Son Tzus' shiny windows
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- Son Tzu
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Son Tzus' shiny windows
This is a small set of sprites modified (with Kaelis' kind permission) in order to be used as window overlays (except 122, that's for putting warning stripes on) with the Kae_shn set. I've kept the numbers of the sprites the same as the originals so it's easy to tell which one they go with.
More windows, this time original creations (I hope). Also, some miscellaneous stuff, kinda on the lines of some stuff Starstruck made but I can't find it so I made my own. Here's my first attempt at a doodad: EDIT: Ha ha, oops, here's the zip
Unzip it into your custom sprites folder, the folder name for the sprites should be Son_shn. Guess this proves that the son shines out of Kaelis' sprites...More windows, this time original creations (I hope). Also, some miscellaneous stuff, kinda on the lines of some stuff Starstruck made but I can't find it so I made my own. Here's my first attempt at a doodad: EDIT: Ha ha, oops, here's the zip
Last edited by Son Tzu on Fri Oct 08, 2010 2:18 pm, edited 4 times in total.
Don't worry chaps, they couldn't hit an elephant at this dist
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nuqDaq yuch Dapol?
Some people spread happiness wherever they go, others whenever they go
nuqDaq yuch Dapol?
Re: Son Tzus' shiny windows
Cool, thanks to both you and Kaelis for these.
Re: Son Tzus' shiny windows
nice one son! good work on your trebuchet by the way and Kaelis thanks as always
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Re: Son Tzus' shiny windows
Hey, these are very nice indeed. I like 'em, good job.
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Tepierre nichtoh, nee astanoivit,
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Tepierre nichtoh, nee astanoivit,
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- Son Tzu
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Re: Son Tzus' shiny windows
Thanks! If anybody has any advice on keeping the filesize down in png images I'd appreciate it. Even though there's less detail than the sections they're based on, I noticed that they're almost twice the bitcount.
Don't worry chaps, they couldn't hit an elephant at this dist
Some people spread happiness wherever they go, others whenever they go
nuqDaq yuch Dapol?
Some people spread happiness wherever they go, others whenever they go
nuqDaq yuch Dapol?
Re: Son Tzus' shiny windows
Have you tried using an Indexed colour palette to reduce the colour information in your PNGs to the bare necessity?
Indexed Mode is usually found alongside other modes like RGB, grayscale and so forth.
Indexed Mode is usually found alongside other modes like RGB, grayscale and so forth.
Realism, seriously? It's a space ship game. Realism was thrown out the window a long time ago.
Re: Son Tzus' shiny windows
I've compared filesizes Squishy, you shave off maybe a few bytes per image.
That said, try resaving them in a different program - if you're using MSPaint for the editing I have no doubt it's compression/saving whatsits are a complete pile of shite, and you're better off using something like IrfanView, or maybe Paint.net/GIMP for editing.
That said, try resaving them in a different program - if you're using MSPaint for the editing I have no doubt it's compression/saving whatsits are a complete pile of shite, and you're better off using something like IrfanView, or maybe Paint.net/GIMP for editing.
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- Son Tzu
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Re: Son Tzus' shiny windows
Arcalane, u r da bom!
Downloaded IrfanView and GIMP (worried what I'd get when I typed that into my search engine ). Did a little experiment, here are the results. Kaelis original file size: 577 bytes. Re-saved MSpaint edit using IV: 945 bytes. Re-saved MSpaint edit using GIMP: 977 bytes. Edit using IV: 924 bytes. Edit using GIMP: 269 bytes. Only trouble with GIMP is with it being professional grade software most of it goes way over my head. The last time I did any sprite editing was using SEUCK (Shoot 'Em Up Construction Kit) on the ZX Spectrum in the early eighties. Then I discovered girls...
EDIT: Forgot to include MSpaint edit filesize - 1077 bytes
Downloaded IrfanView and GIMP (worried what I'd get when I typed that into my search engine ). Did a little experiment, here are the results. Kaelis original file size: 577 bytes. Re-saved MSpaint edit using IV: 945 bytes. Re-saved MSpaint edit using GIMP: 977 bytes. Edit using IV: 924 bytes. Edit using GIMP: 269 bytes. Only trouble with GIMP is with it being professional grade software most of it goes way over my head. The last time I did any sprite editing was using SEUCK (Shoot 'Em Up Construction Kit) on the ZX Spectrum in the early eighties. Then I discovered girls...
EDIT: Forgot to include MSpaint edit filesize - 1077 bytes
Last edited by Son Tzu on Tue Oct 05, 2010 3:30 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Don't worry chaps, they couldn't hit an elephant at this dist
Some people spread happiness wherever they go, others whenever they go
nuqDaq yuch Dapol?
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nuqDaq yuch Dapol?
- HorseMonster
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Re: Son Tzus' shiny windows
Pfft. It's all lies, I use paint.Arcalane wrote:I've compared filesizes Squishy, you shave off maybe a few bytes per image.
That said, try resaving them in a different program - if you're using MSPaint for the editing I have no doubt it's compression/saving whatsits are a complete pile of shite, and you're better off using something like IrfanView, or maybe Paint.net/GIMP for editing.
- Son Tzu
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Re: Son Tzus' shiny windows
I stand by my empirically acquired data Mr. Monster.
Don't worry chaps, they couldn't hit an elephant at this dist
Some people spread happiness wherever they go, others whenever they go
nuqDaq yuch Dapol?
Some people spread happiness wherever they go, others whenever they go
nuqDaq yuch Dapol?