Coding trouble. Malta bus project

[VoroninY]

Good morning\ day\ evening to everybody!
After 5 days of reading website wiki.ttdpatch.net I drew some test grafiks (it will be a Malteese bus). And now I am not in the best situation: I understood, that I don`t understand everything at all: how and in where make .nfo files, and about hex. I have read the example text of .nfo file, understood only where to write the location of file .pcx, understood meaning of numbers (in the beginning of lines)/ And no more/ Aren`t there any more coding tutorials? If i made mistake- give link. Searching didn`t give a result.

[Samwise]

Not that I'm aware of.. If I'm correct the only NFO tutorial is on wiki..

[VoroninY]

Oh, it`s really bad for me... Dut, I heard about programm GRFMaker- what can you say about it?

[DaleStan]

The answer depends on who you talk to, but most people agree that it use of GRFMaker just glosses over the fiddly details of NFO, but still requires the same level of general NFO knowledge. Depending on the desired effect, it may also require full knowledge, as some things are not supported.

[VoroninY]

OK, I will read about NFO again. And I`ll try to understand. So, thanks for help.

[PikkaBird]

The answer depends on who you talk to, but most people agree that it use of GRFMaker just glosses over the fiddly details of NFO, but still requires the same level of general NFO knowledge. Depending on the desired effect, it may also require full knowledge, as some things are not supported.

It also makes it very difficult for anyone familiar with NFO but not with grfmaker to help you when you run into problems.

[AndersI]

It also makes it very difficult for anyone familiar with NFO but not with grfmaker to help you when you run into problems.

Not necessarily. GRFMaker can always write an NFO file, which can be used when discussing the problem. When it comes to implementing the solution with GRFMaker, you're probably right.

[dev|ant]

OK, I will read about NFO again. And I`ll try to understand. So, thanks for help.

Where are you running into trouble? Have you got any of the .nfo written yet? If you have post it up here and we'll be able to help. A Maltese bus set would be cool.

[VoroninY]

Trouble now- i don`t understand, from what point count parameters of ysize xsize xrel yrel and xpos ypos. Looking though tutorials and pictures didn`t help. What can you say about it? And can I use codes from bus for replacement?

[michael blunck]

i don`t understand, from what point count parameters of ysize xsize xrel yrel and xpos ypos. Looking though tutorials and pictures didn`t help. What can you say about it?

http://wiki.ttdpatch.net/tiki-index.php ... oordinates

regards
Michael

[VoroninY]

OK, thank.

[dev|ant]

Trouble now- i don`t understand, from what point count parameters of ysize xsize xrel yrel and xpos ypos. Looking though tutorials and pictures didn`t help. What can you say about it? And can I use codes from bus for replacement?

Have a read of the link Michael gave you, that should help.

I will say this though, GRFMaker makes things like this a breeze. It can handle the simple NFO stuff very well, and at any time you can view the NFO to see what it's done and then try and work out why it's done like that. I think you can learn NFO much quicker when you are using a tool that shows you the code that you need, not a generic example on the Internet.

[VoroninY]

Ok, what about it?
0*length(I`ll count myself later) 04 01 02 num-ent offset 4f 6c 64 20 61 6c 74 65 65 73 65 20 62 75 73 00(Old malteese bus)
What about it?

[VoroninY]

Trouble now- i don`t understand, from what point count parameters of ysize xsize xrel yrel and xpos ypos. Looking though tutorials and pictures didn`t help. What can you say about it? And can I use codes from bus for replacement?

Have a read of the link Michael gave you, that should help.

I will say this though, GRFMaker makes things like this a breeze. It can handle the simple NFO stuff very well, and at any time you can view the NFO to see what it's done and then try and work out why it's done like that. I think you can learn NFO much quicker when you are using a tool that shows you the code that you need, not a generic example on the Internet.

I have made code of normal sprites already. It`s really easy thing!