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Mr48
Adventuring Hero
Legatus Legionis
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posted March 06, 2006 05:56 PM |
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Unit creation techniques
Hey guys, if you wouldn't mind, could you give me some tips for unit creation?
First of all, what program do you use for modifying the def files? Paint or something like GIMP?
Any other tips would also be appriciated.
Thanks
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k1ng
Promising
Famous Hero
of Night Elves
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posted March 06, 2006 07:45 PM |
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Well, i use Photoshop and Imageready. They're very useful.
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Gnoll_Mage
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Supreme Hero
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posted March 06, 2006 07:57 PM |
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^ I'll second those programs. They are very useful.
I once tried to add a new unit to the game (RoE), but I wasn't able to. I can't remember the exact details, but I was able to create the animation and upload it into the data file, but the program I used to make the def file didn't create it properly. So I'd also like to know how people integrate new creatures.
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HELL_Deamon
Known Hero
Shadow of death
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posted March 07, 2006 10:29 AM |
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Quote:
Hey guys, if you wouldn't mind, could you give me some tips for unit creation?
First of all, what program do you use for modifying the def files? Paint or something like GIMP?
Any other tips would also be appriciated.
Thanks
First of all you need to extract all frames from the DEF file,and only then modify them and make a new def.
But i am using Paintshop 8...
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Mr48
Adventuring Hero
Legatus Legionis
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posted March 07, 2006 03:40 PM |
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I know about the extraction, I'm mostly interested in the software used to modify the images.
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TNT
Adventuring Hero
The Arcomage
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posted March 08, 2006 10:37 AM |
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PSP8 will do.
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zielevitz
Promising
Famous Hero
Resistance is futile!
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posted March 09, 2006 07:29 AM |
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Gnoll_Mage
Responsible
Supreme Hero
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posted March 09, 2006 08:48 PM |
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But where do you go from there?
I can't work out how to recompress defs properly with the edited pics.
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zielevitz
Promising
Famous Hero
Resistance is futile!
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posted March 09, 2006 09:11 PM |
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ech...... I am sure that You read all of the tutorial (which is very long!!11!!oneone!!) and did not find that
(All unit's def names, begins from the "C" letter so it makes searching easier.)
When I got whot I need, I must unpack this animation frames which is necessary to make unit by Defview:
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bigjocker
Responsible
Supreme Hero
Forgotten but not Forsaken
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posted March 09, 2006 09:39 PM |
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Ziel, he wasn't asking about extracting..he was asking about compressing frames into DEF file..
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zielevitz
Promising
Famous Hero
Resistance is futile!
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posted March 09, 2006 10:27 PM |
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a.. sorry.. I am today in a very bad mood, and I have not seen it cleanly 
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Mr48
Adventuring Hero
Legatus Legionis
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posted March 09, 2006 11:39 PM |
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Thanks for all the advice everyone!
I've come to the conclusion that I'll have to learn how to use photoshop properly if I ever want to bring the Legion to life, so it will have to wait until May when I finish this semester at university.
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bigjocker
Responsible
Supreme Hero
Forgotten but not Forsaken
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posted March 10, 2006 06:12 AM |
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My first frames and DEFs were made with only the Paint...
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