Problem with custom CS spray Created 18 years ago2006-01-01 16:22:10 UTC by JujitsuMan JujitsuMan

Created 18 years ago2006-01-01 16:22:10 UTC by JujitsuMan JujitsuMan

Posted 18 years ago2006-01-01 16:22:10 UTC Post #155680
Ok, so i have this nice picture, it's 16-bit, using 4 shades of gray, somewhat detailed, below 9 kb. I open up wally, do the wizard hl color decal etc. It tells me that my .bmp version is not supported... wtf? all i did was change the dimensions in photoshop, then convert it to 16-bit in paint, what is wrong?
Posted 18 years ago2006-01-01 16:23:05 UTC Post #155682
oh, by the way, i tried doing a monochrome bitmap as well and it said that wasn't supported either...
Posted 18 years ago2006-01-01 16:33:29 UTC Post #155683
Save it as jpg or uncompressed bmp instead.
ChickenFist ChickenFist<Witty Title>
Posted 18 years ago2006-01-01 16:34:21 UTC Post #155684
yes but in order for it to work as a spray it has to be 16-bit or 8-bit doesn't it?
Posted 18 years ago2006-01-01 16:59:48 UTC Post #155687
Put it online.
Posted 18 years ago2006-01-01 17:16:15 UTC Post #155689
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dimensions to change to: 80x112
Posted 18 years ago2006-01-01 17:16:37 UTC Post #155690
you need to set it to 'indexed colour' in photoshop
Archie ArchieGoodbye Moonmen
Posted 18 years ago2006-01-01 17:17:52 UTC Post #155691
I tried that but it's just annoying, i hate photoshop with a passion and thus i can't use it worth squat.
Posted 18 years ago2006-01-01 17:34:01 UTC Post #155695
Did you just added me to msn just to get a solution from me for your problem? That is in no way necessary.

That image is waaaaaaaay to big. It 469*665 in size. You need to shrink that down a lot 64*80 should be fine, as long as the decal filesize is under 14 kb.
Posted 18 years ago2006-01-01 17:38:21 UTC Post #155698
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picky picky... here, there's 80x112, 4 kb, what from here?
Posted 18 years ago2006-01-01 18:48:48 UTC Post #155710
Open it in paint and actually copy and paste the picture itself rather than the file. Its "unsupported" because its either using a palette consisting of more or less than 256 colors. Wally can only supports a 256 color palatte but don't save the bmp in paint as 256 colors because that will make it look like crap. Like I said before just open in paint, select the whole thing, copy, and paste into Wally.
Sorry for the long answer, me and my rambling. Bah.
Posted 18 years ago2006-01-01 23:11:51 UTC Post #155747
Why not use DecalConverter... Google for it, it is fast and easy.
Posted 18 years ago2006-01-02 00:14:46 UTC Post #155749
dont right click the picture then open with wally.... open wally then open the image in wally...
Posted 18 years ago2006-01-02 03:54:13 UTC Post #155757
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That's the best I was able to do using this tutorial--which is fine for low res sprays like the ones I use.

I'll try DecalConverter next as inventrex suggested, and see how they compare.

Edit: After DecalConverter:

User posted image


Much nicer! DecalConverter FTW!

How to:

1. Downloadinstall DecalConverter.
2. Open "Roland" in DC and resize to 64?128.
3. Click on Decal menu and click "decal".
4. DC creates pldecal.wad's--so if your using steam, change the name to tempdecal.wad.

Also if you start out with a 24-bit bmp--instead of the jpg I used--, it will look better still.
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