Need Help, FSHline and Vista user, Please.

[jthegreat618]

Ok well i can sum it up like this, i have vista, no access to fshx, and some of my faces in the game are very very shiny, so i looked at the fix that sum1 posted, and its not very clear. can sum1 post more detailed instructions or link me, i have fshline and am familiar with it, i dont no how to extract the .bmp and then sumhow package it with the shinyplayer's fsh file? cuz i guess u need to replace a default ea players 0000 bmp file with the shiny players', can sum1 help me out with this? i have several players who need 2 become unshiny. thanks

[el badman]

I have Vista too and FshX does work for me...
Either way, if you use fshline, just drop your player's .fsh file on it (the "fshline.exe"), it will create a new folder with the alpha (the alphas if your file is in 512x512, recommended). Do the same with another player that you know has an alpha, copy the alpha(s) from the good folder and paste it (them) in the folder that doesn't have alphas.
To make sure it'll work, I usually open the index.fsh in each folder with notepad and modify the coding for the file that didn't have alphas, so that it looks similar to the one that had alphas. I change everything except the name at the top of course. Might not be the best way to do it, but it's always worked for me.
Once you're done, drag the index.fsh on your fshline.exe so that it repacks the .fsh file, and drop it in your sgsm folder. That should do it.
Hope that wasn't too confusing...

[jthegreat618]

ok so the alphas are the dds, png, and index file that fshline extracts? and wen u say copy over the alphas do u mean 2 copy the good players index to the shiny players folder and replace the shiny player's index?, i have one more question about fshline too, how would u double the resolution of a fsh file in fshline? lik 2 change a 256x256 to a 512x512?

[el badman]

ok so the alphas are the dds, png, and index file that fshline extracts? and wen u say copy over the alphas do u mean 2 copy the good players index to the shiny players folder and replace the shiny player's index?,

You would only copy the .bmp files (there are 2 if it's in 512x512) that look like a weird mask, or that show the sweat if you're using Pdub's patch, and paste them in the folder that doesn't have alphas (but it will have two blank .bmp, they'll appear as white, so you need to overwrite them). These are the "alphas", not the "bhed" (which show the player's face).
Then modify the index.fsh your player's folder by following the process in my previous post.

i have one more question about fshline too, how would u double the resolution of a fsh file in fshline? lik 2 change a 256x256 to a 512x512?

As far as I know, you can only double the resolution with FshX (you should try to download it again just in case), but maybe it can be done with fshline too, since the index.fsh mentions the resolution as well...

[jthegreat618]

okay thanks on everything ive gotten to the point where i can successfully convert shiny faces 2 regular, although a few times the players face ended up being covered in black with only a few parts showing. now the only parts im unclear about and still wondering about is 1. double the resolution in fshline so i can make patches with 2x texture and 2, jus checking the indexes in notepad, im basically jus trying to make them the same right? well yea again thanks 4 the help

[el badman]

Well, I said I'm not sure you can double the resolution with fshline, maybe it's possible but I can't guarantee it...FshX really is your best solution for that. It's working with my Vista Home Premium so you should probably try to download it again.
Yeah, except for the first or the second line that mentions the file name (like "alivers_arm_tat.fsh), make sure that you change the rest of the coding so that it's similar to the index of the file you've used to get your alpha(s).

[jthegreat618]

k well all i need 2 know then is how did u get fshx 2 work on home premium? where did u dl it from, cuz its a issue on the net that fshx str8 up doesnt work with vista and u got it 2 sumhow? wut did u do? well yea get back at me with that cuz fshx would make things awhole lot easier, thanks