Sprite Help


[bL]NuBs
06-20-2004, 09:58 PM
I need help with the minimap sprites, the flags and overhead icons all work, just the minimap thing brit_camera, isnt showing transparencies, can anyone help me here.

(4THIDUSA) SSG
06-20-2004, 10:14 PM
make sure it is 256 8 bit color edit pallette 255 to something not used in the sprite and then set pallette transparency to that pallette number

[bL]NuBs
06-20-2004, 10:16 PM
how do i edit the pallete color

BillyNair
06-20-2004, 11:38 PM
in Photo shop, hit <ALT>+<I> then <M> then <T>

It is for the <T>able

the bottom right corner is the color you want transparent

I cant think of the menu names for I M T.

Silverghost
06-20-2004, 11:54 PM
Image>Mode>Colour Table

BillyNair
06-21-2004, 01:38 AM
Originally posted by Silverghost
Image>Mode>Colour Table or "Image>Mode>Color Table" if you are in the US. :D

jk, ty Silverghost.

suicidalpenguin
07-15-2004, 12:54 PM
alright, i've done all this. Got the image, made the one color transparent, but when i make it into a sprite, it's still not transparent. Is it the program i use (SprWiz) or am i doing something wrong?

ez
07-15-2004, 01:23 PM
Save the sprite as "alphatest".:cool:

suicidalpenguin
07-15-2004, 01:56 PM
don't they have to be named aplayer, gplayer, axis_camera, allied_camera?

(4THIDUSA) SSG
07-15-2004, 05:25 PM
you can name them whatever you want, if you are making custom ones for a map, but if you want to replace a sprite in the game, save it over or as the original sprite

Capt. Darling
07-15-2004, 05:32 PM
Oh, the woes of getting transparency to work.. By the way, "alphatest" is the transparency mode you should use, not the sprite's filename.

(4THIDUSA) SSG
07-15-2004, 06:14 PM
Nice x hair set, I have them on my site, anything you working on? let me know I will host it if you want me too.

suicidalpenguin
07-15-2004, 07:26 PM
Originally posted by Capt. Darling
Oh, the woes of getting transparency to work.. By the way, "alphatest" is the transparency mode you should use, not the sprite's filename.

LOL :D I'm an idiot, but that's what i was trying to save it as before but it still didn't work.

suicidalpenguin
07-15-2004, 07:29 PM
i'm using photoshop 7.0 and i make the color transparent and save the file, but when i open the file, the transparency went back to the original color.

ez
07-16-2004, 11:26 AM
Originally posted by Capt. Darling
Oh, the woes of getting transparency to work.. By the way, "alphatest" is the transparency mode you should use, not the sprite's filename.

Capt. Darling, no one ever listens to me. Thanks for repeating me to get it through their thick skulls.:cool:

Capt. Darling
07-17-2004, 12:26 PM
No worries, Ez. :)

Originally posted by (4THIDUSA) SSG
Nice x hair set, I have them on my site, anything you working on? let me know I will host it if you want me too. Funny you should ask that, I just released a new pack for 1.3, the demise of "vid_d3d 1" making it somewhat necessary. The link is in my sig. Did you mean you had my previous pack in your website? I had a look and couldn't find it there.

Anyway, if whoever was trying to get the transparency to work is still having trouble with it, pm me and I'll see what I can do.

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