NOTE:
For making "color logos" (multi-colored logos)
instead of "regular grayscale logos" see our "Color
Logo Bible". |
1.
Go into your Half-life's (Single-player-DeathMatch) logo
folder and open the "chick1.bmp" file by double left
clicking on it:
C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\yourEmail@yourISP.com\half-life\valve\logos\chick1.bmp
(NOTE: Replace the "yourEmail@yourISP.com"
part with your email address
you used when you
registered at Steam.)
(this is a GIF picture of the
chick1.bmp file)
Open
it with the Windows "PAINT"
graphics editing program (or any other photo editing
software). The Windows "PAINT"
program comes with Windows 98 and most other Windows
operating systems. Then click "VIEW",
then click "LARGE SIZE" (this
expands the "view" or size of the
logo to make it easier to see ONLY while you
are editing it in the "PAINT"
program).
2.
Then, paint the entire logo the color WHITE,
it would be completely SOLID and colored in
if sprayed like this in the game. If you were
to edit the logo and make it all BLACK at
this step, it would be a blank slate, or without color when sprayed in the game).
Regular (grayscale) logos have the color
intensity "inverted" when sprayed
in Half-life (the BMP files are negatives of
what is seen sprayed in the game) .
It
should look like this:
(blanklogo.bmp)
3.
Click "SAVE AS" and name your newly
created logo "blanklogo" (blanklogo.bmp) (this saves a blank copy of it
for the next time you want to make a logo).
Here
is my handy version of a 64x64 pixel blanklogoevils.bmp with the 8 bit
grayscales added from black to white in 16
shades of gray at the top with a clean
background (black):
(blanklogoevils.zip)
4.
Now, start drawing in WHITE -OR- BLACK -OR-
some Shade of GRAY on your blanklogo.bmp with
the "Paint" Program. DO NOT select
green, red, or blue, etc, etc. You might want
to make your first logo by drawing some
letters on it, maybe write your name on it in
black letters against the white background.
NOTE:
A Half-life regular spray logo -HAS- to be
black or white or some shade of gray, this is
called a "grayscale" file. You can
-NOT- use any colors to edit a logo .bmp
file, only black or white or some shade of
gray, Half-life will add the "color"
in the game.
This
is what a example custom logo with a white
background and black writing looks like:
(example picture of a custom
logo)
5.
When you are done drawing your newly created
"Master Piece", "SAVE AS"
it using a new name (it will be
saved as a grayscale 8bit / 256 color .BMP
file that is 64 by 64 pixels { defaults }
because that is the type of file that you
started with ). If you don't
"SAVE AS" it with a new name, you
will over write the original blanklogo.bmp
and
you would have to recreate the "blank"
each time you start a new logo.
6.
Now put your new "Regular Spray Paint Logo" into your
Half-life's logo folder:
C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\yourEmail@yourISP.com\half-life\valve\logos
The path to your new regular logo file should look like this
(if you used the new name mylogo.bmp):
C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\yourEmail@yourISP.com\half-life\valve\logos\yourlogo.bmp
To see this "Regular" Logo" in other Mods you will have to
install them their logo folder as well.
Here are the default paths to the various
popular Half-life Mod's folders where the
your ".bmp" regular logo
file
should be copied to:
(NOTE: Replace the "yourEmail@yourISP.com"
part with your email address you used when you
registered at Steam.)
(You only have to add
your
".bmp" regular logo
file to Mods you want to use the spray
in).
Counter-Strike:
C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\yourEmail@yourISP.com\counter-strike\cstrike\logos
Day of Defeat
(DoD):
C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\yourEmail@yourISP.com\day
of defeat\dod\logos
TFC (Team Fortress
Classic):
C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\yourEmail@yourISP.com\team
fortress classic\tfc\logos
Death Match
Classic:
C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\yourEmail@yourISP.com\deathmatch
classic\dmc\logos
Half-life Classic:
C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\yourEmail@yourISP.com\half-life\valve\logos
Opposing Forces:
C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\yourEmail@yourISP.com\opposing
force\gearbox\logos
7.
Start up Half-life, then
click on "Options-Multiplayer", then click
on on
"NEXT" or "PREVIOUS"
buttons until you find your new logo. Then
select the color that you want your new regular logo to be displayed
in. (You have to do this for each Mod you installed the
"regular logo" in.
NOTE:
The color YELLOW seems to "brighten up"
a picture. Also , at the bottom of the color
selection chart is the color BLACK, but it is
"Hidden". Then, go into a game and
hit the key you have bound to spray paint
logo, and show the World your art work!
If
the above custom logo example were sprayed in
the game with the color RED selected for it
in Half-life's CUSTOMIZE menu, it would look
like this if sprayed on a white wall:
(example picture sprayed in game)
8.
If it looks "weak", go back and re-edit
it with Windows Paint. Then re-spray, etc., etc.,
using trial and error.
9.
If you need some help editing logos -OR- if
you want to have your name ADDED to a logo (CUSTOMIZED),
post a message on the AtomicWARRIOR
FORUM
with your problem asking for help.
LOGOs/How to make a
REGULAR HL logo Tutorial/
