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Robot Arena => Discussion => Topic started by: Miz_fit on June 12, 2013, 03:56:31 PM

Title: Painting Robots
Post by: Miz_fit on June 12, 2013, 03:56:31 PM

I see people make accurate replicas of robots, and the paintwork is good. I don't know how to paint my bots so i need some advice please.

Title: Re: Painting Robots
Post by: akshaylan on June 12, 2013, 04:10:57 PM

Skin with photoshop (or GIMP if you don't have photoshop like me). You are not limited to the default skin size; you can use, for example, 512 x 512 or 1024 x 1024. Also, google images is your friend.
Not that experienced but I think this is right

Title: Re: Painting Robots
Post by: Resetti's Replicas on June 12, 2013, 05:07:54 PM

Akshaylan is right, that's the key.  You can't make a whole lot of detail without doubling or quadrupling the BMP file.  Also, the layers feature on Paint.net or GIMP is very useful, so that you don't have to about maing a mistake when you're drawing on top of a complex pattern

Title: Re: Painting Robots
Post by: Miz_fit on June 13, 2013, 10:10:59 AM

But how do i convert the pictures into the game
(sorry but I am not a professional)

Title: Re: Painting Robots
Post by: AlexGRFan97 on June 13, 2013, 11:07:01 AM

Copy the .bmps to your "Custom Textures" folder. Then, load up RA2. Go to the robot which you want to put the custom texture on, head to the Paint menu and import your image.

Title: Re: Painting Robots
Post by: Miz_fit on June 13, 2013, 01:00:54 PM

Whenever I use paint to edit my bots the game always crashes and stops responding, is there another editing software I can use.
And what is the Starcore V3 pack

Title: Re: Painting Robots
Post by: Conraaa on June 13, 2013, 01:03:59 PM

Are the skins the right size? The skins need to be 256*256/512*512/1024*1024/2048*2048/4096*4096** .etc
You can check that by going image>attributes in paint. In xp at least.

**I've used this one. Not recommended. It makes the .bot file 16mb! Looks crisp as heck though. The most you should ever need to go to is 1024*1024 for most skins.

Title: Re: Painting Robots
Post by: Miz_fit on June 21, 2013, 07:56:06 AM

Listen guys, I know I am probably getting on your nerves but  I am very new to this. I play DSL and want to know more! I have watched your series on youtube rossetie's replicas and I see parts like Tsunami's flipper, Dantomkia's flipper and more. I can't seem to paint my bots and when I edit from costum textures I use paint, I am not sure if thats right. I also have no idea how to A.I robots, so I can't seem to do that either. I am not a computer wizard.

Title: Re: Painting Robots
Post by: Resetti's Replicas on June 21, 2013, 08:13:15 AM

Yes, that it how you paint the chassis itself, it's more about technique and practice than being a computer wizard.  To paint components, here's a tutorial that explains it better than I could:
https://gametechmods.com/forums/index.php?topic=2358.0 (https://gametechmods.com/forums/index.php?topic=2358.0)

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