32bit Extra Zoom Graphics Works In Progress

[Wotan]

I think the beams going from the arch to the bridge deck are too thick. Making them thinner and adding more detail (like rivets, railings etc) would make the bridge much more realistic.

Take a a look at these pictures:

[Slye_Fox]

i'm replicating the orginal bridges, not making real world ones.

[Timitry]

Fair point, however, i guess you don't have to replicate them 1:1
In my opinion the beams going from the arch to the bridge deck could be a little less thick, more or less like in the third picture of wotan's post.
But they do look good, and of course it is your choice.
Keep up the good work

[Wotan]

i'm replicating the orginal bridges, not making real world ones.

You still have a lot of artistic license when going from a 64 px wide tile to a 256 px wide tile.

[maquinista]

I have updated the file Wacki_Tropical_houses_preview.tar. Now It has 10 sprites more and some sprites have been updated. I will update the wiki. I have coded other temperate sprites, but I will wait when their authors allow me to publish it in the forum.

Wacki_Tropical_houses_preview.tar

Preview of Tropical Houses

(1.4 MiB) Downloaded 2783 times

Also, ArmEagle sent me a interesting script that keeps the offsets when a sprite is modified:

(...)
Name the following something like 'pngcodecconvert.bat' and put it 'next' to pngcodec.exe. Then pass it either 'code' or 'createoff' and a path (to your sprites). 'createoff' will use pngcodec to take out all attributes and store it in the pngcodec.off file (in that path). Then you can edit (one of) your sprites and run it with 'code' [path] to set all attributes back.

Only 'issue' I still have with this thing, is that it stores the complete path in that file, not just the filename. But Windows Batch is a finicky thing, this is all I managed . It's slightly more useful than just a batch file though.

If you like it, feel free to post it in some 32bpp-zoom thread (though it would rock if that one issue could be taken out).

Code: Select all

@ECHO OFF
SET OFFSETFILE=pngcodec.off
IF [%1] EQU [] GOTO HELP
IF %1 EQU code (IF [%2] NEQ [] (GOTO CODE) ELSE (
	ECHO  ** Error: No path.
	ECHO.
	GOTO HELP
))
IF %1 EQU createoff (IF [%2] NEQ [] (GOTO createoff) ELSE (
	ECHO  ** Error: No path.
	ECHO.
	GOTO HELP
))
GOTO QUIT

:HELP
ECHO %0 code path [offsetfile] ^| createoff path [offsetfile] ^| help
ECHO.
ECHO - code  uses the file pngcodec.nfo in the given path to pngcodec all listed files accordingly.
ECHO - createoff  creates the file pngcodec.nfo with all offsets of the pngs in the given path.
GOTO QUIT

:CODE
REM is a custom filename set?
IF [%3] NEQ [] (SET OFFSETFILE=%3)
REM  chck whether file exists
IF NOT EXIST %2\%OFFSETFILE% (
	ECHO Error. %OFFSETFILE% does not exist.
	ECHO.
	GOTO HELP
)
ECHO pngcodec files in %2\%OFFSETFILE%
FOR /f "tokens=1,* delims=/ " %%a IN (%2/%OFFSETFILE%) DO (
	IF [%%a] NEQ [] (
		IF %%a NEQ # (
			pngcodec r %%a %%b
		)
	)
)
GOTO QUIT

:createoff
REM is a custom filename set?
IF [%3] NEQ [] (SET OFFSETFILE=%3)
ECHO Create nfo.
DEL %2\%OFFSETFILE%
FOR /R %2 %%a IN (*.png) DO (
	FOR /F "tokens=1,*" %%y IN ('pngcodec.exe l %%a') DO ECHO %%a %%z >> %2\%OFFSETFILE%"
)
ECHO  %2/%OFFSETFILE% written.
GOTO QUIT

:QUIT

[maquinista]

I have coded two models more:

• 1×1 stumpy by BerberJesus
• Two houses by Dmh_mac and GeekToo

I have used a gray color (hex: 555151) for the black areas of the base sprites. GeekToo suggested it, and is a very good idea, It is better with transparency.

[maquinista]

Here is two screenshots.

[PouncingAnt]

Any chance you could get the shadow of the house to fall onto the road? I dunno if that's possible, but I seem to remember trees with shadows that overlapped other tiles some time back.

It looks pretty cool as it is, but especially with the lower image, the contrast between the pavement and the ground around the left side of the house(s) is a bit too sharp, in my opinion.

[Varivar]

I' ve made a 32bit version of the tropical flat #4

1x1_flats_trop4_32bit.png (112.9 KiB) Viewed 7196 times

The balconies of this building should be in company colors, but i have no idea how to do that. Can someone here help me?

[GeekToo]

http://wiki.openttd.org/index.php/Creat ... ny_Colours

But I think there are at least 2 recolour concepts: company colours and recoloration by use of different palettes(in 8bpp), like industry roofs and buildings. Since the flats are not owned by a company, I don't know if CC mask work in that case

[Varivar]

http://wiki.openttd.org/index.php/Creat ... ny_Colours

But I think there are at least 2 recolour concepts: company colours and recoloration by use of different palettes(in 8bpp), like industry roofs and buildings. Since the flats are not owned by a company, I don't know if CC mask work in that case

Thanks for the link, I' ll just try it out and I hope I will succeed.

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I' ve tried it, but there' s a problem. In the section "Automated generation of mask files" stays: "Select the mask mode in the blender_render.py by commenting out the normal mode and "commenting in" the mask mode." (line 9). This screenshot shows that. But on my computer the script looks like this:

Schermafdruk-1.png (11.29 KiB) Viewed 6860 times

The lines where I have to comment in the mask mode is missing. Other parts looks different too. Seems I have a different version of the script (mine is from the link on this page). Any ideas where to get the right version?

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In the attachment are renders from four angles in three zoom modes. I would be very happy if someone here is able to code them for the game. - edit: fixed a light related problem -

- edit3 -
Blend file included.

[Slye_Fox]

I need some asistance in makeing the bridges

I'm not any good at skining, and unable to resize the .pngs without looseing the alpha layer.

[maquinista]

I need some asistance in makeing the bridges

I'm not any good at skining, and unable to resize the .pngs without looseing the alpha layer.

Try it with GIMP, PSP, Photoshop... They can work with alpha layers.
Also, You can upload your PNG here.


Also, I have coded the new Varivar's models and updated the file with Wacki's models, They are very good:

[Varivar]

Also, I have coded the new Varivar's models and updated the file with Wacki's models, They are very good:

Thanks a lot, they are very cool indeed. I see that I have to make the building stages of my buildings.

[Slye_Fox]

I have photoshop, that looses the alpha layer.

And uploading the .png's dosn't help with skinning the models.

[Varivar]

When I look to that screenshot, I see that my buildings are too low, compared with Wacki' s models. So I've made them a bit higher. The tropical flat #3 has more detail now.

I have a question for Maquinista: how did you made the mask file? With Gimp or something similar?

[maquinista]

Yes, I have made it with GIMP:
http://wiki.openttd.org/index.php/Creat ... ny_Colours

[Teemes]

The lines where I have to comment in the mask mode is missing. Other parts looks different too. Seems I have a different version of the script (mine is from the link on this page). Any ideas where to get the right version?

Whoops, my bad. When I created the tutorial, I modified the available .blend file to include the python script, but didn't release the updated file as I wanted to get clearance from both the author of the python script (brupje, got clearance from him) and the original author of the default .blend file (Aracirion, I think). Unfortunately, I never heard from Aracirion, and then I got distracted (haven't contributed much, lately). Anyway, as Aracirion's .blend file has been released numerous times because it was used as the template for most .blend files you find on the forums - which has never been an issue - maybe I've been overly reluctant. So here you go, the modified .blend file with the updated Python script. Keep up the great work! Sorry for confusing you!

Edit: also updated the wiki

[athanasios]

Varivar: Now that I see this thread, I take back what I said in the other thread about the roof. Your roof is excellent.

[Varivar]

Varivar: Now that I see this thread, I take back what I said in the other thread about the roof. Your roof is excellent.

Thanks . I know it is a bit confusing that my buildings are spread through two threads, which is my fault . From now I will post them here.

The lines where I have to comment in the mask mode is missing. Other parts looks different too. Seems I have a different version of the script (mine is from the link on this page). Any ideas where to get the right version?

Whoops, my bad. When I created the tutorial, I modified the available .blend file to include the python script, but didn't release the updated file as I wanted to get clearance from both the author of the python script (brupje, got clearance from him) and the original author of the default .blend file (Aracirion, I think). Unfortunately, I never heard from Aracirion, and then I got distracted (haven't contributed much, lately). Anyway, as Aracirion's .blend file has been released numerous times because it was used as the template for most .blend files you find on the forums - which has never been an issue - maybe I've been overly reluctant. So here you go, the modified .blend file with the updated Python script. Keep up the great work! Sorry for confusing you!

Edit: also updated the wiki

Thanks for posting the right version . I' ll try it today.

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How do I open the python script? i can' t find it .