alpha map problem

[Lentonius]

hmm, well, the only thing that may be the problem is the dds settings, but if you have not changed them i have no idea. maybe in the alpha settings it has been reset maybe...

[Ciaran]

Have you used patterns when editing the texture? I´ve had problems whenever I did. A possible solution is to edit the messed-up file again, replacing the alpha channels (which are messed up) with a working version from a backup. A bit cumbersome, not to mention annoying, but it works, for me at least.
[EDIT] I don´t know if this problem appears (and the same solution applies) when you use the nVidia dds plugin, so far I´ve opened the files with dtxbmp[/EDIT]

[shifty157]

Now I am getting an error message when i go to save my texture saying "there are too many channels to export (5)". The error comes up after i press the save button and before the DDS settings screen comes on and it wont allow me to save anything at all. I have no idea why it should be doing this now when it was working fine only a day ago.

[hoggy]

Try opening a texture that works, cut and paste the texture and the alpha channel of your broken texture into it and then save it as the name of the broken texture?

[shifty157]

Thats what i did try to do and i got the "there are too many channels to export (5)" error. The 5 its referring to are the five different channels. RGB, red, green, blue, and Alpha 1. I deleted the alpha channel and the file saved fine and it displays in game normally. But i need the alpha channel.

At this rate i may be forced to reinstall.