Getting SHP builder to ACUALLY SEE JPGS

Abokasee-Red · Vehicle Driver **Joined**: 29 Aug 2007

The question is in the title, I find it a pain that I constantly have to work with crappy .gifs for Icons, my anger borderline was just broken when a image i've edited as soon as I importated it, it has lots of blue dots on it Mad

John Galt · Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 4:45 pm Post subject:

Here's an idea, SHP Builder issues go in the SHP Builder forum. Moved.

Banshee (in the uni) · Guest

Which settings did you use?

Make sure the background colour is set properly and... that you haven't used anti-aliasing in your original picture, otherwise, you'll have to wipe the 'blue dots' one by one...

IcySon55 · Commander **Joined**: 19 Nov 2003 **Location**: Overworld

Abokasee-Red wrote:

The question is in the title, I find it a pain that I constantly have to work with crappy .gifs for Icons, my anger borderline was just broken when a image i've edited as soon as I importated it, it has lots of blue dots on it Mad

The concept of palettes and bad file formats has completely eluded you. Well done.

Fact: Cameos use the cameo.pal palette. That's only 256 predetermined colors. Gifs are 8bit and use a palette. Any color in your image that is not on the cameo palette will be converted to the nearest color. This creates the "blue dots" you speak of.

Fact: JPGs are the worst possible format you can use for C&C modding. Try using a sane format.

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Abokasee-Red · Vehicle Driver **Joined**: 29 Aug 2007

Icyson... can you acually... suggest a format I should use, the shp builder dosn't pick up ANY other format than Gifs, I mean Jpgs are better than gifs, but yes there are others better than jpegs, but, im more intrested in getting the shp builder, able to "decect" other formats the stupid gifs, not aquiring the knowledge that Png is better jpeg.

IcySon55 · Commander **Joined**: 19 Nov 2003 **Location**: Overworld

JPEGs are NOT better than GIFs by any means.

Use PNG, then use XCC Mixer 1.45U to convert from PNG to SHP(TS), then you can correct any errors using SHP Builder.

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Abokasee-Red · Vehicle Driver **Joined**: 29 Aug 2007

Thanks

Dam, how do I do the conversions Sad

IcySon55 · Commander **Joined**: 19 Nov 2003 **Location**: Overworld

Figure it out. It's pretty damn easy.

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Abokasee-Red · Vehicle Driver **Joined**: 29 Aug 2007

I thought it would be, Right click -> clipboard -> paste as Shp, but it grays it Sad

Good this is really beginning to get on my nevers Rolling Eyes

IcySon55 · Commander **Joined**: 19 Nov 2003 **Location**: Overworld

The "PNG > SHP(TS)" option on the right click menu also evaded your eyes...

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Abokasee-Red · Vehicle Driver **Joined**: 29 Aug 2007

That option is grayed out, and if drag the png into the mixer when i click on it (with right or left) it crashes, also if right click on nothing, it crashes Embarassed

IcySon55 · Commander **Joined**: 19 Nov 2003 **Location**: Overworld

Hahahahahahahahah; T__T go read some tutorials on using XCC Mixer.

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Dupl3xxx · Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2007 7:15 pm Post subject:

use BMP, but add "0000" four zero's
Works flawlesly!!!

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IcySon55 · Commander **Joined**: 19 Nov 2003 **Location**: Overworld

Dupl3xxx wrote:

use BMP, but add "0000" four zero's
Works flawlesly!!!

BMP is not supported by XCC Mixer now, never was, and never will be.

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Abokasee-Red · Vehicle Driver **Joined**: 29 Aug 2007

Dupl3xxx wrote:

use BMP, but add "0000" four zero's
Works flawlesly!!!

will this work with .png Smile

, or was that just some very desperate saracasm Rolling Eyes

IcySon55 · Commander **Joined**: 19 Nov 2003 **Location**: Overworld

Do that with PNG.

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Don · Disk Thrower **Joined**: 16 Aug 2007 **Location**: India

Abokasee-Red wrote:

That option is grayed out, and if drag the png into the mixer when i click on it (with right or left) it crashes, also if right click on nothing, it crashes Embarassed

Use the latest version of XCC Mixer that has png support herehttp://www.vk.cncguild.net/TOOLS/DATA/XCC_Utils_U.zip

Banshee · Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 2:39 pm Post subject:

1.44 has proper PNG support. 1.45 have a screwed up PNG support. So beware.

IcySon55 · Commander **Joined**: 19 Nov 2003 **Location**: Overworld

1.45 U (An edit made by VK) fixes PNG support, adds XP style support, and has the second pane open by default. Overall, the best XCC Mixer released so far.

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