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How do you add sections as doodads?
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Hypothetical Wisdom wrote:How do you add sections as doodads?
Make them .gifs.
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What are they now?
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Hypothetical Wisdom wrote:What are they now?
They're .pngs.
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Ok. So, any gif file that is added is automatically a doodad?
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Ever considered that it might be faster to just read the documentation?
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I just checked the manual, Kaelis, and it doesn't say which file type is for which type of component.
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And don't forget Kaelis, the act of digging through game files which are all in conveniently labeled folders is out of the average user's reach. :roll:
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Hypothetical Wisdom wrote:I just checked the manual, Kaelis, and it doesn't say which file type is for which type of component.
Documentation, not manual.
Slayer0019 wrote:And don't forget Kaelis, the act of digging through game files which are all in conveniently labeled folders is out of the average user's reach. :roll:
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Kaelis wrote:
Hypothetical Wisdom wrote:I just checked the manual, Kaelis, and it doesn't say which file type is for which type of component.
Documentation, not manual.
I'm looking at the documentation, and nowhere in the Custom Sprite Import section does it mention anything about .gifs and .pngs importing differently as doodads or sections. You may want to fix that, dude.

Anyway. if you drag and drop a .gif into the Shipmaker, it will ask if you want it to be a doodad or a section. .png files are always imported as sections.
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Errrr...
Kaelis wrote:To import a section or doodad and insert it directly onto the grid in SM, simply drag and drop the files onto the SM window. If you drag a gif, you will be presented with an option to make it either a section or a doodad.
And it was more of a general request, really.
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Kaelis wrote:Errrr...
Kaelis wrote:To import a section or doodad and insert it directly onto the grid in SM, simply drag and drop the files onto the SM window. If you drag a gif, you will be presented with an option to make it either a section or a doodad.
And it was more of a general request, really.
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Kaelis wrote:
Hypothetical Wisdom wrote:I just checked the manual, Kaelis, and it doesn't say which file type is for which type of component.
Documentation, not manual.
By documentation, do you mean the posts you put on the forums?
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Slayer0019 wrote:]And don't forget Kaelis, the act of digging through game files which are all in conveniently labeled folders is out of the average user's reach. :roll:
What...?
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I think that might be sarcasm, Kaelis :lol:
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Hypothetical Wisdom wrote:By documentation, do you mean the posts you put on the forums?
He means this thread, yes.
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Ah, yes, that's what I thought he meant.
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