I've been asked many, many times how I modify images. Well. Here's the answer. I'm putting this in Fan Art since it's sorta art. It's for PT, but you'll get it.

How To Make Mods For Plant Tycoon
By Charley

(Used Paint Shop Pro XI for this tutorial, using my Windows PC)

Remember!
Before trying to edit images, ALWAYS backup your game's images!!

....Welcome To Modifying!
Modding can be very fun. It allows you to change the images. In this easy-to-learn tutorial, I will give you the basics on how to modify your game's images.

Questions

Q. What Image Editor Should I Use?
A. I use Corel Paint Shop Pro XI. I don't recommend using Paint, since we need to be able to edit transparency.

Q. TRANSPARENCY?!?!?!
A. Transparency is an area of an image, that is clear. Paint will fill in this transparency with WHITE paint.


What image editors should I use, that you recommend?

I recommend

• Corel Paint Shop Pro
• Corel Painter

Let's begin! Our first modification will be a very simple one: Modifying Bugs.
Let's open Paint Shop Pro. Go to File -> Open. Let's go to C:/Program Files/ Plant Tycoon/Small_Bugs.png. Open it.

What To Modify!?!
Let's modify that common Black Moth. It is the insect in the Left-most corner of the image. We're going to splash a new colour on it! Let's use the Target Brush! Shall we change this _bug_ to blue? Yes, let's try. Select a blue colour on the colour selecter, then click on the Target Brush. Just wooosh over this Black Moth's different angles. Congrats! You have mastered the Target Brush! Now go to File -> Save As -> Then Save.

Enjoy!

Links:
Backing up your Images and Other People's Modifications
My website

Hope you enjoyed this short guide to Modifying Plant Tycoon images. You can't modify Fish Tycoon images.

Cool Charley! Thanks for doing this it means alot to alot of people!

Thanks, Charley! that's very helpful!

So how do u change the plants not just the colors. Ive seen flowers changed ito fruit how do u do that. Also when u use a mod for the game the palant changed is it changed in the nursey or do they see what the plant really is. I am new at this and would like to know more befor i start lol thanks lucas

Well, Lucas.

Yes, you can change the flowers into god knows (I can!) but you'd have to be more advanced to do stuff like that, and also know what you're doing. I don't really know what you mean by the plant changed question, but, it changes the plant itself. If you mean does a Magic Plant get changed if you modify the images of a certain Magic Flower/Magic Foliage, then yes. That changes too.

I was planning on doing some mods in VV I was going to copy my backup put it in a new folder on my desktop and change the name to my VV art crations.

Where can I download Corel paint pro? Thank you

You can download PSP (Paint Shop Pro) from http://www.corel.com

REF; KASEY323.INK

WELL HOW WOULD I GO ABOUT DOING THE MODS FOR TO CHANGE PLANTS IF U CAN EXPLAIN IT BETTER OR SOMETHING MAYBE I CAN TRY IT JUST WANTED TO KNOW HOW TO GO ABOUT IT IF U CAN HELP THANKS

Is this what you are asking?

Well, let's say we wanted to make the foliage 'Maranta' into a chrome (silverish) leaves. Then it is very easy:
Open up PSP, go to File -> Dieffenbachia. Now that the Maranta file is opened, go to 'Effects' -> Artistic Effects -> Chrome.

And if you can't understand that, then the best option is to always backup your images, and mess with the backups, but save the modified backup images to another place. You learn by messing with things. That's all I did to become advanced at this. Get it? I'm sorry, but it's all I can help you with, Lucas.

DO I NEED A CERTAIN PROGRAM LIKE THE ONE TO MOD. THE IMAGES

Yes. And can you stop using capitals, it's considered shouting.

Sorry didn't know but I do now. Can you let me know what program. My husband was using computer and he always has it on capitals sorry for that wont happen again okay lol.

Lucas please do not use all capital letters people will think you are yelling and screaming at them....

Thanks, Lucas. Yes, the program is called Paint Shop Pro. It's pretty expensive. Bt you get a 30-day free-trial.

Ref: Kasey323.ink & kittenangle2001
I didn't know my Caps were on so I am sorry once again.
Also I had asked my kids about why they use caps. & they said it was cause u are in need of some help. well i gues it just for the ten's lol
sorry i was not yelling at no one but i will let my hubby have it when he gets home j/j lol thanks for all u'r all's help i mean it

Its very exspensive may be hope I would get it as a xmas present, but I doupt it.

I would always love to try modding but I don't have any image editteding software, not even paint

(Yay 2,000th post in Fan Art)

OK. DW asked me this question about how do you make images see-through. Well here's how.

It's very simple. Open the image of your choice in PSP and then click on the rubber. Change the Opacity lower. Then rub the image out VERY carefully (not so it's invisible!) and there you go. You now know how to change an image's opacity.

Cool!

There is an open-source (that is, free) image editor called The Gimp. It's quite a lot different from most other image editors so people might find it difficult to use. Make sure you also download the User Manual (and read it!). It is the only free (or even cheap) editor I know of that can save files with the correct opacity settings. The Windows version is at http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/ and Mac OS X versions are at http://gimp-app.sourceforge.net/

Arnie, i tried that and it is easy to use-just takes a bit of getting-used to!

ps THERE WAS A MANUAL???? lol!

All very helpful Charley, but I can't afford those expensive programs just now. Any others you can suggest for us poor beginners?

Thank you Arnie, you answered my above question

Have downloaded both The Gimp and The User Manual. I promise I will read the manual!!

i skipped the part about the manual that arnie wrote, so i just messed around trying to make it work! lol

Thank you I come back here I got my Coral paint shop pro from a computer fair and its brillent.

I use Corel Photo Paint. I have had fun playing around with the seeds to make some a bit more colorful.

I have GIMP, but I cant find the files- I only own VV2.

Rachie, open My computer, double click on Local Disk (c), then open Program Files, then open Virtual Villager The Lost Children then Images. All of the images are there. I would create a backup folder and then copy all of the images into it. That way if you ever want to revert back you'll have them there.

There arent any Virtual Villagers files there

Where did you buy the game? Some retail versions are packaged in such a way that the images aren't accessible.

*Feel Sorry for Jazzo, as I have Paint.*

But Hey, 2000 Posts

Wild tanget

Since Wild Tangent uses a download manager (game console) to distribute their games, it's possible that they have streamlined the packaging and the images are not available to the player. If you open My Computer, then your hard drive icon, then the Program Files folder, then the Virtual Villagers folder (which may have WildGames or Wild Tangent in the name) and you don't see an Images folder there, then you won't be able to modify your game's graphics.

That was a while ago, I got photoshop and I'm still learning it.

2,000th post?!?! that was a while ago

Oh, ok. *starts crying hystericaly, and will not be calmed*
Heh heh...