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| itsjustme 
  
    
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|  posted February 01, 2011 02:08 PM |  bonus applied by Cepheus on 02 Nov 2011. |  |  
 
| Objects with transparency for WoG 3.58f+Era 
 Now we can make objects for maps with REAL transparency, but only for Era platform.
 Require WoG 3.58f + Era1.6 + alpha.dll plugin.
 
 For use objects with transparency in your maps, make this object with transparency in PNG graphic format and place it in folder "Heroes3\replace" ("Heroes3" - is name of your game-folder), then make DEF file for this object. Frames in this DEF must have same name, as PNG. For example, if your DEF have frame with name "MYOBJECT.pcx", your PNG must have name ""MYOBJECT.pcx.png" (yes, double extension). Like this:
 
  
 My objects:
 in game
 
  in Map Editor
 
  
 Download here:
 http://www.multiupload.com/6GI0KZ4C9T
 http://zalil.ru/30436580
 
 Plugin:
 http://www.multiupload.com/HER15NNUV4
 
 
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| LizardWarrior 
  
      
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|  posted February 01, 2011 02:12 PM |  |  |  
 
| nice,that means bye cyan backgorund?Can it be used for creatures or others? |  
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| itsjustme 
  
    
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|  posted February 01, 2011 02:35 PM |  |  |  
 
| Only for objects in map, not for creatures. 
 About cyan. For all DEFs you can use any background colours. For DEFs in previous my post I use black background.
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| Salamandre 
  
       
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|  posted February 01, 2011 02:48 PM |  |  |  
 
| They look great, but just a remind: Berserker told that those defs will cause memory leaks. ____________
 Era II mods and utilities
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| itsjustme 
  
    
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|  posted February 01, 2011 02:59 PM |  |  |  
 
| Yes, it is problem if you restart one map many times, for testing or Save-Load "cheating". For normal game it is not problem. |  
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| Warmonger 
  
    
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|  posted February 01, 2011 03:02 PM |  |  |  
 
| Quote:memory leak
 
 
 Quote:it is not problem
 
 Blasphemy! You will burn in dark depths of Microsoft customer support!
 
 Still, it's nice to know that someone made such graphics so VCMI now has something to support
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| Salamandre 
  
       
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|  posted February 01, 2011 03:11 PM |  |  |  
 
| The only problem with those objects is that they look awful in editor and wonderful in game. But how the map looks in editor is very important for the mapmaker, however. Proportions, sizes, colors, everything is screwed if you place one of those. 
 (I will use them still
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| FCst1 
  
   
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|  posted February 02, 2011 12:46 PM |  |  |  
 
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| gnollking 
  
   
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|  posted February 05, 2011 07:58 PM |  |  |  
 
| So, it doesn't work with the HD mod installed? ____________
 
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| itsjustme 
  
    
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|  posted February 05, 2011 10:32 PM |  |  |  
 
| Not worked with HD-patch. Alpha.dll is only for 800x600.   |  
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| Salamandre 
  
       
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|  posted February 05, 2011 10:38 PM |  |  |  
 
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| T2_2112 
  
   
      Supreme Hero
 
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|  posted March 31, 2011 10:04 AM |  |  |  
 
| I wonder we have anyway for get resource from Disciples II to H3 with this DLL ??? If have, can u tell me how to do that ???   |  
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| itsjustme 
  
    
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|  posted March 31, 2011 07:01 PM |  |  |  
 
| Extractor for Dis2: "Disciples II Viewer". Founded here http://d2ext.narod.ru/eng/files.html with any other tool for Dis2. |  
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| T2_2112 
  
   
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|  posted April 01, 2011 03:47 AM |  |  |  
 
| Quote:Extractor for Dis2: "Disciples II Viewer". Founded here http://d2ext.narod.ru/eng/files.html with any other tool for Dis2.
 
 
 I ready use that one, but still have black background. I do not know how to make Objects with transparency. Can you help me write down a tutorial ?? I am very coz i am so stupid like that.
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| itsjustme 
  
    
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|  posted April 01, 2011 01:04 PM |  |  |  
 
| UPDATE. A little changes by totkotoriy. Now supported HD-mod and supported monsters in battle! But DEFs with non-cyan background unsupported
  Download from http://www.multiupload.com/HER15NNUV4
 
 alphaSE.dll copy to "EraPlugins" folder
 libpng3.dll and zlib1.dll copy to main folder of you WoG-Era.
 
 
 How to create objects with transparency from Dis2. For T2_2112.
 Spell's graphic from Dis2 have black background. In Paint.NET (I hate Photoshop
  ) with plugins for work with transparency I just translate black color intensity (black is full transparent, white is opaque) to alpha-channel. 
 10 april: link updated.
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| itsjustme 
  
    
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|  posted November 02, 2011 09:14 AM |  |  |  
 
| Whales (decorative object). Also good without transparency, but with alpha is better. 
  
 http://www.multiupload.com/5YP52D1RXW
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| Salamandre 
  
       
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|  posted November 02, 2011 10:37 AM |  |  |  
 
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| itsjustme 
  
    
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|  posted November 02, 2011 10:55 AM |  |  |  
 
| This rainbow here http://zalil.ru/31967872 (temporary link). ____________
 Hundreds of DEFs
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| Hiro 
  
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|  posted November 02, 2011 09:37 PM |  |  |  
 
| Wow, fantastic effect! Now WoG modding once again move forward, thanks.
 
 
   
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| fred79 
  
 
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|  posted March 23, 2014 03:32 PM |  | Edited by fred79 at 15:46, 24 Mar 2014. |  
 
| itsjustme, i am working on a transparent ocean. currently, i am making the graphics without using the alpha.dll(just graphics overlaid atop the ocean). 
 1. is the alpha.dll part of the cause for the memory leak issue, or is it only the transparent frames causing it? is there a way to circumvent the issue(get rid of the threat of memory leaks entirely)?
 
 2. the alpha.dll works by replacing frames in a def, from a folder under "mods"; can this same .dll(or a variant, new .dll) work to replace ONE frame with MULTIPLE frames, if the transparent frames will still cause memory leaks?
 
 this(and a great deal more) is what is possible right now, with the ocean:
 
 
  
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 bumping with giant octopus cave:
 
 
  
 anyone here who can contact itsjustme, and let him know i'm trying to reach him? i know he's on another forum somewhere, who have the same members here.
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