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Megaman1986

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Nov 29, 2002, 11:06 PM
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Tileset making problem.

I started making a tileset.
Everything went well, and soon I had 2 .PCX's, one for the graphics, and one for the mask.
So I start JCS, go to the Tileset Organizer, add it and click "rebuild all".

That is where the trouble starts. I keep getting this message:

Error! Can't open file "C:\games\Jazz2\Tiles\Gamers.pcx"

What did I do wrong?
Can someone tell me the steps you need to take in order to make a tileset, maybe I missed one.

Please help
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Nov 30, 2002, 12:02 AM
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Your tileset need to be on 256 colors. That's the problem.
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Oh, and don't use the "rebuild all" button. You'll get lots of errors from it trying to rebuild all the tilesets other people made.
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Nov 30, 2002, 02:14 AM
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Thanks!

[edit]
Hmmm... I can't seem to find a way to convert my tileset to 256 colors.
Who uses Photoshop? Can someone gimme a tip?

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Whee! I succeeded!
But when I converted it, the colors were srambled, and when I started the game, Jazz looked weird too!

Grrr.. I hate Photoshop. And I hate MSPaint too.
Ya see, I made the tiles and mask with PS, then saved them in 256 colors using MSPaint.
Result: the background color changes slightly and all blocks are totally solid.

Last edited by Megaman1986; Nov 30, 2002 at 03:37 AM.
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Nov 30, 2002, 04:47 AM
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Unhappy Palette editing

Ah yes, the edited palette thing. And MS Paint is a total no-no for tilesets, since it used it's own set of colors instead of the palette the drawing uses. Better use Paint Shop Pro.
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Using it isn't the problem.
Getting it is the difficult part.
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