how do get 32bit graphics

[bartpp7]

how do get 32bit graphics in OTTD

[DaleStan]

By reading the manual, I expect.

[Trond]

its all explained in the links in here: http://www.tt-forums.net/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=20330

[Mchl]

By reading the manual, I expect.

By following it actually...

[GeekToo]

More info here:

http://wiki.openttd.org/index.php/Playi ... p_graphics

[bartpp7]

thanks guys , so just put them in the same folder as the 8bit gfx and then put some line of code in some were mmm isn't there just a better way of doing it ?

[GeekToo]

Which simpler way than just putting the tars in the data directory would you suggest?

[bartpp7]

don't know thats why i was asking it just the 32bit gfx looks better than 8bit so like i just want to be able to just put the gfx in the data folder and it would work

[LordAzamath]

don't know thats why i was asking it just the 32bit gfx looks better than 8bit so like i just want to be able to just put the gfx in the data folder and it would work

I does, you just have to start openttd differently...

[bartpp7]

so why can't they make a 32bit version

[GeekToo]

Actually "they" have, you just have to start it ( specify -b 32bpp-optimized on the commandline, or put blitter=32bpp-optimized in your openttd.cfg file )

[Tom0004]

http://www.compatdb.org/ubbthreads.php/ ... Main/36027

you'll find some screenshots of OpenTTD 32bpp and also some other links

don't ask me where to download OpenTTD 32bpp as I really don't know anymore, as I've lost the links to the homepage of the project, and CBA looking for it.

0004tom

Edit. Two minutes later i find

http://lidars.narod.ru/Index.files/Page1927.htm
http://openttd32.org/forum/ and the forum page

[GeekToo]

I believe your links are based on the old, now dead '32bpp branch', and the tars are not compatible with the trunk tarloader anymore.

Currently, 32bpp is fully supported in trunk nightlies, for max 64 pixel tiles, and 2 extra zoom levels in my patch: http://www.tt-forums.net/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=35794

Downloadable graphics for trunk version:
http://wiki.openttd.org/index.php/List_ ... 32bpp_tars

As mentioned above, you just have to start openttd differently: besides the methods mentioned above, if you're on windows, and really want to click something, create a batchfile openttd.bat. With a texteditor put the line:

openttd -b 32bpp-optimized

in it. Save it, and click on it.

[bartpp7]

how do u edit the openttd.cfg file

Actually "they" have, you just have to start it ( specify -b 32bpp-optimized on the commandline, or put blitter=32bpp-optimized in your openttd.cfg file )

[NukeBuster]

You could use notepad?

[bartpp7]

and do what with that?

[Yexo]

and do what with that?

Right click on openttd.cfg, choose "open with", "other" and select notepad from the list.

[Lucifer The Dark]

What can you suggest if everything you've said to do has no effect & someone is still having the 8bpp graphics show up?

Latest nightly build, Windows XP SP2, Pentium4 2.0Ghz, NVidia Geforce 5500 256Mb, 1Gb Ram, all drivers bang up to date, only 1 openttd.cfg on the harddrive & no other grf files apart from standard game files installed to get in the way.

ottd is seeing the tar files but not using them, I'm stumped!

[GeekToo]

This seems to be a problem for some users, I did get a report of the same problem in the extra zoom patch.

It seems to happen in trunk and beta version too, so I think we'll have to solve an important bug.

I suggest to continue all report concerning this issue in the following thread:
http://www.tt-forums.net/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=36454

so the information is concentrated in one place, maybe it should be reported in the OTTD problems forums as well, to get some dev's attention.

Let's provide the devs with as much information as possible:
There are 2 ways of opening 32bpp graphics: via tars and via pngs, so let's exclude some software paths:

If you extract the tar, and put the pngs in the data/trg1r directory, does it still not work and are you able to open the pngs with a graphics program under the same user account (I'm thinking about an access right problem in tar under windows here)

Another thing I'm thinking about:
-What OS (operating system) and architecture are you using? So are you on a 32 bit machine or a 64(most often AMD atm) machine. There might be a problem with the png libraries on different architectures.

[LordAzamath]

GeekToo, one thing that might be is compatibility files
Which means that openttd.cfg is stored somehwere in hidden files too and Search can't find it. That was a problem with Vista IIRC..