Strike Witches: Silver Wing/Tutorials

The following article is a Tutorial for Strike Witches: Silver Wing.

Simple Texture Replacement

1. Extract the desired textures from their archives via quickbms. If you're not sure where to find a specific texture, find it in game and then check Xenia's log to see what files are being accessed
2. Open the extracted .DDS in your hex editor of choice
3. Note the compression used and if mipmapping is enabled in the DDS header
4. Open the extracted .DDS in your image editor of choice. Photoshop, GIMP or Visual Studio are recommended
5. Edit the texture how you please
6. Save your texture, making sure to use the same compression and mipmapping options from step 3
7. Reinsert the edited texture to the original archive with quickbms (Note - despite what the program recommends, you should use reinsert2 and include ALL files in the archive, even if they weren't modified. Failure to do so will result in the game locking up)
8. Launch the game and enjoy your texture modification!