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Topic: dragons are possible to convert
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KingCold Honorary Warlord
   
Posts: 320 From: Skowhegan, ME, USA Registered: Apr 2001 |
posted 10 January 2002 09:03
check out my avatar look familliar? just converted that a few minutes agowell as soon as the forums change my avatar untill then here's the url [embed src="http://members.mint.net/kingcold/dragon.gif"] ------------------ "I Have Risin From The Ashes Of Death More Powerfull Than Ever" [This message has been edited by KingCold (edited 11 January 2002).]

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FoxBat Moderator
   
Posts: 1618 From: PA, USA Registered: Feb 2001 |
posted 10 January 2002 10:44
!!!!Is that the full size real thing?  How did you get all 6 parts together (so easily)?

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KingCold Honorary Warlord
   
Posts: 320 From: Skowhegan, ME, USA Registered: Apr 2001 |
posted 10 January 2002 11:06
no thats not full size lol thats at 50% as for getting the 6 parts together well... i did it that same way i did the tanari... and its 9 parts not 6------------------ "I Have Risin From The Ashes Of Death More Powerfull Than Ever"

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FoxBat Moderator
   
Posts: 1618 From: PA, USA Registered: Feb 2001 |
posted 10 January 2002 11:16
No I know the avatar is 50% I meant that you had the full size conversion sitting on your HD. Apparantly you do if that Tanari was multi-part.I don't think you've even hinted at how you get the multi-part monsters together so quickly... I'm guessing it involves something other than manually combining the multiple parts for every frame into one frame and getting it to look "right"... if that is your method, then I salute all that very hard work... if not, I'd like to see by what genius you got them together.  [This message has been edited by FoxBat (edited 10 January 2002).]

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KingCold Honorary Warlord
   
Posts: 320 From: Skowhegan, ME, USA Registered: Apr 2001 |
posted 10 January 2002 11:40
... i put 3 parts together at a time, top 3, middle 3, bottom 3, then i put those 3 together..... OMG!!!!! i ran out of memory saveing the completed walk gif!!!!! i have 256 megs of ram!!!!! OMG LOLjust finished the completed walking animation going to put it into dcc as soon as i figure out how to get that much ram lol anyone wh wants to test the walking animation put your email in this post and ill mail it out tonight ------------------ "I Have Risin From The Ashes Of Death More Powerfull Than Ever" [This message has been edited by KingCold (edited 10 January 2002).]

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KingCold Honorary Warlord
   
Posts: 320 From: Skowhegan, ME, USA Registered: Apr 2001 |
posted 10 January 2002 11:57
this could be a problem... i cant seem to be able to save the file, im going to pump my virtual memory setting up to 1gb and see if i have enuf then but if i dont i cant do the dragon------------------ "I Have Risin From The Ashes Of Death More Powerfull Than Ever"

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Apocalypse Demon Moderator
   
Posts: 4023 From: Mississauga, Ontario Registered: Oct 2001 |
posted 10 January 2002 13:00
Hmm, try deleting something off of there. Or, you can send me the file at e_tchernev@hotmail.com and I can test it. How many frames is the animation?------------------ God gave me a brain to use but I miserably failed to use it to my advantage

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KingCold Honorary Warlord
   
Posts: 320 From: Skowhegan, ME, USA Registered: Apr 2001 |
posted 10 January 2002 15:22
lol hard to send it to you if i cant save it i got it to save tho, and its only 96 frames but its not that frames that makes me run out of ram its the sheer size of him roughtly 700 x 800unfortunatly he has to be within 300 x 300 to be put in diablo so now he's at 40% ------------------ "I Have Risin From The Ashes Of Death More Powerfull Than Ever"

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Axalon Honorary Warlord
   
Posts: 2243 From: New England, USA Registered: Dec 2001 |
posted 10 January 2002 15:30
Dragon? Dragon!! Did somebody say DRAGON ... oh, KingCold, tell me it's the dragon Drakk from Darkstone ... I've been trying so hard to put him into my mod, but I didn't think was possible or to be more exact, compatilble within a D2 format ... hmmm ... but I see your having some trouble with your RAM memory & your swap file ... man, if you could only use my PC ... I got 1024 megs of screaming DDR cooking here ... even if it's not the dragon Drakk ... if I could help you out in any way, just let me know ... I just get all crazy when it comes to dragons  ------------------ "To dream a life, or to live a dream ... only through desire shall the sleeper awaken."

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KingCold Honorary Warlord
   
Posts: 320 From: Skowhegan, ME, USA Registered: Apr 2001 |
posted 10 January 2002 15:35
its a dragon from bg2 (my are of specialty) i dont even have darktone sorry to dissapoint you :-/------------------ "I Have Risin From The Ashes Of Death More Powerfull Than Ever"

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Axalon Honorary Warlord
   
Posts: 2243 From: New England, USA Registered: Dec 2001 |
posted 10 January 2002 15:44
The dragon from bg2 is very cool ... I know you been doing a lot with bg2, but I never any mention of the dragon, till now ... I'm not disapointed at all, King ... if I can still help you out, just let me know, bro ------------------ "To dream a life, or to live a dream ... only through desire shall the sleeper awaken."

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KingCold Honorary Warlord
   
Posts: 320 From: Skowhegan, ME, USA Registered: Apr 2001 |
posted 10 January 2002 15:54
so... no one even wants to test this walk animation i completed? sheesh well at least it will save me some time mailing them out------------------ "I Have Risin From The Ashes Of Death More Powerfull Than Ever"

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Axalon Honorary Warlord
   
Posts: 2243 From: New England, USA Registered: Dec 2001 |
posted 10 January 2002 16:01
I'd be glad to test it out for you, KingCold , but I'm not experienced wizard, like all of these other great dudes:-) But, hey, I'll give it shot anyway  ------------------ "To dream a life, or to live a dream ... only through desire shall the sleeper awaken."

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Apocalypse Demon Moderator
   
Posts: 4023 From: Mississauga, Ontario Registered: Oct 2001 |
posted 10 January 2002 16:42
Uh, KingCold didn't I say I wanted to test...anyways, when you get it decreased in size and saved or whatever, send it to me and I'll see if I can post a pic of it in game or find any bugs/errors in it.  ------------------ God gave me a brain to use but I miserably failed to use it to my advantage

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KingCold Honorary Warlord
   
Posts: 320 From: Skowhegan, ME, USA Registered: Apr 2001 |
posted 10 January 2002 16:42
ok sending the file to you two, test it and let me know how it looks when it has its pallet changed, ie when you put it as a fallen ro something and look at what happens to it as d2 changes the pallet, this is only the walk animation but i should have a few more done by the end of tomorrow------------------- yea i know you said you wanted to test didnt see it till after i wrote the post, and a few screenshots of it walking would be great ------------------ "I Have Risin From The Ashes Of Death More Powerfull Than Ever" [This message has been edited by KingCold (edited 10 January 2002).]

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KingCold Honorary Warlord
   
Posts: 320 From: Skowhegan, ME, USA Registered: Apr 2001 |
posted 10 January 2002 16:53
oh yea another thing, the shadow SHOULD look fine thats why i want you to check what happens when d2 changes the pallet, because i cant get rid or that shadow easilly if at all(youll notice the feet of the dragon almost perfectly blend with that shadow)------------------ "I Have Risin From The Ashes Of Death More Powerfull Than Ever"

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stargazer79 Honorary Warlord
   
Posts: 883 From: Sweden Registered: Jun 2001 |
posted 10 January 2002 17:31
damn thats some good work.. i was just gonna ask you man.. if you had the chance if you could tell me where and how to ou the dragon togheter.. lol. i come here there is a post about it .. shaem it has to be so small is. i dont really understand why,... its only an image after all.. isnt it possible to make the image just a LIL bit bigger than 40% ?? i mean... just so that the dragons look nice and big in comparison to even diablo.. (the Raver needs a convert too im gonna have a look at him) iäve just got bg2 isntalled and just exported every single bam file i coudl ffind from the creanim files etc. (2600 files worth) great work king cold.. great great work... if you can send me the file at mgeuken@hotmail.com i will be glad to test it for you.. also the other dragons are gonna need to be converted.. white black red, purple etc... any tips.. shortcuts clues.. for me to mod those things.. iäve made a list of all the mosnters i wnana convert.. is there anyway we can set monsters to be transparent.. ie.. the air elementals.. the shadows(the mosntery type) ghosts.. wariths etc oh and for the foots steps.. i could work on the feet, maybe, i guess it is possible to simply remove the bg2 shadow from him for d2 though.. otherwise brighten the image.. see what happens.. then get rid of shaow.. return image to normal color.. i just had another look.. that shadow IMO should go.. if possible.. i can help you with that if you like,.. i'll hand do each frame to remove shadows if ai have to... we migth be able to stick him in in a larger size.. is the 300x300 the absolute max for any creature.. and why? ------------------ Love is the irresistable desire to be irresistably desired. [This message has been edited by stargazer79 (edited 10 January 2002).]

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KingCold Honorary Warlord
   
Posts: 320 From: Skowhegan, ME, USA Registered: Apr 2001 |
posted 10 January 2002 17:37
its not possible to brighten the shadow without brightining the feet, and i am well aware of the other dragon *shudder* my computers hdd is gonna be sooooo fragmented after i get done with big red here, and i dont know aobut makeing them transparent or anything you would haveta ask nefareus, as for sending it to you, sorry i already sent out the email for the night, i dont like sending more then 1 out due to the fact im on a 56k, ill send you tomorrow nights eddition tho------------------ as for tips and shortcuts, well read my post about making multi parted monsters thats exactly what i do ------------------ "I Have Risin From The Ashes Of Death More Powerfull Than Ever" [This message has been edited by KingCold (edited 10 January 2002).]

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stargazer79 Honorary Warlord
   
Posts: 883 From: Sweden Registered: Jun 2001 |
posted 10 January 2002 17:51
aah tahts fine man... im in no rush.. just letting you know you can send whatever you want me to test my way and i will test it...well if there is any other way i can help let me know
------------------ Love is the irresistable desire to be irresistably desired.

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stargazer79 Honorary Warlord
   
Posts: 883 From: Sweden Registered: Jun 2001 |
posted 10 January 2002 19:13
kingcold.. once you are done with the dragon dcc, would you mind emailing me the "large version" of the files.. i believe that the 300x300 pixels size is basically only for the actualy attack mechanics etc.. i mean.. teh graphic will just overlap otehr creatures thats all. we will walk over its tail just like in bg2 etc i believe.
------------------ Love is the irresistable desire to be irresistably desired.

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Apocalypse Demon Moderator
   
Posts: 4023 From: Mississauga, Ontario Registered: Oct 2001 |
posted 10 January 2002 19:19
Well, I tried him out...looks cool. I tried him replacing the Urders, the animations are good but the offsets are HORRIBLE!!! The monster was almost a screen away from the animation...but that's not your fault, the dragons will always have major offset problems unless you edit it which I didn't bother. But the dragon seemed to be floating in thin air due to bad offsets but the animation didn't crash and it looked good.------------------ God gave me a brain to use but I miserably failed to use it to my advantage

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stargazer79 Honorary Warlord
   
Posts: 883 From: Sweden Registered: Jun 2001 |
posted 10 January 2002 19:29
hrmn i have aquestion.. in monstats.txt can we edit the size of a mosnter easily??? cause we are getting bigger animations.. such as teh saver (which i should be converting soon).. pit fiends stillt o come ,, umber hulks.. iron oglems.. they are HUGE animations.
------------------ Love is the irresistable desire to be irresistably desired.

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stargazer79 Honorary Warlord
   
Posts: 883 From: Sweden Registered: Jun 2001 |
posted 10 January 2002 19:31
personally this day marks a milestone  dragons in d2.. its alomst here.. and peopel said it woudl not be done. mauhahah dcc editing was ofoucrse also never going to happen way back when i joined the forums  its true what they say.. ANY program can be editied to do what you want with enough time and effort
------------------ Love is the irresistable desire to be irresistably desired.

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Apocalypse Demon Moderator
   
Posts: 4023 From: Mississauga, Ontario Registered: Oct 2001 |
posted 10 January 2002 19:47
yeah, what a day, what an accomplishment you have made KingCold. Now, as for resizing the animations, you can't do it in monstats.txt or any .txt, you need to directly edit the .gifs. Oh, and don't bother to do the Iron Golems, me and badasswerewolf have already done them, we are still checking them for errors though. But you are willing to do the Umber Hulks if you want or maybe the Ugyanto(sp? forgot what it was called buy it was something like this). Is there some sort of demigorgon in BGII because I still haven't beaten the game(I just got BGII for christmas plus the expansion ).------------------ God gave me a brain to use but I miserably failed to use it to my advantage

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badasswerewolf Knight

Posts: 70 From: Minneapolis, MN. USA Registered: Jan 2002 |
posted 10 January 2002 20:33
Kudos to KingCold for doing the dragon! That takes some REAL patience. I started working on the red dragon myself (after Apoc nagging me, LOL)and ended up with this messy walking animation. You can see it here...www.flightsofsplendor.com/D2X_modstuff/mmm.htm P.S. Apoc, I also fixed your Iron Golem avatar. It cuts off the bottom shadow a little but at least it isn't stretched out or pixelated like before.  ------------------ Last night I had Italian for dinner.

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