Castle Paradox

NeoTA · **Idiomatic Nomenclature** Joined: 15 Mar 2004 Posts: 165

i wrote this quite a while ago but couldn't post it before.
i haven't compiled it under dos, hopefully there is someone here who can.

this utility scans through an rpg file, updating graphics, palettes, and master-palette in-place to convert from an old master palette to a new one.

no libraries required, no os-isms.

dithering is implemented but disabled. why? it produces unsatisfactory results in a few cases, and often makes tiles look too rough. pass non-zero as the last parameter to mxs_and_til() to enable dithering.

color quantization is substantially superior to OHRRPGCE's in my tests. it is fairly small, possibly james could use the algorithm in OHRRPGCE.

testcase: converting snowy.rpg to the standard OHRRPGCE palette. most colors were preserved well, snow color was dulled to light grey.

it's like 'import new master palette', but more useful Happy

EDIT: ugh, i have somehow acquired double line spacing. (?)

EDIT2: fixed cosmetic issues (indentation)

EDIT3: fixed minor issue that index #0 wasn't used in the remapping. this was because Allegro interprets it specially. OHRRPGCE doesn't.

EDIT4: fixed horrendous! bug that should have prevented it from working at all, but strangely only showed itself in fyre's binary. it would only run if input and output filenames were identical!! instead of the opposite, which is the only sensible behaviour for it: they must be different!

EDIT5: fixed silly typo. robustified.

EDIT6: De-inlined and uploaded here, with the assistance of Inferior Minion.

TMC · Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 2:05 am Post subject:

Whoa, that is most awesome, a truly useful program.

However, could you please not post the entire source code for your program on a thread - instead, why not provide a link to it?

NeoTA · **Idiomatic Nomenclature** Joined: 15 Mar 2004 Posts: 165

i don't have anywhere to upload it currently, so that is not an option. i have changed it to use the code tag.

RPGCreations · **E Pluribus Unum** Joined: 18 May 2003 Posts: 345

Give me a while, I'll have this compiled.
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Bob the Hamster · Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 8:38 pm Post subject: Wow

How very, very cool!
I would be happy to host both source and binaries at http://HamsterRepublic.com/ohrrpgce/thirdparty/

Just package them as you see fit and mail them to me

RPGCreations · **E Pluribus Unum** Joined: 18 May 2003 Posts: 345

Compiled. Keep an eye on your inbox, James.

Neo, if you update the code again, just send me a PM/email and I'll recompile for you.

Edit: run without arguments gives the usual error, but I also threw in the last compile time to help me keep track of it.
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NeoTA · **Idiomatic Nomenclature** Joined: 15 Mar 2004 Posts: 165

i've emailed the code and readme.txt to you, james.
fyre: if you read this before my PM: there is a minor update that
usually improves the mapping of pure black. changes are in the
bestfit_color function.

RPGCreations · **E Pluribus Unum** Joined: 18 May 2003 Posts: 345

I recompiled it.

James, once again, keep an eye on your inbox.
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TMC · Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2004 1:52 pm Post subject:

What was the problem with compiling? I just stuck it into my C compiler, and aside from some warnings it compiled fine...
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NeoTA · **Idiomatic Nomenclature** Joined: 15 Mar 2004 Posts: 165

"what was the problem with compiling?"
nothing. i can compile it fine on linux. i can't compile it under dos because i don't have dos or windows installed.

TMC · Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2004 4:38 pm Post subject:

Ah, ok, everything clear.
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Bob the Hamster · Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2004 11:42 pm Post subject: uploaded

Okay! It is now available at http://hamsterrepublic.com/ohrrpgce/thirdparty/chgpal.zip

Thanks, Neo! You rock.

NeoTA · **Idiomatic Nomenclature** Joined: 15 Mar 2004 Posts: 165

thanks for the promotion. it reminds me that i actually do have programming ability, just that i must make a plan for longterm projects to get things done. all of my released software have only taken a few days to create. this MUST change.

NeoTA · **Idiomatic Nomenclature** Joined: 15 Mar 2004 Posts: 165

just fixed a HUGE bug that ought to have completely prevented correct operation: instead of bailing out if input/output filenames are identical, it bails out if they are different. i don't know how that managed to still work in my compilation.

NeoTA · **Idiomatic Nomenclature** Joined: 15 Mar 2004 Posts: 165

removed a 1character typo that was preventing compilation. robustified.