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Modding, Mission Design, and Coding => The Modding Workshop => Topic started by: Titan on December 02, 2006, 12:30:55 pm

Title: Making Squadron logos
Post by: Titan on December 02, 2006, 12:30:55 pm: How the hell do i? :confused: I have what i want, but i dont know how to make one.
Title: Re: Making Squadron logos
Post by: Dysko on December 02, 2006, 01:17:08 pm: You must make a PCX image (256-colours) sized 128x128. There is a hue of green that in the game is invisible, and this allows you to make the "shape." of your logo.
The logo must be in the "data\players\squads" folder.
Title: Re: Making Squadron logos
Post by: Titan on December 02, 2006, 01:21:50 pm: uhhhhhhh...... ok

Edit: what?

P.S. i attached the file that i wanna put in...... and for reference, im putting in the file i started with. it took half an hour to make. ;)

Edit2:just put in the finishing touch, the typing! :D
Title: Re: Making Squadron logos
Post by: Dysko on December 02, 2006, 01:53:15 pm: Resize the second picture to 128x128. Where you want the logo to be transparent, you must put a certain shade of green (red: 0, green: 255, blue:0). The image must be in PCX format (unless with the source code upgrade it can be also in other formats).

If you can't make it, I can make it for you with Photoshop.
Title: Re: Making Squadron logos
Post by: Titan on December 02, 2006, 01:57:05 pm: ok, i'll do that.

Edit:20 tries later, i'm cluesless..........

P.S. i cant get the pixels right either.. the width is just 1 ****in pixel smaller then the height.........
Title: Re: Making Squadron logos
Post by: Mobius on December 02, 2006, 02:30:55 pm: I had the same problem when I wanted to create some logos for STHCRS.

Giorgio,aiuta questo ragazzino.
George,help this kid.

Because I have many things in common with TrashMan,I have DL his Insignia pack and....surprise!

I found the logos for MANY squadrons!
Title: Re: Making Squadron logos
Post by: Titan on December 02, 2006, 02:57:08 pm: I just wanna use this logo........ i put it in the mission were it's supposed to be put on your fighter.... doesn't work........ i dont have pixels or transperency right yet....... i cant get it FRIGGIN RIGHT!!!!
Title: Re: Making Squadron logos
Post by: Mobius on December 02, 2006, 02:59:47 pm: Why not?

It should be ok.
Title: Re: Making Squadron logos
Post by: Titan on December 02, 2006, 03:03:27 pm: the pixels are 129X128, but i did get most of the backround to go green! YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: Making Squadron logos
Post by: ToecrusherHammerjaw on December 02, 2006, 03:19:02 pm: That looks like the University of Missouri team logo....
Title: Re: Making Squadron logos
Post by: Titan on December 02, 2006, 03:21:39 pm: Yippe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i got the pixels right!!!!!!!!

Edit: i took out the words, i messed them up. but i cant get the logo to appear ingame..... how do i set it to 256 colors dammit!?!
Title: Re: Making Squadron logos
Post by: Mobius on December 02, 2006, 04:29:22 pm: It depends.

I'm not so expert in logos.

You have to create a campaign where th eplayer uses that logo...
I don't know if you can have logos even in single missions...
Title: Re: Making Squadron logos
Post by: Titan on December 02, 2006, 04:31:34 pm: I put it in a campaign, all it does is use a blank logo.....
Title: Re: Making Squadron logos
Post by: spartan_0214 on December 02, 2006, 05:08:41 pm: Use paint. You can get the size perfect, then save the pic as 256 color. That is, after you create it in ~~Photoshop~~, :ick: ,InDesign.
Title: Re: Making Squadron logos
Post by: Titan on December 03, 2006, 07:52:55 am: uhhhhhhhhhhhhh.............. i'm 11, the only thing i really know about freespace is how to play and how to FRED, and thats just about all i've done on my computer for the past year.........
Title: Re: Making Squadron logos
Post by: Dysko on December 03, 2006, 09:09:58 am: Quote from: LieutenantGeneralMobius on December 02, 2006, 02:30:55 pm
Giorgio,aiuta questo ragazzino.
George,help this kid.
I don't know why Mobius posted the Italian translation, but anyway...
I'll attach you a zip which contains a blank logo. That should resolve most of your problems.

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Title: Re: Making Squadron logos
Post by: Titan on December 03, 2006, 12:08:00 pm: .................. i think i wanna make one from scratch....... or at least a new tiger logo........