[TUTORIAL] HUD/Title Screen Modification!
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Notice
Everything in this Tutorial is only for modifying certain IWI files (Mostly HUD elements), this method will not work all IWI files, I will eventually create a new post detailing how to modify other IWI files such has weapon files (this method does not support most if not all weapon files)What Is Needed
- WinRar and or 7Zip
- And imgXiwi (To download click here)
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If the link times out please click here to download from my mega account, which was made as a backup. (This is the exact same zip, just re-uploaded incase web-archive does not respond)
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For any concerns of a virus, virus total links are provided at the bottom of the document and the link is from web.archive.org
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How To Get IWI FIles
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Navigate to your MW3 Install folder and then go into your main folder
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Then right-click on an .IWD file and open with your selected RAR browsers (7ZIP / WinRar)
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And make sure you set it to open with by default
Time to Make It a PNG
Let's start with a basic menu file
- Open "iw_03.iwd", navigate to the beginning of the N's and find a file named "navbar_selection_bar.iwi"
- Select it and extract (Extraction on Winrar can be done by simply clicking and dragging out into a folder.)
Make sure you extract the IWI file into a folder with the imgXiwi.exe and DLL file - Now in the same folder drag the IWI file into imgXiwi.exe, It will then spit out a .PNG file which you can then modify (Picture below on what it will look like)
Time to Edit!
Please use photoshop or any other professional photo editing tools, and not paint
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To change the hue of the line its best to use channel mixer, it makes changing the entire color set really easy!
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Once done editing the Nav_Bar to how you want it, you then can export it and overwrite the old navbar_selection_bar.png
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Then in your folder with your imgXiwi.exe delete the old "navbar_selection_bar.iwi" (Your folder should like below)
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Then with your modified png, you will simply just drag on drop it back into imgXiwi.exe and it will export an IWI file, shown below
Final Step: Time to Install!
Installation is pretty easy!
- Copy Your new navbar_selection_bar.iwi file
- Go to your AppData folder and then locate the Plutonium folder
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Your file path should look similar to this C:\Users(Your Username)\AppData\Local\Plutonium
- Then click on the folder named "storage" then "iw5", finally paste your navbar_selection_bar.iwi inside of the images folder!
Please if you got lost in the installation process check out this post here by @Mr. Android
Results!
- To see what you have done, simply boot MW3, below is my modified Nav_Bar (If you want to download it, click here)
if you ever want to remove this just back to your images folder and delete navbar_selection_bar.iwi
Links
Links for the VirusTotal for both the DLL and the EXE file
https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/9531504bf6f5312eef9b6c6815cd5258f0f81a631a285de69369c9067dae665e/detection
https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/6bfc87d49ddbcbdad62c368881d9cc5eab011c7e54de46dd572fef0bfdc5c983/detectionI also mapped out some of the IWD files, to help new people find stuff. (I will hopefully continue to update the file)
https://mega.nz/file/7K4TCCIA#kpkgMJPDvP1gEEzqkdyil8XObRqwWOi6hKjIHqYLogIAlso if you see any grammar or spelling mistakes point them out because this was typed at 2 am, and not going to lie I am a little bit sleepy
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@UnOfficial thank you
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Do a green one! I will see what the team thinks if it looks good.
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@H3X1C said in [TUTORIAL] Texture Modification!:
Do a green one! I will see what the team thinks if it looks good.
Done bby,
Above is a brighter green color
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A slightly muted green color, just so its not as bright.Link to the download (Look in the Green Folder)
https://mega.nz/folder/mTIDGCjb#_FTHXaPIlIN_j6WhstcDjA -
Waaw, Nice work
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Excellent tutorial. Thanks for including pics
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Great tutorial
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Great content here, amazing tutorial! thanks for sharing :). I`ll play a little with this, just geeting into it
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I'll link this in my customization guide! https://forum.plutonium.pw/topic/1291/customising-your-game-menu-background-music-etc
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@BELLITA242 said in [TUTORIAL] Texture Modification!:
Great content here, amazing tutorial! thanks for sharing :). I`ll play a little with this, just geeting into it
I am really happy to hear this helps you out! I have mapped out some files in a text file to make it easier for people to find files
https://mega.nz/file/7K4TCCIA#kpkgMJPDvP1gEEzqkdyil8XObRqwWOi6hKjIHqYLogI@H3X1C said in [TUTORIAL] Texture Modification!:
I'll link this in my customization guide! https://forum.plutonium.pw/topic/1291/customising-your-game-menu-background-music-etc
Thank you!!!! That's really cool not going to lie!
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@UnOfficial said in [TUTORIAL] HUD/Title Screen Modification!:
navbar_selection_bar.iwi
Absolutely Amazing! good job!