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[griffinps3]

Well heres your new Guild update. I like it so far.

I've evolved that one shotty hut into a small camp which i'm still building on. I want to make the homes more then just boards and sticks. Maybe a sheet to cover the gaps or some metal plates to help build structure. Who knows! Well, I do. I just want an opinion.

So there you are. I hope you like it and I'd love to hear some comments. Also, I don't plan to update my site daily now. It's summer and I'm hot and sweaty. Still check by every 2 days or so. I may have something up.

So yah. This age is going rather swell. Awsome.

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[N. Sigismund]

This looks really pretty so far! Much nicer than Pontypridd...

Good luck!

[griffinps3]

Thanks Sigmund. I still think yours looks pretty cool. It's probably the texturing. That ability aludes me.

[griffinps3]

Hello again. Recently I've been adding some ropes to the camp to hang lanterns on. Problem is I may have used the wrong curve.

I don't know exactly what curve I used. I would just like to know what curve I should use or if it shouldn't even matter.

Here's a screenshot.

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[Robert The Rebuilder]

Thanks for the daily updates on your age, griffinps - it looks like an interesting place to visit!

I don't think the PyPRP plugin supports any type of curve, to be honest. So, you could replace it either with a really thin polygonal tube or a textured plane that has an image of a curve on an alpha'ed out background. I recommend the latter, to keep the polygon count lower.

[griffinps3]

Thanks Rob. I was very unsure for a while.

But could I ask you how to alpha out a background?

[Robert The Rebuilder]

I'll describe how to do it using GIMP, my preferred image editor.

- Create a new image whose dimensions are powers of 2 (e.g. 512x256)
- On a white background, draw a black curve
- Choose the 'Select By Color Tool' (i.e. the icon of the hand pointing to a color)
- Click on the black curve
- In the Layers window, right-click on the ' Background' layer and choose 'Add Layer Mask'
- In the dialog that appears, choose 'Selection' and click 'Add'. The white should disappear.
- Save the file as a PNG to preserve the alpha value of the background.

[Wamduskasapa]

For me there is technigue that works with all images using MSPaint and the DirectX Texture Tool.


1: open MSPaint
2: click Image tab and uncheck "Draw Opaque"
3: Type "Ctrl+E" - make sure that "Units" is specifyed as "Pixels"
4: choose the size of your drawing whose dimensions are powers of 2 (e.g. 512x256)
5: Enter Width="512" and Height="256" and click "OK"
6: On a white background create your image
7: Click "File" and then "Save as" now type "Draw-1"
8: Now make sure your Draw and Eraser Colors are both white
9: Type the keys CTRL+A - CTRL+C - CTRL+I - CTRL+V and save it as Draw 2
10: Close MSPaint

10: Open DirectX Texture Tool
11: Type "Ctrl+N"
12: Enter Width="512" and Height="256"
13: Under Surface/Volumn Format enter "Four CC 8-bit: DXT5" and click "OK"
14: Click "File" and then "Open onto Alpha Channel of this Texture"
15: Now open the drawing "Draw-1"
16: Click "File" and then "Open onto Alpha Channel of this Surface"
17: Now open the drawing "Draw-2"
18: Click "File" and then "Save as" Texture-name

[griffinps3]

Thanks Rob and Wamduskasapa. With that info I'll try to fix up a new update soon

[Wamduskasapa]

That sounds GREAT,
I Can't wait to walk thru your World