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I just finished my plug that replaces the graphics for all the ships with brightly coulored ones. They are very outlined and shiney, plus theu are color coded so you can see what government they are. I'm just about to submit it. I hope you guys like it!
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ah, it was accepted. tell me what you think.
I'm afraid your plug doesn't work for me, what system is it for? I'm on an old G3 running OS 9.2.2, using Nova 1.0.8.
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it might be because it's for windows only. you can use plugin converter to convert it to mac
The problem might be that you didn't include any rle8 resources, which some (all?) Mac users may need for the plug-in to work properly. I'm a Windows user, so I can't be 100% sure.
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Originally posted by slouch: **The problem might be that you didn't include any rle8 resources, which some (all?) Mac users may need for the plug-in to work properly. I'm a Windows user, so I can't be 100% sure.
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You couldnt be more wrong slouch. rle8 is 8 bit render. rleD is 16 bit. It just depends on your graphics card.
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Well, it's not the first time I've been wrong, and certainly won't be the last. Just tryin' to help...
well then I guess you need an Ok graphics card to use
I'm fairly certain that you need both RLE8 and RLED to run reliably on all systems. It's usually considered the duty of the plugin maker to say 'does not run on a xxx' if you've opted not to support all the systems that Nova supports.
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Just in case anyone wants to know where I got the crazy idea that only MacNova uses RLE8 resources:
From the EVNEW documentation: On Windows, EVN only uses the rleD resources, regardless of the user's monitor's color mode. If the user is in an 8-bit mode, EVN converts the 16-bit data into 8-bit data at runtime and completely disregards any rle8 data, if it exists at all. On Macs, though, it is different. The resources used depend on the user's color depth. In high-color modes (16-bit, 24-bit, and 32-bit), the rleDs are used as expected, but in 8-bit modes, the rle8s are used. If the rle8s don't exist, EVN will not run and spit out an error message saying it couldn't find the required resources, or something like that. Thus, a plugin created using only rleDs will work perfectly for all Windows users and for the vast majority of Mac users, since very few people nowadays can't use color depths higher than 8-bit. If you want your plugin to work for all users, you, or a friend with a Mac, must convert your plugin into the Mac format and use the program EnRLE created by w00tWare.
There ya go.
(This message has been edited by slouch (edited 08-29-2004).)
Originally posted by The Cheat: **You couldnt be more wrong slouch. rle8 is 8 bit render. rleD is 16 bit. It just depends on your graphics card.
I'm pretty certain that your graphics card has nothing to do with Nova's performace. This is because Nova runs on pre-rendered sprites and not realtime-rendered 3D graphics. I thought that Nova's performace is contingent on how fast your processor is.
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ok then I'll e-mail pipeline and ask if he could add "does not work in 8-bit mode on macs"
I think "Does not run on OS9" might be more accurate.
ok