I am looking for lots of ship graphics ( At least 1 
) for my Plug-In. I lost all my links. So, if anyone could give me one. Does the one at EVula's site have the right pixel size? (i.e. 128x64 for target PICT and 100x100 for comm PICT)
I need one that does.
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"The Answer. . . Lies beyond the horizen" - Me, David L. Clark "The Beloved"
(url="http://"http://www.geocities.com/ev_evo_spacebetweensoftware/")http://www.geocities...btweensoftware/(/url)
Well....
I am just like you, execpt I use (url="http://"http://www.Google.com")www.Google.com(/url) for ALL of my looking. I love that place! So, here are my favorites:
Āwww.geocities.com/Chaosgrafix/index.html (Conwy Station)
Āwww.saberstudios.f2s.com/ (Saber Studios)
Āwww.grand-novice.com/EVES-site/free_stuff_alien.html (Grand Novice Sofware Free Stuff)
Āwww.shoalhaven.net.au/~bb/ (BB's EV Shipyard)
Āwww.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Battlefield/8064/Caernarvon.html (Caernarvon Shipyards)
Āhttp://www.geocities.com/shades_shipyard/ (Shades Shipyard)
All of them are free!
Thanks. But I can't seem to get them into the game. Plug Checker keeps saying this:
ship 154 "Viper" :s(rite 'Size' value is not equal to the linked 'PICT' ('spin' resource 154) I don't get it. And what do I put for xSize and ySize and the xTiles and yTiles?? My Plug-In is at a standstill, I may just forget all about adding anything to it besides missions. WHICH KICKS ME RIGHT IN THE @$$
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"The Answer. . . Lies beyond the horizen" - Me, David L. Clark "The Beloved"
(url="http://"http://www.geocities.com/ev_evo_spacebetweensoftware/")http://www.geocities...btweensoftware/(/url)
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Originally posted by The Space Between:
**Thanks. But I can't seem to get them into the game. Plug Checker keeps saying this:
ship 154 "Viper" :s(rite 'Size' value is not equal to the linked 'PICT' ('spin' resource 154) I don't get it. And what do I put for xSize and ySize and the xTiles and yTiles?? My Plug-In is at a standstill, I may just forget all about adding anything to it besides missions. WHICH KICKS ME RIGHT IN THE @$$
**
I'd suggest, whatever graphic you have downloaded, open it in Photoshop or Graphic Converter or your image application of choise. First, check to see if it is the right size (fortunately, both the programs I named allow you to change the size easily). Second, see that it is the right format -- it needs to be in PICT format and 8-bit color depth. In Photoshop this is easy to achieve; change the MODE to INDEXED COLOR. I use SYSTEM PALLET and it works fine for me.
Save the graphic, with any changes.
Now in ResEdit, you need to fill in the xSize and ySize with the correct pixel size of the graphic (as you said, 100x100 for dockyard, 32x32 for the thumnail, so on and so forth). Stellars have only one tile and thus are xTiles = 1 and yTiles = 1. Ships, on the other hand...well, the graphic needs to have 6 ship images across and 6 down. And you put in xTiles = 6 and yTiles = 6. The other graphics EVO uses (commo, dockyard, target, etc.) do not have a sprite ID#, and do not have tiles. Therefore, ResEdit should not even be asking you for xTiles and yTiles on them.
One last note. Use Pontus' EVO Formala Calculator and make sure you create all the PICT resources it asks for, with the correct Resource ID#s. And note that both ships and stellars need an additional resource, a Spin resource, that is the sprite -- the ship points at the spin resource which then points at the pict and mask for the ship. No spin, no graphic.
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"Ame" Arashi
Nevermind. I'm just gonna edit the ships already in the game. . . :frown:
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"The Answer. . . Lies beyond the horizen" - Me, David L. Clark "The Beloved"
(url="http://"http://www.geocities.com/ev_evo_spacebetweensoftware/")http://www.geocities...btweensoftware/(/url)
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Originally posted by The Space Between:
**Nevermind. I'm just gonna edit the ships already in the game. . .:frown:
**
Seriously, TSB, it only seems complicated. Once you've done one, all the pieces fall into place.
(If ResEdit still bugs you, try out Shipwrite for making ships. It's simple to use and fairly non-buggy.)
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"Ame" Arashi
Head over to (url="http://"http://www.meowx.com/evodev")Resource Freighter 3(/url) for all your plug in making needs, including loads of free graphics!
-david-
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(url="http://"http://www.meowx.com")Meowx Design Studios(/url)
Graphics. Games. And more...
TSB, you need to try harder. Like Arashi said, it only seems complicated at first. Creation is 90% perspiration and 10% inspiration, right? Well, Invention is, but I think that creation is, as well.
If you always take the easiest path, you are going to end up with a product that you, and others, aren't satisfied with. Your only hope to having a good plugin is figuring out all those little, annoying things. When I started my plugin I thought I would spend the whole time making new weapons and planets and that fun stuff, but I spend more than half my time working on the litte things, like graphics and STRs.
Re-read what Arashi wrote as many times as you need to, and do what it says. It looks intimidating at first glace, but if you play with it for a while you will get the hang of it. I promise.
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--ares
"If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there are men on base." -- Dave Barry
Check out my EV website: (url="http://"http://home.cfl.rr.com/aresev/")The Legion(/url).
Okay. I will try. But wht the hello is the tile sizes? What should I put? And where can I find it?
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"The Answer. . . Lies beyond the horizen" - Me, David L. Clark "The Beloved"
(url="http://"http://www.geocities.com/ev_evo_spacebetweensoftware/")http://www.geocities...btweensoftware/(/url)
Tiles: 6x6 for most stuff, and 1x1 for planets. I got that info from the Resedit for beginners guide. You should get it - it is a lot easier than trying to get people to tell you all the answers online.
Or just look at examples in other plugins or how original EV handled things that you don't understand the workings of. I have learned a lot from looking at other peoples work. I keep a copy of Final Battle on hand for reference, because a lot of what he did with that is what i want to do with mine (note: I am not a plaguerist. I just use it for reference. I make all of my own stuff, or get people to willingly do it for me).
I suggest that you try the Resedit beginners guide. It's great.
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--ares
"If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there are men on base." -- Dave Barry
Check out my EV website: (url="http://"http://home.cfl.rr.com/aresev/")The Legion(/url).
I got REBGuide somewhere.
SLAPS HIS FOREHEAD Y'know ares1, I thought about looking at other plugs, but got sidetracked. So, xTiles is 6 and yTiles is 6?
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"The Answer. . . Lies beyond the horizen" - Me, David L. Clark "The Beloved"
(url="http://"http://www.geocities.com/ev_evo_spacebetweensoftware/")http://www.geocities...btweensoftware/(/url)
MAN-O-MAN! I'm gonna cry! :frown:
Is there anyone here that I could email the picture I took of my problems? I took the pic from Plug Checker. I don't get any of it.
P.S. I already looked in REBGuide.
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"The Answer. . . Lies beyond the horizen" - Me, David L. Clark "The Beloved"
(url="http://"http://www.geocities.com/ev_evo_spacebetweensoftware/")http://www.geocities...btweensoftware/(/url)
(This message has been edited by The Space Between (edited 10-02-2001).)
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Originally posted by The Space Between:
**MAN-O-MAN! I'm gonna cry!:frown:
Is there anyone here that I could email the picture I took of my problems? I took the pic from Plug Checker. I don't get any of it.
P.S. I already looked in REBGuide.**
Sure, send it on
Why a picture? Wouldn't it be simpler to just send the text report from Plug Checker?
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Joe Burnette
"I find that humans can be divided into only two meaningful categories: Decent Humans and Sonsofbitches; both types appear to be evenly distributed
among all shapes, colors, sizes, and nationalities." -- Keith Laumer
Oh yeah. Well, I will do that. I keep forgetting about that.
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"The Answer. . . Lies beyond the horizen" - Me, David L. Clark "The Beloved"
(url="http://"http://www.geocities.com/ev_evo_spacebetweensoftware/")http://www.geocities...btweensoftware/(/url)
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Originally posted by The Space Between:
**Oh yeah. Well, I will do that. I keep forgetting about that.
**
In all honesty, I don't think I've tried to read a PlugInChecker report. I just glance at it to see if it flagged anything, and if it looks serious. If it does, I open up the plug and double-check my work.
The Beginner's Guide to ResEdit (avail on this board) is what finally got me to that "Aha!" moment where I understood how to make a plug. I still consult it often. Hey, I'm still learning this stuff myself!
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"Ame" Arashi
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Originally posted by Commander Arashi:
**The Beginner's Guide to ResEdit (avail on this board) is what finally got me to that "Aha!" moment where I understood how to make a plug.
**
I have to agree. The Beginner's Guide was the guiding light for me after my plug got eaten by EV-Edit. Without it, I don't think that I would ever have kept trying with ResEdit.
IMO, it's an invaluable tool.
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Jon Potter
Thank you for your cooperation. Good night.
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Originally posted by Commander Arashi:
**In all honesty, I don't think I've tried to read a PlugInChecker report. ..
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You should.
In fact, Plug Checker would be a great tool for the reports it generates alone, even if it didn't find errors in plugs. Those lists of resources used and resources available, mission bits set and cleared, are excellent aids if you have a large plug to keep track of.
And of course the standard error reports are very useful if you want to check several different types of resources in one session of Plug Checker and don't want to (or can't in my case) remember everything that was flagged.
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Joe Burnette
"I find that humans can be divided into only two meaningful categories: Decent Humans and Sonsofbitches; both types appear to be evenly distributed
among all shapes, colors, sizes, and nationalities." -- Keith Laumer
First of all, let's get this Plug Checker discussion out of the way. For more on the virtues of Plug Checker, go to this topic: (url="http://"http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/webboard/Forum9/HTML/002056.html")http://www.AmbrosiaS...TML/002056.html(/url)
Now for ships graphics. Jive offered his services. He specializes in ships: (url="http://"http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/webboard/Forum9/HTML/002014.html")http://www.AmbrosiaS...TML/002014.html(/url)
Here are two threads started by people who wanted ships graphics like you: (url="http://"http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/webboard/Forum9/HTML/002019.html")http://www.AmbrosiaS...TML/002019.html(/url) (url="http://"http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/webboard/Forum9/HTML/002008.html")http://www.AmbrosiaS...TML/002008.html(/url)
I also found a shipyard for you: (url="http://"http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/webboard/Forum9/HTML/002009.html")http://www.AmbrosiaS...TML/002009.html(/url)
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--The New York Times, November 26, 1991 (also quoted in MacAddict 4)
Thanks everyone!
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