ship set help plz.

[Suicide Junkie]

You may even want to make a simpler Version of your model for the mini, in order to get better contrast between the parts.

That may be too much work though.

Timstone's suggestion should work very well though.
Render really high, then crop then scale.

[David E. Gervais]

You trying to make that thing into a mini? What's the problem?...


If this is ok, and you want the .bmp Version just let me know and I'll post it.

Cheers!

[kenster9119]

the one u have posted there looks fine but for some reason when i try mine in game its really tiny,i was following a tuturial but i think i missed a bit somewhere.

[David E. Gervais]

As far as I know all that is required for the mini's is that the bitmap be 36x36 with a black background and the ship 'front' needs to be pointing upwards. The Game takes this and does the different 'rotations' as needed.

The one I made is 'exactly' the one you posted with the teal background color. I changed the teal to black and did a bit of 'tweaking' with the contrast, sharpness and gave it a tiny bit of shading. I also kind of cheated and added engine glow which I don't think the stock ships have or use.

Attached to this post is the .bmp Version. Rename the file and try it in the game. Let me know how it looks.

Cheers!

[kenster9119]

i took ur image and that looked just fine in game,it was a decent size where as mine is still tiny,i think i must be doing something wrong in the resizing process or something,i will go back through the tutorial to see if that helps.

[David E. Gervais]

The only way I can see your pic comming out tiny is if the game is 'rescaling' the pic to fit in the game. Your original pic posted here is 104x80 pixels in size. (Note: rescaling and resizing is the same thing.) You need to 'Crop' the image to 36x36 not 'scale' it.

Here is a visual aid to help you..


Is the 'rescaled' samples above close to what they look like in the game for you? If the answer is yes then it is indeed a 'scaling problem. In most 'paint' programs the tool icon for 'Croping' is a dotted line box with tiny cissors in one corner.

Anyway, again, I hope this helps you solve your 'tiny' dillema.

Cheers!

[kenster9119]

as u can see now ive got the sizing prob sorted,thanks to u all for the help,this pic isnt great,it still needs tidying up a bit but im getting there slowly,and when i tidy it up ive still got tons left to make to get a complete shipset.lol