Alright a quick note to everyone, don't ask for help in this video if you run into problems with the signs appearing black in game. As i said in the video, there hasn't been a fix for this yet but as soon as i found out a fix then i'll make an updated video as fast as i can. Also if you need help yes you can comment under the videos but please note that if i don't get to your comment you can go to the pwm discord and ask help there from people who know what they're doing better than me. Thank you and happy modding
@@NXNGaming yes dude please lmk if you are able to find anything out, it’s been so hard for me to try and figure what is wrong with the whole black board because I literally don’t see any reason for it to not be working. Hopefully we’re able to find out what’s wrong with it.
If the signs look black in game, the dds file needs to be created using Compressonator with the correct settings, including generating mip maps. I'm testing settings for crowd signs as well, but have so far focused on fixing textures and materials on props like Vader's helmet, Paul Bearer's urn, and currently on Undertaker's bike. The DDS file format supports a variety of compression settings which 2K22 is very particular about, especially when it comes to the lighting and shaders.
Thanks my dude I’ll definitely try it out It would be really cool if you could share the information you’ve gathered with everyone i understand if you’re not finished tho edit: i tried out what you said to do and add the mip maps and compression and compressonator but that doesn't seem to be fixing the signs turning black for no reason
@@justben4646 Hmm, I'll try it tonight. 2K22 uses a few different compression formats depending upon what the texture is. The signs may be something different. What I discovered with some of the prop objects is the shader settings that affect how light renders on the object. The signs may have files associated that aren't just the texture. This could also be tied to having an alpha channel or not. The alpha channel usually is for transparency, but some files use it to determine the metallic properties of a texture. So if it's missing it may assume 100% metallic which then renders like a mirror and ultimately looks black in game more often than not. Kind of like the early custom championships before they fixed it with a patch.
@@DavidSherman1980 yeah but the problem I see is that there’s a hidden dx sign that for some reason has normal and color maps with the texture but none of the other signs have those in their files. Cause I’m not too experienced with texturing but to me it just seems like the generic and superstar signs are just normal dds images with nothing else. It’s mostly the dx sign that makes me think that we should be trying to add normal maps or something like that to the signs
@@justben4646 I just opened up some of the signs to confirm they're using BC3 compression. That's different from the character textures that use DXT1, or normal maps which use BC7. All the signs use the same board model, which has it's own basic color/normals, so it seems that all the signs should work exactly the same as long as the DDS files are using the BC3 format.
Hi i love your tutorial thanks!!! if you don't mind, next time can you make a video to show how to replace a render of an official wrestler in the game? my game keeps crashing thank you very much
When I double click on a texture in caketools I don't see image preview just a place holder icon. Things export fine just cant preview what I'm trying to export. Anyone else have this issue?
Hi bro....your tutorials helped a lot ❤........I joined the discord server but I couldnt understand how to mod characters into unused slots......can u pls make a tutorial on it.....it will be very helpful
Honestly for me the black signs aren't what's popping up alot for me every sign even the default ones appears white in universe mode when using custom arenas have you noticed this and is there a fix?
I have got the signs to stop appearing as black in game by choosing to not add mipmaps and compressing with 4x | BC3 (both are available with Photopea)
I’ve like almost completely given up on it because I cannot find out why some people have problems with it but I’ve switched to a huge project for myself on 2k22
@@justben4646 glad to here your working on bigger things! I've basically given up on gfx mods because I do everything right then it crashes my game and corrupts my save file
@@OutlawMods yeah I got really frustrated with trying to fix the template and now I’m working on some gfx with other people and my own personal efed gfx so yeah I got some big things planned
We found a fix to the black signs and an updated tutorial should be coming out very soon
Is there somewhere we can see what is the fix?
whats the fix
hey goober, where's the update?
Alright a quick note to everyone, don't ask for help in this video if you run into problems with the signs appearing black in game. As i said in the video, there hasn't been a fix for this yet but as soon as i found out a fix then i'll make an updated video as fast as i can. Also if you need help yes you can comment under the videos but please note that if i don't get to your comment you can go to the pwm discord and ask help there from people who know what they're doing better than me. Thank you and happy modding
Thought you'd fully cracked the black sign issue haha. Still trying to find the fix myself, will let you know if I get anything on the discord
@@NXNGaming yes dude please lmk if you are able to find anything out, it’s been so hard for me to try and figure what is wrong with the whole black board because I literally don’t see any reason for it to not be working. Hopefully we’re able to find out what’s wrong with it.
If the signs look black in game, the dds file needs to be created using Compressonator with the correct settings, including generating mip maps. I'm testing settings for crowd signs as well, but have so far focused on fixing textures and materials on props like Vader's helmet, Paul Bearer's urn, and currently on Undertaker's bike. The DDS file format supports a variety of compression settings which 2K22 is very particular about, especially when it comes to the lighting and shaders.
Thanks my dude I’ll definitely try it out
It would be really cool if you could share the information you’ve gathered with everyone i understand if you’re not finished tho
edit: i tried out what you said to do and add the mip maps and compression and compressonator but that doesn't seem to be fixing the signs turning black for no reason
@@justben4646 Hmm, I'll try it tonight. 2K22 uses a few different compression formats depending upon what the texture is. The signs may be something different. What I discovered with some of the prop objects is the shader settings that affect how light renders on the object. The signs may have files associated that aren't just the texture. This could also be tied to having an alpha channel or not. The alpha channel usually is for transparency, but some files use it to determine the metallic properties of a texture. So if it's missing it may assume 100% metallic which then renders like a mirror and ultimately looks black in game more often than not. Kind of like the early custom championships before they fixed it with a patch.
@@DavidSherman1980 yeah but the problem I see is that there’s a hidden dx sign that for some reason has normal and color maps with the texture but none of the other signs have those in their files. Cause I’m not too experienced with texturing but to me it just seems like the generic and superstar signs are just normal dds images with nothing else. It’s mostly the dx sign that makes me think that we should be trying to add normal maps or something like that to the signs
@@justben4646 I just opened up some of the signs to confirm they're using BC3 compression. That's different from the character textures that use DXT1, or normal maps which use BC7. All the signs use the same board model, which has it's own basic color/normals, so it seems that all the signs should work exactly the same as long as the DDS files are using the BC3 format.
@@DavidSherman1980 got it are you going to be trying some out in game once you’ve made them?
Hi i love your tutorial thanks!!! if you don't mind, next time can you make a video to show how to replace a render of an official wrestler in the game? my game keeps crashing thank you very much
Yeah I’ll try to work on it as soon as I can
@@justben4646 thanks so much!! you're the best
When I double click on a texture in caketools I don't see image preview just a place holder icon. Things export fine just cant preview what I'm trying to export. Anyone else have this issue?
Is it safe to assume that this will work the same for 2K23 given how close their structure is?
Hi bro....your tutorials helped a lot ❤........I joined the discord server but I couldnt understand how to mod characters into unused slots......can u pls make a tutorial on it.....it will be very helpful
I’m working on it just don’t have time
@@justben4646 no worries bro take your time...ty
Can you make a tutorial that changing announcer name for the modded characters? Like Bryan Danielson, Thunder Rosa...
Honestly for me the black signs aren't what's popping up alot for me every sign even the default ones
appears white in universe mode when using custom arenas have you noticed this and is there a fix?
Damn you have to do all that just for crowd signs!
I have got the signs to stop appearing as black in game by choosing to not add mipmaps and compressing with 4x | BC3 (both are available with Photopea)
I’ll test this out myself and update the video. Thanks for finding this out 👏
@@justben4646 it worked once but then broke after I added more images so I don't think it works as well as it first seemed to unfortunately
Any word on if this works for 2k23?
Is there a way to edit pofos in 2k22?
yo havent seen you in awhile, how's the fast gfx going?
I’ve like almost completely given up on it because I cannot find out why some people have problems with it but I’ve switched to a huge project for myself on 2k22
@@justben4646 glad to here your working on bigger things! I've basically given up on gfx mods because I do everything right then it crashes my game and corrupts my save file
@@OutlawMods yeah I got really frustrated with trying to fix the template and now I’m working on some gfx with other people and my own personal efed gfx so yeah I got some big things planned
@@justben4646 glad to hear! cant wait to see how it turns out!
Aye its ben!
Yep I’m back to making more tutorials and gfx previews after a couple weeks off
cant use mod in1.16
get the new patcher
umm.. 7 hours?
Huh
@@justben4646 you said 7 hours at 4:28 for the files to bake?
@@tiredartist8496 yeah its a joke.....
@@justben4646 oh.... k
@@justben4646 you sounded serious throughout the video, my bad i couldn’t tell that was satire lmao