Author Topic: How to make and pot decals that work? (Read 588 times)

hodototman · February 10, 2012, 06:50:07 PM

Hey, i know i seem like a complete newb for this, (my BLID is 18947)...

How do you make a decal work? i want to make my signature decal that says Sun on it, since i am Sun_Monocle.

Thanks,
Verge (hehe, confusing huh?)

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hodototman · February 10, 2012, 06:50:48 PM

heh, i meant post. Post. :P

xxxxkill · February 10, 2012, 10:00:36 PM

Stick it inside a .zip named Decal_?????
(Go replace ????? with anything you please."
Stick a decal in there.
Stick a thumbnail, not sure what size, use other decal folders for reference, you may have to resize the image.
Start up blockland and try to use the decal.

GenaralSkar · February 10, 2012, 11:49:53 PM

Make a .zip folder named Decal_something, replacing something with the decal name of course.
Create a square image, I find 256x to be the best, but bigger still works, and place that inside the .zip folder. This will be the actual decal.
Create a copy of the image and resize it to be 64x, then create a folder named thumbs (no capitals), and place the smaller image into the thumbs folder then place the thumbs folder into the .zip folder.
You can add a description inside if you want people to know who made it, but you don't have to.

If you want other people to be able to download your decal, upload it to a file sharing site like MediaFire, and just place the download link in a post in the Faces, Decals, Prints section of the forums.

Mocha Furrier · February 11, 2012, 01:59:20 AM

Quote from: hodototman on February 10, 2012, 06:50:07 PM

Hey, i know i seem like a complete newb for this, (my BLID is 18947)...

How do you make a decal work? i want to make my signature decal that says Sun on it, since i am Sun_Monocle.

Thanks,
Verge (hehe, confusing huh?)

TOPTIP: Don't make decals before you learn this:

1. Make it blockish.

2. Learn how to make it symmetric (It looks better, trust me) (BUT ONLY IN SOME PLACES.)

Mocha Furrier · February 11, 2012, 02:00:11 AM

EDIT: (cant modify)

Listen, the best tool for it is Paint.NET.

See ya and hope you can do it now!

GenaralSkar · February 11, 2012, 02:49:06 PM

Quote from: Mocha Furrier on February 11, 2012, 02:00:11 AM

EDIT: (cant modify)

Listen, the best tool for it is Paint.NET.

See ya and hope you can do it now!

I would actually recommend learning GIMP. It's a poor man's photoshop.

Byteswarm · February 11, 2012, 05:21:03 PM

Offtopic, but your avatar looks like a strap-on, microsnake carrot.

Quote from: Mocha Furrier on February 11, 2012, 01:59:20 AM

TOPTIP: Don't make decals before you learn this:

1. Make it blockish.

2. Learn how to make it symmetric (It looks better, trust me) (BUT ONLY IN SOME PLACES.)

This. Any image editing tool that isn't completely and entirely stuff allows some way to flip an image so that you can make one half of something, press a button, and there's an exact copy on the opposing side of it.