Re: [Ddmodd-developers] Glenn, sprite list, and notes:

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>OK, tp help you, here is a list of sprites we need, and soem notes...
>
>sprite list:
>^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>viking huts. 5 variants of a normal hut (like the one you just gave us),
>different floor plans would be cool (so they're not ALL rectangles :-)

From what research I have done, Viking huts were typically rectangular / 
square affairs but I will mix it up a little :-)

>1 viking meeting hall. this should probably be aroung 800 pixels long,
>300-400 wide. you'll probably have to split it into more than one
>sprite, and we can glue them back together in the editor.

Yeah I was looking forward to doing something with a meeting hall / warriors 
guild type building. Have all shields and runes and crap all over it too :-)

>doors to fit all teh door holes you have made. these need to be
>animated, probably about 7 frames would be heaps. so you need a start
>position, and make them swing outwards.. this may be very hard to do, i
>dunno. tell me what you need done, and ill try to help.

Shouldn't be overly difficult. Probably get away with a 4-5 frame door 
sprite. Not sure how the game would handle multi-frame transparencies though 
...

>building addons. this is prettyy simple really, things like windows,
>chimineys etc. etc. etc. (windows which go on gable roofs??) that would
>be cool.

Yeah the first sprite hut is basic design of it. I want to add small details 
like shields or weapons propped up on it etc.

>notes:
>^^^^^^^
>
>i take it you have got the gae running?? if nopt, download the dink base
>game, and then put the cvs tree in afolder under the dink main dir. i
>called the folder "ddmodd", but you can acll it anything you want. then
>run the dink frontend, and select the ddmodd mod, and click play. then
>you can see the map up to date, and what your graphics look like...

My home machine is busted at the moment so that may not happen for a little 
while. I am using a laptop currently that basicly better not have games on 
it :-)

>shadows haveto be black pixels crosshatched with white pixels. otherwise
>it looks funny...

okies.

>question: what tools do you use?? im curious, because i may be able to
>help quite alot, depending on what tools you use, and wether i can get
>them.

Primarily Photoshop 6 but occasionally I'll drop into a program called Tile 
Studio to do really small floor tiles and what have you.

Glenn


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