can a person get to a rank of a GM?

Sword · Post by **Sword** » Tue Feb 27, 2001 12:58 am

what are the ranks on this board?

Sword · Post by **Sword** » Wed Feb 28, 2001 1:49 pm

if aperson were to go to the top rank would they be like a administrator or Gm right?

Bror · Post by **Bror** » Wed Feb 28, 2001 3:37 pm

No, you can't get administrators by posting.

Erdrick · Post by **Erdrick** » Thu Mar 01, 2001 1:42 am

oh ok
but as your rank changes can it change your game character also?

Bror · Post by **Bror** » Thu Mar 01, 2001 7:32 am

This board stuff has nothing to do with the game, so it doesn't influence your character.

Sword · Post by **Sword** » Fri Mar 02, 2001 12:38 am

oh, then how can someone get to be a GM?
i really want to be one so thats why i am asking.....
and you said we need "proof" what does that mean?

Galdriel · Post by **Galdriel** » Fri Mar 02, 2001 2:56 pm

wel as for game masters:

right now only the most aktive game developers are GMs and i guess this will remain so for quite a while.

Making someone a GM is a question of trust and not easily done.

Just for one Question: why do you want to become a GM??

right now all you can do is hopping around a bit and broadcasting, and in the next version maybe setting items.
the last thing you will have to understand, you will not be allowed to do at your leasure but only after consulting the programmers.

so, what does you make want to become a GM??

To my !! personal opinion you just want it for the status and propably also for the comming ability to change the map, and that are no good reasons, quite to the contrary.

Sskakzk'krr · Post by **Sskakzk'krr** » Fri Mar 02, 2001 3:02 pm

I my self would rather stay a player and find out what you GM's have hide for us to find

MD

martin · Post by **martin** » Fri Mar 02, 2001 3:12 pm

hide?

however... can't someone help a little bit with graphics?

i'd need ppl to cut them out (for the case you are not able to create gfx yourself..).
mostly, we render pics which are a bit too large and have to be cut. is someone interested?

(if so, mail me at

martinp@reflex.at

thx!

martin/ciryon

Captain Kirk · Post by **Captain Kirk** » Fri Mar 02, 2001 6:49 pm

Hallo

please tell us more about cutting (what is requiered and how to...)

Bye
Read ya
MfG

Capt. Kirk

Sword · Post by **Sword** » Sat Mar 03, 2001 3:12 pm

but if i was a GM i would be able to make my own secrets and put themin for everybody to find:)

martin · Post by **martin** » Sat Mar 03, 2001 3:23 pm

currently, that isn't possible.
at least i didn't manage to do that so far

martin/ciryon

Captain Kirk · Post by **Captain Kirk** » Sat Mar 03, 2001 3:56 pm

Hallo

???
do u mean me or sword ??
u mean me right ?

Bye
Read ya
MfG

Capt. Kirk

martin · Post by **martin** » Sat Mar 03, 2001 4:40 pm

i meant sword.

about cutting:
i render most graphics; these contain the image for the game, but are much too large...
the task is the following: i'd mail you an bmp-image with about 40-50 items or other images, you'd have to cut out the items to the smallest size possible, background= (255,0,255) (a kind of pink, which is read as transparent by the client). (you have to find out the smallest rectangle where the item fits in and cut out this rectangle, paste it as a new picture, save it as a *.bmp, zip all items together and send them to bror

).

martin

Captain Kirk · Post by **Captain Kirk** » Sat Mar 03, 2001 8:29 pm

Hallo

ill try
how big is an large bmp ?? (so i can choose the right mailbox

)
which prg is okay or best for this task ??
i prefer rar or ace but can zip to

Bye
Read ya
MfG

Capt. Kirk

martin · Post by **martin** » Sun Mar 04, 2001 3:06 pm

1st i'd need your e-mail adress.
2nd, you'd have to do another little task, i'll explain that in german now:
ich rendere mit anti-alias, das heisst, dass es am rand pixel gibt, die eine mischfarbe zwischen hintergrund (mittleres grau) und koerper sind (textur eben). auf dem hintergrund, auf dem ichs gerendert hab, schaut das gut aus; auf anderen siehts schlecht aus. nun muesste man die extrem grauen pixel wegbekommen. ich mache das so, dass ich mittels farbersetztool in PSP mit einer toleranz von 14 den rand "ummale", aber nur da, wo keine feinheiten zu finden sind (duenne striche oder so). dort, wo duenne striche sind, mache ich floodfill (schuett-eimer) mit einer toleranz von 5.
dannach muessen noch einzelne pixel, die beim farbersetzungstool aus versehen umgefaerbt wurden (im inneren der graphik) "zurueckgefaerbt" (etwa, nicht genau) werden (es reicht dazu meist, einfach die alte hintergrundfarbe zu setzen, einzelne pixel sieht man nicht!). ich habe das beispielsweise fuer das erste bild gemacht (konkret geht es um eine elfin, die ich heute gerendert hab).
dannach muessten die bilder ausgeschnitten werden; chars in eine richtung (zb. links unten) muessen in gleichgrossen rahmen gezeichnet sein. eine richtung hat 4 animationsphasen; man muss also schauen, welche animationsphase am weitesten nach links geht, diesen wert aufschreiben, dasselbe fuer rechts, oben und unten machen, alles aufschreiben, und dann den aufgeschriebenen bereich bei jedem ausschneiden (sodass dann in den 4 neuen graphiken je eines ganz links, eines ganz oben, eines ganz unten und eines ganz in der mitte ist...).

ein bisschen hausverstand ist hier sicherlich nicht unangebracht, es ist nicht so schwer, wie sichs vielleicht anhoert...

martin

Captain Kirk · Post by **Captain Kirk** » Sun Mar 04, 2001 3:14 pm

Hallo

schick an commander_kirk@yahoo.com da hab ich >5mb noch frei wenns zuwenig ist such ich die t-offline addresse raus

also psp7 ja ?? muss ich zippen oder kann ich auch raren oder acen ???

Bye
Read ya
MfG

Capt. Kirk

Bror · Post by **Bror** » Mon Mar 05, 2001 12:22 am

For cutting you need only a simple graphics program to reduce the picture, so only the item is in the frame. The single colored borders must be cut off, to save memory.

The ones cutting them out will be able to see the new graphics earlier than the other players

Captain Kirk · Post by **Captain Kirk** » Mon Mar 05, 2001 12:29 am

Hallo

u mean a prg like irfan view will be good enough ???

Bye
Read ya
MfG

Capt. Kirk

martin · Post by **martin** » Mon Mar 05, 2001 7:45 am

well, i like paint shop pro, for it has several "goodies":
* at least the trial-verision is free
* it has neary the same features as photoshop has
* you can type in the selection you want to cut out (you don't have to do that per mouse, which is VERY difficult when you have to work with an accuracy of 1 pixel!)
* you can easily put away anti-aliasing-effects by using the floodfill and the color-change tools with tolerance.

therefore, i'd suggest to use that program.
i'd ask you to finish your work or to formulate questions fast (or to send me an example of your work, so i can see wether its good or not

)

martin

Badman · Post by **Badman** » Mon Mar 05, 2001 3:40 pm

HARHARHAR, if it would be possible to improve your own char by Posting, I would be LVL 5000000 in Tibia (WOT-Boards)

to sword: I think that you came from Tibia here and just want a little bit might, that is not bad, but it is not the Sense of Illarion!
I read on theTibia.org-Boards someone posting "Illarion is shitty, there is completly no sense!" Hey, it was a Tibiaplayer saying that!

HOW CAN SOMEONE WHO PLAYS TIBIA SAY THAT THERE IS IN ANY GAME NO SENSE!!!!

EVERY GAME MAKES MORE SENSE THAN TIBIA!!!
Understand me?
We dont want to have "a sense" like in Tibia (getting a higher LVL, MIGHT over OTHER) we want RPG!

Maybe (hopefully) Illarion will never need "GMS" who can kick and ban players!

Sword · Post by **Sword** » Mon Mar 05, 2001 11:41 pm

I certainly did NOT come from tibia:(
never played it but i heard that it aint like this game.
and why exactly did you put THAT reply on THIS topic?
kinda doesnt fit.
ok?

Eleanor Rigby · Post by **Eleanor Rigby** » Tue Mar 06, 2001 12:28 am

So you are not from Tibia? It would be interesting to know how you found Illarion.

Erdrick · Post by **Erdrick** » Wed Mar 07, 2001 12:14 am

My friend told me about it and I played it
then Sword saw me play it
Then he played it, too.
Kinda makes you wnat to regret asking that question

Badman · Post by **Badman** » Wed Mar 07, 2001 7:13 am

Uhm, ok

Crocket · Post by **Crocket** » Thu Mar 13, 2003 3:34 am

martin wrote: about cutting:
i render most graphics; these contain the image for the game, but are much too large...
the task is the following: i'd mail you an bmp-image with about 40-50 items or other images, you'd have to cut out the items to the smallest size possible, background= (255,0,255) (a kind of pink, which is read as transparent by the client). (you have to find out the smallest rectangle where the item fits in and cut out this rectangle, paste it as a new picture, save it as a *.bmp, zip all items together and send them to bror ).

martin

I know this is an old topic but do you still need help with this?

paul laffing · Post by **paul laffing** » Wed Apr 23, 2003 2:20 am

martin wrote:martin/ciryon

Woah, stop for a second. I just happened to come across this post

and found this. Explain please?

Muten Rôshi · Post by **Muten Rôshi** » Wed Apr 23, 2003 2:34 am

Ciryon is martin's ingame character.

paul laffing · Post by **paul laffing** » Wed Apr 23, 2003 2:36 am

Just curious, Thank you.

martin · Post by **martin** » Wed Apr 23, 2003 8:48 am

This topic isn't old. It's historical. It's ancient.

Currently I am not in need of help with this, there are not too many graphics to cut out and I "developed" some quite fast ways to do that, but they require some non-trivial knowledge of 2D-graphics-programs. (layers and such)
In case there are some things to do I will let you know.

@Paul:
So it came out, finally. *g*

Martin

Illarion.org