Hi. I, Ultimamax, have started pixel art on Blockland. I thought I could try making a help topic about good tips for it. Please, constructive criticism is welcome. No matter if you want to macro it, or load it, doesn't matter. Although, I will be doing this for people who want to macro it. Just not macro-ing it should be simple enough.
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Good colorset. You will want a good colorset, based on the sprite you want to make. I am using the default colorset, because I don't need any extra colors such as darker and lighter versions of stuff. Plus, this is only a demonstration. RTB has a fairly nice and wide selection of colorsets in the colorsets section.
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Macro Saver. This is purely optional. But, if you are macro-ing this and want to keep it on your copy of Blockland, come to this link:
http://forum.returntoblockland.com/dlm/viewFile.php?id=487 .
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Comfortable Layout. This section, basically means a layout where you can see the picture and your copy of blockland.
Here is my recommended layout:
Blockland to the right, and the sprite to the left.
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Specific server. Yes, this matters. Why? Going to S00PAHM45T3RODSTS0N1C's Freebuild!121! will get lots of bothersome people. Try it in a friend's server, or a private one. I'm doing it in a private server, but with a friend you can get extra help. (Not on building, if he builds that section of the macro won't appear. DURR.) By help, I mean keeping people away from your build and annoying you. I remember when I was making my Mother 3 sprite, someone hammered me for 5 minutes and I messed up trying to get away from him.
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Actually knowing how to macro. Once more, this is for the macro-ers. Come to this topic, it has a great and well explained guide on macros:
http://forum.blockland.us/index.php?topic=18077.0 .
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Building. After all of that preparation, we come to building it. Try starting in the left corner of the sprite. You shouldn't fill in a background for building it, it will waste time and look less appealing. What I mean by that is I wouldn't make that green background on the megaman sprite in the picture.
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Macro Saver. Yes, another part about this. This is the basic use of the macro saver. Make a bind for it after installing it in the add-ons folder in the Blockland folder. To save it, simply finish the macro, press the stop/start macro bind, and then hit the bind. Type in a name and press the "save" button. It should work find and dandy. Oh, and to load it again, highlight the macro you want and hit load. Then hit playback macro to make it appear.
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Extra Tips. This is where I will put tips submitted by commenters of this topic. So far there are:
NONE.
What an accomplishment.
Well, thanks for reading. Once more, I say constructive criticism is welcome and strongly advised. I only want this to be the best. <3
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