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Katie - Mon Sep 12, 2005 10:53 pm
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Me again.

I used MSPaint to shrink my energyfont.bm2 in 1/2, but it will not sit properly above the disp.bm2. It sits up and left of it's normal spot. (As would be expected since when you shrink the image that's where it goes in the file, shrinking the image but leaving the canvas size really messes it up also.) I think I had it correct one time years ago, but I can't remember how it's done.

Quan Chi2 - Mon Sep 12, 2005 11:04 pm
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wtf.. whats with your and small friggin images? Is it your eyes that likes to look at fine print? WTF

Purge - Mon Sep 12, 2005 11:11 pm
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Just use the normal size and fill the stuff that you don't need with black.

Katie - Mon Sep 12, 2005 11:36 pm
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It doesn't work that way Purge+

Example:

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|1234567890 |
| |
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Is what you get when you shrink it and leave it black.

If I put it down where it should normally be:

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| |
| 1234567890|
------------------------------

It's still splitting the file into gibberish.[/code]

Oh and I'm going to assume you're just telling me that because you're young it's in your blood to be mean but it's the only way you can express how much you love me, Quan.

Purge - Mon Sep 12, 2005 11:38 pm
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Oh, thought you meant the disp for a second.

Maverick - Tue Sep 13, 2005 2:51 am
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Shrink each number seperately, keeping the same width/height per letter box, but shrinking the actual letter.

EDIT: Erm.. no that won't help, shrinking the .bm2 should work... nvm.. dunno

KomodoDragon - Tue Sep 13, 2005 8:57 am
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In order to shrink and image as you want to I would scrap MSPAINT although you can shrink the canvas size in it too. Anyway, if you don't already have Photoshop or Fireworks, you can download a trial version of fireworks from www.macromedia.com and it is very simple to shrink the canvas besides just the image.

Anyway, here is how I would suggest you shrink the bm2 if your going to use paint.

Use the (IMAGE/ATTRIBUTES) menu, and that should shrink the whole thing not just the text.

Anyway, just a suggestion, but go with one of the other programs if you want it done quickly and easily. Or you can just send me the image and I'll shrink it for you.

Katie - Tue Sep 13, 2005 7:14 pm
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Thanks Komodo, but MSPaint is capable of that. All you have to do is press Ctrl+A to select all, and then click Image-> Sketch/Skew. From this you can put in a specific percentage of what you want the image to be (canvas not included, but you can easily resize). This however, as I stated before, will not work because I'm assuming that where the upperleft of the 50% energyfont.bm2 starts is where the client reads it from, so at normal size is starts in the same spot.

Maverick wrote:

Shrink each number seperately, keeping the same width/height per letter box, but shrinking the actual letter.

EDIT: Erm.. no that won't help, shrinking the .bm2 should work... nvm.. dunno

Yeah it won't, it will look like someone put space in between each letter. If it isn't clear enough what I mean, just ask, and I'll throw up some images.

Bak - Tue Sep 13, 2005 7:16 pm
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so when you stretch it by 50% it doesn't work (with the smaller canvas size?)

like:

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/----------\
|0123456789|
\----------/

Katie - Tue Sep 13, 2005 8:17 pm
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No, it prints the small text, but up and left of where the numbers normally start (because on the regular size image, the smaller numbers were resized to the upper left by default, then the canvase was shrunk down to match the border...) I'm wondering why it isn't updating... I decided to use Maverick's idea and space them out with a regular size canvas, but it won't updated. I've checked and rechecked and but the INI and filename say energyfont.bmp.

Bak - Tue Sep 13, 2005 11:35 pm
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then I doubt there's anything that can be done

for other things in the game you can resize the font and it will make the spacing less, the energy font coords must be hardcoded

Katie - Tue Sep 13, 2005 11:57 pm
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God I'm like 99% sure I had done this once before...

KomodoDragon - Wed Sep 14, 2005 6:39 am
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Can you post the image or pm it to me? I'd really like to see what you are talking about... And If I can help I'd like to.

Katie - Wed Sep 14, 2005 10:42 am
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You should really get AIM komodo. It would help me contact you a lot faster.

KomodoDragon - Wed Sep 14, 2005 10:50 am
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Katie wrote:

You should really get AIM komodo. It would help me contact you a lot faster.

I'll see what I can do for you....Your the second person that asked me to get AIM...

I'll probably download it after work....

Quan Chi2 - Wed Sep 14, 2005 5:20 pm
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I think the idea is just dumb

all of her zone gfx are small..

KomodoDragon - Wed Sep 14, 2005 5:44 pm
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Quan Chi2 wrote:

I think the idea is just dumb

all of her zone gfx are small..

Well Quan you are "entitled" to your personal opinion, but it "IS" "HER" zone so if she wants them small that is her perogative!

KomodoDragon - Mon Sep 19, 2005 9:52 am
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Well miss katie I've got your graphics done.... let me know when your around and I'll send them....

Smong - Thu Sep 22, 2005 5:53 am
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Katie wrote:

I've checked and rechecked and but the INI and filename say energyfont.bmp.

That should be engyfont.bm2.

Also this does work, the spacing of each digit is not hardcoded.

Katie - Sun Sep 25, 2005 7:58 pm
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Yeah I renamed the image to energyfont so as to not overwrite another copy of the same gfx. What was I doing wrong to make it go up and left of where it should have been?

Oh and Komodo, please send them anytime to Highsociety62@excite.com

KomodoDragon - Mon Sep 26, 2005 11:52 am
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I sent your file to you... Hope it's what you're looking for....