New city graphics; middle ages/fantasy

[Ozymandias]

Originally posted by god_money
Does anyone know of a program to convert .bmp or .jpg files to
PCX?

"Ok," began the self-proclaimed Graphics Ignoramus, "I used MGI Photosuite to save the .bmp to .pcx."

Zip is attached.

Caveats & Comments:

1. I have some bothersome memory about pallette issues defeating "simple" conversions like this ... ?

2. I painstakingly name these files on my computer so I can credit the creators should they ever wind up in a mod.


Bon Chance,

Oz

 

[mrtn]

Originally posted by ozymandias
...1. I have some bothersome memory about pallette issues defeating "simple" conversions like this ... ?
...

Nope, no can do. I took a look at the file in photoshop. It should be in 256 colours pcx, not RGB. Besides you based it off of a jpg, not a bmp, so you would, if you converted them correctly, get wierd lines around the cities. Besides it was only the ancient and medieval styles, you need all four, even if you just have these identical.

 

[Ozymandias]

Originally posted by mrtn
Nope, no can do. I took a look at the file in photoshop. It should be in 256 colours pcx, not RGB. Besides you based it off of a jpg, not a bmp, so you would, if you converted them correctly, get wierd lines around the cities. Besides it was only the ancient and medieval styles, you need all four, even if you just have these identical.

Actually I converted from a .bmp, figuring the builtin compression method of the .jpg couldn't possibly help anyway ...

... Irrespective, here's another attempt, same software with the option to "save as" with 256 colors. The "Color Reduction" options it gave me were "None", "Default Pallette" and "Optimized Pallette"; the attached was converted with the "Optimized Pallette".

-- Am I even getting close to the mark

-Oz

 

[Arturus]

Is there anyway someone can convert these into pcx and unload them. I don't have any graphics programs aside from paint and have been unable to convert these. I love these cities, they would work well in the mod I am making.

If anyone has the time to do that it would be greatly appreciated


Thanks

 

[tjedge1]

Wow, I never saw these before. I might have a go at converting them to pcx, but not tonight. Not sure how well it would work out though. We'll have to see.

 

[Arturus]

They were buried on page 27 or 28. I spent a lot of time searching through all of the graphics trying to improve the library of images and units I have for my mod.

 

[tjedge1]

One good place you can look is GIDustin's site. There's a link in my sig. There are a ton of Civ3 things there, most with a preview. That's where I got a lot of my old stuff.

 

[Arturus]

Alright thank you, I'll take a look over there.