animated gifs

[Makinus]

I know that SEIV can´t handle animated gifs (or even JPGs), but would it be too hard to make a patch to SEIV so it can handle animated gifs? (keep in mind that i was a programmer in the time tha Clipper was the bleeding edge of technology and never programed anything since)...

[Combat Wombat]

They are proprietary thats why they aren't there now. I have wondered about this in the past if se4 could have used animated images the game would have had waaaaay more options.

[Suicide Junkie]

Animations could always be done the SE way, with a BMP sequence. It just requires more hardcode work.

[Fyron]

GIF isn't proprietary any longer. All of the patents involved with compression in GIF expired in 2003 or 2004, depending on your nation of residence.

Of course, GIF is a terrible format that should be avoided whenever possible (such as for use in a non-web game)... There are some animated PNG formats for lossless images, which are unencumbered by patents and copyrights.

[Azselendor]

Personally, I'd love it if aaron supported PNG's with alpha-transparencies. It would have made a lot of graphic arts work a hell of a lot easier