Is there a way to add new race pictures? |
Hi, hopefully this is not against the rules here.
I would like to add additional race photos, e.g. a drawing of a xenomorph.
Is there a specifici folder it can be added to and what are the details I need to know (size,format, etc)?
Re: Is there a way to add new race pictures?
No you dont need the text files.
The bitmap images are 24bit.
Re: Is there a way to add new race pictures?
32 bits don't make any sense for bitmaps. 24 bits hold the entire spectrum of perceptible colors (and more). The extra 8 bits are useful for alpha transparency in formats that support it, but they have no use in bitmap format.
Re: Is there a way to add new race pictures?
All perceptible colors? I heard that you couldn't display true purple with the current technology...
Re: Is there a way to add new race pictures?
"true purple" ? Maybe you are thinking of the limited color range of most LCD technology, rather than what the color spectrum can represent (and display on CRTs)? IIRC, LCDs use 6 bits per RGB color, rather than a full 8 bits, due to limitations of the physical medium. Dithering techniques are used to give the illusion of the full range.
Re: Is there a way to add new race pictures?
Yea you can do it, I recently added the Paranid from X2/X3 into my game including their flag and race portrait.
Way I did it was to make a new folder in the "Empires" folder and add my new flags and race portraits there, copy from one of the neutral races for a template.