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 Post subject: Track Palette
PostPosted: Thu Apr 03, 2003 10:32 pm 
Glow Ball
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I just discovered there's more to a track palette than just choosing an ACT file. I tried switching a palette manually from one track to another but had bad results [ [url=javascript:void(0)]<font class=nf>1</font>[/url] | [url=javascript:void(0)]<font class=nf>2</font>[/url] ]. I was trying to apply a more suitable palette to a track I had long since updated and so didn't have a txx. The work around was to create an identical track using the same name, then extract the data files to the old one. For the most part it worked, but I've no idea why.

edit. A typo also gave rise to an "unable to open vga palette" message.

<center><IMG SRC="http://mtm2.com/~mtmg/errors/pics/unabletoopenvgapalette.gif" border=0></center>

http://mtm2.com/~mtmg/errors.cgi?e=96



<font size=1>Edited by Phineus (06-04-2003)</font>


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PostPosted: Fri Apr 04, 2003 1:00 am 
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>> I just discovered there's more to a track palette than just choosing an ACT file.

You're right. I never realized it before but the .MAP file in the FOG folder is generated along with the track palette, and is tied to it in some way. Thus, to manually swap the track pallete you must use the following files:

FOG\Trackname.MAP (the important something or other)
ART\Trackname.ACT (the color palette)
ART\Trackname.RAW (the raw, quite irrelevant actually, though it should exist)

<font size=1>Edited by Winterkill (04-04-2003)</font>


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PostPosted: Fri Apr 04, 2003 1:15 am 
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Good find, thanks. Narrows it down a bit.


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