Good job. Doesn't look too bad. Talk to Plastikman about making the rods animated, you've got to create 3 more sets of sprites (with the rods in a different position on each set of 136), but he's your man to yak to about it. As for the colour, possibly re-render it lighter, or lighten it with Photoshop and re-convert it... As for the position, play around with the x and y values in VC.
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wadeo1984 wrote:... As for the position, play around with the x and y values in VC.
For the position on the track, change the y-offset figure in msts2lomo. In the most recent version it is set to the standard -0.2 which I use in the early days of the original msts2lomo, but its probably better to use the figure of -0.4.
The more negative you make it the higher it will sit on the track, and vice versa.
MD
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wadeo1984 wrote:... As for the position, play around with the x and y values in VC.
For the position on the track, change the y-offset figure in msts2lomo. In the most recent version it is set to the standard -0.2 which I use in the early days of the original msts2lomo, but its probably better to use the figure of -0.4.
The more negative you make it the higher it will sit on the track, and vice versa.
MD
Thanks Major,
I wasn't quite sure of the exact figures.
regards
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DJC wrote:Thanks for the advice everyone. Had a go at brightening it up and generally making it look better:
wadeo, I guessed as much from taking apart the steam locos that come with the game. Looks like a lot of work...so I better get cracking.
Good job mate, looking much better... You probably want to try lightening a couple more shades though, unless it's my crappy corporate-issued work monitor...
It'll be a bit of work, but it'll be worth it!!
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Update: I've managed to get it working in the game with animated rods.
I'm going to continue working on the graphics, as the rods don't look quite right in some of the sprites. Oh, and a tip for anyone else who tries something like this: you only need 288 sprites for a loco like this instead of the 544 I did originally (4x 136). It seems that is too many for it to work in the game.