Guide to modding arena LED light colors with sample Smackdown Blue LED textures

Alas we have only four different stages with colored lighting, and none of the LED colors can be changed in the game. Digging through the game files, I have found out how to change LED colors for: the MAIN ceiling ornament for Dynamite, entire ceiling ornament for Rampage, the wall LEDs for Revolution, and the LED tunnel colors for any stage following the Dynamite format. Be aware that modifying that these are not Create-An-Arena specific textures, and so will be modified elsewhere in the game too. I've included a sample pack of "Smackdown Blue" LED colors.

First and foremost, you will need to:

Follow and understand LynchReborn's AEW Fight Forever Texture Modding Tutorial

If you follow and understand this tutorial, you should already have:

-umodel-materials.exe in the proper folder

-Unreal Engine 4. 27

-ability to find, open, and export textures in umodel-materials

-ability to import your modified textures into Unreal Engine 4. 27 and package them for use in your ~mods folder

Otherwise, you will need to have Photoshop, Gimp(it's free if you don't have Photoshop), or any other such image editing software that is capable of editing and saving .tga aka targa files.

When you are comfortable modifying textures after following that tutorial, only  then begin to follow this guide.

For each LED I will show a screenshot of where you can find the texture in umodel and what the texture should look like when you open to view in umodel. You will export each of these textures

Dynamite

Here is where in umodel-materials we can find the files for Dynamite's LED textures, starting with the main chandelier/ornament/whatever thingy:

Next we have the texture for (allegedly) the side chandelier ornament thingy:

Open Ornament_01a_E.tga (main chandelier) and Ornament_01b_E.tga in your image editing software of choice. As we can see, these are 64x64 pixel gradient images.  My example below in particular, Ornament_01a_E.tga, controls the central chandelier/ornament:

You can create a new gradient, use solid blocks of colors, whatever you like. Here's an example of my "Smackdown blue" gradient:

After saving your image (as .tga files at 64x64 pixels), importing to Unreal Engine 4. 27, and packaging your mod, you will now have Dynamite LEDs in the colors of your choosing. Here's how my "Smackdown Blue"/black gradient turned out:

Now the Dynamite stage