Author Topic: How to make paint sets  (Read 1188 times)

someone (more than one person accualy in server) asked me how you make paint sets, (more specificly useing notepad) so i decided to make a little toutorial on how to do that:

Start by opening up a new notepad document
the txt document should be blank, if it isnt, then you clearly didnt open up a NEW document

now before we get started on the paint set, you need to understand RGB code

RGB code stands for Red Green Blue, this is how the computer makes colors, by mixing different shades of red, green, and blue

and this is how it works when making a set
if you know RGB the code then good for you.

lets start with a basic design that i will explain
255 0 0 255

the first 255 is RED, this means the color of this paint will be RED
if you notice the 255 at the end, this indicates if it is transparent or not
255 means it is NOT transparent
anything lower makes it transparent

255 0 0 255
is the exact format you will follow when making a set
here is an example start

255 0 0 255
0 255 0 255
0 0 255 255

at the end of the example set (everything currently typed is a colunm (yes i spelled it wrong)) you type DIV:<insert name of color set here>
example:
255 0 0 255
0 255 0 255
0 0 255 255
DIV:RGB

you can ctrl+c this and ctrl+v it into your notpad document then test it in blockland (i will also tell you how, and where to upload the filre)

here is an example paint set

255 0 0 255
0 255 0 255
0 0 255 255
DIV:RGB

255 0 0 155
0 255 0 155
0 0 255 155
DIV:RGB trans

this set consists of two columns
as for the FX paint, do not fret, this is automaticly added to the end of your set without you haveing to do anything yay you

when you are ready to save and tset your paint set
save it here

blockland\base\config\server

and enjoy your paintset, if you have any questions post here


I didn't read it all, but it looks very helpful.

Wow Nice that is useful : )


*Note* You don't have to use RGB coding you can also use alpha. Like 1.000 0.000 0.000 then the fourth for transparency 1.000 for solid. Which I think is much easier but harder to find a color map for.

Shouldn't this be in general modification help?

Thanks for the tutorial, now I finally know how to install custom color sets.
I did notice one mistake though. You listed blockland/base/config/server as the place to save the new color set file whe it's actually just blockland/config/server . I just though you would like to know.