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Sat, 17 October 2020 23:38  
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PFCParts wrote on Sat, 17 October 2020 01:23I'm trying to make a C-Ration item and I need help with making C-Ration STI image. I don't have any experience with GIMP or Photoshop, so if anyone could help me out it'd be much appreciated. I'll link the image I want to be used.
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vietnam-era-ration-combat-individual-249962143
It's the first one with the cans and box displayed.
Thanks.
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In a mod for UB, called "Back to Business" (b2b), something simular has been done.
From BigItems (what you'll see when opening item-description ingame)
From mdItems (in Folder Interface), used for item in inventory-slot
From smItems (in folder Tilesets/0), used for when item dropped on ground
A raw job of converting your image into BigItems-format. Done with paint.net, probably needs some refinement. Rather use it as an example, haven't checked the ingame look. No Photoshop or Gimp needed.
Use the size of md- and smItems-pics for guideline on how big those should roughly be.
Due to upload, those where converted into jpg. For game, they must be 24bit bmp.
The blue colour is used for transparancy. The smaller pics (md and sm) need the green outlines (and the blue transparancy background, even if small)
Don't change the blue or green colour, those exact colours are used for transparancy and outlines. If you change them, that'll probably mess up the palette used and the transparancy-effect won't work.
You'll need to download the program "Sti-Edit.rar" from Modding Tools to import the bmp into the sti-files.
For adding entries in items.xml you can use something like notepad++, or any other text-editor.
Edit: re-uploaded pictures
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| Re: Need Help Making a C-Ration BigItem STI and MDITEM icons[message #361642 is a reply to message #361641]
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Sat, 24 October 2020 04:47
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Open the jpg with a graphic viewer. That can be any. Something easy probably would be Irfan View (freeware) or Paint (comes with Windows). If you're doing a right-click on the jpg, in the context menu opening there should be something like "open with". Paint should be listed there. If jpg is opened in, let's say, Paint, choose "save as" and bmp should be one of the choices. When saving as bmp, the program should ask about bit-depth (24bit, 8bit, etc.). If Paint doesn't do this, try using Irfan View or Paint.net (both freeware).
Do you wanna replace some existing item with this (like: C-Ration instead of Regenaration-Booster) or should this be a new item ?
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| Re: Need Help Making a C-Ration BigItem STI and MDITEM icons[message #361948 is a reply to message #361642]
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Sat, 28 November 2020 12:48
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Alright, thnx. One more question. How do I create the blue background for the picture when converting to BMP? Because rn I'm trying to create a bmp of an m1956 webgear set but the background is still in. How do I omit it through paint or paint.net? Here's the picture I've selected of the webgear. Also how would I change the size of the image in the final game? Still talking about Bigitems.
https://www.amazon.com/Military-Climbing-Fieldgear-Packages-Equipment/dp/B07MXYWTML
(First image, not a side profile image)
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| Re: Need Help Making a C-Ration BigItem STI and MDITEM icons[message #362351 is a reply to message #361955]
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Wed, 10 February 2021 05:19
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So thus far I have converted a VZ24 from a JPG to a 24 bit BMP. I'd say it looks pretty good. I used Paint to export it after resizing the pixels as a BMP. Now I've loaded it onto STI Editor but now I don't know what to do with the palette because if I used the default palette it looks like crap and if I use AV's VZ24 palette or the Kar98k palette it doesn't look as good in STI Editor.
Any hints on how to extract the palette from Paint? Do I have to use GIMP to extract the image's palette?
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| Re: Need Help Making a C-Ration BigItem STI and MDITEM icons[message #362362 is a reply to message #362360]
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Thu, 11 February 2021 02:11
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When I index my colors should I select 256 colors or what? Cause I've just finished indexing my image, so do I just export the indexed image as a GPL? Right now I've exported it indexed with 256 bit colors and to save it as a gpl I went under color management and hit save color profile to file. From there I was able to covert the gpl (Advanced Palette Editor) into an ACT. However when I tried to import the ACT into STI the palette is all black.
I'm pretty new to using GIMP and photo manipulation software, but so far I have isolated the VZ24 and have indexed it into 256 color. What should I do next?
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