As we need minipics for the 1.3 planesets Ray kindly sent us some for the DAW planes.
They are a stop gap set, with just the names, not the pictures, but that's fine for the time being.
However, there were some problems.
First of all they were pure RAW files, 148x100 in size.
To display them in the RAW file reader a four byte header needs to be added to each of the 100 lines.
They were also too small, as they were the same size as the 1.2 minipics for 640x80 screens, but we have been using 1024x768 screens for a while.
So I grabbed bits and pieces from earlier editors and here is the result:

First I selected a border colour from the palette, and then the A20C.raw file.
The picture is scrambled, because there is no header.
The file size is 14800 so this confirms that it is a 148x100 file.


So I click "OK Convert", and that makes me a 240x160 "ConA20C.raw" file, with headers.
Selecting it shows a correct display.


As it was OK I clicked "Make .wsp". If did, and there is now a "ConA20C.wsp" file in the directory


I copied the "ConA20C.wsp" file, pasted it into my EAW 1.3 folder, and renamed it as "fsmplane.wsp" so that the exe can use it.
It did


Jel

Here I have used a RAW file extracted from the Malta fsmplane.wsp (30 plane set).
Each line has a four byte header, and that's why the file size is 15200.
So I set it to the right size (152x100), ticked the checkbox to indicate that there is a header, and made the bigger version.
Then I made the new wsp file, and tested it in the game:





This is how we can easily convert existing minipics

Jel

Nice utility Tony, but what's wrong with using the default pic size?

They are too small on the 1024x768 screen.



We have used a number of larger ones since 1.28E.



Now, if anyone makes a 240x160 raw file with the FSM_Back.act palette we can convert it in a couple of mouseclicks.

Jel

Well. while I'm stuck in bed most of the time, they look easy enough to knock out. Apart from the size, what else is there to know?

Just the palette, and we need a RAF Gladiator

FSM_Back.act palette?

Yes

That looks useful Jel. Where can I get it?



Moggy DCM

Here

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/41230226/EAW/NewMiniPicV2.exe