Official Image Collection - Page 50

capnq · #**491** November 22nd, 2002, 09:51 PM

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A 24bit bmp is smaller than the identical 32bit bmp.

Aha! Finally, an explanation for why 24-bit color exists. I've always been baffled by references to 24-bit color, because I've never seen a video card that produced that setting. Every card I've owned that allowed a color depth above 16-bit jumped directly to 32-bit.

Captain Kwok · #**492** November 23rd, 2002, 12:23 AM

The current images included with SE:IV are all 24-bit .bmps - decent file size with image quality undistinguishable from 32-bit with the human eye.

Gryphin · #**493** November 23rd, 2002, 02:31 AM

mlmbd ,
Hmm, Sorry to start such a contreversy here. I do use other programs. Must be the one they issue at work here. We are still on Win 95. With luck we will make it wo Win 2k by January.
I use InfraView to look at most graphics.

Fyron · #**494** November 23rd, 2002, 03:45 AM

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Originally posted by capnq:

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A 24bit bmp is smaller than the identical 32bit bmp.

Aha! Finally, an explanation for why 24-bit color exists. I've always been baffled by references to 24-bit color, because I've never seen a video card that produced that setting. Every card I've owned that allowed a color depth above 16-bit jumped directly to 32-bit.

My old ATI Rage Something-or-other 16 MB card had 16-bit and 24-bit, no 32-bit.

Suicide Junkie · #**495** November 23rd, 2002, 04:21 AM

More bad news with my computer situation.
Three harddrives have failed on me in the Last month now.
On monday I should be getting yet another replacement disk, and a fifth new one for backup.

Maybe its bad luck picking drives, maybe its something with the power, maybe its something else.

mlmbd · #**496** November 24th, 2002, 06:45 AM

Fyron, I had an ATI-3D Rage Pro-Xpert@Play. Not to bad. But I sure would like to get my hands on the ATI-9700. Oh Yeah!!

SJ, sorry to hear about the bad fortune!

mlmbd

tokche · #**497** November 24th, 2002, 06:03 PM

im trying to use component image 698 in SEIV 1.49 for an ion engine, but when i run the game, the images are blank. When i right click on it it shows 698's portrait, but it doesnt show it in the regular view.

Suicide Junkie · #**498** November 24th, 2002, 06:19 PM

You need to replace your "components.bmp" with the "newcomponents.bmp" supplied in the zip.

I will make that automatic in the next Versions.

tokche · #**499** November 24th, 2002, 07:05 PM

Captain Kwok · #**500** November 25th, 2002, 08:10 AM

SJ:

I was thinking for the next SE:IV Gold patch, it might be a good time to remove some of the less aesthetic (useful) images and reorganize the files. Since most modders will be updating their mods at this time, they'll be able to make the necessary changes to their mods to correspond with any imageMod changes.

I will likely be donating a hundred or so new planets at that time as well.