IxianMace Posted November 21, 2002 Posted November 21, 2002 I've looked through several threads in Dune Editing about icons and how to make them, and it seems that programs like Paintshop Pro and Adobe Photoshop etc, etc, are required to make icons for Emperor Battle for Dune. However it was mentioned somewhere that Emperor uses 'standard' targa files for its' icons. If that's the case, then would it work if I simply took a screenshot of a unit, resized it, and then converted it to targa format? What about the grey icons? I'm trying to learn how to make icons now that I've learnt how to mod, but I'm not sure that I have what is needed to do so. Can someone help me please? :( :-
IxianMace Posted November 21, 2002 Author Posted November 21, 2002 Ok I've managed to make new icons and get them working using Imaging, Paint, and the good old cut, copy, and paste functions, along with ACDSee to convert the files to .tga format. There is just one more thing I need to do though. I need to know how to convert the colored icon to a grey icon, without causing all the different light shades to be the same. I'm downloading Paint Shop Pro 7.04 evaluation version right now, if any one cares. I'll see what I can do with that once the download finishes in about 2 hours, but help or advice would be welcome at this stage.
jacobdouds Posted November 21, 2002 Posted November 21, 2002 (memory is outdated) they need to be 64x64 24bit compressed to work ingame.
IxianMace Posted November 21, 2002 Author Posted November 21, 2002 Are you sure that the icons need to be exactly 64x64 to work in the game? I saw an icon that was larger than that but it still seemed to work in the game. (The icon is in the Dune Blaster mod.) Perhaps the game just resized the icon automatically to fit it in the sidebar panel? :- ???
IxianMace Posted November 21, 2002 Author Posted November 21, 2002 Ok the trial version of Paint Shop Pro seems to be able to do the grey icons ok. I can make new icons now!! :D If I run in to trouble I'll post here again. ;D 8)
Koen_van_de_Sande Posted November 26, 2002 Posted November 26, 2002 Aren't icons supposed to be 64x48?
vidiware Posted November 26, 2002 Posted November 26, 2002 I im not sure but i think emperor uses 64x64 and ra2 64x48
Caid Ivik Posted November 26, 2002 Posted November 26, 2002 RA2 has 64x48 pixel icons. Any new made? ;)
IxianMace Posted November 27, 2002 Author Posted November 27, 2002 It's ok, I can make new icons for myself now. If I need any more help I'll post here again. Thanks.
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