I've watched several tutorials on how to Texture cars in GTA 4. I'm having a bit of a problem trying to fill in the gap so to speak on how to take the texture from Photoshop into GTA 4. I've tried both Open IV and Spark to open .wtd files. When I open them I only see 4 textures, the sign textures that everyone is replacing are never there. Should I be creating them? Or am I missing something else entirely?

If you're looking at original, vanilla IV vehicles, they do not have _sign_1 textures for liveries. By default, no cars use this texture in their respective .wtd files.

In order to have and work with livery textures, the model must first be modified to have a livery template. Then, you can use this template to make sign textures that go in the .wtd files.

If you're looking at original, vanilla IV vehicles, they do not have _sign_1 textures for liveries. By default, no cars use this texture in their respective .wtd files.

In order to have and work with livery textures, the model must first be modified to have a livery template. Then, you can use this template to make sign textures that go in the .wtd files.

 

That makes sense. I appreciate the timely response.

I haven't 'modded' anything in years so I wanted to start with something small, textures are right up my alley cause I know how to use Photoshop pretty well. I suck at actual 3D modeling so I tend to avoid it at all costs.

I haven't 'modded' anything in years so I wanted to start with something small, textures are right up my alley cause I know how to use Photoshop pretty well. I suck at actual 3D modeling so I tend to avoid it at all costs.

 

Honestly, you should go find a modded car that includes a template and skin that.

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My first GTA 4 skin very loosely based off Dredd.

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My first GTA 4 skin very loosely based off Dredd.

 

That's cool!

That's cool!

 

Appreciate the input.

I'm not 100% on the way the grunge came out covering the car. I know I couldn't leave it looking pretty and stock so that was the first solution I came up with and just rolled with it.

It's not shown in the picture, but I should have spent some time on the tag, framing it in.

Still it was more of a concept than anything else. I was thinking bout doing a whole set if it came out good.

There's not allot of reference material for Judge cars, so I think I'll just leave the idea alone until I come up with a better layout to try.