DS1 & LoA Mod Development

I made this sword model, you see, but since I couldn't attach a .gmax file, I posted it at SN. But, since there aren't too many people going over there, I thought I post a link to the thread here:

http://66.225.220.102/forums/index.php?showtopic=11484

When I convert a RAW texture to a BMP to edit it, and then convert back to RAW, it turns out horrible. Is there any way to fix this? If not, do you know of any freeware RAW editors? :?

Here are some of the files I had grabbed off the main SN page a long time ago but never did anything with until I posted it about 10 days or so ago. SN DS1 and DSLoA guides

*edit* hmm the coding doesnt seem to be working, it is in the correct format to appear as a link so I guess I will let someone else fix it, in the meantime if you want to see the page copy and paste the address. :?

I tried extracting the files in the dssave, but none of the changes I make to party.gas change anything. I want to do things like changing my party member's names (getting tired of ulora and gyorn and such...).

I tried making a resource file from the mp_fg_based (or something) file that talks about all the female party members, but the only successful change that came out of that was changing their portrait pics.

So, anyone know how to change a party member's name in single player?

Thanks!

If you were around the community back a couple of years you might remember a thread on Siegenetwork called 'Household Blunt Objects', I started that topic to get some ideas on some objects that would make some awesome weapons with which to go around crushing krug with, there were tons of good ideas and I was able to put together a couple of cool looking weapons. Mushy (Aka Shocked) hopped on board the project after I convinced him that he could model and modeled a couple of objects for me, and also figured out how to make inventory icons and made my life easier by making a bunch for me. Unfortunately life got busy and the project was shelved.

Here is some ideas for an armor mod that bare_elf (Lili) and I are collaborating on. For right now this is for DS1, but with potential for DS2. I guess for now it is called "Kathycf and Bare Elf Armor". I only started playing Dungeon Siege 1 this past August, after getting it as a belated birthday present. I slowly and surely became totally addicted to it, but while playing I always thought how the armor was just too bland and obviously unisex. I really am a bit of a fashion victim and I wanted my characters to have some more flair to them. I wished I could put new clothes on all of the females, but never thought I could.

8O

Is it possible to mod DS/Lazurus into Multi Player... Not a Zonematch thing ....? At least IP exchange....

As I said... Just wondering...