How to use custom badges

How to use custom Badges in Homeworld Remastered

Setting up Homeworld RM

First you have to create a folder
go to your
*:\Steam\SteamApps\common\Homeworld\HomeworldRM\Bin\Profiles\
folder and create a folder called Badges

Now your structure looks like:
*:\Steam\SteamApps\common\Homeworld\HomeworldRM\Bin\Profiles\Badges

Setting up the Badge (Short version)

Your Badge should be 256x256 pixels TGA without RLE compression!

It also needs a alpha/transparency channel in order to work (Thanks to Mike)

Now copy it in your Badges folder.

Start the game go to your Profile and change it to your badge.

Badges work in multiplayer if you see a red sqare thingy as your opponents badge, dont worry it will be automatically synced when the map loads

Gimp tutorial (Long version)

Download/Open Gimp

Im using 2.8 in this tutorial.

You can get Gimp into "One window mode" by selecting the Window -> Single Window Mode tab on the top right.

First select: File -> new

1#

Change your Width and Height to 256 px.

Click on the plus on Advanced Options and change your color space to RGB.

Select Fill with Transparency.



2#

Check that your alpha channel is existing/or create one for a loaded image.
If its greyed out you already have one and you dont need to worry.

If this is not the case

Select Layer -> Transparency -> Add Alpha Channel.


3#

Now go to File->Open and open your desired picture or skip this whole step to #7 and draw your own.

If not open a existing image by clicking on File-> Open (your image should appear).
Now select: Edit-> Copy


4#

Now go to your previous empty image by clicking on the little tab on the top left side representing
a small version of your picture.


5#

Now go to: Edit-> Paste as -> new Layer
an new layer should appear on the right side named "Clipboard"


6#

Now your imported image is way to big/small.

Resize it by selecting the "Clipboard" Layer on the right side with your right mouse button and
click Scale Layer

Make sure to click the litte chain to lock the aspect ratio so the picture doesnt get stretched.

scale the image to 256 px chose the bigger value of your image so it fits perfectly.
If you have a 512x768 picture scale the 768 to 256 the other value is automatically changed due to the locked aspect ratio in this case 256x171.
You may have to push "Enter" or click in the other values box after you have changed the value.





#7

Your picture is now in the right shape but may not be in the right place.



Use the "Move" Tool to align your picture.

First click on Image->Guides and add a new Guide by percent vertical and horizontal.
Now we know where our centerpoint is.

Click on the tool and make sure you have your "Clipboard" layer selected (Right side)
Drag the layer into the center so it fits.
You may go to View-> Snap to Guides to make it perfect centered.
Now click with your right mouse button on your "Clipboard" Layer and select: "Merge Down" to make it one layer.

Now you can Export it by clicking File->Export As...



Change the file extension to ".tga" change your directory to the Homeworld Badges Folder and click "Export"

The last thing to do is to uncheck RLE Compression

P3G4SU5 video tutorial using GIMP.

P3G4SU5 made a very nice detailed video tutorial i will link his guide here.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=399162906

[Hauser the Hausarian]

Thanks!

[Cairna ♥]

Nevermind, disregard earlier comment. Apparently the game doesn't like to register new badges if you press Escape to skip the Gearbox logo.

[Cairna ♥]

Hello. I'm trying to add custom badges to my fleet, and I seem to have run into an issue. I managed to successfully add 2 badges into the game, but they were upside down for some reason. When I attempted to flip them via an image rotater, it suddenly said "File must be uncompressed 24/32 bit TGA or ROT". I have not compressed it, and it is a tga. Any ideas?

[monguinassassin]

Created some awesome custom badges for this! Thank you very much!

Now each of the Four Nations has a star-fleet. (Because Disney sent Thanos to destroy their planet. LOL)

[Kerfus :3]

Hey, i have done everything you did here and game still does not see my badges. I dont know what happened, because i had some downloaded badges as well that worked in the past but now the game does not load them

[Keltskiy]

thanks John that fixed everything just used photoshop to batch convert everything to from 256 to 64 ty bye

[John Bolter]

The most steps are the same for Homeworld Classic the only change is that you are limited to 64x64 px

[Keltskiy]

What if I want to make a badge for Homeworld Classic? (this is mostly due to the fact that most of the mods for remastered are still being developed.)

[Feddy]

I've put badges (pre made, downloaded on web) into the folder as directed.

Yet I cannot use them, why?

[Moniker_Alpha]

OK figured it out turns out it HAS to 256x256 mine was 256x255