You can also click on 'use input location for output' if you wish to have converted file in same location as original file.ĭrag and drop that TGA image file into box where it says DRAG AND DROP HERE!! Open EE Studio 2 and select 'Textures (SST)'.Ĭlick on 'Output folder' button and select place where image will be converted. NOTE: some background images in Empire Earth and it's expansion, Art of Conquest, use TGA format for images so this is part of tutorial for them.Īmerican Civil War image is used again as example. Put those newly renamed files to Empire Earth/Data/Textures folder.

RoadRunner_3_4.sst > mainmenuback_3_4.sst.

RoadRunner_3_3.sst > mainmenuback_3_3.sst.

RoadRunner_3_2.sst > mainmenuback_3_2.sst.

RoadRunner_3_1.sst > mainmenuback_3_1.sst.

RoadRunner_2_4.sst > mainmenuback_2_4.sst.

RoadRunner_2_3.sst > mainmenuback_2_3.sst.

RoadRunner_2_2.sst > mainmenuback_2_2.sst.

RoadRunner_2_1.sst > mainmenuback_2_1.sst.

RoadRunner_1_4.sst > mainmenuback_1_4.sst.

RoadRunner_1_3.sst > mainmenuback_1_3.sst.

RoadRunner_1_2.sst > mainmenuback_1_2.sst.

RoadRunner_1_1.sst > mainmenuback_1_1.sst.

Let's use main menu background for example. In order to use it in the game you need to rename files from custom image to correct name of the image that game uses. Now you have sliced parts of one image in SST format which game uses. After that click on 'Slice' button and image will be sliced in 4 x-axis parts and 3 y-axis parts. Open EE Studio 2 and select 'Slicer (SST)'.Ĭlick on the button 'Select SST/TGA', after that click on file format select 'TGA image (*.tga)' and then find that TGA image.Ĭonfigure to have 4 parts on 'x-axis' and 3 parts on 'y-axis' like on picture below.Ĭlick on 'Output folder' button and select place where sliced image will be stored. NOTE: use image with 1024x768 resolution.Ĭonvert the image to TGA format either online or with image editing program such as Adobe Photoshop, GIMP, etc.

NOTE: You may find that my background screen in Empire Earth (and Art of Conquest expansion) is wider, that is because I use DrexMod which enables higher resolutions and support for wider monitors.įind a image you want to use in Empire Earth. This part of tutorial enables modders to slice a custom image and after that use it as background image in the game. This amazing tool allows modders to create new Empire Earth backgrounds easily and without big knowledge to use it.

Empire earth config file location