Modding Questions

Targa · #1 February 2nd, 2004, 07:22 PM

You can also use photshop magic wand to select the background, then use Select>modify>expand to expand your selection into those stray pixels.

I threw up a few monster icons I had laying around, just in case anyone has a use for them. You can see a picture here:
http://www.techno-mage.com/~targa/monsters.jpg

And/or download the file as a photoshop .psd file here:
http://www.techno-mage.com/~targa/monsters.psd

Saber: See if your program is using an "anti-alias" setting on the fill command. That's usually what causes you to have off-color borders. Turn off antialiasing and it should fill black right up to the edges of your sprites. Alternatively, in photoshop you'd be working with layers, and could merge the layer with the sprite down onto a solid black layer.

[ February 02, 2004, 17:28: Message edited by: Targa ]

Saber Cherry · #2 February 2nd, 2004, 08:51 PM

I downloaded Gimp, so I'll see how well I can get that to work... Thanks for all the advice, by the way!

I decided to put up the units I've completed already; you can see them here. They're in TGAs in a zip, so if you unzip that to your mods directory, you can also see them in the game. Any impressions of which Versions of the units look better (there are 2 Versions of the eels, jellyfish, and alligators) or relative sizes are welcome...

Targa · #3 February 2nd, 2004, 09:27 PM

Your link doesn't work, Cherry...

Saber Cherry · #4 February 2nd, 2004, 09:35 PM

That's strange, it does for me... ?

Can you access this page?

http://www.geocities.com/saber_marionette_cherry/

Bowlingballhead · #5 February 2nd, 2004, 09:41 PM

I can get to Cherry Page, but not the first link. Your animals are as cute as buttons, but I suggest you will find them to be very pale when put into the actual game (I had that problem). They look very large to me, but I can't be sure that the imageviewer I'm using is giving me any sort of correct scale at all.

Good grief. That looks like colored pencil! Actually, that's rather neat. It provides a very unique texture.

[ February 02, 2004, 19:43: Message edited by: Bowlingballhead ]

#6 February 2nd, 2004, 09:46 PM

Cuteness overriding brain... strategy leaving... theme to Carebears invading ... GRAAAAARG!

Johan K · #7 February 2nd, 2004, 09:58 PM

The link worked for me too. The animals were cute, but quite bright compared to the old Dominions monsters. I suggest less brightness and more contrast, easy to do with the gimp. I look forward to some jellyfish in Dominions.