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Title: ANI talking head file brightness
Post by: OverDhill on March 04, 2020, 12:16:20 am

I have looked at some talking head ANI files with ANIVIW32.exe and their brightness seem to be good. However in the game they all appear very dim.  Is there a way to get their brightness to be at least as bright as the file plays outside Freespace?

I am not sure this is the proper forum for this question but I figured I would take a shot.

Thanks

Title: Re: ANI talking head file brightness
Post by: Nightmare on March 06, 2020, 10:11:40 am

You can change the look/colors of the HUD under options, but that's only for the specific pilot, not the whole mod.

Anyway I'd generally suggest to use eff/pngs instead of that old ani format.

Title: Re: ANI talking head file brightness
Post by: OverDhill on March 06, 2020, 12:56:33 pm

Only pictures displayed in the talking head box will change with the option menu.  Any digitized video will not be affected by the option settings.

If you play Head_Cap_Sheridan_4.ani outside the game it is nice and bright. When played in the game it is very dark. I am working on adding the hud.tbl to The Babylon Project (it didn't have one) and was wondering if there are any settings I could add/change to brighten the ANI playback in the game.



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Title: Re: ANI talking head file brightness
Post by: 0rph3u5 on March 06, 2020, 12:59:10 pm

Quote from: OverDhill on March 06, 2020, 12:56:33 pm

hud.tbl

! hud_gauges.tbl !

Quote from: https://wiki.hard-light.net/index.php/Hud.tbl

The hud.tbl is no longer used with FreeSpace Open. It was a table file for defining the available shield animations.

Title: Re: ANI talking head file brightness
Post by: OverDhill on March 06, 2020, 01:25:34 pm

yes I miss typed the name. sorry

Title: Re: ANI talking head file brightness
Post by: Nightmare on March 06, 2020, 01:36:49 pm

If ANI files are that unpredictable you probably should drop using them; AFAIK all other filetypes don't have to be put through extra compression.

Title: Re: ANI talking head file brightness
Post by: 0rph3u5 on March 06, 2020, 03:28:39 pm

TBP's collection of .ani-files are a treasured legacy

Title: Re: ANI talking head file brightness
Post by: Nightmare on March 06, 2020, 05:12:07 pm

Well as long as they do the job~

Title: Re: ANI talking head file brightness
Post by: Nightmare on March 06, 2020, 05:20:18 pm

What has bugging me for a while now though, don't have ANI files terrible performance compared to other formats? I tried it once on a intense particle effect and it seemed to make serious difference.