Yay! My first Tileset, and my first Tileset problem!

[Heretic Bunny]

Earlier today I started to make my first tileset thing on the basic paint program, and now I think I started to get sort of good at it, at least for my first try. Unfortunately my computer doesn't seem to have 256-color mode so I cant save it into the Tiles folder in the Jazz thing.

If someone can help me solve this, I'd be almost grateful. This is what my tileset looks like. It took me 2 hours, making these things are harder than I thought, and it's not even finished yet.

Er... and I'd like to put a picture of it here, but it doesn't seem to work. How do you put pictures in a post?

Edit:

Thanks people! The TilesetPal works great (though since it says i have less than 256 colors it isn't necessary) and here is my image thing, on Photobucket. As I said before, it isnt finished, but this is my work so far anyways.

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r168/Pieman225/WarTornCityUnfinished.jpg

Here is one that is somewhat more finished. I think I'm going to stop for now until someone has an opinion on my first tileset.

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r168/Pieman225/WarTornCityAlmostDone.png

[Neobeo]

Earlier today I started to make my first tileset thing on the basic paint program, and now I think I started to get sort of good at it, at least for my first try. Unfortunately my computer doesn't seem to have 256-color mode so I cant save it into the Tiles folder in the Jazz thing.
You don't need to run your system on 256-colour mode to create tilesets. What you do need to do, however, is to reduce your tileset image to 256 colours. I'd suggest TilesetPal (http://www.jazz2online.com/J2Ov2/downloads/info.php?levelID=3723), an excellent tool for this purpose.

If someone can help me solve this, I'd be almost grateful. This is what my tileset looks like. It took me 2 hours, making these things are harder than I thought, and it's not even finished yet.
Well, creating the image is just the first step. Sometimes colour reduction can be a huge pain as well. Not to mention other considerations when creating textured backgrounds etc. Then there's also the mask, which goes along with your image. Ordinarily I'd redirect you to Disguise's Tileset Resource, but I have no idea where that is located anymore.

Er... and I'd like to put a picture of it here, but it doesn't seem to work. How do you put pictures in a post?
Upload it on some free image hosting service, such as ImageShack (http://imageshack.us/).

[Nonomu198]

Yay i found somthin u forgat to say.http://www.jazz2online.com/jcsref/

o and this: http://www.jazz2online.com/jcf/showthread.php?t=16611

[cooba]

Ordinarily I'd redirect you to Disguise's Tileset Resource, but I have no idea where that is located anymore.It seems to be down.

[Birdie]

Icon guy, none of those have anything to do with making tilesets, those are about levels mostly.

[Heretic Bunny]

Thanks Neobeo, that was a lot of help. Ok, I'm a go work on my tileset a bit more now.

[Nonomu198]

Icon guy, none of those have anything to do with making tilesets, those are about levels mostly.

Mostly.But i think they say there how to make a tileset (no?), so I think he never saw these.

He gunna need these to his 1st lvl, dont he?

[Birdie]

Generally you wouldn't make a tileset if you didn't know how to make a level.

[n00b]

Generally you wouldn't make a tileset if you didn't know how to make a level.

We need to find someone who has never made a JJ2 level and force him to make a tileset first. Just to do it.

[Heretic Bunny]

Well, I did try making levels before, but that was 7 years ago and on my own. It didn't work out too well. I think the best I did was make a buttstomp crate that made an entire building dissapear.

[Nonomu198]

Well, I did try making levels before, but that was 7 years ago and on my own. It didn't work out too well. I think the best I did was make a buttstomp crate that made an entire building dissapear.

Told ya. Now say sorry ppl :mad:

[Heretic Bunny]

Well, after a while (long while) I decided to start working at it again so I uploaded it into the JCS to see how it would work out, unfortunately it turned out like this
http://s144.photobucket.com/albums/r168/Pieman225/?action=view&current=ItDOESNTWORK.jpg,
and I am completely clueless as how to fix it. A little help anyone? Again?

[Nonomu198]

I cant see the pic.

[Heretic Bunny]

Hold on, Gotta fix that...

Try this http://s144.photobucket.com/albums/r168/Pieman225/?action=view&current=ItDOESNTWORK.jpg

[Violet CLM]

You can't use just <i>any</i> color for transparent. 0,0,0 (should be the first color in the palette) is simplest.

[blurredd]

What I would recommend is, if you want pink as the tileset's transparent color, then make it the second color in your palette. Just to be extra sure you're doing it right, that specific shade of pink should be used in exactly one index of the palette.

If you're (still) using TilesetPal, before the color reduction you can change the second index to pink and mark it as "Don't Change." You'll have to do something similar to this for your textured background by the way.
(this is where a link to DTR would've been particularly useful)

Also, you can't use solid black (#000000) as it is since it will always be transparent. If you want to use black, use a color like #000001 instead.

[Heretic Bunny]

Ok thanks! I'll try it.