thanks guys...
;D ;D ;D


Matari

Spiders, spiders, spiders...
:(

soon it'll be scorpions, scorpions scorpions.......
and then snakes, snakes, snakes.....

;D ;D ;D ;D

joeb

wow! your mansion is really great! You've inspired me to try custom graphics, but then again- I have a HUGE amount of problems with them... I think I'll stick with the plan- wait until the expansion gets out, and then make a custom graphic mansion.

sam,

whassa problem???????

Maybe I can help.
Joe B

Oh, I just have troubles with the white stuff in the editor a small bit... By the way- how did you get rid of every white bit in all your graphics? I always have like three little pixels or something ridiculous... (yes, I have made sure all the blue in the background is the exact same color) I don't  really have too many others. Wait- actually, in the sprites, how do you know exactly where to place the other sprite's animations in the file? (like in the skeleton spider, there's three drawings representing the animations) I mean, there's no lines or anything separating them.

AHA! The fake white problem. Somewhere in the Custom Graphics forum is a thread about this. I don't know what you're using to edit but Photoshop or ImageReady are my choices. When you select white you are looking for pixels that have a color value of 255,255,255 (RGB). So a pixel that is 255,255,254 may look white but isn't. Therefore it gets left behind when MM is making white pixels transparent. Not all sprites and graphics use AQUA (0,255,255) and the critters sprites fall into this category.
Lining up frames of an animation can also be done with Photoshop/ImageReady by adding an extra layer that contains lines which mark where each frame should fit. When copying them to the clipboard just make the grid layer invisible and do a CopyMerged. I'm sure there are other graphics packages you can use but PS is the most powerful and widely used. For instance I use ToonBoom Studio, Manga Studio, DAZ Studio, Poser and modo to do animations. They all make the image alignment process much easier at a cost.
If you fall into getting frustrated you can always send me the graphic and an idea of what the issue is and I can try to fix it or at least tell you how.

Hope this helps!


joeb

Thanks Joe! My dad and I were actually thinking about buying toon boom! This helps a LOT! ;D

Woop woop! You guys rock, you make coolio mansions. Currently getting to save point two, I got all the way through the underground bit to the bouncing eyes room and then started messing around and being arrogant and got myself killed. Silly Lara!

But it is now 12am so I'm going to go to bed...  ;D

Nice Mansion! Look forward of these mansions!  ;) ::) :P

Lara wrote on 08.01.2008 at 07:05:29:

... But it is now 12am so I'm going to go to bed ...

:-? I thought Midnight Mansion was a game to START around 12 a.m. ...
And before, one needs all his/hers time to read and write posts on MMF! ;)

hehe, no problem to write posts on 12 am  ::)