Old KGLoad Discussion - Page 16

ziovax · 27 February 2009, 12:10

You 're the man killergorilla!
Great work!

killergorilla · 27 February 2009, 12:18

Cheers

Antiriad · 27 February 2009, 20:01

Killa, did you need any gfx for this btw or am I bit late now???

killergorilla · 02 March 2009, 16:24

It's never too late

waal · 03 March 2009, 22:39

Except photoshop, is there a windows app for batch-converting images to iff ?
What are the required dimensions and palette for KGLoad ?

Or maybe there's already an available package...

killergorilla · 04 March 2009, 10:56

Right..

I personally use a combination of Paint Shop Pro and XNView.

I can't remember the size of the boxart off the top of my head but check the archive on the beta download thread and you'll see an example.

The screenshots are 320x128x8.

All of the artwork is set to the same 256 colour pallette which you can get from any of the images.

Your screenshots/boxart NEED to match the palette otherwise they'll look garbled.

Shoonay · 04 March 2009, 11:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by waal

is there a windows app for batch-converting images to iff ?

I believe "back in the days" (around y2k) I used some version of ACDSee, before it became a freaking all-in one huge multimedia picture viewing machinery.

r0jaws · 14 March 2009, 15:36

Is this capable of being run on a bog standard 600 just yet?
I saw in the download thread that it is supposed to be aga and ocs compatible, but I haven't been able to get it going just yet on my 600.
Specs;
a600, ECS kickstart 3.1, workbench 3.1, 2gb CF HDD, 2Mb Chip, 0 Fast.

killergorilla · 15 March 2009, 13:42

The current build that I'm working on works fine on a non-AGA machine as long as it has kickstart 2.04 or above so it should work fine on your A600.

It's not available for download just yet but it's coming on well it shouldn't be too long.

r0jaws · 15 March 2009, 22:34

That'll be why then. Thanks for the update, and all your efforts so far.

Sallinen · 11 August 2009, 09:01

What's the current status of loader?

killergorilla · 17 August 2009, 16:53

Still working on it, doing quite a lot of changes to it so it's looking good.

Once this week is up I'll post some info on my progress.

Popstar · 20 September 2009, 10:38

Just got a few minutes of spare time and I thought I would post this.
It's the KGLoad palette KG has made, but sorted in Pro Motion so it's easier to work with if some of us wanted to make skins or anything.
(The image here uses the sorted palette. I just included the two to show the difference)

killergorilla · 21 September 2009, 14:22

Just to give you a little update...

KGLoad has undergone some major changes so the fixed palette above is no longer used by KGLoad.

There is no longer a 256 colour palette shared by the gui and the screenshots.

KGLoad now uses a 224 colour, non-fixed palette for each piece of artwork. Although this is no longer fixed, you must remember that for each individual game (take Ruff N Tumble for example) each piece of artwork (screenshot/boxart) must share the same 224 colours.

So, all of the following must share the same 224 colours:

RuffNTumble_title.iff
RuffNTumble_ingame1.iff
RuffNTumble_ingame2.iff
RuffNTumble_boxart1.iff
RuffNTumble_boxart2.iff

Then, the GUI has it's own palette of 32 colours (the remainder of the 256).

So each game can have it's own palette, meaning they look a lot nicer

Kyon · 21 September 2009, 21:51

Hey KG stable release coming soon ?

killergorilla · 22 September 2009, 10:43

The current version is stable

Nobody has said any different...

But anyway, a new version will be out when it's done, I can't really give a time on that as life is pretty hectic right now

It shouldn't be too long though.

Popstar · 22 September 2009, 15:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by killergorilla

Just to give you a little update...
.....
Then, the GUI has it's own palette of 32 colours (the remainder of the 256).
So each game can have it's own palette, meaning they look a lot nicer

Sounds good. But does that mean that the GUI has a fixed palette or should we just make our own 32 colour palette for each new skin? I assume at least one or two colours are fixed for the fonts?

killergorilla · 22 September 2009, 15:20

The GUI is completely skinnable, so you can have whatever colours you like. There are no fixed colours. (You are obviously limited to 32 though).

You simply choose your own set of 32 colours, making sure that your GUI iff files have these 32 colours as the last 32 colours in the palette (224-255, the other 224 are ignored).

Then inside the skin.ini file you simply specify the colours using the indexes.

e.g. menuitemfontcolor=252.

seuden · 30 September 2009, 12:10

Go KG, go KG!!

killergorilla · 30 September 2009, 15:18

Thank you seuden for your wonderful support, it really spurs me on.

03 March 2009, 22:39	#305
waal Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Paris / France Age: 49 Posts: 137	Boxarts and screenshots for KGLoad Except photoshop, is there a windows app for batch-converting images to iff ? What are the required dimensions and palette for KGLoad ? Or maybe there's already an available package...

20 September 2009, 10:38	#313
Popstar Deluxe Painter Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Copenhagen / Denmark Age: 49 Posts: 61	Just got a few minutes of spare time and I thought I would post this. It's the KGLoad palette KG has made, but sorted in Pro Motion so it's easier to work with if some of us wanted to make skins or anything. (The image here uses the sorted palette. I just included the two to show the difference) Last edited by Popstar; 20 September 2009 at 22:00.

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27 February 2009, 12:10	#301
ziovax Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Roma / Italia Age: 49 Posts: 90	You 're the man killergorilla! Great work!

27 February 2009, 12:18	#302
killergorilla Lesser Talent Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: UK Age: 42 Posts: 7,957	Cheers

27 February 2009, 20:01	#303
Antiriad The Sacred Armour Of Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Sussex, UK Age: 45 Posts: 1,141	Killa, did you need any gfx for this btw or am I bit late now???

02 March 2009, 16:24	#304
killergorilla Lesser Talent Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: UK Age: 42 Posts: 7,957	It's never too late

04 March 2009, 10:56	#306
killergorilla Lesser Talent Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: UK Age: 42 Posts: 7,957	Right.. I personally use a combination of Paint Shop Pro and XNView. I can't remember the size of the boxart off the top of my head but check the archive on the beta download thread and you'll see an example. The screenshots are 320x128x8. All of the artwork is set to the same 256 colour pallette which you can get from any of the images. Your screenshots/boxart NEED to match the palette otherwise they'll look garbled.

14 March 2009, 15:36	#308
r0jaws Amibay fanboi Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Boston, Lincolnshire Age: 49 Posts: 154	Is this capable of being run on a bog standard 600 just yet? I saw in the download thread that it is supposed to be aga and ocs compatible, but I haven't been able to get it going just yet on my 600. Specs; a600, ECS kickstart 3.1, workbench 3.1, 2gb CF HDD, 2Mb Chip, 0 Fast.

15 March 2009, 13:42	#309
killergorilla Lesser Talent Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: UK Age: 42 Posts: 7,957	The current build that I'm working on works fine on a non-AGA machine as long as it has kickstart 2.04 or above so it should work fine on your A600. It's not available for download just yet but it's coming on well it shouldn't be too long.

15 March 2009, 22:34	#310
r0jaws Amibay fanboi Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Boston, Lincolnshire Age: 49 Posts: 154	That'll be why then. Thanks for the update, and all your efforts so far.

11 August 2009, 09:01	#311
Sallinen Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: London / United Kingdom Posts: 103	What's the current status of loader?

17 August 2009, 16:53	#312
killergorilla Lesser Talent Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: UK Age: 42 Posts: 7,957	Still working on it, doing quite a lot of changes to it so it's looking good. Once this week is up I'll post some info on my progress.

21 September 2009, 14:22	#314
killergorilla Lesser Talent Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: UK Age: 42 Posts: 7,957	Just to give you a little update... KGLoad has undergone some major changes so the fixed palette above is no longer used by KGLoad. There is no longer a 256 colour palette shared by the gui and the screenshots. KGLoad now uses a 224 colour, non-fixed palette for each piece of artwork. Although this is no longer fixed, you must remember that for each individual game (take Ruff N Tumble for example) each piece of artwork (screenshot/boxart) must share the same 224 colours. So, all of the following must share the same 224 colours: RuffNTumble_title.iff RuffNTumble_ingame1.iff RuffNTumble_ingame2.iff RuffNTumble_boxart1.iff RuffNTumble_boxart2.iff Then, the GUI has it's own palette of 32 colours (the remainder of the 256). So each game can have it's own palette, meaning they look a lot nicer

21 September 2009, 21:51	#315
Kyon Banned Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: SOS Brigade Age: 33 Posts: 696	Hey KG stable release coming soon ?

22 September 2009, 10:43	#316
killergorilla Lesser Talent Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: UK Age: 42 Posts: 7,957	The current version is stable Nobody has said any different... But anyway, a new version will be out when it's done, I can't really give a time on that as life is pretty hectic right now It shouldn't be too long though.

22 September 2009, 15:20	#318
killergorilla Lesser Talent Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: UK Age: 42 Posts: 7,957	The GUI is completely skinnable, so you can have whatever colours you like. There are no fixed colours. (You are obviously limited to 32 though). You simply choose your own set of 32 colours, making sure that your GUI iff files have these 32 colours as the last 32 colours in the palette (224-255, the other 224 are ignored). Then inside the skin.ini file you simply specify the colours using the indexes. e.g. menuitemfontcolor=252.

30 September 2009, 12:10	#319
seuden uber cool demi god Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Kent/England Posts: 2,073	Go KG, go KG!!

30 September 2009, 15:18	#320
killergorilla Lesser Talent Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: UK Age: 42 Posts: 7,957	Thank you seuden for your wonderful support, it really spurs me on.

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