Minimap

ssjyoda

<div class="IPBDescription">editing.</div> I know how to make the minimap, thats no prob. But there are a few rooms that the game draws weird. Is there anyway I could edit the minimap. I tried, but ingame I kept getting a red background behind the minimap. Is there a step im missing. I extract the one I got already, edited it in photoshop, and then put it all back together.

uffo

did you check that the last color in your palette is red or otherwise changed it to red?
if so, I won't be much of help.

NerdIII

It is a sprite file with an alpha index. Make sure your qc file is set up to produce that kind of sprite (there should be alphaindex somewhere in the file)
And as uffo said, make sure the last entry in the palette is the background color, because HL will always make the last entry transparent. If it still doesn't work try to make it the first entry in Photoshop. Someone posted here that in some picture editor the palette is top side down. Good luck with making the minimap less confusing <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

watch_me_die

It should be an Alpha Test sprite, not Alpha Index <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

NerdIII

In deed, I really thought it was alphaindex. But now that I checked it, here is the qc file for the alien upgrade sprites:

<!--c1--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>CODE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='CODE'><!--ec1-->$spritename    320alienupgrades
$type          vp_parallel
$texture       alphatest
$load  320alienupgrades0.bmp
$frame  0   0   32   32
$load  320alienupgrades1.bmp
$frame  0   0   32   32
...
$load  320alienupgrades11.bmp
$frame  0   0   32   32
<!--c2--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--ec2-->

If you want an upright sprite (i.e. fire), set $type to vp_parallel_oriented

btw. does anyone know a sprite creator that supports all features? I have one, but it always makes additive vp_parallel sprites <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo-->