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To fix such image in Grafx2 :
(Grafx2 keeps two documents open at the same time. The one you see is called the "main page", and the hidden is called the "spare page")
Before starting :
Putting the colors in the right indicesChecking the background color
- Open the image that you want to fix
- Use the magnifier
then mouse wheel to see a larger part of the image, you'll need it.
- Switch pages (TAB key, or left-click the page icon
)
- Open an image which has the correct palette for what you're doing. Just pick an image from an openxcom mod that everybody has
- Right click the page icon, and select "Copy to spare : Palette and remap"
- Switch pages again
- Right-click the fill icon
- Hover the mouse on a part of the image which "should" be transparent. In the status bar, if you see that it's color 0, you can stop there. The status line should list something like X: 384 Y:243 (■ 0)
- Left click. It replaces every occurrence of this color with color zero
GIF transparency
This is totally optional because openxcom doesn't care about it, but for web usage, you can check that the right transparent color is selected.
- Click the "layers" icon
- Check that the number is zero. If it's not, click on the number button, then click on the image in any part that should be transparent
- Check "Background" if you want the GIF(or PNG) to use transparency. If you want the image to be fully opaque, uncheck it
Hmmm. Let's go through it step by step to make sure it's fine.
First of all, we need to determine which palette we need, because OpenXCom uses a couple:
- general (used for bigobs and Ufopaedia)
- battlescape
- interception
- base
- ufopaedia only
(not a guaranteed complete list, but probably)
For the sake of an example, I'll assume we're doing a weapon - which means a "general" palette.
First, let's make the palette file. I'll use Dioxine's Flamethrower mod, and specifically Flamethrower.gif.
1) Making the palette file.
a) Open the Flamethrower.gif file in Photoshop. (CS3 in my case, not sure if other versions are any different)
b) Image -> Mode -> Color Table.
c) Save... -> Save as palette-general.act.
Now,
2) Converting the new image.
I'll take OpenXCom's logo as an example.
a) Open the logo.png file in Photoshop.
b) Image -> Mode -> Indexed Color...
c) In the Palette... drop-down menu, choose Custom...
d) Load your palette-general.act and click OK, then OK.
e) Done!
, converted to new directory architecture (and had to solve only one issue (nice !!) regarding "Holodrone terrorist size") but testing maps using "New Battle" system, I'm encountering an issue with most of my map sizesI've been around ye olden internettes a long time, and here's the #1 problem open-source/freeware/fan-made projects run into: dev burnout.
So honestly, Warboy, SupSuper, all yall - fuck trying to please everyone. You do exactly what is easiest - and most fun - for you. If that means making nightlies less accessible, slowing down progress, backtracking, whatever - you do what you need to do. People will bitch and moan no matter what you do. That's just how humans work. So do what you think is best. If anyone disagrees too strongly with you, they can make their own fork or whatever else - otherwise they can dealwithit.jpg
Also, bear in mind, you guys could quit right NOW, and we already have a better Xcom than we've ever had before. You've done it - you've won. The project wasn't abandoned at v0.037 (or whatever) like so many other unpaid projects littering the tubes. We have a complete, playable, new-and-improved game, and we have y'all to thank for that.If I were you, I would just seal off OXC at either 1.0 or whichever nightly you're most comfortable with, and rename all the new nightlies OpenTFTD - essentially making it its own project. That way you don't have to worry about TFTD support interfering with OXC gameplay, and anyone playing the latest builds would be doing so essentially as beta-testers for project#2, OTFTD. If that makes sense.
Either way, you do what you want/need to do, end-users can suck it up.
Aldorn - is it possable for you to explain how to set up the wreck sprites - I've set up and am now using Diffrent graphics - but I am still haveing trouble with the wreck sprite. Is it posable to see a sample code.
