| 10-31-2003, 07:49 PM | #1 |
May I use 32-bit Targas with alpha channel in Multiboards? It seems not to work... This is example of my lifebar multiboard (not finished yet!).. I need to replace black areas with transparency! |
| 10-31-2003, 07:59 PM | #2 |
If you have tested it and it doesn't work, you have to accept it doesn't work. But you are right, it would have been cool. |
| 10-31-2003, 09:25 PM | #3 |
Can multiboards support transparent images? May be images have to be converted into BLP format to support transparensy? I know default multiboard background is half-transparent... P.S. Real multiboard is shown on screeshot... |
| 10-31-2003, 10:07 PM | #4 |
What's your "resolution" of those health bars? One icon for "full" and one icon for "empty" per location? In the healthbar I did I made 9 different states for each icon, resulting in a smoother movement. Used tons of icons in total though :/. |
| 10-31-2003, 10:44 PM | #5 |
My multiboard has 10 icons and 5 states per icon... So resolution is equal to 2%. No need more resolution because you can hardly see the difference on screen :) And this multiboard isn't completed one :) Have you seen my 'Photoshoped' multiboard in another thread? I'm going to create multiboard like that but the only problem is transparent TGA-files! P.S. Anyone know help me with my problem? |
| 11-01-2003, 12:16 PM | #6 |
I approximated your amount of icons in the bar to 10. Since you have a gradient colour scheme (red -> green) you need one unique icon per location. 5 states gives 5 * 10 = 50 icons. You beat my 27 icons :ggani:. Anyway, haven't tried transparent icons yet. My icons are 32bit, so I guess it should work. As for the big frame in the background, can't you find that gfx and alpha it out? Should be possible, isn't it half-transparent already? |
| 11-01-2003, 01:10 PM | #7 |
That ought to be possible, I alphaed out a multiboard frame once. |
| 11-01-2003, 03:03 PM | #8 |
Is there an echo in here 35263526? Nice multiboard Cacodemon, I suggest you let the last icon on the multiboard have a label and make it wider, so you can see what stats the different bars show. I don't see why you shouldn't be able to use alpha channels on a multiboard, are you sure you did it right? |
| 11-01-2003, 03:09 PM | #9 |
Magos: Thanks. The worst thing was cutting full-sized Photoshop picture into these 52 segments :) I think using BLP is the only way... I've tried many alpha variations so I guess Targa doesn't allow to use alpha channels with multiboard. 35263526: Please say how can I do the same? |
| 11-01-2003, 03:19 PM | #10 |
2 Kattana: Thank you! Yes, you have noticed right what multiboard should be corrected. But this one isn't completed so final multiboard will contain additional information about bars. When I finish multiboard, I'll send you more screenshots... I dont'k know reason of this trouble...Have you ever tried to create multiboard with transparent TGAs, not BLPs? May be even 32-bit TGA doesn't allow to use alpha channels in multiboard... |
| 11-02-2003, 12:20 AM | #11 |
Why use tgas? Shouldn't blps work? tgas take up too much space. |
| 11-02-2003, 04:10 AM | #12 |
What files do I need to edit to alpha out the multiboard frame? How about the min/max button too? |
| 11-02-2003, 10:25 AM | #13 | |
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I use blp's. blp's are basically jpg's so they take up (much) less space. Dunno how transparency work with them. |
| 11-02-2003, 08:06 PM | #14 |
@Magos: BLPs are JPEGs with an Alpha channel. When you convert a TGA with an alpha channel to BLP (you need either IE2 or W3V), the BLP has the alpha channel. |
| 11-02-2003, 09:14 PM | #15 |
Please post url here! |