BoA Graphics Database Questions
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BoE Posse
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written Tuesday, February 18 2003 12:59
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I'm working on the main key words that describe a graphic. So far I have: PC NPC Monster Giant Monster Terrain Animated Terrain Item Can you think of any other most-common words used to describe a BoA graphic? Thanks! -------------------- All that we see, or seem, is but a dream within a dream. Visit the Louvre, the BoA Graphics Database at http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/boa/louvre/ Visit Alexandria, the BoE Scenario Database at http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/boe/alexandriajs/ Posts: 653 | Registered: Thursday, September 27 2001 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Tuesday, February 18 2003 13:26
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Jeff said there may be talking graphics, and you it might be helpful to distinguish between monsters that always look the same (like goblins) vs. monsters that look different in combat mode (like soldiers). —Alorael, who otherwise thinks the list is well divided, unless someone actually does make new PC "paper-doll" pictures for the side place where you can see your character's equipment and inventory. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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Guardian
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written Tuesday, February 18 2003 13:41
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Well if someone does decide to make new inventory screens, I hope they are a professional graphics designer. One can only imagine the chaos that could insue... or rather, the terrible stuff people will be making. Actually... I guess crappy stuff could fit in any topic, so nevermind Edit: Last bit there! [ Tuesday, February 18, 2003 13:42: Message edited by: EEPLegolas ] -------------------- DEMON PLAY, DEMON OUT! Posts: 1582 | Registered: Wednesday, November 13 2002 08:00 |
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Agent
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written Tuesday, February 18 2003 20:52
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I have actually made a few inventory screens for my PCs. Most of them are copy/pasted from other sources, but I do have one original which looks like $#!%. -------------------- PhoenixNinjas! Ninja-Moderation! What we need is Urban Wisdom! Vote Wise Man! Posts: 1277 | Registered: Monday, June 24 2002 07:00 |
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BoE Posse
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written Wednesday, February 19 2003 06:09
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quote:I'm not sure what you mean by this? Did I miss a type of graphic at http://www.personal.psu.edu/staff/b/x/bxb11/boe/BoAGraphics/ ? -------------------- All that we see, or seem, is but a dream within a dream. Visit the Louvre, the BoA Graphics Database at http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/boa/louvre/ Visit Alexandria, the BoE Scenario Database at http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/boe/alexandriajs/ Posts: 653 | Registered: Thursday, September 27 2001 07:00 |
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BoE Posse
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written Wednesday, February 19 2003 06:10
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My last conversation with Jeff (about a month ago) was there would be NO talking graphics. :( -------------------- All that we see, or seem, is but a dream within a dream. Visit the Louvre, the BoA Graphics Database at http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/boa/louvre/ Visit Alexandria, the BoE Scenario Database at http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/boe/alexandriajs/ Posts: 653 | Registered: Thursday, September 27 2001 07:00 |
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BoE Posse
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written Wednesday, February 19 2003 06:24
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Item Graphics - They seem to be 40X40 for each item. Can someone confirm this? -------------------- All that we see, or seem, is but a dream within a dream. Visit the Louvre, the BoA Graphics Database at http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/boa/louvre/ Visit Alexandria, the BoE Scenario Database at http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/boe/alexandriajs/ Posts: 653 | Registered: Thursday, September 27 2001 07:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Wednesday, February 19 2003 06:58
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The ones I have are 30x30 for each item (Checked against the Avernum 3 graphics. Includes border.) Posts: 422 | Registered: Tuesday, October 16 2001 07:00 |
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BoE Posse
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written Wednesday, February 19 2003 08:10
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OK - Here's round one of the DB. Only 6 records so far. Let me know what you think: http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/boa/louvre/ -------------------- All that we see, or seem, is but a dream within a dream. Visit the Louvre, the BoA Graphics Database at http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/boa/louvre/ Visit Alexandria, the BoE Scenario Database at http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/boe/alexandriajs/ Posts: 653 | Registered: Thursday, September 27 2001 07:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Wednesday, February 19 2003 09:07
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The talking skull isn't mine, or rather, I wasn't the one who pasted it into boxes. I can't remember whose it is. I'll also send you other graphics when I motivate myself to, or you can get them yourself (as you presumably did for the ones up there) at either my site (its down as my homepage) or drakey's site. Would you prefer I send them or not? EDIT: and the actual engine there is pretty good. Would it be possible for you to put a link/button to download stright to disk (rather than having to get a contextual menu). That's just me being picky though. [ Wednesday, February 19, 2003 09:10: Message edited by: Jigga ] -------------------- Riot Shields Voodoo Economics It's just business Cattle prods And the IMF I trust I can rely on your vote Posts: 530 | Registered: Sunday, September 1 2002 07:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Wednesday, February 19 2003 23:18
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I'll send you the item graphics from my site if you like, if of course, thats ok with Sodium Cyanide and Motekye, otherwise I will simply send you mine, I will have to edit them. So which would you prefer, the inventory view of the items or the laying on the ground/isometric view of them? (most of my items are simply BoE items given a isometric view). http://www.freewebs.com/mortimer/itemsgraphics.htm Thats my site if you want to know what items are up there and which ones you want. [ Wednesday, February 19, 2003 23:26: Message edited by: Mortimer ] -------------------- Fine Meal is people!!! Posts: 289 | Registered: Saturday, February 16 2002 08:00 |
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Triad Mage
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written Thursday, February 20 2003 04:01
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Brett, I'm working on the text files, but I've been really busy lately. Don't worry - it's getting done, albeit slowly. -------------------- "At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool." - Menander ==== Drakefyre's Demesne - Happy Happy Joy Joy Encyclopedia Ermariana - Trapped in the Closet ==== You can take my Mac when you pry my cold, dead fingers off the mouse! Posts: 9436 | Registered: Wednesday, September 19 2001 07:00 |
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BoE Posse
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written Friday, February 21 2003 05:39
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Here is the ideal situation for me: Create a thumbnail graphic for each individual graphic, in GIF or JPG form. Name the original graphic in all lowercase. Name the thumbnail graphic the same as the full one, adding a th on the end of the name, just before the file name extension. Example: myfile.gif myfileth.gif If you have a giant graphic, please combine both sheets into one file, as I did with the dragon example already on the site. If you want to provide an animation of the graphic (like an NPC attacking), it must be an animated GIF. Add an a on the end of the name, just before the file name extension. Example: myfilea.gif This will ensure success of the site. I may not have time to process graphics not ready to go. So, for those of you who have graphics, can you try this approach, and send me the files at bxb11@psu.edu? -------------------- All that we see, or seem, is but a dream within a dream. Visit the Louvre, the BoA Graphics Database at http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/boa/louvre/ Visit Alexandria, the BoE Scenario Database at http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/boe/alexandriajs/ Posts: 653 | Registered: Thursday, September 27 2001 07:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Friday, February 21 2003 08:38
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Files re-sent as requested. Note: In preparing files to re-send, I noticed that JPEGs exhibit color distortion in the areas that should be white (They cease to be white.) Does anyone know why this happens? (Re-sent files were sent as GIFs, which do not seem to exhibit this effect.) Posts: 422 | Registered: Tuesday, October 16 2001 07:00 |
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Agent
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written Friday, February 21 2003 10:30
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quote:It's fine with me. The more places they go up, the better! PS: AIRPLANE / Salamander made the skull into a character graphic. [ Tuesday, February 25, 2003 10:19: Message edited by: Strontium 90 ] -------------------- PhoenixNinjas! Ninja-Moderation! What we need is Urban Wisdom! Vote Wise Man! Posts: 1277 | Registered: Monday, June 24 2002 07:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Friday, February 21 2003 10:45
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Jpegs compress files by cutting corners and approximating colours. If a long line is all roughly one colour, they just put in code or whatever for - long line this long this colour. I would suggest gifs. If you're worried about losing colours due to the 256 thing, you should be able to customise the pallete with some kinda colour optimising thing (you can do this in graphic converter methinks) Why did I just say 'methinks'? EDIT: Can we use that online submission form? [ Friday, February 21, 2003 10:56: Message edited by: Jigga ] -------------------- Riot Shields Voodoo Economics It's just business Cattle prods And the IMF I trust I can rely on your vote Posts: 530 | Registered: Sunday, September 1 2002 07:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Saturday, February 22 2003 10:14
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Cool site. It'll be so much better when it's got more graphics on it. By the way, maybe I'm just stupid, but why start with graphics now, when they haven't even set a date for BoA's release yet (or have they??). Posts: 316 | Registered: Saturday, May 25 2002 07:00 |
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Triad Mage
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written Saturday, February 22 2003 11:24
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They have - Winter 03/04. Besides, it's always good to get a head start. There are already about 100 BoA graphics, and it's better to get them categorized now than later. -------------------- "At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool." - Menander ==== Drakefyre's Demesne - Happy Happy Joy Joy Encyclopedia Ermariana - Trapped in the Closet ==== You can take my Mac when you pry my cold, dead fingers off the mouse! Posts: 9436 | Registered: Wednesday, September 19 2001 07:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Sunday, February 23 2003 02:16
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Is there a list of all the BoA Graphics Sites somewhere. If not, someone should make one. (Isn't Winter a year away? nooooo. cannot... wait... that... long... *dies in despair, then thinks that he'd probably rather play Lemmings till then...*) Posts: 316 | Registered: Saturday, May 25 2002 07:00 |
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Triad Mage
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written Sunday, February 23 2003 04:29
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Lemmings is a good game - especially on that super-hard last difficulty level. http://www.sitemouse.com/users/drakefyre/graphics.html#boa That's my site, which probably has the most BoA graphics. However, it doesn't have any item graphics. -------------------- "At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool." - Menander ==== Drakefyre's Demesne - Happy Happy Joy Joy Encyclopedia Ermariana - Trapped in the Closet ==== You can take my Mac when you pry my cold, dead fingers off the mouse! Posts: 9436 | Registered: Wednesday, September 19 2001 07:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Sunday, February 23 2003 05:51
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quote:Firstly, thank you for agreeing with me!! and also thanks for the url of your database. [ Sunday, February 23, 2003 06:07: Message edited by: Lemmings fre@k ]It's pretty cool![/edit] [ Sunday, February 23, 2003 06:07: Message edited by: Lemmings fre@k ] Posts: 316 | Registered: Saturday, May 25 2002 07:00 |
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BoE Posse
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written Monday, February 24 2003 09:51
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OK - I have updated the site with nearly all the graphics I've received (over 90). All in GIF format - this does seem to be the best choice, although I'll take jpg if that's how they come. I now know enough to intelligently redesign the submission page, so that's next. -------------------- All that we see, or seem, is but a dream within a dream. Visit the Louvre, the BoA Graphics Database at http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/boa/louvre/ Visit Alexandria, the BoE Scenario Database at http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/boe/alexandriajs/ Posts: 653 | Registered: Thursday, September 27 2001 07:00 |
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BoE Posse
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written Tuesday, February 25 2003 04:30
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test of new sig - ignore [ Tuesday, February 25, 2003 04:32: Message edited by: Void Master ] -------------------- All that we see, or seem, is but a dream within a dream. Visit the Louvre, the BoA Graphics Database at http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/boa/louvre/ Visit Alexandria, the BoE Scenario Database at http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/boe/alexandriajs/ Posts: 653 | Registered: Thursday, September 27 2001 07:00 |
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Guardian
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written Tuesday, February 25 2003 14:43
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Yay!! People do actually listen to you (void's sig) -------------------- DEMON PLAY, DEMON OUT! Posts: 1582 | Registered: Wednesday, November 13 2002 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Tuesday, February 25 2003 17:24
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Uh, Brett? You have three colored GIFTS listed as Giant Monsters. Also, my brown monster thingy doesn't really seem like a Wall Creature. It could be an Earth Elemental, I suppose, but I think I need to make a couple adjustments to the death animation. -------------------- My Myspace, with some of my audial and visual art The Lyceum - The Headquarters of the Blades designing community The Louvre - The Blades of Avernum graphics database Alexandria - The Blades of Exile Scenario database BoE Webring - Self explanatory Polaris - Free porn here Odd Todd - Fun for the unemployed (and everyone else too) They Might Be Giants - Four websites for one of the greatest bands in existance -------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Posts: 2957 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |