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Topic: new tp anim - just get offsets?
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dead himself Squire

Posts: 26 From: hell Registered: Mar 2002 |
posted 08 March 2002 22:55
I've got a cool animations for town portals (from Planescape Torment). Should I do something with it with Paint Shop Pro, or should I only get it into .dcc with good offsets? And: How do I get fine offsets?------------------ graphicconverter@hotmail.com

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Apocalypse Demon Moderator
   
Posts: 4023 From: Mississauga, Ontario Registered: Oct 2001 |
posted 09 March 2002 00:16
Convert to .gif, then edit the backgrounds appropriately(the background needs to be AA AA AA colour) and then change to .dcc. By the way, can you extract me the Pillar of Torment from Planescape Torment(I think that's what the skill is called) because I don't have the game.

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Baz Honorary Warlord
   
Posts: 687 From: The Netherlands Registered: Nov 2001 |
posted 09 March 2002 01:25
I also got it from somebody else. Tell me how it looks like and I'll try to find it between about 120 spells  ------------------ Give me fuel, give me fire, give me all that I desire the Harry Potter mod site

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dead himself Squire

Posts: 26 From: hell Registered: Mar 2002 |
posted 09 March 2002 01:29
I got it from somebody else, tell me the same as Baz said, and I'll look thru those spells.------------------ graphicconverter@hotmail.com

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dead himself Squire

Posts: 26 From: hell Registered: Mar 2002 |
posted 09 March 2002 01:34
Sorry I'm not so experienced with psp (just got it an hour ) How do I change the background color? And: what is the best way to get offsets for Black Isle animations?------------------ graphicconverter@hotmail.com

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Baz Honorary Warlord
   
Posts: 687 From: The Netherlands Registered: Nov 2001 |
posted 09 March 2002 01:42
Hey Apocalypse Demon, are you already in a team? Coz I would really like to have a good graphic converter/user/maker/whatever in the Harry Potter mod team. I already asked Novus, but he doesn't answer (I sent the email about 1,5 week ago) if you're interested, email me!------------------ Give me fuel, give me fire, give me all that I desire the Harry Potter mod site

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dead himself Squire

Posts: 26 From: hell Registered: Mar 2002 |
posted 09 March 2002 07:41
I opened the planescape torment spell with paint shop pro 7, and on my right, I see about 130 squares with all a little different color, except the whole left top square. It was light-green. I changed it to #AAAAAA, and the background from the spell became grey. Then I saved it to .gif. But... when I opened the spell there was just 1 frame How can I just to the next frame, and after that I changed the backgroundcolor from all frames, how do I save all the frames together into 1 .gif animation?------------------ graphicconverter@hotmail.com

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dead himself Squire

Posts: 26 From: hell Registered: Mar 2002 |
posted 09 March 2002 07:56
And when I view the animation with cv5 in .gif, the animation jumps up and down like it has become crazy. How do I make make it move normal?------------------ graphicconverter@hotmail.com

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Apocalypse Demon Moderator
   
Posts: 4023 From: Mississauga, Ontario Registered: Oct 2001 |
posted 09 March 2002 08:26
That is because you did not properly convert it. You need to find the max X Y size of your animation and make a background layer with AAAAAA colour. Then, put your animations ON TOP of that layer.

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dead himself Squire

Posts: 26 From: hell Registered: Mar 2002 |
posted 09 March 2002 11:17
OK... so when I understand it good I must do this: 1. Make a new image with width: 21 and heigth: 40 (that's the size of my graphic) 2. change the foreground solid color and background solid color to #AAAAAA, and then use flood fill to make the whole image #AAAAAA 3. copy the new town portal image (right-click and copy, do I copy all frames if I do that?) 4. how do I put it on top of the #AAAAAA image (which paste as ... should I use?)------------------ graphicconverter@hotmail.com

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Apocalypse Demon Moderator
   
Posts: 4023 From: Mississauga, Ontario Registered: Oct 2001 |
posted 09 March 2002 11:25
What animation program are you using? To paste over a layer, you need to use the "blend with" option...download this animator:www.gamani.com There should be a blend with option(as well as many other good options). A great animation program but it is a 30 day trial(to prolong the trial, just reset your computer clock when the trial runs out).

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dead himself Squire

Posts: 26 From: hell Registered: Mar 2002 |
posted 09 March 2002 12:10
I'm using Paint Shop Pro7. but now I'm downloading Gamani.------------------ graphicconverter@hotmail.com

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Baz Honorary Warlord
   
Posts: 687 From: The Netherlands Registered: Nov 2001 |
posted 09 March 2002 12:28
Hey Apocalyse Demon, have you got MSN? I would really like to chat with you...------------------ Give me fuel, give me fire, give me all that I desire the Harry Potter mod site

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Apocalypse Demon Moderator
   
Posts: 4023 From: Mississauga, Ontario Registered: Oct 2001 |
posted 09 March 2002 12:35
No, I don't have MSN or any other chat programs. And no, I can't be on your Harry Potter team because:1) I don't know anything about harry potter 2) From what I have heard about the show, it sounds quite "stupid"(sorry but that's my opinion). I'm only talking about the show, not your mod(never played your mod). 3) I am already working on the BGMod team for conversions.

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Baz Honorary Warlord
   
Posts: 687 From: The Netherlands Registered: Nov 2001 |
posted 09 March 2002 12:48
It sounds stupid coz I sent DJYelloJello a long unfinished mod, just for the testers to tell how the like the monster adjustments, but DJ put the mod on the site (and there were many many many bugs)------------------ Give me fuel, give me fire, give me all that I desire the Harry Potter mod site

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dead himself Squire

Posts: 26 From: hell Registered: Mar 2002 |
posted 09 March 2002 12:50
OK, I think I've got the cast town portal finished. Can I send it to you, so that you can tell me if something is wrong? (it's still in .gif with no offsets)PS: what's the best way to get offsets? ------------------ graphicconverter@hotmail.com

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Apocalypse Demon Moderator
   
Posts: 4023 From: Mississauga, Ontario Registered: Oct 2001 |
posted 09 March 2002 12:50
No no you misunderstood. I didn't say your mod was stupid, I said that in my opinion, the Harry potter show is stupid.

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Apocalypse Demon Moderator
   
Posts: 4023 From: Mississauga, Ontario Registered: Oct 2001 |
posted 09 March 2002 12:52
Ok, send it away. As for offsets, it isn't too hard with spells but monsters are a pain. You will need to expirement with the offsets, if they aren't completely in line, you need to alter the offset slightly, go back into the game, check if it's inline, if not, alter the offsets again, etc.

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dead himself Squire

Posts: 26 From: hell Registered: Mar 2002 |
posted 10 March 2002 00:32
OK, the town portal was in the game (but without offsets )! Here are the problems: 1: it looked terrible ugly, it really didn't looked like the town portal I sent you. 2: the town portal has got a black hole in the tr directory and the town portal animations in the hd directory. I just replaced all hd files. In the game the town portal was at the right of the black hole. 3: I could only select the town portal if I would click on the black hole 4: there were no offsets, what is the best way to get them, just fill in some numbers, and test?So now I wanna make my town portal look nice with fine offsets. ------------------ graphicconverter@hotmail.com

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Wyvern Honorary Warlord
   
Posts: 1137 From: A very large cave Registered: Jan 2002 |
posted 10 March 2002 08:46
Harry potter is not stupid apoc. Those dudes made alot of money. I think it is a good idea to make that, young folks will love it alot i bet. I don't like harry potter however . I really don't even know what it is about lol just about some kid casting spells? shrug ------------------ God is the reason we live in dismay It is his will that this world's suffering If we do not believe what you foretell We can expect afterlife will be hell -deicide[This message has been edited by Wyvern (edited 10 March 2002).]

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Baz Honorary Warlord
   
Posts: 687 From: The Netherlands Registered: Nov 2001 |
posted 10 March 2002 08:52
He's not my favorite either, but I'm just have fun making mods, and Harry Potter seemed to be a nice theme for a mod  ------------------ Give me fuel, give me fire, give me all that I desire the Harry Potter mod site

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Baynne Honorary Warlord
   
Posts: 279 From: USA Registered: Mar 2002 |
posted 10 March 2002 10:21
i think we should make a Matrix mod.... of course that include bring guns into the game, which would offset the theme (speaking of offsets eh?) hehehe------------------ check it out, my site is in the works: http://www.geocities.com/baynne2001/difwor.html

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dead himself Squire

Posts: 26 From: hell Registered: Mar 2002 |
posted 10 March 2002 11:35
Hey apocolypse demon, I think the image is ugly coz of the grey background. Can you explain me very detailed how you make the grey background (I can do the blend with ... stuff myself, no need for that)PS: how does that image that you want from PT look like? ------------------ graphicconverter@hotmail.com

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Apocalypse Demon Moderator
   
Posts: 4023 From: Mississauga, Ontario Registered: Oct 2001 |
posted 10 March 2002 12:42
You used an incorrect background again. It MUST be 170,170,170 colour for the background. This is because, the game treats that colour as transparent. Your townportal animation has a background colour of 173, 173, 173 which will turn out gray in the game. Also, what are those red flashy dots that appear in the townportal animation you sent me?

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dead himself Squire

Posts: 26 From: hell Registered: Mar 2002 |
posted 10 March 2002 13:20
Can you explain me how to make a 170, 170, 170 image, coz my psp sais it's 170, 170, 170. Explain me plz The red dots are from the assassin spell, I added them coz I couldn't make a fine looking blue town portal that was moving, so I added those red things to it. Yes, I'm also noy very happy with it, but do you know something else that would be better?------------------ graphicconverter@hotmail.com

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