Problems with getting things semi transparent (recoloring)

[Amaranth]

Hey everyone..

Last night I decided to recolor a small set.. But.. I wanted to have something semi transparent.
The mode was already on blend, and i saved it as DXT3, that one turned out pixelated ingame (the texture)
So i tried again but saved it as DXT5, also this one turned out pixelated.

I'm getting frustrated.. I used to know how to get things semi transparent, but it has been ages...
I tried to follow a tutorial i found on BPS, this one to be exact. But.. Every step she done there, i done too and yet the same result. Pixels! 

Does somebody maybe know what I am still doing wrong?
Or can someone give me an easy (but a good) tutorial?

[spiegelsplitter]

Hmm, the last time I had that problem, I forgot to use DDS Utilities and imported the textures via right click.
Did you try MTS2? You can search for specific things at the bottom of that page. I've found solutions there before.   

[Amaranth]

I did look on MTS, there was one tutorial, but when I opened the file.. all the images were like dead.

[Amaranth]

Look.. I've got a screenie of it, how the recolor looks like..

[spiegelsplitter]

I need to finish something in game, then I'll give it a try.

[Amaranth]

Tanja you are my savior!
I downloaded the Nvidia Utilities, imported the image via right click on the image > build DXT , and.. yay it worked. I am SO happy.

Does this also works on all the other stuff you want to make semi transparent, when the mode is on blend??

[spiegelsplitter]

Glad I could help. Like I wrote I ran into the same problem.

Yes it does, all you need is a PNG file with built-in tranparency and it should work on anything. But you can get weird effects if the mesh has overlapping parts, especially if you have solid and semi-transparent parts in the same mesh group- that's the downside of blend mode.
Here is a pic for illustration: