Author Topic: can someone make a weapon for me? (Read 6371 times)

Sesquipedalian · **Reply #40 on:** April 30, 2002, 07:42:43 pm

I think there is a bit of confusion for you here, Trashman. Both the weapon selection icon (thing that you pick up and put into the weapon bank on the fighter) and the technical animation (picture of it spinning on the green grid) are Freespace .ani files.

As an example, the Prometheus-S cannon uses the file IconPromS.ani for its selection icon ANI and Tech_GTW-5_Prometheus_S.ani for the tech animation. Weapon selection icons have four frames in them with dimensions of 56x24 pixels, and are in 256 colour mode. Tech ANIs for weapons have 139 frames, dimensions of 440x200 (for low resolution play, anyway), and again in 256 colours.

As a piece of advice, when you make the icon for your new weapon, try to keep the colours similar to those in the original ones. It looks a lot better.

TrashMan · **Reply #41 on:** May 02, 2002, 02:27:35 am

I got it!:nod: (finally)
thanks

Fozzy · **Reply #42 on:** May 02, 2002, 03:51:46 am

Aldo do you want a railgun effect like in Red Faction, if so i can make you one nearly exactly the same

And the sound effects: Vzzzzzt

Sesquipedalian · **Reply #43 on:** May 02, 2002, 05:30:18 pm

It's long since been done, Fozzy. Don't worry about it.

TrashMan · **Reply #44 on:** May 03, 2002, 03:08:36 am

One thing.
The wapona naim. in FS2 begins with the weapon beeing scanned( outlined in green), and then the green grid appears and it begins rotating. I guess that the ani repeats itself from a certain frame (60-139). Right?
So, if I make my on weapon ani, does freespace automaticly repet if from a certain frame? If not, how to make it repeat itself from a ceratain frame?

Stunaep · **Reply #45 on:** May 03, 2002, 08:57:07 am

In ANIBUILD you have an option to use more than one keyframe in ani, you define the first keyframe as 1, and the second as the one you want to loop the ani at. that's it

TrashMan · **Reply #46 on:** May 06, 2002, 03:26:33 am

These are the two weapons I made:

The Vindicator

And the Vulcan

Cool, eh? You should see them preform in the game....

Two things:
I made the weapon selection ani(120 frames), and it works fine.
I have no idea how to make the icon transparent, so it looks... well, allmost invisible once you click on it.
And I made the Tech room ani., but FS2 chrashes everytime I try to enter the weapons section.
Can anyone help me with this?

TrashMan · **Reply #47 on:** May 08, 2002, 03:09:58 am

Anyone?

P.S. - I'll put screenshots of the weapons in the game

Silver_Scythe · **Reply #48 on:** May 08, 2002, 06:26:55 pm

I think you have to live with it, FS2 always does that if you add weapons

BTW: Can you send me those

they look awesome! (email: [email protected])

TrashMan · **Reply #49 on:** May 09, 2002, 02:39:29 am

The tech room crash does't bother me that much.
How to make the icons transparent? - that's my problem.
p.s.
I'll send you the weapons as soon as I fix this icon problem!

Silver_Scythe · **Reply #50 on:** May 09, 2002, 08:31:24 am

Try using Microsoft Photo Editor to make the background of the ANI transparent.
If you have ANI Builder try to find a tool for transparency. Maybe it will help to know that all ANIs with the transparent background have a neon green background when opened with ANI View.

TrashMan · **Reply #51 on:** May 10, 2002, 02:34:21 am

Thanks, I'll try that.

B.t.w. - do you want the weapon selection to be an animated .ani (I think 700-800kb) or just a static ani(17kb).
Which one do you want me to send to you?

Silver_Scythe · **Reply #52 on:** May 10, 2002, 01:59:29 pm

the big one if you don't mind!

:yes:

Galemp · **Reply #53 on:** May 10, 2002, 02:46:46 pm

I wish someone would make cool FS2 anis for the FS1 weapons in the Port...

CP5670 · **Reply #54 on:** May 10, 2002, 03:25:05 pm

It would be possible to make static ones based on the images in the FS bible...

TrashMan · **Reply #55 on:** May 12, 2002, 06:40:38 am

Can anyone tell me something about the beam cannon (weapons.tbl) color section numbers? The first three are RGB values, but what's the fourth?

TrashMan · **Reply #56 on:** May 13, 2002, 02:26:49 am

The weapons are away!
The icon problem still isn't fixed, and I sent you static anis, but hey. I'll try to send you the complete version (whan it's complete).
If the icon bothers you that much, I allso put in the PCX files from which I made them, so you can edit them and make your own ani. if you wish.
I didn't put the full weapon selection ani, coause it makes a 360° turn and then just starts twichin. I allso put in a beam cannon I made.
This is my first attempt at making weapons, but I think they turnd out quite nice. Have fun and tell me what you think of them!!!

TrashMan · **Reply #57 on:** May 14, 2002, 05:36:01 am

Well? I'm waiting for your oppinion....

aldo_14 · **Reply #58 on:** May 14, 2002, 06:27:35 am

Quote

Originally posted by TrashMan
Can anyone tell me something about the beam cannon (weapons.tbl) color section numbers? The first three are RGB values, but what's the fourth?

Intensity?

contrast?

transparency / blnding?

Dunno......

Silver_Scythe · **Reply #59 on:** May 14, 2002, 08:54:33 am

Mmmm let me see. NICE!

:yes:

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