Problem Editing TerrainBuildings.pcx

[Skullsplitter]

I've been using some graphics packs to make things easier for my old, worn-out eyes. When I did not find a gem I liked, I simply added color to it. That was plenty easy.

Now I'd like to replace the mine graphic. There's a nice one with an ore cart and all for C3C. Rather than 12 boxes, this has 16. I selected the artwork I wanted, then pasted it over the top of the existing one. (Yes, I made a backup.) When I start the game, it displays the mine graphic fine, but the neon-green shows up in subsequent tiles.

I tried several variations of cut-n-paste, and finally just tried a blob, no cut-n-paste at all, and still got the green. Any suggestions as to what am I doing wrong?

PS. I'm using vanilla 1.29f, FWIW.

 

[MeteorPunch]

If you could post it, someone could tell you exactly what's wrong in 2 seconds.

 

[tom2050]

Sounds like could be a palette issue of sorts. Like MeteorPunch stated, if you can post it, someone can let you know and even correct it for you.

 

[Skullsplitter]

I'll see if I managed to figure this out.

TerrainBuildings.pcx

Incidentally, I did figure out that if I replaced the green with magenta, it displayed fine. But losing the tile border would make future changes a whole lot more difficult, so that would be plan B.

BTW, ignore that bit about 12/16 tiles. That was something of a brain fart.

 

[General 666]

I have attached a fixed palette file for you.

You just need to apply it to the pcx.

EDIT: attachment deleted

 

[Skullsplitter]

Thanks. How did you do it? If I understand things, I needed to get the last 2 colors of the palette 00ff00 and ff00ff. But I couldn't figure out a way to do so.

 

[Skullsplitter]

Ruh, roh, Raggy. I extracted the palette, then tried to load it and it tells me "Error Opening Palette"

 

[General 666]

What GraphicEditor are you using ?

Okay ,you can fix it manually.
open the palette dialog and change the first entry to RGB 70;71;72
change the second last entry to RGB 0;255;0
save that palette
reload your picture
apply new palette
save as pcx

 

[Skullsplitter]

Ultimate Paint.

I'll give that a shot. Thanks!

 

[Skullsplitter]

I feel pretty stupid now. I must have been saving it as an unpaletted PCX instead of a paletted one. Do it right and it works fine.

One silly checkbox...

 

[General 666]

It`s good to hear that you finally managed to solve your issue.