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[Zoltar]

Thanks mate. I do understand that. It seems pretty simple where you have cut the key into 2 lamps. I never thought about having more than 1 bitmap assigned to an individual lamp number.

Cheers mate. That info will help loads.

Compost

[hurtand165]

thanks to the two photos compost corner sent me i have now got a workable if not perfect picture of super jester and will be trying my best to get a good looking dx of it made as soon as possible.

pook, could you let me in on some of your lamp techniques please. i am finding it difficult to make the lamps look realistic. thanks.

thanks for the pictures compost.

[hurtand165]

i have sorted the lamps now (i think) and the dx is almost done. the only problem is when i save the layout and game through the design menu and then reload it into the emulator it keeps saying layout not found, so i have to then load it up from the design menu again instead of the normal way. can anybody help me out with this problem please.

thanks.

[Pook]

i have sorted the lamps now (i think) and the dx is almost done. the only problem is when i save the layout and game through the design menu and then reload it into the emulator it keeps saying layout not found, so i have to then load it up from the design menu again instead of the normal way. can anybody help me out with this problem please.

thanks.

Try opening the .gam file with notepad and look where it says layout to see if the right .dat file is listed.

Also always save the layout within the emulator as oposed to the save function when it asks you when you exit.

Pook

[Womer]

Whats exactly the problem with psp? Expired? I can get a serial for it.

Hi
Anyone else in the same boat should download DATECRACKER 2000 This will turn off the trial period for P*P (it does for me, it leaves it at 13 days pemanantly) and many other time limited programs

Get it from http://www.wonderwor...nbia/dc2000.htm

John

[Pook]

hey ppook what program do you do your masking in and how do you make it go transparent when its in th emulator


ta for now

Believe it or not most of my masking is done in MSPaint lol, very easy to add a blob on each corner to cover the desired area.

But if the lamp needs very accurate and precise masking I use photoshop, it's easiest to do it whist lamping, if you select the area you want to lamp with the lasso tool, lamp it, then do inverse select it selects everything else which you can then fill with a colour block.

Check out the 3 pics below, the first shows a nudge lamp that when lit will overlap the surrounding lamps, you only need to mask the areas that will effect the other lamp, if two lamps overlap in an area where both parts of the two lamps are unlit it will make no difference.

The second picture shows where I have just painted over the required areas in MSPaint and the third shows where I have masked everything on the lamp using the select inverse mode in photoshop during lamping.

One important thing is that all four corners of the lamp need to be masked or it won't work, the emulator looks at the four corner pixels and if they are the same coulour then it will make everything on the lamp which is that colour transparent. As you can see on the MSpaint version I blobbed the colour into all four corners or else it wouldn't work.

This only needs to be done on the lit lamp and not the unlit one, check the box in the lamp properties in the emulator to make the lit lamp transparent and then go into design/lamps/mask off lamps, this will then tranfer the masking properties onto the unlit lamp also.

Geeezz, perhaps I should write a book on this.

Pook

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[JustInfo]

One important thing is that all four corners of the lamp need to be masked or it won't work, the emulator looks at the four corner pixels and if they are the same coulour then it will make everything on the lamp which is that colour transparent. As you can see on the MSpaint version I blobbed the colour into all four corners or else it wouldn't work.

Incorrect. MFME uses the top left and bottom left pixels only, the rest matter not. You do not have to mask the right side pixels.

(In fact by design you only need to change one of the left side pixels but there is a bug in the emulator that means it is safer to change both left corners)

[fruitymad2003]

How do you know so much about these emulators justinfo did you make it.

Justinfo wrote:

Incorrect. MFME uses the top left and bottom left pixels only, the rest matter not. You do not have to mask the right side pixels.

(In fact by design you only need to change one of the left side pixels but there is a bug in the emulator that means it is safer to change both left corners)

And there is nothing wrong with the way that pook doies his layouts and when they do come out they are top notch so dont tell him how to do it.

Just one of his work in progress layouts beats my casino 5 liner wdx Look.

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[Pook]

One important thing is that all four corners of the lamp need to be masked or it won't work' date=' the emulator looks at the four corner pixels and if they are the same coulour then it will make everything on the lamp which is that colour transparent. As you can see on the MSpaint version I blobbed the colour into all four corners or else it wouldn't work.[/quote']

Incorrect. MFME uses the top left and bottom left pixels only, the rest matter not. You do not have to mask the right side pixels.

(In fact by design you only need to change one of the left side pixels but there is a bug in the emulator that means it is safer to change both left corners)

Well there is something I didn't know.

Pook

[fruitymad2003]

Sorry if i went a bit off the rails there!

[Pook]

Sorry if i went a bit off the rails there!

Hehe, s'ok mate, appreciate the setiment but I'm a big boy you know.

Pook

[fruitymad2003]

Ok sorry Pook
:? :? :? :? :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops:

[JustInfo]

How do you know so much about these emulators justinfo did you make it.

Justinfo wrote:

Incorrect. MFME uses the top left and bottom left pixels only, the rest matter not. You do not have to mask the right side pixels.

(In fact by design you only need to change one of the left side pixels but there is a bug in the emulator that means it is safer to change both left corners)

And there is nothing wrong with the way that pook doies his layouts and when they do come out they are top notch so dont tell him how to do it.

Just one of his work in progress layouts beats my casino 5 liner wdx Look.

What are you on about? Did you actually bother to read my post and understand it's meaning, or did you just want to jump in head first without thinking?

Pook says that you have to change all four corners, that is not correct, only the left side needs doing. I felt the need to post this because Pook was indicating in his post that you MUST do all four corners.

I didn't write the emulators no but as a designer myself (you just don't know who I am as I choose to post here under a different name which is my right) I am well aware of how the tools work thank you. Personally fruitymad, I don't care if someone has done 1 DX or 500 DX's, if they post an obvious error that I know is wrong I am going to reply and correct them, because that is how we all learn and get better at what we do. Now I have posted this I have probably saved Pook a lot of work in future as he will no longer feel the need to do the right side (possibly). This had nothing to do with the quality of Pooks layouts which are of a very high standard, perhaps you will think in future before sounding off on something you obviously know nothing about.

[fruitymad2003]

Ok Justinfo:
Sorry if i misinterprted The post there sorry.

And if you dont mind me asking what layouts have you made just out if intrest.

[Pook]

Come on JustInfo, I've been trying to work out who you are for months now, I reckon I know but not 100%.

Put me out of my misery please, a PM will do.

Pook

[ady]

Let's open a book on 'who is Justinfo'....... as Christmas is coming up odds on for...

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18-1 Shergar
22-1 Lord Lucan
30-1 Managing Director of JPM
50-1 The funny little man from the oven cleaning Ad's
100-1 The Queen
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Only jokin' Justinfo your a very knowledgable Man......erm Woman or Beast!! LoL

[Pook]

Let's open a book on 'who is Justinfo'....... as Christmas is coming up odds on for...

4-5 Santa
18-1 Shergar
22-1 Lord Lucan
30-1 Managing Director of JPM
50-1 The funny little man from the oven cleaning Ad's
100-1 The Queen
1.000.000-1 Freddie Mercury/Kermit the Frog


Only jokin' Justinfo your a very knowledgable Man......erm Woman or Beast!! LoL

I'll have a piece of that action, tenner on Shergar please.

Pook

[JustInfo]

Oh dear, well you are all miles out.

I'll take the unlisted option, £5 at 500,000-1 on Elvis

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