Annoying error on BIF reader

**CenturyGamer** · 09-10-2009, 18:04

Okay.. this is pissing me off. i work forever on this little shield, and when i try to load it into BIF reader in bmp format it says integer overflow. Help? :D

**CenturyGamer** · 09-10-2009, 19:56

Its a bmp file i'm trying to load into it btw, dont know if that makes any difference.

**Raz** · 09-11-2009, 10:43

The bmp image isn't saved as a 256-colour bmp.
It is strongly not recommended to use MS-Paint to save the image as a palette as it uses a standard palette for every image, it severely hampers the look of the image. I'd recommend using GIMP or Photoshop to convert the image as a 256-colour palette.

If you need any further advice on how to do this, simply post here and I or another fellow orgah will help.
Good Luck, BIF reader can be tricky to use and can cause severe bursts of anger directed at your PC.

**naut** · 09-11-2009, 15:48

Yep what Raz said.

Use Ultimate Paint, GIMP or Paint.Net. All of which preserve the palette better than MSPaint.

Second: what version of BifReader are you using. The newer version 23c (I believe) is much more stable. Link here.

**CenturyGamer** · 09-12-2009, 14:34

thanks dudes, even though i have no idea what you are talking about :p, guess i'll try to find out what 256 colour is and see how to save it as that in Ultimate paint.. by the way i was using PSP7 not paint.