Castle Paradox

Hades · Joined: 27 Apr 2007 Posts: 31

ok im starting up a game called Lost Eden.... ive wrote up the storyline and stuff ....its all looking pretty good ,
but as i try make my charactors in chibi version (just incase your wonderin whats a chibi version look at any old final fanasty game, big head and eyes and small body)
can people send in any of there walkaround and battle charactor pictures so i can get the idea

another thing is scanning pictures onto the rpg ... when i go to import pictures
it doesnt recognise my pictures... what do i have to do to get it recognised
(im using backgrounds such as skys, trees, etc and im going to layer them on an animated platform... [thats not the comlpicated part T_T])
thanx for your upcoming help
---Hades
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TwinHamster · Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 10:28 am Post subject:

First of all, making a sprite like those found in Final Fantasy does not automatically make it look good. But just in case, you might want to check out Tsugumo's wonderful tutorials as an introduction into pixel art altogether.

Secondly, the OHR only recognizes bitmap images (.bmp) that are with the resolution 320 x 200.

Hades · Joined: 27 Apr 2007 Posts: 31

firstly
you read too fast my freind, i said the storyline looks good so far but i havent actually touched the graphix (well i have, thankfully the format is quite easy)
thanks for that anyway
secoundly
how do you turn a file in bmp. ive seen it done in games such as arfenhouse
and i knew it was 320 x 200
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Me · Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:57 pm Post subject:

To save a file as a .bmp, open it in Paint (right click -> edit in most cases), choose "Save As" from the File menu, and save it as a .bmp.
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Newbie_Power · Joined: 04 Sep 2006 Posts: 1762

THE BASICS OF CHIBI

In all seriousness, use Tsugumo's tutorial because he explains Final Fantasy's graphic style in more detail. Since the site seems to be down, we have to rely on the Wayback Machine to recover it.

Chapter 7 is exactly what you want, then continue from there.
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Hades · Joined: 27 Apr 2007 Posts: 31

Uncommon · Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 8:44 pm Post subject:

24-bit should be fine.

Hades · Joined: 27 Apr 2007 Posts: 31

im incountering yet another problem..
when making my background im using copys and drawn pictures that i drew then pasted on.. it looks like this but it is unfinished so dont comment yet T_T

it seems that it doesnt recognise it (yet it has the right dimensions and is a bmp.)

also where in the editor can you make the introductory picture (the one at the very start) .. im finding it hard to find...
and can somebody tell me whats the best link for article?
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Moogle1 · Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 10:50 am Post subject:

That's a JPG, not a BMP.

You can set the title screen from "Edit General Game Data -> Select Title Screen...".
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Hades · Joined: 27 Apr 2007 Posts: 31

nope even though i save it as Bmp. it still doesnt recognise it Crying

lol i found the title screen just when you posted
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TwinHamster · Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 11:40 am Post subject:

Can you confirm that you saved it through a graphical program and not just by renaming its file type?

Hades · Joined: 27 Apr 2007 Posts: 31

what grapical programme would that be?
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Hades · Joined: 27 Apr 2007 Posts: 31

this also wont load (also unfinished)

it is the right dimensions and bmp.
ive tried numerous pictures and saved them as bmp. and it still doesnt work
i think there may be a bug in mine Oookay...

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Hades · Joined: 27 Apr 2007 Posts: 31

ok thats really odd ... im saving it as bmp. in Mspaint... why isnt it recognising it?
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