Aluminium's AoK Unit Modifications

[Digger532]

Thanks mrtn

Will check that out

 

[Aluminium]

SBB uses the simplest resizing method (Pixel resize called in PSP). The result is sharp but distorted. Also you will lost the grid. The SSS editor is better. But you have to download and install the complete SSS + Microsoft.NET.

Possibly, not the right Forum for this but Aluminum as you are such a prolific unit resizer...could you give me an idea how you an expert do it..

I think it's the best you write me a PM, if you still need help. What unit do you want to resize and does your resized unit work at all?

I open the unit in FLCster and then export it to a Storyboard pcx.

There is no other way at the moment.

I then resize the unit in photo editor and copy it to another pcx file. I open the resized pcx in paint and copy the enlarged units over the original Pcx.

I don't know Photo Editor and Paint. For this task the best programs are Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro or Gimp. I could explain it for this programs. Maybe I will make a tutorial for resizing and the palette issue in the next time.

The problem is A. that the Alpha Blending always stuffs up

The Alpha colors are defined by the positions in the palette. Smoke is index 224 - 239 and shadow 240 - 255. 255 is the background color. Give each alpha color a unique hue. Like in the image below.

B. this is a very laborious way of doing it

The forenamed programs do help you. But you still need Flicster and a graphic program.

 

[Digger532]

Aluminium,

Thankyou for the detailed reply, looks like I will have to get my hands on Paintshop Pro or Photshop..

I did notice the distortion using SBB.,When I resized the unit in photo editor or paint the images were superior, so I figured I would go down that path..

The Alpha blending issue is a little strange as I though that the default bground colour was Magenta, which is a primary colour on the RGB scale.

I tried enlarging the frames in FLCster and then importing the unit that I'd resized, but the resize in Paint/Photeditor is not even from frame to frame and the size mismatch causes FLCster to crash..

I will check out the full version of the SSS editor and give that a whirl...

BTW the unit I'm trying to Resize is the European Spearman..needs to be about 10% bigger I think...

Thanks for the detailed reply..

 

[EuroYank]

Looking for an India Elephant unit with riflemen sitting in a cage atop it. Could be the India Cavalry unit with riflemen atop it in the elephant cage.

 

[Aluminium]

Dom Pedro II has made such a unit. Unfortunately, it's one of his early works which have some problems. But he has said that he will redo this old units anytime. I hope so.

Here is the link.

 

[jusli]

Hey Aluminium, I like your icon, the man in a suit. Do you have that as a unit?

 

[Aluminium]

This is just the standard male from Poser 3. It was a test some times ago. There are only this two animations + a funny walk, but no complete unit. Sorry.

 

[Olaf_The_Great]

well in this case a Cataphract is a byzantine medium horseman(heavy would be kataphraktoi) wich is a byzantine vesion of a knight
they use bow,lance,and sword

Of course the original defintion means armour in greek
the Cataphract is guy with a alot of armour(especially the kataphraktoi and the cataphracts of Mesopotanion Roman era Suelid Empire and such).
Although this Cataphrat always struck me as wrong for the Byzantines.
But I know for sure the Kataphraktoi was wearing A chainmail tunic(basicly a dress sine it went down the ankles,A Scale mail Chestplate err mailchest..thing,a Helmet that that has chainmail hangings going to the shoulders and a horse that had a scale mail hanging going from the head to the ankles of the horse(except the butt).The kataphract did not have a bow but had a lance and a sword.


ANYWAY.....Great Remakes of conversionsaok units never looked right for some reason unil now

 

[Olaf_The_Great]

well thats creepy suddenly theres 4 pages or so...there was only one when i started typing

 

[Aluminium]

Thanks!

"well in this case a Cataphract is a byzantine medium horseman(heavy would be kataphraktoi) wich is a byzantine vesion of a knight"

Hmm, kataphraktoi is simply the greek plural of kataphrakt. I guess what you mean are the klibanophoroi. Both words are of persian origin. Here is a good explanation of it.

 

[Teutonic_Knight]

I want to see a Teutonic Knight! That would be an awesome avatar! Great work, Aluminum!

 

[Aluminium]

I want to see a Teutonic Knight! That would be an awesome avatar! Great work, Aluminum!

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