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Report, edit, etc...Posted by NightCircle on 2006-07-11 at 04:56:25
I am trying to change the Tilesets, but I encountered an annoying trouble.

First, I extracted the Tilesets, and later on the .BMPs by using TileEdit.
Then I made the .BMP I wanted to change into RGB by using PhotoShop, because the Tiles I use require another palette of colors.
After that, I cut everything in by using Paint.
Later on, I used PhotoShop to Index the Colors.
And now, when I try to Import the Tiles into TileEdit, I get an error message:
"Bitmap is incorrect size."
I have checked the dimensions of the bitmap and the filesize, and they are correct.
I suspect that it won't take it in because it doesn't use the same palette as my pictures.

What can I do to get it work?
Change palettes? Then HOW? Which program? The palettes are .WPE and don't seem to work with PhotoShop.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by nirvanajung on 2006-07-11 at 18:31:46
here some tips is
Bascially palette is nothing else matter for compiling to grp and tile if BMP's are indexed colors 8bit 256colors settings
but if saved with RLE-compressed or other compress settings
that might couldn't compile

but sometime that couldn't make compile even though u did correctly in file settings

i have experience that problem in SC grahics compile
that problem reason is could maybe from OS missed or clash of application's
memory between runings program currently
or that might be hardware problem sometimes

To find out wat is the problem, u would might have to dig out by varioused different ways

i have just one of good way to dig out
try this if couldn't compile by "Bitmap is incorrect size."
1. load origianal decompiled BMP
2. change image mode to RGB and paste ur custom picture into that source document
3. and merge all layers or just save to BMP index 8bit , don't forget import palette or ACT for photoshop
4. try compile with that files wat maded by that way

if could to compile, probably ur problem is Application problem or picture data

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What can I do to get it work?
Change palettes? Then HOW? Which program? The palettes are .WPE and don't seem to work with PhotoShop.

u don't have to change palette for images if u had save file with 8bit 256colors
anyhow palette is not effect to change colors in game display

palette is just like mirror of colors for images
StarCraft engine just read own palette colors settings even though u had change palette for image

changing palette need to only when have to match colors of ur custom image to with SC colors

btw.. if u wanna change palettes *.WPE use Paledit that able to export pallete and import for tile image and save palette file either for each use
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