Converting Tomb Ripper files into a TexMod .tpf file.

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Step 1:
Create a destination folder for your .tpf and associated files. In the example we will convert the existing Tomb_Ripper format outfit in the 48_jane_by_akhenaton folder into a new TexMod format outfit in the TexMod_Outfits folder. Click View > Thumbnails to change the icons to thumbnails. If you don't see thumbnails you need to download a plug-in such as Nvidia's .dds Thumbnail Viewer. You will also need to determine what stock outfit is replaced by the modified outfit. Look in the README.txt file for the outfit title, or compare the number in the file name with this texture_ID list (thanks Tansy!) to determine the outfit title.

Step 2:
For help on how to run TexMod see the TexMod Tutorial by Lee. Open TexMod and click Logging Mode. Check the boxes in Options on TexMod for Show texture in upper left corner and Replace texture(with a green texture). Set the Output format to DDS and select a key from the Log with dropdown list. Set the Output folder to the folder you created earlier, TexMod_Outfits in our example. Run TexMod.

Step 3:
When the game starts change into the outfit that the modification is intended for such as the Evening, Red in our example. Begin logging by pressing the Star(*) key on the numpad and cycle through the textures using the (+) and (-) keys. Log all the files for the stock outfit, any unneeded files can be discarded later. In our example the red dress texture matches the leather-like texture 3753.dds.

Step 4:
When you have completed logging the folder you created, TexMod_Outfits in our example, should now contain the .dds files you logged with TexMod along with a TexMod.txt file.

Step 5:
Match the files that need replacing, copy the stock file name, and rename the modified file with it. Repeat for each file that needs to be modified.

Step 6:
Delete ALL the .dds files but not the TexMod.txt file in the folder you created, TexMod_Outfits in our example. You'll need the TexMod.txt file to compile the modified files into a completed package.

Step 7:
Copy the .dds files you renamed from the modified outfit folder, 48_jane_by_akhenaton in our example, into the folder you created, TexMod_Outfits.

Step 8:
Build the package by clicking the Package Build button, browse to the TexMod.txt file in TexMod_Outfits folder and select it as the Definition File. Click Build.