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How to create a head *NEW AND IMPROVED*
This tutorials is old. Don't listen to it.
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For those of you having problems creating a head texture, here is a 100% free guide on how to create your head.

Create your head in your favourite art package. I recommend starting from the template texture (it is attached to this post).

Save your head as either a BMP, GIF, JPG, PNG, TGA or XPM.
The image must have at least one color pixel (that is not black or white)
Go here: http://toribash.reversers.org/image2tga/
Upload the head. Once submitted, it will be converted to the correct format. Download the file once it is done.

Rename the file to your in-game name minus the clan tags. My ingame name is [bncy]SlainVet so my head is called slainvet.tga

If you copy the head to your Toribash heads folder (CProgram Files\Toribash\heads) you can preview the head using THP http://www.toribash.com/forum/index.php?topic=156.0. You can then get the head looking exactly how you want it.

Once done, upload the renamed file to the head uploader in your User CP ( forums )

Still can't work it out? Here, read the updated ULTRA-DUMBASS version: http://toribash.com/forum/showthread...256#post173256

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This is the original tutorial and is only here for historical reasons:
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For those of you having problems creating a head texture, here is a 100% free guide on how to create your head in Windows XP.

Open your internet browser and download The GIMP from here: http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...roup_id=121075

You will need:
  • GIMP
  • GTK+

Click on the Files link and then download the correct files.
(at the time of writing, this is gimp-2.3.14-i586-setup.zip and gtk+-2.10.6-1-setup.zip)

Once downloaded, run the GTK+ installer, then the GIMP installer.
I recommend following all the default settings etc. This is up to you though.

Create your head in your favourite art package. I recommend starting from the template texture (it is attached to this post).

Open your new head in your favourite art package and copy it (edit > copy). Open template.tga (attached to this post) in The GIMP and paste your head into it (edit > Paste into).

Now you just need to save your head. Select File > Save As... (NOT File > Save). Choose a filename (ending in .tga) and press Save. Press the Export button on the next screen. Now uncheck RLE Compression and press OK.

The new head is now in the same directory as template.tga.
If you copy the head to your Toribash heads folder (CProgram Files\Toribash\heads) you can preview the head using THP http://www.toribash.com/forum/index.php?topic=156.0. You can then get the head looking exactly how you want it.

If you are having problems saving the file as a .tga file, you can try my image2tga page. It can convert any BMP, GIF, JPG, PNG, TGA, XPM to Toribash-compatible TGA. This is in beta and I do not guarantee that it will work. http://toribash.reversers.org/image2tga/

All you need to do when you are finished is get back on the website and upload it. http://www.toribash.com/heads.php


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Any problems? Post them here and I will update this post. I don't plan on doing screenshots! If you want some, YOU make them!

edit by zaarock: head upload in forums now :]
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Last edited by Magix; Aug 4, 2009 at 01:44 PM. Reason: Added: must have one color pixel
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