What do you use to create PC Engine graphics?

[soop]

Thanks dude.  Hmm, at the moment I think it's over 400.  But it does look good.
So does the load_background() function still use the tiles and maps from mappy?  If so, I think I'm done.

[TheOldMan]

I can't believe there isn't a drag and drop option for multiple tiles in Mappy - Do I have to do an entire screen by hand?

Depends on what you want to do. If you jst want to create a map from a picture, try
Map Tools -> Useful Functions -> Create Map From Big Picture.

how many unique tiles can I get away with?

VRam will hold a unique tile for (32x30) 8x8 tiles on the screen.....but that's -really- close to filling all of VRam
That's how the Huc Line-drawing functions work.

[soop]

that would probably be ok actually, if bad practice -it's a simple game.  a better method would be to mirro the tiles if that's allowed.

[Arkhan]

Soop, if you put your mouse over a spot and press F, it flood fills.

If you press L, it fills a line from current pointer to wherever the last tile you placed was at.


It helps.  Alot.

[Black Tiger]

RGB2PCE

I don't remember who made it. Just drag and drop RGB bitmaps onto this and it will spit out a copy in roughly PCE palette (integers of 36).


http://superpcenginegrafx.net/misc/RGB2PCE.exe


It doesn't like image sizes that aren't PCE resolution. If I'm converting something small, I usually place it on a PCE screenshot in photoshop and then drop the bitmap into RGB2PCE.

[ccovell]

Soop, if you're most familiar with Deluxe Paint, just keep on using it, along with other Amiga utils.

You can paint directly in 9-bit colour in Brilliance Paint, and use GfxCon or Personal Paint to save as PCX with no reversed palettes or size limitations.

[touko]

RGB2PCE

I don't remember who made it. Just drag and drop RGB bitmaps onto this and it will spit out a copy in roughly PCE palette (integers of 36).


http://superpcenginegrafx.net/misc/RGB2PCE.exe


It doesn't like image sizes that aren't PCE resolution. If I'm converting something small, I usually place it on a PCE screenshot in photoshop and then drop the bitmap into RGB2PCE.

Ok,Thanks, i ll try this ...

EDIT:it convert only in 9bit 16 colors ?
Or it also make sub palettes ??

[Black Tiger]

RGB2PCE

I don't remember who made it. Just drag and drop RGB bitmaps onto this and it will spit out a copy in roughly PCE palette (integers of 36).


http://superpcenginegrafx.net/misc/RGB2PCE.exe


It doesn't like image sizes that aren't PCE resolution. If I'm converting something small, I usually place it on a PCE screenshot in photoshop and then drop the bitmap into RGB2PCE.

Ok,Thanks, i ll try this ...

EDIT:it convert only in 9bit 16 colors ?
Or it also make sub palettes ??

It just converts to 9-bit color, it doesn't restrict the number of colors per so-many-pixels. But that lets touch up by hand in PCE color so that you only sacrifice the color/detail that you choose to.