Registered: Feb 2001
Location: scotland
Posts: 1205

anyone know how to make ones that look ok? mine look really bad once in teh game but they look ok just as ani files - so what am i doing wrong?

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Registered: Oct 2000
Location: Tania Austrailis
Posts: 3322

Same thing happens to me... so I usually just copy the outer shell of a pre-existing ani, and put a small ship in the center... it's not the best, but it's not bad...

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Registered: Jul 2000
Location: The Cold Northland!
Posts: 8392

Probably a pallet thing. Using PSP I take an extracted ani file frame (using Descent Network various tools), save the pallet. Take my new file and load the pallet onto it. PSP is pretty good about merging the pallets. Apply this process to all your frames of animation, rebuild the ANI and you should be okay.

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Registered: Oct 2000
Location: Tania Austrailis
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I didn't know that! I even have psp 7 <cough> eval </cough>

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Registered: Feb 2001
Location: scotland
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i made sure to use the same palette on all the images - but i could try that - thanks

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Registered: Mar 2001
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It's the pallette, send them to me at demonicus@demonicus.net and I'll fix them for you.

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Registered: Apr 2001
Location: yes
Posts: 1184

Yes , it's the palette .
With wrong palette shield icons appear too dark on the sceen . I also did it via exporting an original palette and applying it to relevant PCX files .

Making the icons for TBP was simple because Babylon 5 craft have no shields .

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Registered: Feb 2001
Location: scotland
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ok i got it to work - i extracted the palette from one and then used it and it works fine now

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Registered: Oct 2000
Location: Tania Austrailis
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g f j00

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Registered: Jan 2001
Location: yada, yada
Posts: 145

Hmm. My shield icon looks just fine but doesnt change.



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