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February 8th, 2005, 07:55 PM
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Re: MapEditing Faq anuwhere?
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I should add - my problem now is when I convert from .jpg to .tga some of my squares get fuzzy for some reason.
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Maybe because of jpg compression? Make sure that the exported tga has the same resolution as your source jpg file, for otherwise resampling destroys the white pixels.
You can turn on tga compression, for it is loss-less and therfore does not kill white pixels, but jpg-compression will smoth colors and implies harmful artifacts, so turn jpg compression and color smoothing off entirely.
Another source of trouble could be a conversion of the color-depth 8-bit, 16-bit, 24-bit. Try to open the .tga file after an export... |
February 8th, 2005, 11:24 PM
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Re: MapEditing Faq anuwhere?
Yes jpg should be avoided except as a web image AFTER the tga is done.
I would recommend GIMP as a paint program (like the devs use). Its free, and powerful, but not reasy to learn how to use.
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February 9th, 2005, 04:05 PM
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Re: MapEditing Faq anuwhere?
Can Dominions read compressed, 8-bit .tga? I think that, atleast for mods, the pictures have to be 24- or 32-bit and uncompressed.
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February 9th, 2005, 09:56 PM
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Re: MapEditing Faq anuwhere?
RLE compression works. It's the one The GIMP offers ...
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February 10th, 2005, 06:48 AM
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Re: MapEditing Faq anuwhere?
Back to the original topic: No one seems to do the MapMakingFAQ, but there is some demand and everyone seems to be able to contribute a bit...
So what about starting a wiki? Would anyone else help? I think Arryn's Website offers a Dom2-Wiki, but currently it is locked (at least I cannot see a way how to alter or add anything - the help page talks about certain access levels, so I think it currently set to 'only invited users may edit', but there is no register page either). Maybe Arryn reopens that Wiki if we ask?
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February 10th, 2005, 09:16 AM
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Re: MapEditing Faq anuwhere?
I would help. I could easily add a wiki to Dom2Minions.com
MAPs is about the only part of Dominions I have alot of notes on. I never did quite get into the MOD stuff. But its jsut like the DomMap utility project which was going strong until Illwinter announced that a map generator was going to be part of Dom3. With those types of changes coming, its hard to proceed with a Dom2 version
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