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EliteAssassin · Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 10:47 pm Post subject: Download Too Long

The download for my zone is VERY long...so I figured the only way to make it shorter would be to change my filetypes, and I was wondering if .png was the smallest I could change it to.

Yoink · Novice Joined: May 23 2006 Posts: 25 Offline

PNG -> PNG Crush.

EliteAssassin · Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 11:53 pm Post subject:

Haha it'd be sweet if that'd do something

EliteAssassin · Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 2:01 am Post subject:

Hmm this is weird, I turned everything into .png files, they were smaller, but when I turned them to LVZ the files was slightly larger than when they were bmps

Muskrat · Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 2:19 am Post subject:

Catch me if I'm wrong here, but I thought that LVZs compress bitmaps anyways.

EliteAssassin · Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 3:10 am Post subject:

It does, but I'd like it to be a lot smaller if at all possible.

Smong · Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:38 am Post subject:

You can try this lvz maker, it might compress smaller:
http://forums.minegoboom.com/viewtopic.php?t=3907

Have a look at what's in your lvz and decide what's really necessary and what isn't. Sounds can be reduced in quality to save space. You can make lvz an optional download by prefixing a "+" before the filename in the LevelFiles setting.

Chambahs · Power attack Joined: Jun 19 2005 Posts: 820 Offline

The way me and SuSE did it, was PNG->PNG Crush-> Lvz and it went from small, to smaller, to smallest. It didnt increase anywhere.

Bak · Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 12:48 pm Post subject:

if you're using pictures or rendered art with no transparency, try JPGs
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EliteAssassin · Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 1:35 pm Post subject:

Well the link Smong gave helped a bit, but I may just make a few things optional.

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

be sure to use indexed (8-bit) PNG, unless you're really hooked on purdy color support

also there are a couple other apps that press things down a _tiny_ bit lower than pngcrush - not positive the extra time/effort is worth it

EliteAssassin · Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:10 pm Post subject:

I still dont know how to do png crush...do I have to download something?

Smong · Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:13 pm Post subject:

Here's a long thread on png:
http://forums.minegoboom.com/viewtopic.php?t=1521

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