Being too lazy to find the programs necessary to create .ani files from .pcx images, I have instead decided to embrace the system of using DDS files with .eff definitions to make animations for shields and the like. However, my first attempt at making such a shield has failed. How does one use these files? And can they be used as shields?
EDIT:
By shields, of course, I mean the ani files that display on the hud that show your shield quadrants.
EDIT:
Okay, by switching it to 32-bit RGBA DDS format and alpha mapping it, I have managed to make it visible, but it is now a solid white box. What is going on?
ONE FINAL EDIT:
Lack of hud icon was due to my own stupidity. Disregard this post, as I put the shield icon in effects rather than hud folder.
