Editing 40d Talk:Tilesets

Is there a way to make unexplored underground tiles look all the same - black without those commas and percentage signs? It kinda wierd having prepared meals encased in rock (for example Dwarfletter tileset[http://dwarffortresswiki.net/index.php/File:Dwarfletter1.png])

Is there some way to edit it so magma vents appear more prominent on the map screen? I want to be able to see them easily when I fly though many areas. ...

:Not really. You could edit the tileset so that the ≈ is changed to a solid tile, but that would also affect lakes. --[[User:Savok|Savok]] 12:12, 3 November 2007 (EDT)

According to rule P, this should be at [[Tileset]], but I'd rather have an agreement before moving it. There ''are'' two kinds of tilesets. It doesn't matter to me either way. --[[User:Turgid Bolk|Turgid Bolk]] 01:55, 5 November 2007 (EST)

:I'm trying to use a square tileset and am having a bit of trouble. I followed the instructions to the letter (even compressed the .png to a 24 bit .bmp) so it looked like this (I'm trying to use the Mkv_solidcurses_960x300 tileset);

:Full screen info.

:[FULLSCREENX:960]
:[FULLSCREENY:300]
:[FULLFONT:Mkv_solidcurses_960x300.bmp]

:If this is set to YES, the tiles will not be stretched, but rather the game view will be centralized, surrounded by black space.  Tiles that are too large will always be compressed rather than running off the screen.

:[BLACK_SPACE:YES]

:Looks good right? But whenever I try and play in full screen mode it gives me a "Mode switch failed. Running in windowed mode." error.

:Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong? [[User:Thodon|Thodon]] 22:15, 10 November 2007 (EST)

::I had a very similar problem, and ultimately discovered that for FULLSCREEN mode, my PC refused to use any display resolution other than the standard ones, such as 800x600, 1024x768, etc. Windowed mode lets you use odd sizes, but when DF tries to change to a nonstandard fullscreen graphics resolution, it fails. However, even though the graphic set calls for 960x300 or whatever, you can run it in fullscreen at 1024x768, with BLACK_SPACE on, and it should work fine. --[[User:Rochndil|Rochndil]] 09:56, 6 May 2008 (EDT)

I don't understand how to make a graphical tileset like Dystopian Rhetoric. Is there a guide somewhere about it or do I just have to muddle through by looking at an existing set for examples?--[[User:Hamelin|Hamelin]] 23:26, 29 January 2008 (EST)
:I've been experimenting with this, [[Graphics_sets#Veryinky|using the DQ format since more than one set uses it.]] Check the graphics_main.txt file that comes with it. There is help at the bottom. [http://www.dwarffortresswiki.net/index.php/Image:Sphr_dwarves.png Another example is here.] --[[User:Jackard|Jackard]] 00:22, 30 January 2008 (EST)
::Before each race section there is a section describing the location of the image, the dimensions of each tile, and the dimensions of the image. --[[User:Jackard|Jackard]]

== Tileset Installation Instructions ==

I'm a new user and I had some trouble getting a graphics set installed. I discovered that DF will look at any file in the raw/graphics directory for instructions, even non-text files. I couldn't find any detailed information in the wiki on this stuff. Would this be the appropriate place to add this information? There should at least be a link from this to a more detailed page. --[[User:gesangbaer|gesangbaer]] 14:02, 18 August 2009 (EDT)

:AFAIK This is the only place for this info, but this page is pretty long and disorganized.  I say go ahead and post it here.  I've never run into the problem you mentioned but I haven't dabbled much in graphics sets. --[[User:3lB33|3lB33]] 01:16, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

==Others?  Others?  Others?  Others?  Others?==

If no one objects, I'm going to remove "others?" from each of the entries.  It looks ugly and unprofessional.  If we ever find a new object that goes to a given symbol, we can always edit the article later.  Why bother leaving some placeholder on the list? --[[User:JT|JT]] 17:36, 18 April 2008 (EDT)

:Go ahead, that should clean it up nicely.--[[User:Richards|Richards]] 18:03, 18 April 2008 (EDT)

==Wooden barrels and bins==
Wooden barrels and bins appear to be drawn with reversed foreground and background colors. I'd expect both to be drawn with [[Color]] [6:0:0] (ie. brown on black), but it looks like they're using [0:6:0]. Screw pumps and metal barrels have their colors the normal way around, as do other wooden buildings (chests, cages, etc.). --[[User:Baconslicer|Baconslicer]] 03:56, 6 May 2008 (EDT)

== Some verifications ==

There are a bunch of uncertainties on this page. I can confirm that metal floodgates use X's, and I added a couple of missing bridge labels. [[User:Techhead|Techhead]] 12:01, 7 July 2008 (EDT)

== On stretching tiles ==

Now that we have 39f, I see potentially more people wanting to maximize their screen assets or visibility on very high-res monitors.  Added the first draft on how to stretch tiles.  Please improve or replace with better versions. -- [[User:Sphr|Sphr]] 05:07, 13 August 2008 (EDT)

:Is there something against [TEXTURE_PARAM=LINEAR] over [TEXTURE_PARAM=NEAREST]?  Of course it's just my opinion, but I've been able to (for kicks really) reduce a 16x16 tileset to 4x4 and retain somewhat readability.  The scaling happens after the texture is made, so there is a proper blend between foreground and background colors.  After testing it with a few tilesets, only the ones with text that fakes shading around the edges of the letters look unnatural--sometimes adds too dark of a border/shading at smaller scales. --[[User:Corc|Corc]] 14:43, 16 August 2008 (EDT)
::nothing against that I guess if you know what you are doing.  Just that in general, linear is not recommended for small iconic gfx where pixel details are important (there are usually special algorithms for stretching such gfx.).  Nearest will preserve the contrast and details better for such textures.  Linear will probably cause all the pixel details to disappear.  But it all comes down to personal preference.  I can't comment a lot since I am using the texture at it's default resolution, which is recommended for small bitmaps.  -- [[User:Sphr|Sphr]] 01:03, 17 August 2008 (EDT)
:::Have you tried it? LINEAR and NEAREST look the same when no scaling is happening.  LINEAR isn't a blur effect, it's an interpolation when data isn't available. If anything, the small pixel art would be preserved.  Blurriness would only happen when going up in scale, and since no one does (or should do) that, it won't be a problem.--[[User:Corc|Corc]] 11:34, 17 August 2008 (EDT)

== Window sizing (not stretching) ==

I'd like to expand the DF window without stretching images for a greater view. However my attempts have been fruitless so I thought I'd as here. How can I do this? I suppose I'm probably missing something that's staring me in the face. --[[user:Dakira|Dakira]] 22:51, 15AUG2008 (PST)

: First, get the latest version that includes the ability to change the number of tiles show (0.28.181.39f as of right now). Open the init.ini file, ( DF directory\data\init\init.ini ) and change the [GRID:80:25] to something else, note as stated in the init file, the minimum x is 80, and the minimum y is 25, i.e. the default settings. The maximums for both are 200. [[User:Surma|Surma]] 05:05, 16 August 2008 (EDT)

: You may want to look at [[Custom grid]] which also has a link to a javascript calculator to help you compute the resolution you should use. -- [[User:Sphr|Sphr]] 09:50, 16 August 2008 (EDT)

: Thanks Surma for the version update, I thought I had the most recent. Thanks Sphr for that link to [[Custom grid]]. Most helpful. --[[user:Dakira|Dakira]] 15:34, 17AUG2008

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== Cleaning up the tileset list for easier reference ==

I'm going to be cleaning up the tileset references here abit over the next day or so for easier reference.

Starting by adding tile number referances next to the tiles themselves.
Saves some counting time when searching to replace the tile or search it out in raws.

Speaking of saving time.
I've been using Depeche View to search through all the raws at once for [TILE:#] referances.

Anyone have a better tool to suggest for the same job?
--[[User:Fain|Fain]] 03:07, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

== Color Algorithm ==

It is VERY VERY CLOSE to (mask * color) / 255 but not identical, and I'm racking my brains to try and figure out what causes that 1-value difference... --[[User:Corona688|Corona688]] 02:16, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

:I attacked this problem at one point. See {{tl|color}} for what I ended up with. IIRC, it was a match. [[User:VengefulDonut|VengefulDonut]] 04:29, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

== Graphics Set problem and Door color ==

I'd like someone to figure out or tell me why some of my dwarves look the way they are. I'm not sure but perhaps in finding the solution to my problem, some information might be found that might be useful to someone or good to have in the wiki. I don't know whether it's the version of dwarf fortress, my computer, the image file or the text file, but on my status screen ([z]), in the space where the "graphic" for Nobles/Admins, which I remember is supposed to be of the Administrator dwarf, is nothing. Even more noticeably is the appearance of all my soldier dwarves, they all have the graphic for the Stoneworkers. Here is my status screen. 

[[File:Graphicsproblemnoblessoldiers.PNG]]

I don't know if this is a normal problem. It seems all the jobs that are effected are listed after the standard jobs in my graphics text file, right after my last job, in the engineer group, pump operator. Perhaps they're affected in different ways. I didn't play long enough to check if soldier dwarves or all the nobles look weird in game but my assigned broker seems to have his normal graphic and he's in the nobles part of the text file. I thought that maybe the doctor professions were the cause of this honkiness but after I removed them, they were after the pump operator before I removed them, they don't seem to be the cause. Could it be because of dimensions of the graphics set? the file type? Maybe a certain job or number shouldn't be on the text file. I have a space between the various groups in the text files if that matters. I'm using my own graphics set and on this page is sorta what my graphics text file looks like minus stuff like SOLDIERS and FORTRESS GUARD. I have gotten my set to work in older versions.
[[http://df.magmawiki.com/index.php/File:Seaneat-Dwarves.PNG]] 

One last thing, in recent versions all doors of any stone are gray in color, this wasn't so in some older versions. Is there a way to change them back?--[[User:Seaneat|Seaneat]] 07:05, 28 August 2010 (UTC)