photoshop color 256 (Windows PC)??

[juliocpaes]

Hello all Mythers,

could anyone suggest me a good photoshop to create or edit a map for Myth 2??
I researched some online, including online photoshop, but accepts no 256 colors.
would also like to ask a question, why "Loathing" only works with 256 colors, it seems very poor, there is no way to make an improvement to accept more color?

[vinylrake]

photoshop does let you import and save images in 256 colors (you SHOULD save your maps at a color depth closer to 240 because Myth uses some of those extra 'color slots' for things like drawing blood on the map). if you are looking for a free/shareware application, GIMP is free and works on PCs or Macs or Linux.

The color limitations are mostly just because the game is old. When the game was created a lot of computers wouldn't have been able to handle all the unit sprites, models, scenery, blood and explosions AND a high-color map. I remember playing Myth TFL and the computer I had (a 2-3 year old computer) could just barely play TFL, when SB came out I could only play it in software mode.

[juliocpaes]

Vinyl,

Ok. understood.

I am trying to make a map, trying to make a texture (grass) and a road .... look, it was horrible.

[juliocpaes]

Vinyl,

another question:

you mentioned save in 240 colors ... how is this possible? Paint the windowns only saves in 256 ...

[juliocpaes]

how to make a map like those colors and textures, such as "crows brigde"?

[vinylrake]

MS Paint is NOT a good program to create maps with.

To make a good looking map you HAVE to use an application that allows layers - like GIMP(free) or PhotoShop($$$)

If you have never made a map before, the best way to learn the basics is to follow a colormap tutorial/guide like this one : http://mything.org/mythgraveyard/file/C ... lkthru.pdf

there are MANY other mapmaking and colormap specific articles and guides in the myth graveyard, but of all the colormapping guides I have seen, i believe this is the best and most comprehensive one. It walks you through ALL the steps to create a nice looking map, and explains a lot of the details and tricks ou need to do to make a GOOD quality colormap.

In my opinion, you HAVE to use some kind of walkthrough/guide the first time you make a map if you don't want to waste an incredible amount of time and effort.

[juliocpaes]

Thank Vinylrake,

[vinylrake]

i hope the information was helpful.

i want to encourage you in your mapmaking projects.

IF you follow the guide you will learn a lot and save a lot of time. it will help you to avoid mistakes in your mapmaking.