Revenankh Sprite Problems

Beej · Apr 12th, 2008, 3:41:11 PM

Very often when I come into a battle with an enemy Revenankh, or if I use my own Revenankh, a strange dark blue box surrounds the sprite, and even some other sprites.

Is anybody else having this problem? I'd really like to know what I can do about it. =/

Edit: Showed it happening to my own Revenankh

***chaos***** · Apr 12th, 2008, 3:50:05 PM

looks like the shiny sprite doesnt have transparency set correctly

edit: apparently its like that for non-shiny too..

KoA · Apr 12th, 2008, 4:01:36 PM

I find it funny that the sprites remembered the base background color I used to make them in. :/

Other than that, this is weird to me.

***DougJustDoug***** · Apr 12th, 2008, 6:05:37 PM

It may be a problem with the color palette. All the normal game PNG's have 8-bit color. KoA's have 24-bit color. I'm looking into various PNG converters to clean this up.

***DougJustDoug***** · Apr 12th, 2008, 9:00:37 PM

Can someone else look into this problem? I've got several other things going on and I think there are other people on this project that know about sprites and images and might be able to fix the issue. Here's a sprite that is known to be causing some problems:

_Sparkball606_ · Apr 13th, 2008, 9:52:33 PM

Weird, this didn't happen for me,it ran smoothly.

Amelia · Apr 14th, 2008, 8:15:44 AM

Dark blue on both mine and opponents, for Shiny as well.

alive · Apr 14th, 2008, 10:15:24 PM

i've had it happen with both revvy and syclant, shiny and non. could it be with the new way the sprites are downloaded?

AJC · Apr 15th, 2008, 12:18:46 AM

probably depends on whatever the image reading thing the java is using some can handle transparent colors others can not

KoA · Apr 15th, 2008, 12:19:41 AM

If need be, i can go back and manually redo the background transparency colors to stark white or something

X-Act · Apr 15th, 2008, 9:25:36 AM

Actually, the sprite is displaying badly in the Pokedex thread as well.

eric the espeon · Apr 22nd, 2008, 11:48:27 AM

I have never had these problems, is this still occurring for some people?

david stone · Apr 22nd, 2008, 12:20:00 PM

If the problem is that it's a 24 bit .png instead of 8 bit, here's an 8 bit version. This also has the nice side-effect of being a bit smaller than your image with no loss of data.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fat X-Act

Actually, the sprite is displaying badly in the Pokedex thread as well.

I don't see a problem in that thread.

***DougJustDoug***** · Apr 22nd, 2008, 2:25:58 PM

OK, we've fixed the problem. Something was wrong with the transparency on some of the sprites. On Obi's suggestion, I redid the transparency in Photoshop, and that seemed to do the trick.

If anyone is experiencing the problems described in this thread, please re-install the sprites using the CAP Sprite Updater. Instructions can be found here.

Apr 12th, 2008, 3:41:11 PM	#1
Beej Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 574	Revenankh Sprite Problems Very often when I come into a battle with an enemy Revenankh, or if I use my own Revenankh, a strange dark blue box surrounds the sprite, and even some other sprites. Is anybody else having this problem? I'd really like to know what I can do about it. =/ Edit: Showed it happening to my own Revenankh Last edited by Beej; Apr 12th, 2008 at 3:57:01 PM.

Apr 12th, 2008, 3:50:05 PM	#2
*chaos* chaos Administrator** Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 8,767	looks like the shiny sprite doesnt have transparency set correctly edit: apparently its like that for non-shiny too.. __________________ !gabite fierce: y'd u mute me?? !gabite fierce: eh bro?? !gabite fierce: u scared that i might bash u cuz u r not replying? ~chaos: you can't honestly think that is the reason lol !gabite fierce: tell me the reason oh is it cuz of bolding the writing? !gabite fierce: eh? !gabite fierce: u scared again?

Apr 12th, 2008, 4:01:36 PM	#3
KoA The very best... Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,659 The road less travelled	I find it funny that the sprites remembered the base background color I used to make them in. :/ Other than that, this is weird to me. __________________

Apr 12th, 2008, 6:05:37 PM	#4
*DougJustDoug* Knows the great enthusiasms Administrator** Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 2,906 Houston, TX	It may be a problem with the color palette. All the normal game PNG's have 8-bit color. KoA's have 24-bit color. I'm looking into various PNG converters to clean this up. __________________ My Art Thread: ArtJustArt - The Art of DougJustDoug

Apr 12th, 2008, 9:00:37 PM	#5
*DougJustDoug* Knows the great enthusiasms Administrator** Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 2,906 Houston, TX	Can someone else look into this problem? I've got several other things going on and I think there are other people on this project that know about sprites and images and might be able to fix the issue. Here's a sprite that is known to be causing some problems: __________________ My Art Thread: ArtJustArt - The Art of DougJustDoug

Apr 13th, 2008, 9:52:33 PM	#6
_Sparkball606_ Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 972 Where everyone is a canibal	Weird, this didn't happen for me,it ran smoothly. __________________ Thanks Aragorn for your awesome Pokemon. this signature will advertise your magnificent work.

Apr 14th, 2008, 8:15:44 AM	#7
Amelia Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,852	Dark blue on both mine and opponents, for Shiny as well. __________________ <+Raikage> 'what the hell is a recoome' <+Raikage> 'and a burter'

Apr 14th, 2008, 10:15:24 PM	#8
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Apr 15th, 2008, 12:18:46 AM	#9
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Apr 15th, 2008, 12:19:41 AM	#10
KoA The very best... Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,659 The road less travelled	If need be, i can go back and manually redo the background transparency colors to stark white or something __________________

Apr 15th, 2008, 9:25:36 AM	#11
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Apr 22nd, 2008, 11:48:27 AM	#12
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Apr 22nd, 2008, 2:25:58 PM	#14
*DougJustDoug* Knows the great enthusiasms Administrator** Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 2,906 Houston, TX	OK, we've fixed the problem. Something was wrong with the transparency on some of the sprites. On Obi's suggestion, I redid the transparency in Photoshop, and that seemed to do the trick. If anyone is experiencing the problems described in this thread, please re-install the sprites using the CAP Sprite Updater. Instructions can be found here. __________________ My Art Thread: ArtJustArt - The Art of DougJustDoug