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RMJ · Newbie Joined: May 30 2003 Posts: 6 Offline

What does that file do? I know (or guess) it effects some colors (or atleast should do) like colors.bm2. But what excatly? I haven't found explanation anywhere...

SuSE · Me measures good Joined: Dec 02 2002 Posts: 2307 Offline

it specifies the colors for the energy bar animation (pulsating blue, then yellow, then red when you get real low on nrg)

it also specifies the colors of bullet trails

I think that's about it, but it's always been sort of a mysterious image, play around with it and you're sure to figure it all out.

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Yea, kinda noticed that energy bar. Changed all colors to black and while I was playing noticed that I didn't got energy bar anymore.

But it would be nice to know excatly what pixel does what... Like it is documented for colors.bm2.

RMJ · Newbie Joined: May 30 2003 Posts: 6 Offline

The Guest above this is me. Forgot to login...

Dr Brain · Posted: Sat May 31, 2003 8:30 pm Post subject:

SuSE · Me measures good Joined: Dec 02 2002 Posts: 2307 Offline

sort of obvious I think

each pixel acts as a frame of the animation for the energy bar or part of the bullet trail

RMJ · Newbie Joined: May 30 2003 Posts: 6 Offline

Figured out most of it...

Line 1: high energy bar 'animation'. Every pixel is 10ms or so...
Line 2: less than half energy
Line 3: low energy

Line 4: lvl1 bullet trail anim. (the left most pixel is nearers to bullet, and right most furthest away from bullet)
Line 5: lvl2 bullet trail anim
Line 6: lvl3 bullet trail anim

Line 7: ??? I have no idea what this is... Couldn't figure it out.. Anyone knows?

Line 8: Hmm.. Not used? As it is black... Doesn't seem to effect anything.

Also noticed that top left (0,0) pixel controls the color of narrow 'bar' just above energy bar (separated by transparent/black gap between it them).

Mine GO BOOM · Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2003 2:32 am Post subject:

Line 7 sounds like L4 bullet trails to me. Line 8 sounds like future-proofing it, so if a new line needed to be added, can just add colors without much else changing. Thank you for your work.

RMJ · Newbie Joined: May 30 2003 Posts: 6 Offline

Yeah, I was thinking of that too.. It's prolly Lvl4 bullets trail. But I just can't remember how do I get L4 bullets.

Even *super gives only lvl3 bullets.

I also thought it might have been trails for bouncing bullets or shrapnels but nope.

Sharpens always uses L3 weapon trails, no matter what level the shrapnel itself is. And boucing bullets uses same as normal weapon.

But can anyone tell how I can get those L4 weapons? If there really is way to get them.

Katie · Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2003 4:44 pm Post subject:

Get level 3 equipment and then pick up a flag or two...

SuSE · Me measures good Joined: Dec 02 2002 Posts: 2307 Offline

burst

ExplodyThingy · Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2003 12:48 am Post subject:

burts != L4

Maybe the last line is the "padding" around the enrgy bar. Wehn it lowers, something may have to go in the dark spots. Or just something similar like that.
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SuSE · Me measures good Joined: Dec 02 2002 Posts: 2307 Offline

man, if you guys want to figure something mysterious out, find out why there are two frames for the healthbar image

Mine GO BOOM · Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2003 5:48 pm Post subject:

The health bar flashes between the two images when your low. I found that out when i made my pacman game about 2 years ago. I don't know if continuum does it anymore, but it did with VIE.

SuSE · Me measures good Joined: Dec 02 2002 Posts: 2307 Offline

maybe priit left it out

Katie · Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2003 3:07 pm Post subject:

It must have been left out, because Akai and I both found the second frame to be useless. Bummer.

Smong · Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2003 3:16 pm Post subject:

Using the subtle energy bar can give you a 20fps boost anyway.

SuSE · Me measures good Joined: Dec 02 2002 Posts: 2307 Offline

ya, and the subtle one doesn't look totally lame

RMJ · Newbie Joined: May 30 2003 Posts: 6 Offline

Thanks for help.

The seventh line was L4 bullets as thought. That only leaves the 8th line without explanation... Prolly it was left there for future use. But most likely it will never be used as in future gradient.bm2 will be gone, as it going to move into colors.bm2 as far as I know).

And yeah, the energy bar animation does not work. I think it was mentioned when CTM .35 came out.

I attached my gradient image if anyone wants to see.. Nothing special on it tho.