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ModKeen mods Tiles and Sprites in all episodes of Commander Keen.
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Post by levellass »

By the sounds of it two things are going wrong here. The first is that paint has changed the palette of your images (It shouldn't.) and the second is that the hitboxes aren't being imported correctly (Probably because of the palette change.) so the sprites can't collide with stuff. Could you upload an edited bitmap so the palette can be checked? This was an issue with keengraph too.
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Post by mortimer »

Here's the first keen sprite
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http://www.mediafire.com/?ehtpsi055ibsp1f
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Post by levellass »

Whoah, whoah WHOAH!

Paint did this? This is severe palette mangling. Possibly you need to use an older version of paint, I have one somewhere.

The problem is the palette being used by the bitmap is massively incorrect. You cannot make a new file then rename it to a modkeen graphic, you cannot save modkeen graphics in any program that automatically rearranges the palette.

This is a picture of your palette as seen by PalSuite 3: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3940020/Screenshot1.png

This is what it should look like: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3940020/Screenshot4.png

This is your bitmap in the correct format: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3940020/1SPR0000%282%29.bmp
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Post by XkyRauh »

If you ARE stuck using the old version of Paint, one way to get around the palette confusion is to cut/paste your new graphics into the old file.

Which is to say, make your new sprite, copy the image, and then open the one that ModKeen extracted for you, and paste your new data in--the old version of Paint should convert the palette for you. :)
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Post by levellass »

I thought it was the *new* versions of paint that fiddled palettes?
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Post by XkyRauh »

When I say "old version of Paint," I'm referring to whatever came stock in Windows 98. :} That's the last time I did any hardcore KeenModding.
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