Generic Units and Colour Palettes!

[curtsibling]

Originally posted by Mercator
You probably *are* doing something wrong/dumb but if you don't tell me what you're doing I don't have any clue what it is you might be doing wrong.

Doing dumb stuff with utilities is my specialty.

Originally posted by Mercator
Are they really named Units.bmp and Units_mask.bmp? Are they in the same folder?

Yes, and yes.

Originally posted by Mercator
Do you select the right Units.bmp with the SpriteGen Browse... button? Did you click OK after?

Indeed.

I was able to comprehend that part of the process -

Originally posted by Mercator
What exactly do you mean with "nothing happened"? You got no pop-up? No error? You got no Static.spr in the same folder? Or are the colours just not showing up in ToT?

Last option! No colour change.

your program seemed to work as specified, with a popup, etc.

It's just that it didn't carry out the promised action.

Originally posted by Mercator
... I won't be doing any debugging sessions. I created this upgrade months ago.

Useful! I'll check out your fix...! And your mask.bmp!

I think the saving of the units file to the proper format might be the key...

[curtsibling]

Turns out Merc's mask method is identical to the way I was doing it...

Tried to save the units file as 24-bit, should it be 32k or 64k settings? (I'm using PSP5)

...

[curtsibling]

Tried sprite-gen again, this time following what happened
in the previous thread with GhostOfDisco's Cossacks.

But...Still no change to the units ingame...

*I created a units_mask.bmp.
*I re-saved the units.bmp as 24bit. (my method could be the root problem)
*I ran the sprite-gen program as specified.
*Still nothing!

...

[Catfish]

OK, obvious question: have you disabled the sprite override/s for the unit (rules.txt and/or Cheat menu)?

[curtsibling]

All the 'G' fields in @UNITS_ADVANCED have 10000000, but the cheat-menu SPR over-ride was not on...

EDIT...
Turned the menu option on - Still no cigar!

[Catfish]

Originally posted by curtsibling
All the 'G' fields in @UNITS_ADVANCED have 10000000, but the cheat-menu SPR over-ride was not on...

Yes, that means they're enabled. You want it disabled for that unit.

Originally posted by curtsibling
EDIT...
Turned the menu option on - Still no cigar!

You want this left off.

[curtsibling]

Aha! Testing that now - So the 'G' field should be 00000000 - ?

[curtsibling]

The over-ride in @UNITS_ADVANCED was the key!
Got the tank to show with a civ-coloured turret!

Good, good - Another mystery unraveled! Cheers, guys!

PS
That is not the first time the @UNITS_ADVANCED has caused me woe!

[curtsibling]

Got it working - I have also found out that the units have to
be lightened up a good deal to make the colours show, and
also make sure the SAV/SCN files are backed up - The masks
get written to these files it seems...But the new colour units
are looking good - No chance of missing an enemy tank now!

[Cyrion]

Originally posted by curtsibling
But the new colour units
are looking good - No chance of missing an enemy tank now!

Excellent!

[curtsibling]

I'll send you the new Eurasian War files soon, mate!

[fairline]

Sorry Ciaran, I get side-tracked. Are you sorted now?

[techumseh]

Side-tracked?

[curtsibling]

Sorted!

Been applying the new colour masks to my Bitterfrost scens, and to Eurasian wars!

Cannot imagine a scenario without this amazing facility!

Thanks to all, especially Merc!

[fairline]

Originally posted by techumseh
Side-tracked?