[Tool] Sprite editor for TTD

Szappy · Post by **Szappy** » 11 Nov 2004 16:30

Hello all!

I hereby present you a sprite editor specifically designed for TTD.
It contains TTD win palette, able to make DOS sprites automatically too.
Can easily pick up colors, shift patettes, has image/palette selection, even a pixel randomizer (very handy to draw textured surfaces).

Developed and programmed by gl2.
Certain ideas and features by Csaboka and Szappy

This program comes without warranty of any kind!
Be sure to save your work, before using, just in case...

This is the exact same unit, that is contained in the GRFMaker program as well.

[update 2004.11.17.]
added grid,
can save dos-paletted images
png support underway
window maximize underway

[update 2004.12.06.]
palette colors can be rearranged
hex display of color indices
select all
shortcuts added
rectangular select, copy/paste

[update 2005.02.21.]
corrected the 'corrupt' .pcx output
it wasn't really broken, it was just using a new pcx compression algorithm, that some graphic programs did not recognize.

[update 2005.04.29.]
middle click pipette corrected
rectangle select: palette selection applies only to selected area
version number will now follow GRFMaker version (date remains 2003 tho)
palette selection on importing truecolor bitmaps
action color conversion on importing truecolor bitmaps
paste from file
preview window (for previewing TTD recolor effects)

Szappy

Born Acorn · Post by **Born Acorn** » 11 Nov 2004 17:01

WOW! This works like a dream!

Can you makie it open .png files though? Im sure many people have their edited graphics as png's and they are perfect for showing on the forums.

Also, a pixel randomiser would be excellent!

Brilliant Work!

AndrewA · Post by **AndrewA** » 11 Nov 2004 17:04

I agree: great

, but the ability to work with .png files would be a good addition.

Szappy · Post by **Szappy** » 11 Nov 2004 17:05

Randomizer is already in, you select multiple colors from the palette, and draw...

As for the .png... we'll need a good format documentation on that.

Csaboka · Post by **Csaboka** » 11 Nov 2004 17:08

Born Acorn wrote:Also, a pixel randomiser would be excellent!

It already has one: select multiple colors from the palette (hold down ctrl), then draw with the left button, or do a floodfill. Here you are: randomized pixels.

Born Acorn · Post by **Born Acorn** » 11 Nov 2004 17:15

Thats my fault, I was going to put png support would be great, but changed it to pixel randomisation.

It was meant to say is great

DaleStan · Post by **DaleStan** » 11 Nov 2004 17:16

Szappy wrote:As for the .png... we'll need a good format documentation on that.

libpng?

Post by **orudge** » 11 Nov 2004 17:50

libpng is nice and easy to use. I haven't downloaded your program, what language are you using?

Darkvater · Post by **Darkvater** » 11 Nov 2004 18:30

It's in english...or perhaps not but then it was in some language that didn't bother me enough to not to notice

I gave the program a try, and being the devil I am, I tried trgr1.grf. It didn't really like it...pretty much hogged the CPU 100% for minutes after which I decided that it was not gonna work and terminated to program

.

But it looks nice, and I weren't so evil, it would have probably worked just fine.

Kruz · Post by **Kruz** » 12 Nov 2004 05:04

Errr... I tried to open some of my work but everything looks grey. Is this a bug or did I do something wrong? The file I tried to open was a bmp file.

I tried to attach a creenie but the server wouldnt let me. I got an error message stating: Upload Error: Could not upload Attachment to ./files/bugorsomething.png.

Edit: Aslo, a grid would be nice

BobDendry · Post by **BobDendry** » 12 Nov 2004 07:25

looks pretty good. Im a pretty newb artist but its still helpful.

Szappy · Post by **Szappy** » 12 Nov 2004 08:08

orudge wrote:... what language are you using?

Borland Delphi 7

Darkvater wrote:It's in english...or perhaps not but then it was in some language that didn't bother me enough to not to notice

Yes, is that a problem? What did you expect, you want the hungarian version maybe?

Darkvater wrote:But it looks nice, and I weren't so evil, it would have probably worked just fine.

Yep, you're evil

It wasn't really designed to handle files that large (its 800x19136, if decoded with grfcodec...). Even if it could load that file, moving around in it would be a PITA. I suggest breaking it up with grfcodec.

-edit-

Darkvater wrote:I gave the program a try, and being the devil I am, I tried trgr1.grf.

I never said it can handle .grf files...

Kruz wrote:Errr... I tried to open some of my work but everything looks grey. Is this a bug or did I do something wrong? The file I tried to open was a bmp file.

Please try to attach that screenie, or better yet, post the image, you were trying to open.

Kruz wrote:Edit: Aslo, a grid would be nice

probably a good idea

Kruz · Post by **Kruz** » 12 Nov 2004 09:57

I still cant upload files to the forums so I had to host them myself.
http://www.home.no/kruz/BM5.bmp Is the file I tried to open
http://www.home.no/kruz/bugorsomething.png was the result

Szappy · Post by **Szappy** » 12 Nov 2004 10:12

It's because your .bmp is truecolor.
That' easily solved though:
use File/Import true color bitmap.

Born Acorn · Post by **Born Acorn** » 13 Nov 2004 18:28

it takes up more CPU than paint when directly opening tg1r.pcx

also I can't find a pipette tool. Is there one?

DaleStan · Post by **DaleStan** » 13 Nov 2004 18:56

Born Acorn wrote:also I can't find a pipette tool. Is there one?

It's supposedly middle-click (wheel button)

Szappy, that doesn't work on my computer, with the default mapping of MBUTTON to Auto Scroll

Also, disabling maximize is NOT a good way to endear your GFX program to those using anything larger than 640x480. Put it back, please.

ThorRune · Post by **ThorRune** » 13 Nov 2004 21:59

Kruz wrote:Errr... I tried to open some of my work but everything looks grey. Is this a bug or did I do something wrong? The file I tried to open was a bmp file.

Select "Import truecolour BMP" instead of open

Isn't there a lot missing in the palette? I can't find any dark gray

Kruz · Post by **Kruz** » 13 Nov 2004 22:07

Szappy wrote:It's because your .bmp is truecolor.
That' easily solved though:
use File/Import true color bitmap.

Read the everything in the thread before you reply ThorRune.

ThorRune · Post by **ThorRune** » 13 Nov 2004 22:37

That's not the main part of the message anyways.

mdhowe · Post by **mdhowe** » 14 Nov 2004 07:06

This is an excellent program! It even works (very slowly) under Linux in Wine, a cross-platform version would be brilliant but thats probably a bit too much to ask.

Anyway, one problem I had was when opening a pcx or bmp from an external source (Gimp) the palette got all stuffed up but I am probably doing something wrong.

Oh, and I love the pixel randomizer too!

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