conversion engine is identical to [[arma:tools:texview2|TexView 2]]. See [[arma:texturing:texture_naming_rules|ArmA Texture Naming Rules]] for more information about the conversion process.
+Buldozer comes with pal2pace.exe and pal2pac.dll.
+The call is like this:
+<code>
+pal2pace -combine 4.tga 3.tga 2.tga 1.tga 1234.pac
+</code>
+(only tga -> pac possible as far as I know)
+So for example - texture name:
+<code>
+e1f2g4a2
+= a2 (top right)
+= g4 (top left)
+= f2 (down right)
+= e1 (down left)
+
+
+pal2pace -combine a2.tga g4.tga f2.tga e1.tga e1f2g4a2.pac
+</code>
+This is a 4 texture transition. so for a half half texture 2 two its like this:
+<code>
+pal2pace -combine g4.tga g4.tga e1.tga e1.tga e1e1g4g4.pac
+</code>
+You are best to work with some text editor capable of handling regular expressions, like EditPadPro.
+Search text:
+<code>
+([a-z0-9][a-z0-9])([a-z0-9][a-z0-9])([a-z0-9][a-z0-9])([a-z0-9][a-z0-9])
+</code>
+Replacement text:
+<code>
+D:\pal2pace\pal2pace -combine \4.tga \3.tga \2.tga \1.tga \1\2\3\4.pac
+</code>
+It looks for a string of two characters or numbers each and makes the output command for it.
+====== Notes ======
+See also [[ofp:tools:pal2pace|OFP pal2pace tool]].
-The official BIS tool Pal2PacE is a command line tool for texture conversion. The conversion engine is itentical to TexView 2. See [[arma:texture_naming_rules|ArmA Texture Naming Rules]] for more information about the conversion process.