units production: Photo Shop pallete inverted

CivArmy s. 1994 · Aug 30, 2004

Now I'll concern about make several units, just need help again:
- how can I invert my pallete in the Photo Shop?
- what is the best extension to be used?

Dease helped months ago, but I need help again :blush:

This time I learn!!!

thanks again fiends!

embryodead · Aug 31, 2004

You don't invert palette... it shows shows in the other order, but it's the same palette O_o

You don't use any extension other than PCX too. Civ3SBB creates BMPs, you open them, convert to indexed palette and save as finished storyboards PCXs.

Dease · Aug 31, 2004

I took a look at the zip and the first thing I noticed was that you have shades of magenta outside of the bottom of the palette, that a big no-no, just delete those from you palette.

there is no easy way to reverse the order of the palette, however, if you apply your palette that you have now to your storyboard in PSP, then when you open the image in PS, the palette will appear to be reversed but that's just the may PS reads it i suppose

as for the best extension, if you're going to use PSP use .pal extension. If you're going to use PS then use .act.

I hope that helped

CivArmy s. 1994 · Aug 31, 2004

I'll tell all the process, maybe we can find the error:
- I do all the animations in Poser 5
- Export all the 8 views to 8 *.avi files
- Using Jasc Animator Pro 4.0 , I changed every frame of *.avi files to *.bmp
- I use SBB do create the storyboard (for this reason I did the last step)
- I turn on Flicster and create the files *.fmx and *.pcx
- I turn on PEdit, load the pallete that comes with the software, smooth there the colors that I need and save the palette
- I turn on PhotoShop 7.0: save the storyboard did in SBB with the same name of the storyboard created by FLICster (replace file). Them I change to 24bits to "index colors". I load the pallete created in PEDit and the image has its color all changes, I think the error is in this step.

Fellows, where is my error? :confused:

Dease · Aug 31, 2004

There is no error in your method

The error is in the palette, the palette that came with PEdit was made by kinboat and is meant for use in PSP, the only way I can think of to make the palette to work with PS is to manually reverse the order of the colours, since you made a list of all the RGB values it wouldn't be too hard to do

CivArmy s. 1994 · Aug 31, 2004

I did these two new palletes, I fix the color position, but it continues not working.

Dease · Aug 31, 2004

well, the first one of those palettes is the correct order, however, all the colours seem to have been darkened for some reason :hmm:

that's not good. the other error is that magenta is in the third row, it should be the very first colour in the palette.
If you fix those two things it should work

CivArmy s. 1994 · Aug 31, 2004

this is the new pallete, the color are right and in the correct place, when I load this one in the flicster storyboard, the unit gets odd colors

CivArmy s. 1994 · Aug 31, 2004

WORKS!!! THE COLOR ARE RIGHT NOW!!!
I've done wrong steps in the past (replace the file), now I just copy/past the storyboard created in SBB into Flcster ones and the color works. There I loaded the below palete, it is working good.
But I have another problem: when I load the unit in the game, Civilization 3 craches

The works works good, untill appear the firt CaveMan (my unit). bofere the screen show the unit, it crashes. WHAT IS HAPPEN???????
All the files are in this post.

HELP!!!!

Dease · Aug 31, 2004

When I opened up the .flc file I got this -

just say yes and flicster will fix it

Glad you figured it out the palette!

CivArmy s. 1994 · Aug 31, 2004

I open the files in FLicster and they work, the error message to do appeared.

what file did u open to this message apear? what is your FLicstr version?

Oh, thanks for all the help that u r giving!!! :goodjob:

Dease · Aug 31, 2004

I have flicster build 18 (final version)

Instead of opening the .fxm file like you normally would, open the .flc file flicster created, then you'll get that message

CivArmy s. 1994 · Aug 31, 2004

WORKS!!!
Dease, thanks for all the tips! Thank you very much my friend! Now I'm able to do some units

All the bugs are clear, tomorrow I can lauch my first unit, the Cave-Man

Dease · Aug 31, 2004

CivArmy s. 1994 said:
WORKS!!!
Dease, thanks for all the tips! Thank you very much my friend! Now I'm able to do some units
All the bugs are clear, tomorrow I can lauch my first unit, the Cave-Man

YAY! it worked! :banana:

[dance]

I'll definatley be keeping an eye out for the unit

Sword_Of_Geddon · Sep 1, 2004

Just think, that will be me in a few months(the extimated time I'll figure how to make units) :goodjob:

CivArmy s. 1994 · Sep 1, 2004

Sword_Of_Geddon said:
Just think, that will be me in a few months(the extimated time I'll figure how to make units)

First day, first unit: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=98655

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