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Topic: Screenshots of the BG II Iron Golems
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Apocalypse Demon Moderator
   
Posts: 4023 From: Mississauga, Ontario Registered: Oct 2001 |
posted 12 January 2002 19:09
Okay, here are some screenshots of the Iron Golems: www.apocalypsedemon.freeservers.com/index.html You will also find some other monster pictures as well as the picture of the red dragon at. www.apocalypsedemon.freeservers.com/photo.html You will notice that for the IronGolem animations, the shadows are white for some reason. Badasswerewolf, I thought you edited those shadows when I gave you the files to finish off? Anyways, what do you guys think?

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NefariusDX Honorary Warlord
   
Posts: 1392 From: The Hadal Abyss of Eternal Oblivion Registered: Jun 2001 |
posted 12 January 2002 23:34
cool dude, just get rid of that shadow  ------------------ Nefarius' Secondary Mod Site Nefarius' Primary Mod Site ------------------ XyRAX v21.00 Comming Soon! ------------------ NëƒarIu§ ÖƒƒiçláL [V]oÞÞ¦hg §¡Nce D2C V1.02!!! quote: Gaze into the Oblivion within yourself and you shall become your greatest fears. The escence of leeching is to request before you try

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Axalon Honorary Warlord
   
Posts: 2243 From: New England, USA Registered: Dec 2001 |
posted 13 January 2002 00:59
Yeah, they look pretty awesome ... I think the dragon should be in the River of Flame, maybe guarding the entrance to the Chaos Santuary  ------------------ "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 13 January 2002 01:39
Yeah, that was just a test. He's not really going to be in the palace.  ------------------ God gave me a brain to use but I miserably failed to use it to my advantage

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Apocalypse Demon Moderator
   
Posts: 4023 From: Mississauga, Ontario Registered: Oct 2001 |
posted 13 January 2002 10:20
Ok, what is the best way to get rid of these shadows? Should I use the eraser and erase it for EVERY frame, that will take alot of time. Is there a more efficient method?------------------ 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 13 January 2002 12:01
Yes, there is a better way. Let me know if you just want a color change for the shadow or if you want to get rid of it completely. It is easy to do in one step as long as the background color is "opaque".------------------ Last night I had a spicy latina for dinner.

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Apocalypse Demon Moderator
   
Posts: 4023 From: Mississauga, Ontario Registered: Oct 2001 |
posted 13 January 2002 12:31
Ok, can you completely get rid of the shadow then? Then we can use an auto shadow by putting a 1 in the shadow column of monstats.txt.------------------ 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 13 January 2002 17:27
Okay, the iron golem with No Shadow is done.  See here for details. www.flightsofsplendor.com/D2X_modstuff/mmm.htm ------------------ Last night I had a spicy latina for dinner.

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Apocalypse Demon Moderator
   
Posts: 4023 From: Mississauga, Ontario Registered: Oct 2001 |
posted 13 January 2002 18:56
Ok, can you tell me how you got rid of the shadow so quickly? So I don't have to ask you to do it every single time.  ------------------ 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 13 January 2002 19:56
he used a replace color #xxxxxxx with color #yyyyyyy type of command x and y being any number------------------ "I Have Risin From The Ashes Of Death More Powerfull Than Ever"

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badasswerewolf Knight

Posts: 70 From: Minneapolis, MN. USA Registered: Jan 2002 |
posted 13 January 2002 20:46
KingCold is right. Here's the steps using Gamani GIFMovieGear:1. open GIF animation file. 2. select Properties from Animation pull-down. 3. Click on Edit Global Palette. 4. The cursor will turn into an eye-dropper when it is positioned over any color. Using the eye-dropper check the color index of the shadow in the image on the right. The color index is a number between 0 and 255 and it has a specific RGB value. In the case of the iron golem, the shadows somehow got converted to 132,132,132 (from the original 128,128,128) when I worked on them. But I digress. The index number will be different for each animation, since each animation has a different palette (it doesn't NEED to be this way, you could have all the same palette). For example, the walk animation has color index #65 assigned to the shadow. 5. With the eye-dropper cursor move over to the left side of the window and pick index #65 from the color palette table (a bunch of little boxes). 6. When it is selected you can edit the RGB value (decimal) to whatever you want in the radio boxes below it. So for a background of #AAAAAA hex this is RGB 170,170,170. 7. Click Okay. Viola! Shadow is now invisible! This is because the background color is also RGB 170,170,170 and it is opaque. You can not do this trick if the background is made transparent, however. This is because only one color index can be transparent within a GIF image and there is no way to selectively delete a single index entry. In other words, if you need a transparent background but want to get rid of the shadow, you have to paint it out in every frame. YUK!!! Fortunately, as pointed out by Nefarius, the D2X palette handler provides the transparency operation and we can leave the background opaque - so you're in business with this handy shortcut!  8. IMPORTANT CHECK: switch to the Global Frame tab of the Properties window and make sure that the "transparent" checkbox is "un-checked" and also select "Background Color - before drawing next image". 9. Click okay. Save animation with new name. 10. Easy as pie.  I'm sure the same can be done in Jasc Animation Shop somehow. But give MovieGear a try. It is a favorite of web developers and...it has a 30-day free trial period. ------------------ Last night I had a spicy latina for dinner.

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badasswerewolf Knight

Posts: 70 From: Minneapolis, MN. USA Registered: Jan 2002 |
posted 13 January 2002 20:50
Hey! I'm a squire now.  ------------------ Last night I had a spicy latina for dinner.

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