WW2-1979 Graphics Showcase

[Palaiologos]

Oh, i already knew that actually.

It never really occured to me telling you about it though.
I suppose i should have.Hmmm........


And on the Jap tank issue: You gfx designers don't understand that KEEPING a sig on is the hard part. Every time you make a change via the MGE editor to the unit(a pixel gone astray or most ussually the shield placing) "triggers" the editor to place the unit gfx on a standard civ2 format background.It is really tedious to place the sig back manually, so a credits file is preffered.

And units have the habit of being posted so many times and in so many variations that the original sig is eventually lost.

Actually i purposelly reimport the whole units file via the editor to eliminate those "all purple" backgrounds so many designers use.They tend to cause gfx bugs when the units explore terrain and in some other minor instances.

[Palaiologos]

By the way no offense intented to the gfx designers!

[curtsibling]

LOL!

I always strive to credit all the people who helped make a unit.

[Case]

Re: Re: Colour Tint Request

Originally posted by tanelorn


This Type 92 has already been recoloured from the original dark green. Where did my initials go? Only the tracks and part of the turret are from Nemo. Jim added the Japanese insignia and the tan, for his pacific scenario.

oops, no offence intended Tanelorn. I took it from a compelation Jim put together, and when I saw that there were no initals on it I assumed it was by him. I'm sure he was going to credit you in the readme.

[jim panse]

Sorry for all the inconvenience caused by this misunderstanding but I haven´t unsed this tank of you tanelorn. If I use a graphic which I haven´t drawn (which is quite often ) I leave the sigs where they belong, attached to the unit graphic.

You can have a look at this unit file to make this sure.

[fairline]

Originally posted by Palaiologos
Actually i purposelly reimport the whole units file via the editor to eliminate those "all purple" backgrounds so many designers use.They tend to cause gfx bugs when the units explore terrain and in some other minor instances.

What problems? I've never noticed any graphic glitches myself when I use just the pink shade. I tend to get rid of the upper triangles of dark purple as it's too dark a shade to draw accurately against. I usually leave the lower ones to position the bottom of the unit accurately.

Anyone else noticed a problem?

[curtsibling]

Sometime when copying from a bmp file to a gif, you get odd pink shades due to the compression values and colour restrictions of gif formats.

But like fiarline, I just eliminate the upper purple triangles,
recopy the bottom ones from an existing similar format, and then add sigs where I can fit them.

[tanelorn]

Ofcoure, when using PSP and similar programs, you can just load the civ palette and never bother about it again...

[curtsibling]

Hear hear!

[Palaiologos]

Dudes, the problems i am reffering are the various glitches that appear when a unit moves into unexplored terrain, or moving out of a stack.

[Panda]

Palaiologos: which glitches? The one where you get chevrons on the unit shield, or the tiles around the unit are briefly black, or another glitch?

The first of these is correctable by moving the unit shield further away from the right-hand border.

[tanelorn]

Let's not forget the red turning purple and blue thingie, that is present even in the original unit.gif (look at the archer...)

[Palaiologos]

Originally posted by Panda
Palaiologos: which glitches? The one where you get chevrons on the unit shield, or the tiles around the unit are briefly black, or another glitch?

What is a "chevron"?

Yeah the black tiles is one that i am speaking about.
There is also a glitch where a "trace" of the unit's shield remains sometimes behind for a split second.

[fairline]

The 'trace' or chevron occurs with any unit whose shield is too close to the left or right edge as Panda says.

The red problem Tanelorn refers to is caused by using the palette index 252 red (R:255 G:0 B:0), which is reserved for the unique civ colour supposedly, although as Tanelorn says I only ever see a turquoise in-game. Just replace the 255 reds in a unit with palette 96 and re-load the civ palette.

[Art of War]

Can someone make me a MiG 1.44?

TIA!