Gamedev:Sidepics: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 09:43, 14 January 2012

Sidepics are the faction icons which display in the Multiplayer Lobbies. They have to follow these simple rules:

be 16x16 pixels
be in either PNG (preferred) or BMP format (where white=(RGB: 255,255,255) is transparent)
be located in the sidepics directory (see below)
be named the same as the name field in sidedata.tdf (see below)

The filename must be the same as the name field in Sidedata.lua file.

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-Sidepics are the faction icons which display in the Multiplayer Lobby. They follow simple rules:
+Sidepics are the faction icons which display in the Multiplayer Lobbies.
+They have to follow these simple rules:
-*Must be 16x16 pixels
+* be 16x16 pixels
-*Must be in Windows Bitmap (.bmp) format
+* be in either ''PNG'' (preferred) or ''BMP'' format (where white=(RGB: 255,255,255) is transparent)
-*White (RGB: 255,255,255) is transparent
+* be located in the [[Mod_Development:Archives|''sidepics'']] directory (see below)
-*Must be located in the [[Mod_Development:Archives|"sidepics"]] directory (see below)
+* be named the same as the ''name'' field in ''sidedata.tdf'' (see below)
-*Must be named the same as the "name" field in sidedata.tdf (see below)
 ===Directory===
-The "sidepics" directory goes in your mod's root. Plese see [[Mod_Development:Archives]] for more details on the directories Spring reads.
+The "sidepics" directory goes in your game's root. Please see [[Mod_Development:Archives]] for more details on the directories Spring reads.
 ===Filename===