How do I make facepacks for EHM:EA

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How do I make facepacks for EHM:EA

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Like the title said, how do I make facepacks?
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Re: How do I make facepacks for EHM:EA

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Player face images should be in PNG format and 157px wide x 200px tall. Personally I use GIMP to create images (it's free): http://www.gimp.org/
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All files belong in \data\pictures\players. There should not be any sub-folders in the players folder.

The file name should be as follows: player_name_dd_mm_yyyy. E.g. Alexander_Ovechkin_17_9_1985.png
If you're going for the cut-out style of image: If the head takes up the full 200px then it can look a bit cramped in-game. Most packs I have seen created by users leave the top 4px of the image blank/transparent so that the top of head isn't too close to other elements on the screen.
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Okay, Thanks! Yes I have GIMP.
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Is there any way to do it for coaches and GMs?
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CaptainM wrote:Is there any way to do it for coaches and GMs?
It works the same way except they go to "\data\pictures\nonplayers"
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Cool.
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