Too GAH! With It!

[naut]

I've been trying (hopelessly it would seem) to transform this,



into a .bif file. However, whenever I try using different approaches all I get is failure.

With Readbif and a BMP:



With PURPGRAB and a TGA:



With PURPGRAB and a LBM:

[caravel]

It looks like a palette problem. What paint package are you using? I know that PSP doesn't save LBMs properly. I'm not sure what other program you could use either though. This is why I avoid messing with the graphics in MTW.

[naut]

Yeah, it would seem so. I'm using UP.

Using Photoshop:



Close.

[R'as al Ghul]

I just downloaded your example, then converted it to .bmp with IrfanView, then created a new bif with readbif and imported the one frame from the bmp.
Works perfectly for me.
One thing to watch out for is that you need a 256 colours bmp for it to work properly. You do not need purpgrab for this. The buildings are actually easy to make, it gets more difficult when you start editing the campaign pieces.

R'as

[naut]

IrfanView, of course!



Thanks R'as al Ghul

[R'as al Ghul]

Irfanview is just one possibility. Adobe Photoshop is a bit huge for this simple task but works also nicely. I don't remember the exact menu command but you do have to reduce the colours to 256 first and then save it as 8-bit bmp, iirc.

R'as