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a tiny little bug in graphics files - 4/9/2007 1:04:33 AM   
m5000.2006


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Status: offline 		there is a tiny bug in the small railroad .bmp file - s_Tiles_railroad.bmp - it's inconsistent with the normal Tiles_railroad.bmp, one part of railroads has a line going up drawn unnecessarily, so in the game when you switch between large and small views there are certain inconsistencies

i circled the parts that should be the same but aren't

it's not a big deal, and probably everyone can correct it with a graphics program, and even not corrected, it's not a problem, but i guess it could be 'fixed' in the next patch for the sake of correctness




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RE: a tiny little bug in graphics files - 4/9/2007 1:20:30 AM   
m5000.2006


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normally, it's not visible well because the stock small railroad graphics have a lot of grey colour in them, but once you've changed them to black colour, it becomes clearly visible...

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"Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?"
"That depends a good deal on where you want to get to," said the Cat.
"I don't much care where –" said Alice.
"Then it doesn't matter which way you go," said the Cat.
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RE: a tiny little bug in graphics files - 4/9/2007 2:18:23 AM   
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Status: offline 		Thanks for pointing that out. Do we have any graphical artists volunteering to correct the file and send us a copy for inclusion in the next patch?

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RE: a tiny little bug in graphics files - 4/9/2007 2:20:56 AM   
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"That depends a good deal on where you want to get to," said the Cat.
"I don't much care where –" said Alice.
"Then it doesn't matter which way you go," said the Cat.
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RE: a tiny little bug in graphics files - 4/9/2007 2:25:45 AM   
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Status: offline 		Fixed it... I'll send you a copy James.


Meanwhile everyone can use this one, my small easter egg for the TOAW community so to speak

It's "disguised" as a GIF file for uploading in this post...
Rename it into s_Tiles_railroad.bmp and put it into your graphics folder.






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RE: a tiny little bug in graphics files - 4/9/2007 2:32:07 AM   
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RE: a tiny little bug in graphics files - 4/9/2007 2:36:56 AM   
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RE: a tiny little bug in graphics files - 4/9/2007 3:00:21 AM   
m5000.2006


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Status: offline 		actually, we also need to correct s_Tiles_damaged_railroad.bmp as it has the same kind of problem

so here's the .zip including the two files (to use them, delete '_new' at the end of each file name)



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"Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?"
"That depends a good deal on where you want to get to," said the Cat.
"I don't much care where –" said Alice.
"Then it doesn't matter which way you go," said the Cat.
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RE: a tiny little bug in graphics files - 4/9/2007 3:08:46 AM   
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RE: a tiny little bug in graphics files - 4/9/2007 3:15:15 AM   
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"Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?"
"That depends a good deal on where you want to get to," said the Cat.
"I don't much care where –" said Alice.
"Then it doesn't matter which way you go," said the Cat.
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RE: a tiny little bug in graphics files - 4/9/2007 6:14:05 AM   
m5000.2006


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Status: offline 		there are also problems with the file 's_tiles_l_cultivated.bmp' - this is farmland, its graphics are 'contaminated', if you have a close look at farmland from the stock file in small view, you are likely to see small white dots here and there 'contaminating' the view, which shouldn't be there (could someone please confirm it)

it results from the fact that in the graphics file, the pixels that should be white are a different colour - usually very, very similar to white but differing from it by a bit, it can't be noticed with the naked eye anyway...

i've corrected the file, by repainting certain pixels white by trial and error, most bad pixels were along the edges of the file, now they should be gone


this is the .zip file with the corrected graphics



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"Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?"
"That depends a good deal on where you want to get to," said the Cat.
"I don't much care where –" said Alice.
"Then it doesn't matter which way you go," said the Cat.
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RE: a tiny little bug in graphics files - 4/9/2007 7:29:00 AM   
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RE: a tiny little bug in graphics files - 4/9/2007 12:04:14 PM   
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Are these corrections for the TOAW III graphics or for the TOAW III Classic graphics? Or are they used for both?

Best wishes,


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RE: a tiny little bug in graphics files - 4/9/2007 3:42:15 PM   
m5000.2006


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Status: offline 		these are corrected files from the \Graphics\ folder, the standard files used for most scenarios

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also i'm attaching a graphics file (which i forgot to do earlier) to show what the problem is with s_tiles_l_cultivated.bmp in small view described above, these bad white dots are not to be mistaken for light brownish dots which are legitimate part of the picture; both look very much alike







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"Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?"
"That depends a good deal on where you want to get to," said the Cat.
"I don't much care where –" said Alice.
"Then it doesn't matter which way you go," said the Cat.
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RE: a tiny little bug in graphics files - 4/9/2007 8:00:58 PM   
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ORIGINAL: shunwick

m5000.2006,

Are these corrections for the TOAW III graphics or for the TOAW III Classic graphics? Or are they used for both?

Best wishes,


They're used in both.

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RE: a tiny little bug in graphics files - 4/9/2007 11:21:19 PM   
m5000.2006


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Status: offline 		problems with road graphics too - both small and large - s_Tiles_road.bmp and Tiles_road.BMP, certain road configurations give this effect: there is a small dot appearing in cetain locations - not a big problem, but may be annoying for purists








this is so because some lines representing roads in the above graphic files are one pixel too long, which gives that effect on the map


i corrected them deleting unnecessary pixels, now it should be ok


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"Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?"
"That depends a good deal on where you want to get to," said the Cat.
"I don't much care where –" said Alice.
"Then it doesn't matter which way you go," said the Cat.
LC

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RE: a tiny little bug in graphics files - 4/9/2007 11:23:25 PM   
m5000.2006


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Status: offline 		the corrected road graphics files are in this .zip archive:


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"Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?"
"That depends a good deal on where you want to get to," said the Cat.
"I don't much care where –" said Alice.
"Then it doesn't matter which way you go," said the Cat.
LC

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RE: a tiny little bug in graphics files - 4/10/2007 2:14:27 AM   
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RE: a tiny little bug in graphics files - 4/10/2007 2:26:45 AM   
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RE: a tiny little bug in graphics files - 4/10/2007 4:09:51 AM   
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"Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?"
"That depends a good deal on where you want to get to," said the Cat.
"I don't much care where –" said Alice.
"Then it doesn't matter which way you go," said the Cat.
LC

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RE: a tiny little bug in graphics files - 4/10/2007 11:51:26 AM   
m5000.2006


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"Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?"
"That depends a good deal on where you want to get to," said the Cat.
"I don't much care where –" said Alice.
"Then it doesn't matter which way you go," said the Cat.
LC

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RE: a tiny little bug in graphics files - 4/11/2007 8:00:04 PM   
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Status: offline 		Thanks m5000.2006, here is the fix for my mod's small road and railroad files (and another misc terrain slightly different, I prefer this on 2.40b version).


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