[quadinhonic_II]

Is there a limit on the number of backrounds you can have in the stars.tbl? If so whats the limit.

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by quadinhonic_II
Is there a limit on the number of backrounds you can have in the stars.tbl? If so whats the limit.

I think it's about 40 (for the reg. background PCX's).  there's a similar limit for the suns.

[quadinhonic_II]

Is there some order in which the nebs have to be in? Cause I had like 38 new nebs like last week and now i only see 6 in fred. And the pcxs are in the effects folder. And i didnt mess with the stars tabl untill I noticed the problem.

[IceFire]

If a nebula is misnamed or not scaled to the right color depth...its possible that your nebulas will not show in FRED.  It takes some paitence and trial and error sometimes to find the problem too.

[quadinhonic_II]

I know I got the color depth right. To be sure what is it?

[EdrickV]

#define MAX_STARFIELD_BITMAPS         60

The limit for regular background images ($Bitmap, $BitmapX) is 60. Suns ($Sun) also have a limit of 60. Make sure that the capitalization is right and that the filenames (without extention) match.

[quadinhonic_II]

Originally posted by EdrickV
#define MAX_STARFIELD_BITMAPS         60

The limit for regular background images ($Bitmap, $BitmapX) is 60. Suns ($Sun) also have a limit of 60. Make sure that the capitalization is right and that the filenames (without extention) match.

You think I'm that dumb not to check before making this thread? I've tried everything I can think of. Thanks for that other info though.

I'm going to rename the files to replace 's Like my new violet neb will be called dneb01 or something.

[CP5670]

I just took out the dneb's in my custom tables, as those are too dark to be easily seen in-game and they take up a lot of space in the file. That should free up 18 slots.

[quadinhonic_II]

Originally posted by CP5670
I just took out the dneb's in my custom tables, as those are too dark to be easily seen in-game and they take up a lot of space in the file. That should free up 18 slots.

The amount of entrys in my stars.tbl isnt the problem. Theres someting else wrong with it. And I have extracted a bran new star.tbl from the vp's and all but that didnt work either.

[EdrickV]

What exactly are you trying to do? That might help figure out what is going wrong. And as I often say, never overlook the obvious. My dad, a professional computer programmer, was having trouble with his computer. He couldn't get CDs to play right. I happened to be there and looked into it for him. First thing I did was check the big volume control and, sure enough, the CD player was muted. Problem solved. Anyone can overlook the obvious.