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Topic: Graphics conversions
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bkdoane Honorary Warlord
   
Posts: 564 From: South Gate, CA, USA Registered: May 2001 |
posted 11 December 2001 02:37
How can I (or is it just can I) convert the cl2(?) files from Diablo to dcc(?) files for D2? I saw the post below about D1 monsters to D2, but unless I missed it, there isn't ANYTHING about converting them. Same with the tutorials on the Keep, either nothing there, or I missed it. Please help.------------------ "If I die, I can be replaced." - Rei Ayanami

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Incandescent One Honorary Warlord
   
Posts: 272 From: Great Britain Registered: Nov 2001 |
posted 11 December 2001 04:05
hey bkdoane, there are 2 ways that i've used so far: 1, take the .cl2 file you want to use & hex-edit the directions so that they are correct for d2, reading this post should explain a few things http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~phrozenkeep/ubb/Forum38/HTML/000052.html then take the edited .cl2 file & save it as .dcc using cv5. 2, open the .cl2 file with cv5 and save the individual frames as .gifs, use a gif editor to rearrange the gifs to the correct sequence, then save it as an animated .gif. Load your animated .gif in cv5 and save it as .dcc. 3, That's the basics of it, the big difference between .cl2 files & .dcc files is the directions that the frames are displayed in, if you simply save as .dcc then your monsters would work but would also end up attacking while they're not facing you which'd look silly  I've just done quite a lot of this with help from Pyraxe, Foxbat & Teknokyo, so if you have any further questions about this, post them in this thread i'll answer them as they come up

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ZaN_Li WarLord
  
Posts: 170 From: Sweden Registered: Aug 2001 |
posted 11 December 2001 08:41
SO.... where may you find a gif editor???? THAT IS GOOD...------------------ The true power is my lvl 3,7 Barbarian with claws!!! Diablo 2 - Unholy Wars

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mandzo Moderator
   
Posts: 658 From: Bulgaria,Sofia Registered: Aug 2001 |
posted 11 December 2001 09:20
hey Incandescent One can send some d1 anim to me no need to be converted i will do it my self but i just need the cl2 files cos i dont have d1 pls send them tomandzo@hotmail.com or icq:136886290 or yahoo msng:idmud thank you MandzO ------------------ Read or DIE Muahahahaha the next beta is coming and its beter then ever

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Incandescent One Honorary Warlord
   
Posts: 272 From: Great Britain Registered: Nov 2001 |
posted 11 December 2001 16:05
Hey mandzo, hopefully when jeff gets some time he'll upload some of the converted ones i've sent to him, & Maybe if there's enuf interest we could ask jeff to upload some more of the older anims from diablo & hellfire for all the people that don't have the cd?

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jbouley Forum Admin.
    
Posts: 4907 From: Portland, Maine, USA Registered: Jan 2001 |
posted 11 December 2001 16:15
Suddenly Jeff wishes he had a cable modem connection instead of his wimpy 56.6 Kbps...  ------------------ - JEFF "A hero is no braver than anyone else. He is only brave five minutes longer." For my latest mod (for LoD/expansion), download the Preview of Sanctuary in Chaos vesion 1 - Or for old stuff (for classic D2), visit my orignal mod site at www.planetdiablo.com/sanctuary

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Incandescent One Honorary Warlord
   
Posts: 272 From: Great Britain Registered: Nov 2001 |
posted 11 December 2001 16:32
I know what you mean jeff, i'm on 56k modem myself, my isp only allows up to 40k so its even worse! That's why i'm loathe to start e-mailing stuff to everyone, even if i had a cable modem, there's very few isps over here that actually support it  Last time i e-mailed that file to you jeff, this time i've just sent you a link to a page where i hope you'll download it when you're not as busy. Going back to my last post tho, i'm not having much luck getting hold of any hellfire anims, surely this is the best place to be asking? And going back to you Mandzo, which diablo anims were you after? If you're not sure take a look at this site that has a section detailing the monsters from diablo and hellfire: http://diablo.calcon.net/ I'd rather you were specific than me e-mailing them at random, there's not many but there are a few

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internet_roadkill Squire

Posts: 33 From: IL, USA Registered: Sep 2001 |
posted 11 December 2001 17:59
Incandescent One, what Hellfire animations do you need? I have Hellfire, and would be willing to send you any of the animations you need, as long as you are willing to make the converted monsters availible to the rest of the mod makers here at the keep. Just post here or email me a list of what you need, and I can start emailing them to you by this time tommorow. I'm at work now, and don't have the cd on me. Also let me know what format you want them in.

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Incandescent One Honorary Warlord
   
Posts: 272 From: Great Britain Registered: Nov 2001 |
posted 11 December 2001 18:35
Wooooooohoooooooooo, finally I'm working on the stormrider/maelstrom anim from diablo1 at the moment, it's practically finished. What i'm after to begin with is the anims for Hork spawn , and it goes without saying that whatever i convert will be available to the masses. I've already done a conversion of Leoric that's hopefully gonna be available from right here in this very keep, once jeff's had a chance to try it of course. As far as the anims themselves are concerned, the original format is fine, i've got some webspace where i can upload them too once they're done (I think it'll be fine as long as i don't abuse it with excessive downloading!) would be better if they were uploaded here maybe. So thanx internet_roadkill, if you could start with the Hork spawn & we'll take it from there, i have a job so my time is finite, but i'm sure i can get them done in fairly short order

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internet_roadkill Squire

Posts: 33 From: IL, USA Registered: Sep 2001 |
posted 11 December 2001 20:11
I'll ship the hork spawn off to you when I get to work tommorow(thats where my email computer is), and I'll extract the other animations and get them ready to ship over the Christmas break due to may two week(without pay) forced vacation. Hope to see Diablo I monsters running all over mods soon!

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bkdoane Honorary Warlord
   
Posts: 564 From: South Gate, CA, USA Registered: May 2001 |
posted 12 December 2001 03:43
Can this be done with animations from other Blizzard games? I wouldn't mind taking the flying units from the zerg and turning them into those annoying suckers that come from the nests in acts 1 and 2. That would almost fit. It's better than taking the terran planes and doing the same thing I think.------------------ "If I die, I can be replaced." - Rei Ayanami

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internet_roadkill Squire

Posts: 33 From: IL, USA Registered: Sep 2001 |
posted 12 December 2001 16:15
I just mailed the horkspawn to you, let me know when you get them. I believe I found the right animations, beachballs with feet and teeth right? If not I can look again, but these were labled as spawn in the mpq.Good luck on the conversions.

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Incandescent One Honorary Warlord
   
Posts: 272 From: Great Britain Registered: Nov 2001 |
posted 12 December 2001 17:22
Yeehaaaaaah!!! sorry but i think they're really cute You sure got the right ones, just checked my mail and they made it just fine. Going back to what you were saying before, the quickest ones to do are the hand to hand kind, stuff that uses spells takes me a bit longer, so if you want to send me the hand to hand ones first i'll get thru them a lot quicker. I'm also looking forward to 2 weeks off over christmas, so i should get a fair amount done in that time, next couple of days i'm looking at overtime, but i'll do what i can. I'll e-mail you a link over the next couple of days where you can download from, should have a couple ready by then, hope you're up for the playtesting bit thanx again man, i didn't think i was gonna get anywhere with this thread

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internet_roadkill Squire

Posts: 33 From: IL, USA Registered: Sep 2001 |
posted 12 December 2001 17:37
Glad you like them. I'll get some more mailed to you as I get them ready. Do you have a limit on the amount of (size or quanitity) of email you can receive? If not I could just start packing and shipping the monsters until I run out of them, and then you would have them to work on at your convience.

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internet_roadkill Squire

Posts: 33 From: IL, USA Registered: Sep 2001 |
posted 12 December 2001 18:40
Incandescent One, I was in the process of preparing more hellfire monsters when I came across the sound effects for the hellfire monsters. Do you want these as well, or just the graphics? If I remember right, the Hork Spawn made a nice little popping sound when they exploded

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Apocalypse Demon Moderator
   
Posts: 4023 From: Mississauga, Ontario Registered: Oct 2001 |
posted 12 December 2001 21:32
Incandescent One, I have always liked those Stormrider guys, I would really appreciate it if you e-mailed those animations to me too at e_tchernev@hotmail.com. I would be grateful if you do that. Thanks.------------------ God gave me a brain to use but I miserably failed to use it to my advantage

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Incandescent One Honorary Warlord
   
Posts: 272 From: Great Britain Registered: Nov 2001 |
posted 13 December 2001 01:44
Hey Internet_roadkill, yes please, any .wav files that are included if you can, even any .trn files that are in the folder with them, as for a limit on the size of my inbox, it's 2mb with hotmail. Hey apocalypse, i'm about 3/4 thru with stormriders, just correcting the X/Y offsets, i'll mail you a link to download when i'm done

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54x Moderator
   
Posts: 3080 From: Wellington, New Zealand Registered: Apr 2001 |
posted 13 December 2001 03:03
Stormriders were cool  Maybe you should get planetdiablo hosting so that you can upload these directly?  ------------------ 54x. "My computer has wheels on giant stilts that allow me to drive it over all the other, slower computers." "For great bandwidth!" http://www.planetdiablo.com/newdawn/ New Dawn Forum

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Incandescent One Honorary Warlord
   
Posts: 272 From: Great Britain Registered: Nov 2001 |
posted 13 December 2001 20:00
Hey 54x, anywhere that i could upload them to would be handy, i've currently got a page up but one of the stipulations of use is that i don't encourage too much traffic (edited) I just checked the news on the keep page & Jeff has put the Leoric plug-in up (thanx jeff) so anyone that wants to see what i've been up to should feel free to download it. This is the first so any feedback is welcomed, and a generous share of any credit should go to Foxbat and Teknokyo for all their help and patience  Stormriders is also nearing completion, so that should be available for the weekend.
[This message has been edited by Incandescent One (edited 13 December 2001).]

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Forsaken Honorary Warlord
   
Posts: 397 From: Dutch guy in France Registered: Sep 2001 |
posted 14 December 2001 06:48
quote: Originally posted by bkdoane: Can this be done with animations from other Blizzard games? I wouldn't mind taking the flying units from the zerg and turning them into those annoying suckers that come from the nests in acts 1 and 2. That would almost fit. It's better than taking the terran planes and doing the same thing I think.
Mmmmmm, can you say "Carriers"? :-) ------------------ So much bandwidth, so little time

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Brother Laz Honorary Warlord
   
Posts: 1134 From: the place where angels watch... Registered: Dec 2001 |
posted 14 December 2001 08:39
quote: Originally posted by Forsaken: Mmmmmm, can you say "Carriers"? :-)
Can you say 'Recall'?  ------------------ To practice the Arts of Modding is to be Damned. To master Them is to be Victorious. -D1 manual

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Apocalypse Demon Moderator
   
Posts: 4023 From: Mississauga, Ontario Registered: Oct 2001 |
posted 14 December 2001 12:51
Hmm, is there a place where you can download the Hellfire animations because I don't have hellfire. But from that site, I can say I really would like someone to send me the defiler, horkspawn, psychorb and torchant animations so I can play around with them myself. Or is there a site with all the downloads for them?------------------ God gave me a brain to use but I miserably failed to use it to my advantage

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Incandescent One Honorary Warlord
   
Posts: 272 From: Great Britain Registered: Nov 2001 |
posted 14 December 2001 15:52
Hey apocalypse, i'll send u the hork spawn anims, i did a fairly lengthy search for anywhere that had Hellfire anims up for download & came up empty This is why i'm trying to accumulate some anims for d2, so they can be posted for everyone, internet_roadkill was kind enough to send me the Horkspawn, & i'm sure there are plenty of other people in the keep who've got Hellfire/diablo1 on cd. Any diablo1 monsters you want i can get to you, but alas, i still haven't managed to get my hands on a Hellfire cd!

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Apocalypse Demon Moderator
   
Posts: 4023 From: Mississauga, Ontario Registered: Oct 2001 |
posted 14 December 2001 16:33
Thanks Incandenscent, looking forward for them. Well, the Defiler, the eye things(Necromorb), Torchant, Archlich, Skullwing, and the flying Goatmen will be well appreciated as well as Hork Spawns. Thanks...------------------ God gave me a brain to use but I miserably failed to use it to my advantage

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Incandescent One Honorary Warlord
   
Posts: 272 From: Great Britain Registered: Nov 2001 |
posted 15 December 2001 03:36
Hey Apocalypse, I'm almost finished on them Stormriders, just gotta chop & change a few offsets, i'm using the highpriest lightning instead tho, it looks better as stormriders are right handed & normal lightning is cast centrally from a character/monster, adjusting that would affect too many other anims in the game  <edited> i give up trying to display a screenshot here, can't get the damned link to work  [This message has been edited by Incandescent One (edited 15 December 2001).]

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