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Dragon Warrior
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From: The Planet Vegeta
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posted 02 February 2002 11:19     Click Here to See the Profile for Dragon Warrior   Click Here to Email Dragon Warrior        Reply w/Quote   
Added new shield to game, but inv graphic is all neon speckled, used dc6con to convert the pcx file and even tried with and without pallette changes, just a little annoyed, please help.

Well after a little testing it would seem the problem is in the files. Every time I try to convert pcx to dc6 there is a mass amount of discoloration/distortion, what am I doing wrong. Plz HELP ME!

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jbouley
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posted 03 February 2002 01:25     Click Here to See the Profile for jbouley   Click Here to Email jbouley        Reply w/Quote   Visit jbouley's Homepage!
The graphic was not saved in 256 colors, probably.

I sometimes save a .pcx file in True Color by accident...and then when I convert to .dc6...I gt stupid multicolored dots.

That's probably what you did. Go back to the original graphic, save it in 256 colors, and then convert to dc6 format.

If that's not the problem, then you probably don't have the right palette.

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Dragon Warrior
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posted 03 February 2002 22:53     Click Here to See the Profile for Dragon Warrior   Click Here to Email Dragon Warrior        Reply w/Quote   
I never would have thought of that, guess that's what I get for being a newbie. Thanks man.

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Dragon Warrior
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posted 04 February 2002 01:21     Click Here to See the Profile for Dragon Warrior   Click Here to Email Dragon Warrior        Reply w/Quote   
Okay finally got the colors right, but am having difficulty getting the images centered. Please help.

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jbouley
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posted 04 February 2002 21:56     Click Here to See the Profile for jbouley   Click Here to Email jbouley        Reply w/Quote   Visit jbouley's Homepage!
I was regularly making the same newbie mistake with colors as recently as a few months ago...and I still slip up occasionally.

As for "centering," if your image is sized right and the entries in misc.txt, armor.txt or weapons.txt indicate the proper height and width, it will center itself (inventory graphics at least). The height and width, by the way, refer to the number of squares in the inventory that are occupied by the item.

Just be aware that 1 square in D2 is 28 pixels.

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"A hero is no braver than anyone else. He is only brave five minutes longer."
For my latest mod (for LoD/expansion), download Version 1.1 of Sanctuary in Chaos

- Or for old stuff (for classic D2), visit my orignal mod site at www.planetdiablo.com/sanctuary

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