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Hishan

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I made some graphics and they dont work. Help please
« on: August 30, 2008, 02:09:31 pm »

I made some custom races and thought Id do my own graphics too, but when I put this in game it doesnt work, help would be nice.


I  put this in my raw/graphics folder, then my pic in raw/graphics/example
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Re: I made some graphics and they dont work. Help please
« Reply #1 on: August 30, 2008, 02:18:14 pm »

One possibility for not-workitude would be your init settings. In init.txt there is a line that says [GRAPHICS:YES/NO]. If it says NO, set it to YES. If it says yes, double check all your formatting to make sure you're pointing to the right places. If you are, try hitting your computer with a stick until it cooperates.
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Re: I made some graphics and they dont work. Help please
« Reply #2 on: August 30, 2008, 02:23:13 pm »

Yeah, its set to yes. I also have nothing in errorlog. :(
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Re: I made some graphics and they dont work. Help please
« Reply #3 on: August 30, 2008, 04:25:38 pm »

How do they "not work"?
Are they stretched?

If there're "black tiles" instead of pictures make sure that you save it as "24bit" BMP.

Is the file name "graphics_example_new.txt"?

And I don't see where do you define NIGHTWINGS.

And is your bmp file called "VALKYIRE.bmp" (valkyire not valkyrie).
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Re: I made some graphics and they dont work. Help please
« Reply #4 on: August 30, 2008, 04:42:35 pm »

[TILE_PAGE:VALKYRIES]
   [FILE:example/VALKYIRE.bmp]
   [TILE_DIM:16:16]
   [PAGE_DIM:8:3]

I am no expert but is the 'VALKYIRE' part a problem? Possibly a typo? I know that was what Deon said, but I was just clearing up the area that could be a problem.
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Re: I made some graphics and they dont work. Help please
« Reply #5 on: August 30, 2008, 09:28:57 pm »

[TILE_PAGE:VALKYRIES]
   [FILE:example/VALKYIRE.bmp]
   [TILE_DIM:16:16]
   [PAGE_DIM:8:3]

I am no expert but is the 'VALKYIRE' part a problem? Possibly a typo? I know that was what Deon said, but I was just clearing up the area that could be a problem.

I have to agree with this.. as the image you pisted is valkyrie.png/bmp not valkyire.bmp
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Re: I made some graphics and they dont work. Help please
« Reply #6 on: August 31, 2008, 01:17:47 am »

using last post as reference, if you put valkyrie.png.bmp; it means you double-click that to change the filetype. I have that problem on my comp to. I downloaded Magic File Renamer 6. Its pretty simple. You drag the .png to the bottom section, right click to manual rename and then change to .bmp... Dunno why it doesnt just save to .bmp when you double click tho.
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Re: I made some graphics and they dont work. Help please
« Reply #7 on: August 31, 2008, 01:34:50 am »

Magic file renamer? Lol. Paint is even more magic :).
« Last Edit: August 31, 2008, 01:39:27 am by Deon »
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Re: I made some graphics and they dont work. Help please
« Reply #8 on: August 31, 2008, 03:02:57 am »

Thank you very much everyone!!! The problem was the VALKIRE typo, and I am a fool for overlooking it. Glad to say my graphics are working perfectly now!
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Re: I made some graphics and they dont work. Help please
« Reply #9 on: August 31, 2008, 03:06:22 am »

You're not a fool. Sometimes there're OBVIOUS mistakes we can't notice :).
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Re: I made some graphics and they dont work. Help please
« Reply #10 on: August 31, 2008, 04:50:31 am »

One possibility for not-workitude would be your init settings. In init.txt there is a line that says [GRAPHICS:YES/NO]. If it says NO, set it to YES. If it says yes, double check all your formatting to make sure you're pointing to the right places. If you are, try hitting your computer with a stick until it cooperates.

I usually work like that. Except I start with the last step and work backwards.  ::)
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Re: I made some graphics and they dont work. Help please
« Reply #11 on: August 31, 2008, 09:35:21 am »

using last post as reference, if you put valkyrie.png.bmp; it means you double-click that to change the filetype. I have that problem on my comp to. I downloaded Magic File Renamer 6. Its pretty simple. You drag the .png to the bottom section, right click to manual rename and then change to .bmp... Dunno why it doesnt just save to .bmp when you double click tho.

oops.. When I said "valkyrie.png/bmp", I ment the image posted was a .png file, but the file used is a .bmp. I was making a guess that the .bmp was nammed the same.

Sorry for the confusion.
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