Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 12:05 pm
I sent PNGs to Mesial so that may well be what he's used.
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Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 3:48 am
I used bmp.mdl's. Please post a link to the turtorial of text mdl's and I'll make a new one.
Please post a link to the turtorial of text mdl's and I'll make a new one.Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 3:58 am
I'll make you one here.
Go into notepad.
Type the following into it:
save it as filenamebmp.mdl
So if it's the belters garrison, you would have this:
saved as ss300bmp.mdl
Put both files, the bmp.mdl file and the .png file, in the Textures folder, and alleg will pull them fine.
Go into notepad.
Type the following into it:
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use "model";
filenamebmp = ImportImageFromFile("Textures/filename.png", false);So if it's the belters garrison, you would have this:
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use "model";
ss300bmp = ImportImageFromFile("Textures/ss300.png", false);Put both files, the bmp.mdl file and the .png file, in the Textures folder, and alleg will pull them fine.
Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 4:42 am
MDLThing makes said text files automatically, just set it to use the textures folder, and turn off transparency.
Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 9:38 am
When I tried MDL thing it crashed Alleg. I guess I did it wrong.
Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 6:07 pm
If the files aren't in the path it expects, it will crash. That path here is relative to the artwork dir.
MDLThing can do a variety of paths, which is probably where you got screwed up.
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ImportImageFromFile("textures/filename.png", false);Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 7:34 pm
I believe that textures should be Textures, since it's case sensitive IIRC. I know it's case sensitive for filenames
Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 7:48 pm
Agh, you're probably right. Everything else in that string is case sensitive. This is why I get a program to generate them for me, less chances of screwing things up. 
Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 10:39 pm
MDLthing does not work on my Vista.
Wow! Text based mdl's are alot simplier than I expected. I'll get on this, thanks!
Wow! Text based mdl's are alot simplier than I expected. I'll get on this, thanks!
Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 2:51 pm
Mesial, you still are using the "old" generic asteroids. ~2-3 years ago I made a better version that is more visible, less "shimmery" in R4, and less obvious that there are only 2 rocks used over and over. I highly suggest you replace bgrnd03 and bgrnd05 in you installers with this version. Actually I had assumed you already had when I originally released this revision, but I guess you missed it.
http://adaven6x7.googlepages.com/Lighterv1.bmps.zip - plain bmp files for if you want to convert to .png and text mdl's.
OR
http://adaven6x7.googlepages.com/Lighterv1.mdls.zip - bmp.mdl files
http://adaven6x7.googlepages.com/Lighterv1.bmps.zip - plain bmp files for if you want to convert to .png and text mdl's.
OR
http://adaven6x7.googlepages.com/Lighterv1.mdls.zip - bmp.mdl files