Re: How to use different Unit Tiles in CF ?

[Jens Granseuer <jensgr@gmx.net>]

On 06.07.2004 22:59, Alan Wilson wrote:
> Hello,
> 	Now I have Crimson Fields working, I thought I'd give those new roman
> units I did the other night a quick try out to see how they looked:)....
> but I must be missing something.
>
> I replaced CFUnits.bmp with RomanUnits.bmp 
> (e.g. mv CFUnits.bmp CFUnits.old;mv RomanUnits.bmp CFUnits.bmp) and then
> re-compiled, but when I do a make now I get the following errors (am I
> missing something obvious ?)
> ../tools/mkunitset ../gfx/CFUnits.bmp ../gfx/u_infantry.bmp ../gfx/
> u_artillery.bmp ../gfx/u_fighter.bmp ../gfx/u_railgun.bmp default.units
> Couldn't find palette
> make[1]: *** [default.units] Error 255
> Do I need to create a new palette as I've used colours outside of the
> ones currently used in CFUnits.bmp ?
No. This probably just means that you saved the file as a 16 or 32bit
bitmap. mkunitset needs a palettized image (ie. 8bit, <= 256 colours),
though. If you do the conversion make sure that colour 0 is your
transparent colour.

Jens