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[DizzyCrash]

Okay so i downloaded mephs and saying i am lost is a understatement.. .what the hell do i do?

Also i have no interest in there monster sprites ( cause who wants spongebob and ninja turtles sprites... ) Cant I just swap them out for somebody elses monsters like gemset?

[Deon]

Hello DizzyCrash.

You can map creatures to tiles in /raw/graphics folder. The vanilla DF comes with an example for a simple dwarf. You can also specify professions and war/hunting equivalents for pets as different tiles (sadly no castes).

You can download any existing graphic pack and check the syntax for proper mapping.
Please note that some graphic packs come with pre-packages /raw/objects folder because some tiles of items/stones/plants are swapped for the use of the specific graphic pack.

If you run into any specific issues, please share and we will try to help.

[Meph]

Its pre-installed and includes a readme. Best read it first.

Then, if you want to use the included launcher, which is entirely optional, you can always come by the proper thread and get all the help you need.

The less-serious creature sprites are rare in number, less than 1% in total and none of the common animals use weird sprites. There is no 32x alternative for creatures at the moment, so it would be a bit hard to exchange them, and would require both text editing and photoshop, if you want to change individual sprites.

[DizzyCrash]

Its pre-installed and includes a readme. Best read it first.

Then, if you want to use the included launcher, which is entirely optional, you can always come by the proper thread and get all the help you need.

The less-serious creature sprites are rare in number, less than 1% in total and none of the common animals use weird sprites. There is no 32x alternative for creatures at the moment, so it would be a bit hard to exchange them, and would require both text editing and photoshop, if you want to change individual sprites.

I dont want to use the meph file cause its outdated and not .9 yet, i am trying to apply the graphics to my mod but i cant figure it out, its been days but i cant get it to work. Iv copied DF hack and the art file and the init file into my game but the text is still just random images...

[DizzyCrash]

http://dffd.bay12games.com/file.php?id=13690

Can somebody please help me with this? I have uplaoded my file, i just need somebody with a ounce more experience than myself add the missing file or look at my files and tell me whats wrong. I just need to figure this out.

[Shonai_Dweller]

Do you have Twbt and have you set print_mode to TWBT in init.txt? Not used this in a while, but it's usually the cause of text looking like graphics tiles. Most of these new sets seem to use it.

Used to (perhaps still does) crash Adventurer so went back to normal tiles. Much simpler. Just Works.

[DizzyCrash]

Do you have Twbt and have you set print_mode to TWBT in init.txt? Not used this in a while, but it's usually the cause of text looking like graphics tiles. Most of these new sets seem to use it.

Used to (perhaps still does) crash Adventurer so went back to normal tiles. Much simpler. Just Works.

I put a file up, i have no idea if i have any of this stuff, i literally copy and pasted everything from Mephs folder so it should but maybe i am wrong.

[Meph]

If your mod replaced or alters any vanilla DF files, it will most likely break parts of the tileset, as well as the launcher. Just as a note.

Mifki managed to track down and fix the issue with TWBT that crashes Adv-Mode, but even so I mostly recommend the set for Fort-Mode. That's what it's designed for.

I noticed in other threads that you managed to get everything to run correctly, right?

[DizzyCrash]

If your mod replaced or alters any vanilla DF files, it will most likely break parts of the tileset, as well as the launcher. Just as a note.

Mifki managed to track down and fix the issue with TWBT that crashes Adv-Mode, but even so I mostly recommend the set for Fort-Mode. That's what it's designed for.

I noticed in other threads that you managed to get everything to run correctly, right?

I play both Adventure mode and fortress mode... what will happen if i play on adventure mode?

Also What do you mean break the mod? OF course my mods alter some base files, but i am using gemset for my monster tiles so my creature files is all i altered.
Also i removed aquefiers from all the ground tiles.

I just want to make sure i am puttng all this work into getting the game set up without corrupting the whole game from the tileset.

[Meph]

If you alter the downloaded tileset files, it's fine. If you replace them with already altered mod-files, you'll most likely replace/change tilenumbers, which are important for items and creatures and plants and grass and inorganics (etc) to show the correct sprite ingame.

If you use gemset creature files, you will see issues as soon as corpses show up, the same for vermin most likely.