Explinations

[Exan]

Sundansyr said:

There is no 'images' directory in the campaign directory tree. There's only the one components directory under the image directory, which is directly under the starfury root. P&N has an image directory, but it contains only some effects that I guess override or suppliment the existing image files.

I have changed the original file, replacing it with an entirely new components.bmp - and in the game, since for some reason it is not reading the image bitmap index line in the components.txt file, I am seeing completely different graphics in the game (whatever I've put into the slot it addressed previously).

Q:
Does the game engine look at another file altogether to parse its component images? That is the only explination I can seem to think of as to wny my altered components.txt file is not functioning correctly.

You can create Images folder in the campaing you want as well as XFiles and Sounds folders and their subfolders. Then when running the campaign the game will look for the images at the campaign folder first and if it doesn't find them it will search the original images folder. Same goes for x files and sounds.

For my knowledge the components.txt doesn't refer to anything else expect to the components.bmp and to that only with slot number. If I recall correctly each slot is 40x40 in the image. My alterations have all worked fine if not counting the few background problems. The pink color wasn't so pink so the objects showed a thin purple line around them.

[Phoenix-D]

You are seeing different icons, then? The only thing I can think of at this point is that you aren't actually setting the components.txt correctly. Can you post the components.txt and your new components.bmp please?

[Sundansyr]

Phoenix-D said:
You are seeing different icons, then? The only thing I can think of at this point is that you aren't actually setting the components.txt correctly. Can you post the components.txt and your new components.bmp please?

I suspect that I might be.. in which case I would have expected either a crash, or an absolute hash of the images. But neither happened. I got images, but the wrong ones (since slot 1 was replaced with a weapon, my 'bridge' in the game was that weapon... even though in the components.txt file the index number for 'bridge' was 191).

Here is my components.txt file. You can find my components image file (in JPG format for size) in my GraphX thread.

As for the purple/pink line around the items... I've solved that problem and it'll be clean in the finished components.bmp file.
Photoshop replace color is a handy tool...

[Phoenix-D]

umm. I'm not seeing a file in either thread, actually..

[Sundansyr]

Just below the reply subject header is a line at the end of which is a hyperlinked attachment

Re: explinations [Re:Phoenix-D]
#296823 - 09/20/04 08:31 PM Attachment (1 downloads)

Same situation for the graphX thread, with the second post.

Components.txt
http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/thr...?Number=296823

Components.JPG
http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/thr...?Number=296183

[Phoenix-D]

Ah, oops. Haven't used attachments on this board before.

[Sundansyr]

Phoenix-D said:
Ah, oops. Haven't used attachments on this board before.

Took me a bit to figure it out as well, and this is the first group I've found that allows attachments.

Any luck understanding the file(s)?

Note
I'm completely redoing the components file all over from scratch again, so the one in the above thread is no longer really valid (though it is for the comp.txt file I attached). I've expanded my ideas for My Little Mod.