IWI to DDS Conversion Tool

[[MyIS]Dan]

We've been sent some information today from forum member Torchwood about a tool he found that converts the .iwi (the texture files used for COD4) to .dds files so users can edit the texture files for COD4. In order to edit the converted .dds files, you will need the photoshop plug-in.

Be sure to download this tool by clicking here.

[imported_Freakboy]

yay some skin will be coming soon!

[bugkill]

I've already been on it and I updated [MyIS]Spawndemon's ACU skin and I changed the Force Recon skins for SP into the tan version from MP.

[I am RKO]

Why not post them up so, we can use/look at them. :p

[bugkill]

Why not post them up so, we can use/look at them. :p

The links are not working? Here is another link:







More pics in the ACU skin thread.

[David Champion]

Is this for Multiplayer? :shock:

[Iwantcable]

Is this for Multiplayer? :shock:

Custom weapon skins work for multiplayer, but I'm not sure about skins for characters, as that could easily be exploited.

[GeneralPatton]

Yeah, I doubt the player skins can be used for multiplayer, someone would paint the skins bright green and red to make it stick out like a sore thumb.

Call me a noob ^_^ but where do I find these .iwi files?

[Iwantcable]

Yeah, I doubt the player skins can be used for multiplayer, someone would paint the skins bright green and red to make it stick out like a sore thumb.

Call me a noob ^_^ but where do I find these .iwi files?

C:\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare\main

Open iw_04 with an archiving utility then open images, the weapon .iwi's are labeled as weapon_"weapon name".

[Spik3d]

Could also use a DDS converter...

http://files.filefront.com/DDS+Conve.../fileinfo.html

[GeneralPatton]

How do you convert DDS files back to IWI files?

Better yet, anybody wanna give a step by step detail on how to work with these files? When I open it in Photoshop, it is a small image of the side of the gun which can't be right because they should be sliced in a 2d format in different fragrants and spread out on the screen should it not?

So I am really confused, any help would be greatly appreciated. Clearly, I'm not skinner ^_^

[Spik3d]

I haven't tested all of this, and I might have left something out.

How do you convert DDS files back to IWI files?

Download what Pointy posted on IWN (click), it's quite useful. Scroll down on that page, there seems to be some 'thing' that needs to be exact. Now, you'll have to do this though.

The IWI you generated with the CoD2 asset manager or with the old dds2iwi starts in hex with 49 57 69 05. The 49 57 69 says IWi, 05 is version 5 for CoD2. For Cod4 you need to change this value to 06 for version 6, that's all. Have fun.

In order to use them, create a *.zip rename it to *.iwd (show file ext.) either use winrar to open it and put the files in, or put the files in when you still have it as a *.zip. Make sure the files are in an, "image" folder inside of the file you created. I'm pretty sure CoD4 is like the previous CoD's with modding, so you should begin the *.iwd's name with zzz_, user_, etc. just make the file's name comes after the other .iwd's, alphabetically.

The files may need to be outside of your main dir when playing online though.

Better yet, anybody wanna give a step by step detail on how to work with these files? When I open it in Photoshop, it is a small image of the side of the gun which can't be right because they should be sliced in a 2d format in different fragrants and spread out on the screen should it not?

Open up a different file. There might be a prefix or a suffix for the file you opened, the images with the same prefix or suffix will be a similar type of image.

The link I gave you above, just read posts there and down. I'm done typing and looking for a while. :)