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Author Topic: How do I get creatures (Ironhand Tileset) to look like each other?  (Read 784 times)

StagnantSoul

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So I made a nice monster, basically a better fighting, flying, smaller cave dragon. I used the cave dragon RAW as a basis, but changed it some. But I want my mountain dragon to look the same as the cave dragon. How do I achieve this?
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Re: How do I get creatures (Ironhand Tileset) to look like each other?
« Reply #1 on: August 20, 2014, 08:03:54 am »

why would you want them to look the same?
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Re: How do I get creatures (Ironhand Tileset) to look like each other?
« Reply #2 on: August 20, 2014, 11:01:08 am »

Because a white D isn't exactly that nice to look at, basically making my new dragon the only dragon to not look cool.
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Re: How do I get creatures (Ironhand Tileset) to look like each other?
« Reply #3 on: August 20, 2014, 03:40:55 pm »

I am also curious as to the answer :)

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Re: How do I get creatures (Ironhand Tileset) to look like each other?
« Reply #4 on: August 20, 2014, 04:27:06 pm »

raw/graphics/

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Re: How do I get creatures (Ironhand Tileset) to look like each other?
« Reply #5 on: August 20, 2014, 04:28:10 pm »

So I made a nice monster, basically a better fighting, flying, smaller cave dragon. I used the cave dragon RAW as a basis, but changed it some. But I want my mountain dragon to look the same as the cave dragon. How do I achieve this?
If you want them to look identical, find out what graphic is being applied in your raw/graphics folder.

I think it's this one

Code: [Select]
graphics_magnut_next_underground

[OBJECT:GRAPHICS]

[TILE_PAGE:MAGNUT_NU]
[FILE:magnut/next_underground.png]
[TILE_DIM:16:16]
[PAGE_DIM:6:8]

(snip)

[CREATURE_GRAPHICS:CAVE_DRAGON]
[DEFAULT:MAGNUT_NU:2:6:AS_IS:DEFAULT]
[CHILD:MAGNUT_NU:3:6:AS_IS:DEFAULT]

(snip)

Make your own text file such as graphics_stagnatsoul.txt with that same header and that one CREATURE_GRAPHICS entry edited to use your creature's ID.  The AS_IS tells the game to use the colors in the graphic file (rather than the colors you assign in the CREATURE raws).  You can experiment with ADD_COLOR and tweaking your CREATURE to see how ugly the results are.
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Re: How do I get creatures (Ironhand Tileset) to look like each other?
« Reply #6 on: August 20, 2014, 04:33:51 pm »

Thanks! Maybe I'll make my dragons black.
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If any of them are made of fire, throw stuff, run, and think non-flammable thoughts.